(Minghui.org) Minghui.org previously published a report in late 2020 documenting the confirmed deaths of 499 Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Province as a result of persecution for their faith.
New cases have since been confirmed of practitioners who passed away after being jailed in the Jilin Province Women’s Prison.
In total, 45 women practitioners in Jilin were confirmed to have served time in the prison before their deaths. They were all subjected to various forms of abuse in prison. Seventeen of them died while still jailed there, and the rest passed away after being released on parole or upon completion of their sentences. One practitioner was in critical condition and died hours after she was released on parole.
Below is the list of the 45 death cases in the order of their occurrences. The oldest practitioner was 82 years old, and the longest sentence given was 15 years.
1. Ms. Yu Lixin, 36, died on May 14, 2002, while serving a 5-year term. Her death occurred after she was force-fed in the prison hospital for 66 days.
2. Ms. Han Cuiyuan, 33, died on early August 2002, while serving a 4-year term. Her death was also a result of force-feeding.
3 &4. Ms. Yang Guiqin, 48, and her sister, Ms. Yang Guijun, 43, died on November 13, 2002, and in June 2003, respectively, while serving 14-year and 13-year terms. Their deaths took place 2 and 9 months after their prison admissions, respectively.
5. Ms. Wang Xiuyun, 47, died on December 22, 2002, 10 days after she was admitted to prison to serve a 12-year term.
6. Ms. Deng Shiying, 42, died on July 19, 2003, one day after she was released on medical parole. Her death occurred four months after she was admitted to prison to serve a 7-year term.
7. Ms. Jiang Chunxian, 34, died on February 19, 2004, 35 days after she was admitted to prison to serve an 8-year term.
8. Ms. Ma Yuhuan, 40, died in September 2003, shortly after she was released on medical parole. Her prison sentence was unknown.
9. Ms. Cong Guixian, age unknown, died on March 28, 2006, about one year after she was released on medical parole while serving a 10-year term.
10. Ms. Yu Guoqing, 53, died on March 30, 2009, less than 10 months after she was released on parole while serving an 8-year term.
11. Ms. Wang Yanqin, 60, died on December 5, 2010, three years after she completed a 4-year term in November 2007. She once told her family she was given toxic injections in the prison.
12. Ms. Chen Shuqin, 61, died in February 2011, while serving a 5-year term. She was brutally tortured before her passing.
13. Ms. Ma Shiyan, 62, died on June 7, 2011, after being released on parole seven months into her 8-year prison term. She remained bedridden in her final years as a result of prison torture.
14. Ms. Zhao Yanxia, 55, died on October 5, 2011, 32 days after she was admitted to prison to serve a 3.5-year term. Her death occurred after she was brutally tortured.
15. Ms. Hou Chunhua, age unknown, died in late 2011. She was arrested on April 23, 2008, and given an unknown term. She died not long after she was released.
16. Ms. Sun Xiuxia, 51, died on April 2012, while serving a 10-year term. Her death followed a brutal beating.
17. Ms. Chang Guiyun, 62, died on March 8, 2013, after she was released on parole in early 2012. She was tortured to paralysis in prison and remained bedridden in her final months.
18. Ms. Wang Shiqin, 66, died on February 20, 2014, eight years after she was released on parole while serving an 8-year term.
19. Ms. Liu Fengyun, 60, died on December 6, 2014, five years after she completed a 3-year term in July 2009.
20. Ms. Wang Yan, 53, died on June 12, 2015, after she was released on parole at an unknown time. She developed uterine tumor while serving a 5-year term.
21. Ms. Yu Fengzhu, 65, died on October 20, 2015, two years after she completed an unknown prison term.
22. Ms. Liu Shuyan, 61, died on April 21, 2017, the day she was released in critical condition while serving a 3-year term.
23. Ms. Liu Guiqin, 74, died on June 23, 2017, not long after she completed a 5-year term.
24. Ms. Zhang Ping, 56, died in November 2017, not long after she completed a 4-year term.
25. Ms. Huo Runzhi, 72, died on November 14, 2017, three months after she was sent home in an ambulance by the prison authorities. She had been tortured to critical condition while serving a 3-year term.
26. Ms. Xu Jing, 65, died on June 16, 2019, while serving a 4-year term. She spent her last two weeks in the prison hospital.
27. Ms. Liu Jianying, 57, died on December 30, 2019, while serving a 2.5-year term.
28. Ms. Xiao Yongfen, 64, died on January 31, 2020, while serving a 7-year term.
29. Ms. Liu Xia, age unknown, died in 2020 (exact time unknown), not long after she completed an unknown term.
30. Ms. Fu Guihua, 55, died on July 25, 2021, two months after she was admitted to prison to serve a 7.5-year term.
31. Ms. Wang Qingwen, 79, died on October 26, 2021, while serving a 3-year term.
32. Ms. Meng Yan, 74, died on October 8, 2022, four years after she completed a 3-year term.
33. Ms. Xu Guizhi, 69, died in January 2023, two years after completing a 2.5-year term.
34. Ms. An Fuzi, 82, died on February 22, 2023, while serving a 3-year term.
35. Ms. Jiao Chong, age unknown, died in the summer of 2023, while serving a 9-year term.
36. Ms. Gu Jinfen, 66, died on October 1, 2023, less than six months after she was admitted to prison to serve an unknown term.
37. Ms. Zhang Xiuxiang, in her 70s, died on November 5, 2023, years after she completed a 3.5-year term in October 2018.
38. Ms. Fu Lanfen, 76, died on August 4, 2024, four days after she was released on parole. She had fallen into a coma while serving a 3-year term. The prison authorities asked her family to pick her up instead of rendering medical care.
39. Ms. Wang Hongyan, 52, died on February 9, 2025, four years after she completed a 4-year term.
40. Ms. Li Xilian, 73, died on May 2, 2025, six years after she completed a 3.5-year term in May 2019.
41. Ms. Du Hongfang, 63, died on July 23, 2025, nine years after she completed an 8-year term in July 2016.
42. Ms. Xiang Lijie, 60, died on September 20, 2025, eight years after she completed a 3.5-year term in January 2021. She previously also served a prior prison term and two forced labor terms totaling 12.5 years.
43. Ms. Zhao Jian, 58, died on December 1, 2025, eight years after she completed a 15-year term in March 2017 for tapping into cable TV channels in Changchun City to broadcast programs debunking the communist regime’s slanderous propaganda against Falun Gong.
44. Ms. Jiang Yongqin, 56, died on January 29, 2026, two months after she was released on parole while serving a 5-year term.
45. Ms. Wang Xiulian, 67, died on May 10, 2026, two months after she was admitted to prison to serve a 3.5-year term.
Related Report:
Nearly 500 Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province Pass Away in 21-year Persecution
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