Persecution
By the end of the 1990s, a hundred million people were practicing Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline's growing popularity as a threat to the CCP's atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, issued an order to ban the practice. Since then, thousands of practitioners have been confirmed to have died as a result of the persecution, and many more have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for organs.
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionChongqing Woman Given Third Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Arrested and May Serve a Three-year Prison Sentence Given in 2013 for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jilin Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Loses Appeal Against Wrongful Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman, Her Daughter and Son-in-law Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2025 | Physical Torture MethodsShandong Man Recounts Abuse in Prison While Serving Six Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Residents, 71 and 65, Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Judge Sentences Seven Falun Gong Practitioners to Prison Since 2014
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April 11, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution47-Year-Old Chongqing Man Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution79-Year-Old Woman Dies After Enduring Two Prison Terms and Constant Police Harassment
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April 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Widowed in the Persecution of Falun Gong, 71-Year-Old Woman Dies After Repeated Arrests and Harassment
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April 10, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Liaoning Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 28, 2025 (12 Reports)
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April 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 31, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLocal Police Station in Hebei Province Arrests Falun Gong Practitioners for Their Faith
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April 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jiangxi Women Arbitrarily Detained for Seven Months and Counting
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April 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 27, 2025 (7 Reports)
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April 8, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in March 2025: Thirteen Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Has a Stroke the Day Before His Pension Suspension Case Hearing—Court Rejects the Appeal After His Death
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Goes Into Shock Three Times in One Month While in Detention for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Retiree’s Pension Suspended Since February 2022 After He Completed a 10-Year Prison Sentence
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Previously Imprisoned Hebei Residents Convicted Again For Practicing Falun Gong
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Elderly Guangdong Women Denied Family Visits For 6 Months
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April 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Sichuan Women, 86 and 80, Convicted for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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April 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Chemistry Teacher in His 70s Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 7, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Middle School Teacher Given Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution53-Year-Old Liaoning Man Loses Appeal Against 4.5-year Prison Sentence, Taken to Prison Three Months Later
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution58-Year-Old Hebei Woman Admitted to Prison Three Months After Losing Appeal Against 4-Year Prison Sentence
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 30, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Man Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Talking to People about Persecution of Falun Gong
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April 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 29, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Shaanxi Woman Dragged Down Four Flights of Stairs During Arrest, Judge Claims “Officer Accidentally Fell and Knocked Her Down”
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Sentenced to 3 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Elderly Jilin Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Tofu Vendor Imprisoned for Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Woman Serving Five Years for Her Faith Still Under Strict Management and Not Given Enough Food to Eat
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJob Terminated After One-Year Prison Term, Former Shandong Teacher Gets Another 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 25, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 26, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 3, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Man Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Detained for Four Months and Counting for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 24, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 2, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsAt Least 43 Falun Gong Practitioners in Anhui Province Sentenced By the Same Court Since 1999
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution80-Year-Old Former Environmental Engineer’s Pension Suspended Since 2016 for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Doctoral Candidate at National University of Defense Technology Tortured While Serving Time for His Faith
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Woman Faces Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Jailed for Nine Years, 72-Year-Old Woman Sentenced Again to Eight Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Made to Stand Trial Despite Serious Health Conditions, Sentenced to Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionKangping County, Liaoning Province: 7 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in One Day, 2 Sentenced to Prison
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Sentenced to 3 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Raising Awareness of Persecution of Falun Gong
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April 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFamily of Three Detained for Their Faith—Lawyers Denied Visitation
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April 1, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Dies After 17 Years of Displacement to Avoid Persecution for Her Faith
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April 1, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 75-Year-Old Man Dies Five Years After Serving A Wrongful Prison Term for His Faith
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April 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionDull Eyes and Confused Mind, Sichuan Woman a Different Person in Just Two Months of Prison Admission
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April 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Jailed for Her Faith—Husband so Traumatized That He had a Stroke and Became Incapacitated
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April 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 22, 2025 (2 Reports)
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April 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 23, 2025 (6 Reports)
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March 31, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution85-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Dies Hours After Being Harassed by Police for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 31, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 86-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Dies One Year After Standing Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 31, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJinzhou City, Liaoning Province: Falun Gong Practitioners’ Pension Unlawfully Suspended
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March 31, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 19, 2025 (7 Reports)
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March 31, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 21, 2025 (5 Reports)
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March 30, 2025 | Organ HarvestingJapan: Documentary Film State Organs Screened in Tokyo
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March 30, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Man in Critical Condition Serving a One-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 30, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionProsecutors Protest “Light” Prison Sentence of Falun Gong Practitioner Who Has Served 17.5 Years Behind Bars
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March 30, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served Ten Years for His Faith, 47-Year-Old Man Gets Another 1.5 Years in Prison
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March 30, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 18, 2025 (4 Reports)
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March 30, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 20, 2025 (5 Reports)
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March 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Veteran Admitted to Prison to Serve a Three-Year Term for His Faith
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March 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman Targeted Again After Serving Three Years’ Probation for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 17, 2025 (5 Reports)
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March 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Inner Mongolia Teacher Secretly Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 28, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve a 4-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 28, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Arrested Months After Completing Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 28, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Hebei Woman Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong, Having Previously Been Incarcerated for Years
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March 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 5 Years, 58-Year-Old Liaoning Engineer Gets Another 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 16, 2025 (6 Reports)
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March 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFushun City, Liaoning Province: 62-Year-Old Woman is the Sixth Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced Since Start of 2025; Ten More Face Trial
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March 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Being Tortured For Four Years in Prison, Liaoning Woman Is Sentenced to 3.5 Years
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March 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman in Her 40s Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Women Sent to Prison After Losing Their Appeals
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March 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Serving 8 Months for Practicing Falun Gong, Former Head Nurse Now Has Her Pension Suspended
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March 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionCouple in Their 60s Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong—Both Repeatedly Detained Before
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March 25, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Jilin Woman Serving Third Prison Sentence for Her Faith, Pension Suspended Since November 2016
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March 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for 11 Years, 59-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Again Faces Trial for Her Faith
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March 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 13, 2025 (10 Reports)
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March 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 15, 2025 (6 Reports)
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March 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionImprisoned Liaoning Woman Denied Family Visits, Suffering High Blood Pressure in Custody
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March 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Teacher Tried for Her Faith, Accused of Being Repeat Offender Due to Previous Wrongful Incarcerations
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March 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHenan Woman Sentenced to Prison for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 23, 2025 | Imprisonment & Forced LaborHow Ningxia Women’s Prison Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners
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March 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Woman Stands Trial for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Faces Prosecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 12, 2025 (10 Reports)
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March 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 14, 2025 (6 Reports)
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March 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Retired Engineer Forced to Stay in Senior Center, Dies Months Later
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March 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 10, 2025 (11 Reports)
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March 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 11, 2025 (6 Reports)
