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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March 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTortured Into Serious Condition While Detained for Practicing Falun Gong, Liaoning Woman Refuses to Attend Court Hearings
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March 15, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution81-Year-Old Woman Taken into Custody to Serve a Six-Month Term for Talking to People about Falun Gong
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March 14, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in January and February 2025: 518 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith (Graphic Photos)
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March 14, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionFrequently Harassed While on Bail, 77-Year-Old Man Dies Shortly After
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March 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Heilongjiang Women, 60 and 74, Sentenced for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 71-Year-Old Woman to Serve a Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 4, 2025 (7 Reports)
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March 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Lost Family Members Due to the Persecution of Falun Gong, Destitute Man Stands Trial Again for His Faith
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March 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Sending Information about Falun Gong on Her Cellphone
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March 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionNine Yunnan Residents to Be Tried for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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March 12, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Two Years for Distributing Falun Gong Materials
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March 11, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in February 2025: 68 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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March 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Police Threaten to Break Elderly Woman’s Legs and Beat Her to Death
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March 11, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Liaoning Woman Dies in Late 2019 As a Result of the Persecution of Falun Gong
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March 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Residents Stand Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Police Attempt to Submit Case Against Sichuan Woman For the Third Time
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March 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Two Anhui Women Convicted for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 1, 2025 (8 Reports)
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March 10, 2025 | Torture of WomenAfter Nearly Six Years of Incarceration and Torture, Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced Again for Her Faith
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March 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution52-Year-Old Jilin Woman Dies Weeks After Latest Police Harassment for Her Faith
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March 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Nearly Eight Years Behind Bars and Losing Husband to Persecution of Falun Gong, Liaoning Woman Faces Prosecution Again for Her Faith
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March 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 27, 2025 (6 Reports)
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March 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 28, 2025 (4 Reports)
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March 9, 2025 | Organ HarvestingDenmark: Bodies Exhibitions Spark Questions About the Source
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March 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Incarcerated for Nine Years and Her Pension Suspended, 72-Year-Old Woman Faces Prison Sentence Again for Her Faith
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March 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJieyang City, Guangdong Province: Four Arrested in One Day, Three Remain Detained
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March 9, 2025 | Imprisonment & Forced LaborThe Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jidong Prison, Hebei Province
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March 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 26, 2025 (6 Reports)
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March 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 73-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Dies in Early 2020, Three Years After Serving a 7.5-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Liaoning Woman Dies in 2015 in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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March 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Woman Given Fifth Prison Term Since the Onset of the Persecution of Falun Gong
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March 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 25, 2025 (7 Reports)
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March 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 62-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Gets 2 Years for Filing Complaint Against Perpetrators for Persecuting Her for Her Faith
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March 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 24, 2025 (7 Reports)
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March 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution79-Year-Old Woman Dies in the Persecution of Her Faith
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March 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution80-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 5 Years, 63-Year-Old Tianjin Teacher Stands Trial Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Shandong Woman Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Guangdong Women Stand Trial for Their Faith, Both Previously Detained for Years
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March 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 22, 2025 (5 Reports)
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March 5, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Woman Secretly Sentenced to Three Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Serving Wrongful Term for Her Faith on Hunger Strike and in Serious Condition, Denied Family Visits
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March 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionNingxia Woman Admitted to Prison After Losing Appeal to Overturn Sentencing for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Sichuan Women Wrongly Convicted for Their Faith, Including Two Who Previously Served Lengthy Prison Terms
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March 4, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in February 2025: Eight Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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March 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution84-Year-Old Man Dies Shortly After Serving Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Jailed for 7 Years, 67-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Gets a 4-Year Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTortured for 84 Hours and Jailed for 5 Years, Liaoning Engineer Faces Another Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 4, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Former Bank Employee Sentenced to 3.5-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Province Women’s Prison: Three Stages of Brainwashing Used on Falun Gong Practitioners
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March 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested on the Same Day, Ten Liaoning Residents Face Trial for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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March 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 23, 2025 (7 Reports)
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March 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Guangdong Sisters, Both in Their 60s, Stand Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 1, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Shandong Woman Dies After Suffering Years of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 75-Year-Old Guizhou Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in February 2023
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March 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 58-Year-Old Hunan Woman Jailed in August 2024 to Serve a 3-Year Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 68-Year-Old Shandong Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve 1.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information on the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed at Sichuan Province Women’s Prison
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Feb. 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Engineer Given Second 3-Year Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 85-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Denied Pension Since 2000, Requests to Reinstate Benefits Repeatedly Rejected
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Feb. 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 21, 2025 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 17.5 Years of Prior Incarceration, 55-Year-Old Man Gets Another 14-Month Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 10 Years, 62-Year-Old Sichuan Man Faces Another Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionYushu City, Jilin Province: 15 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in One Day, 4 Still in Detention
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Feb. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman in Her 40s Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 20, 2025 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionSix Jilin Province Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested for Studying the Falun Gong Teachings, Liaoning Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years
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Feb. 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionSame Court Convicts Three Hunan Women for Their Faith, Including a 76-Year-Old Who Served Two Prior Terms Totaling 7 Years
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Feb. 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 15, 2025 (7 Reports)
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Feb. 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 19, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Hunan Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 25, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Hunan Woman Wrongly Convicted Again for Her Faith, Previously Imprisoned for More Than Four Years
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Feb. 25, 2025 | BrainwashingAdditional Information About the Brainwashing Tactics Used on Falun Gong Practitioners Held at Xinxiang Women’s Prison in Henan Province
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Feb. 24, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionDrugged and Tortured in Prison, 74-Year-Old Woman Dies Less Than Two Years After Being Released
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Feb. 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 61-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Secretly Sentenced to Three Years, Having Served Two Previous Terms Totaling Nine Years
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Feb. 24, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Heilongjiang Woman Dies After Enduring Repeated Arrests and Detention for Practicing Falun Gong, Predeceased by Several Family Members
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Feb. 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 17, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 18, 2025 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 23, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Another 5.5 Years in Prison for Her Faith, Having Spent 13 Years Behind Bars
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Feb. 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Faces Prosecution for His Faith, Having Had Two Hunger Strikes Since His Arrest Two Months Ago
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Feb. 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAnhui Man Secretly Sentenced to 3.5 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Years After Completing a Wrongful Prison Term, Sichuan Woman Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 16, 2025 (6 Reports)
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Feb. 22, 2025 | Torture of WomenAdditional Information About the Systematic Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed at Guangdong Women’s Prison
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Feb. 22, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Beijing Woman Gets Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman Subjected to Strict Management in Prison After Developing Heart Condition Due to Torture
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Feb. 21, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 67-Year-Old Hebei Man Dies While Serving 13 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Still Serving a 19-Year Term for Speaking Up for Her Persecuted Faith, Denied Family Visits Since September 2022
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Feb. 21, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution69-Year-Old Woman Arrested on New Year Vacation after Police Find Falun Gong Materials in Her Bag
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Feb. 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJudges Threaten to Take Incapacitated Woman Back Into Custody to Serve a Four-Year Prison Term for Her Faith
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Feb. 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 13, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 14, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 12, 2025 (9 Reports)
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Feb. 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Faces Prosecution for Practicing Falun Gong—195,000 Yuan in Savings Confiscated by Police
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Feb. 19, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 60-Year-Old Shandong Teacher Dies After Years of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 19, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionTortured to Serious Condition After Four Months in Prison, 63-Year-Old Woman Dies Two Weeks After Medical Parole Release
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Feb. 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionSix Jilin Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 11, 2025 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 18, 2025 | Psychiatric TortureCases of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Psychiatric Hospitals
