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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RECENT ARTICLES
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Feb. 10, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in January 2025: 13 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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Feb. 10, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Zhang Yulong, Deputy Secretary of the Jilin Province Political and Legal Affairs Committee, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Feb. 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Inner Mongolia Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 30, 2025 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 1, 2025 (1 Report)
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Xu Jie, Director of the National Security Division at the Hubei Provincial Public Security Department, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Woman Detained Despite Poor Health, Sentenced to 15 Months
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFire Protection Engineer Arrested 14 Months Ago, Family Still Not Notified of Her Detention Location
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 31, 2025 (3 Reports)
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Gansu Man, Around 61, Dies in February 2013
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 76-Year-Old Gansu Woman Dies in November 2014
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 77-Year-Old Gansu Man Dies in February 2017
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 54-Year-Old Heilongjiang Man Dies in August 2018
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Feb. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 71-Year-Old Gansu Woman Dies in November 2022
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 52-Year-Old Henan Man Dies in March 2024
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 74-Year-Old Hubei Woman Dies in November 2023
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 39-Year-Old Shandong Man Dies in July 2016
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 70-Year-Old Shandong Woman Dies in October 2022
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Shandong Man Dies at Unknown Time
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Shandong Woman Arrested a 12th Time for Telling People About the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJailed Three Times for a Total of 8 Years, 70-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Faces Prosecution Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Completes 3.5-Year Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong, Recounts Horrific Torture in Prison
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Feb. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 29, 2025 (3 Reports)
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to 4.5 Years by Court That Previously Convicted 24 Other Falun Gong Practitioners in 2024
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 25, 2025 (7 Reports)
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 28, 2025 (3 Reports)
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 82-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in April 2024
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 91-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Dies in December 2019
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 74-Year-Old Henan Woman Dies in November 2023
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 71-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Dies in December 2023
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Feb. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 77-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies in May 2024
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Man Sentenced to Four Years for Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Appeals Wrongful Sentence for Her Faith, Files Complaint Against Perpetrators
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 23, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 24, 2025 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 84-Year-Old Inner Mongolia Woman Dies in December 2023
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 80-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies in March 2024
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 80-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Dies in April 2024
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 84-Year-Old Xinjiang Man Dies in April 2024
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Feb. 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Liaoning Woman Dies at Unknown Time
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Dies of Force-feeding Within a Month of Her Detention
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Henan Man in His 60s Dies in April 2014
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 73-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman in June 2021
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Liaoning Woman in Her 30s Dies Around June 2003
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Hebei Woman Dies in March 2014
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 77-Year-Old Jilin Man Dies in January 2024
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Chongqing Faces Prosecution Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 22, 2025 (7 Reports)
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 58-Year-Old Inner Mongolia Man Dies in January 2022
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 65-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in February 2023
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 74-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies in November 2022
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 80-Year-Old Hebei Man Dies in April 2023
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 75-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Dies in August 2018
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJudge Pressured into Dismissing Beijing Teacher’s Lawsuit Against Board of Education for “Lacking Standing”
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution67-Year-Old Man Hospitalized While Serving Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Medical Parole Denied
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested Almost Four Years Ago, Thirteen Falun Gong Practitioners Still Await Verdict
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Feb. 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Arrested in One Day for Putting Up Falun Gong Materials, One Already Sentenced
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsHealthy Falun Gong Practitioners Subjected to Involuntary Drug Administration and Other Torture in Psychiatric Hospitals
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 65-Year-Old Heilongjiang Man Dies in February 2022
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 85-Year-Old Inner Mongolia Woman Dies around March 2023
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 73-Year-Old Jilin Woman Dies in December 2022
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 86-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Dies in April 2023
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 65-Year-Old Hubei Man Dies in August 2016
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Two Forced Labor Terms Totaling 3.5 Years, Jilin Man Gets Prison Sentence for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Over Nine Years of Prior Incarceration, Liaoning Man Secretly Sentenced to Another Four Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 19, 2025 (9 Reports)
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Feb. 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Women, 68 and 66, Sentenced to Prison for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 2, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Shandong Woman Gets Three Years for Talking to People About Falun Gong
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Feb. 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 27, 2025 (8 Reports)
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Feb. 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3.5 Years, 66-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Gets Two More Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed a Total of 9.5 Years, Jilin Woman Gets Another 5.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionIncarcerated a Total of 10 Years, Chongqing Man Gets Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 31, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Woman Sentenced to Six Years and Three Months for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 31, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution56-Year-Old Jilin Man Admitted to Prison to Serve a One-Year Term for His Faith, Previously Incarcerated a Total of 13 Years
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Jan. 31, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 31, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 26, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Jan. 30, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Heilongjiang Residents Jailed for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 30, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJiangxi Woman Recounts Torture During Four-Year Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 29, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution57-Year-Old Henan Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 16, 2025 (6 Reports)
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Jan. 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 17, 2025 (12 Reports)
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Jan. 28, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionShanxi Man Dies After Serving Two Labor Camp Terms and One Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Brothers Imprison Their 78-Year-Old Mother Because She Practices Falun Gong
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Jan. 28, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution79-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Prison, 2 Years Probation for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Shandong Woman Gets 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Appeal Rejected Months Later
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Jan. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAt Least 25 Falun Gong Practitioners Still Jailed at Gansu Province Women’s Prison, the Oldest Being 87
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Jan. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 63-Year-Old Woman Suffers from Severe Diabetes and Denied Family Visits While Serving 5 Years for Her Faith
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Jan. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested in a Police Sweep, Jilin Woman Gets Four Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 14, 2025 (9 Reports)
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Jan. 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 15, 2025 (7 Reports)
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Jan. 26, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution81-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman Accused of “Being Harmful to Society,”—3.5-Year Prison Sentence Upheld
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Jan. 26, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 71-Year-Old Jiangsu Woman Dies in July 2024, Having Been Incarcerated for Over 9 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 26, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Ailing Man Admitted to Prison to Serve a Six-Year Term Handed Down Two Years Ago
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Jan. 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 21, 2024 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 25, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionFormer Physician, 50, Dies Within a Year of His Parents’ Passing
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Jan. 25, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 48-Year-Old Mother of Two Minors Dies Due to the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Jan. 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Sent to Prison Hospital Due to Frail Health
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Jan. 25, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Retired Sichuan Teacher Given Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 25, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Jilin Woman Taken to Prison Despite Her Dangerously High Blood Pressure
