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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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution79-Year-Old Hebei Woman Constantly Harassed by Authorities for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Tortured During a 3.5-Year Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 24, 2026 (11 Reports)
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 25, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution82-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Arrested for Displaying “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Good” Stickers at Home
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July 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution57-Year-Old Gansu Woman Sentenced to 2.5 Years by a Court in Sichuan Province
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July 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTangshan City, Hebei Province: Update on the Group Arrests of Local Falun Gong Practitioners in June 2026
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July 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Over 16 Years of Incarceration, 54-Year-Old Shandong Man Detained Again for His Faith in Falun Gong
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July 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Three Labor Camp Terms and One Prison Term, 63-Year-Old Man Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShenyang City, Liaoning Province: Six Detained for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Held Incommunicado for Six Months and Counting
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July 2, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution57-Year-Old Woman Tortured While Serving Third Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 2, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHubei Woman Dies Six Years After Serving Wrongful Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested in a Police Sweep, Another Heilongjiang Resident Confirmed Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSentenced to 15 Months in 2023, 73-Year-Old Woman Begins Serving Time at Home in June 2026
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July 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 23, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 1, 2026 | Organ HarvestingBoston, Massachusetts: Exposing the CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting at the American Transplant Congress
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July 1, 2026 | Torture of WomenPreviously Sentenced Twice for a Total of 16.5 Years, 60-Year-Old Jilin Woman Gets Another 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Ailing Woman Taken Into Custody to Serve Wrongful Term Given in 2022
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July 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJinhua City, Zhejiang Province: Four Locals Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 19, 2026 (12 Reports)
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July 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 22, 2026 (11 Reports)
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June 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSelect Cases of Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed for Their Faith
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June 30, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Faces Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jiangxi Women Indicted for Raising Awareness About the Persecution of Falun Gong
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June 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Couple Sentenced for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 18, 2026 (12 Reports)
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June 29, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution63-Year-Old Woman Dies Less Than 24 Hours After Arrest for Her Faith
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June 29, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionShandong Woman in Her 70s Dies After Decades of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 2 Years, 72-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Indictment Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 10, 2026 (5 Reports)
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June 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 17, 2026 (11 Reports)
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June 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFalun Gong Practitioner Recounts Harsh Treatment at Nanchang Prison
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June 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Older Liaoning Women Face Indictment for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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June 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPolice Threaten to Stop Parents’ Low-income Subsidy If Son, Facing Indictment, Dares to Hire Defense Lawyer
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June 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for a Total of Five Years, 72-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Faces Another Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMother and Daughter, 82 and 57, Arrested Again for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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June 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Woman Secretly Sentenced and Jailed, Family Harassed for Trying to Deposit Money for Her
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June 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 16, 2026 (10 Reports)
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June 26, 2026 | Torture of Women66-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Abused While Serving Long Prison Sentence, Suffering from Uremia
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June 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Loses Appeal of 4-Year Prison Sentence, Denied Visitation Rights in Prison
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June 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 15, 2026 (11 Reports)
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June 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution64-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Shandong Residents Sentenced to Up to Six Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Compulsive Gambler Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 14, 2026 (6 Reports)
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June 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSix Hebei Residents Tried for Practicing Falun Gong, Judge Orders “No Spectators”
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June 24, 2026 | Torture of Women71-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Tortured to Incapacity and Mental Disorder While Serving a 5-Year Prison Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 24, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution85-Year-Old Retired Nurse Jailed to Serve a 1-Year Term Given in 2022 for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 12, 2026 (8 Reports)
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June 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 13, 2026 (13 Reports)
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June 23, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Hebei Woman Faces Prosecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTangshan City, Hebei Province: Eleven Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Three Days
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June 23, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Prosecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 9, 2026 (5 Reports)
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June 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSuspicious Points Regarding 71-Year-Old Man’s Death One Week After His 6-Year Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong (Graphic Photos)
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June 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 9, 2026 (5 Reports)
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June 21, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution53-Year-Old Sichuan Man Dies After Decades of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 21, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Chongqing Woman to Stand Trial for Practicing Falun Gong, Previously Incarcerated Nearly 11 Years
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June 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 7, 2026 (8 Reports)
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June 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 8, 2026 (9 Reports)
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June 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Ailing Woman Now Serving a Three-Year Term Given in 2020 for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionIll Woman Taken into Custody to Serve a Seven-Month Prison Term Given in 2023 for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong—Wife Suffers Hypertension in Detention and Faces Indictment
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June 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 5, 2026 (6 Reports)
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June 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 6, 2026 (14 Reports)
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June 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFive Heilongjiang Women Arrested in a Police Sweep and Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution64-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Tried for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Man Taken to Brainwashing Center for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Anhui Man Deemed “Flight Risk” and Barred From Traveling Abroad
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June 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 4, 2026 (6 Reports)
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June 18, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Faces Prosecution for Her Faith, Struggles with Dangerously High Blood Pressure
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June 18, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Tried in Jiangsu Province, Judge Ignores the Law
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June 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 1, 2026 (4 Reports)
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June 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 2, 2026 (7 Reports)
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June 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 3, 2026 (5 Reports)
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June 17, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution79-Year-Old Ningxia Man Dies After Decades of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for a Total of Five Years, Sichuan Woman, 63, Stands Trial Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPension Suspended, 60-Year-Old Woman Still Ordered to Return Nearly Half a Million Yuan Because She Practices Falun Gong
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June 17, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced to More Than Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Shandong Woman Jailed After Losing Appeal of 3.5-Year Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 31, 2026 (8 Reports)
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June 16, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionIncapacitated Woman Dies Amid the Ruthless Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution58-Year-Old Liaoning Man Falls Into Coma While Detained for His Faith, Now Bedridden and Sentenced to 4 Years
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June 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Denied Prison Admission Due to Serious Medical Condition, Police Refuse to Release Her
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June 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 30, 2026 (13 Reports)
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June 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Woman Given Third Prison Term for Giving Out Information about Falun Gong
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June 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter More Than Ten Years of Incarceration and Having His Pension Suspended, 63-Year-Old Man Fired by Employer for Upholding His Faith
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June 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution53-Year-Old Shandong Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years by Guangxi Court for Talking to People About Falun Gong
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June 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 29, 2026 (5 Reports)
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June 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Incarcerated to Serve a One-Year Term Given in 2020 for His Faith in Falun Gong
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June 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 28, 2026 (7 Reports)
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June 13, 2026 | Organ HarvestingPennsylvania: Forum Attendees Support Legislation to End Live Organ Harvesting
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June 13, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionLiaoning Woman on Oxygen Made to Stand Trial, Dies Weeks After Being Sentenced to Over Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 26, 2026 (3 Reports)
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June 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 27, 2026 (11 Reports)
