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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Oct. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Woman Sentenced After Family Refuses to Pay Police Extortion
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Oct. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Tax Bureau Employee Again Faces Trial for His Faith
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Oct. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Lived Away from Home for 11 Years to Avoid Persecution, Hubei Woman Is Arrested and Secretly Sentenced to One Year
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Oct. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 13, 2022 (7 Reports)
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Oct. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to One Year for Her Faith
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Oct. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionMiddle School Teacher Wrongfully Convicted for Her Faith
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Oct. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Becomes the 34th Falun Gong Practitioner Wrongly Convicted by the Same District Court
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Oct. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman Given Another Three Years, Less Than Two Years After Serving 3.5 Years for Her Faith
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Oct. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 7, 2022 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongSix High-ranking Chinese Officials Convicted in Three Days, Three Given Death Sentences with Reprieve
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Reports of Death CasesAuthor and Educator Dies Six Days After Being Admitted to Prison for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served 12 Years for His Faith, Hubei Man Faces Indictment Again
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionPolice Arrest 80-year-old Woman After Monitoring Her Daily Life for Two Years
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman in Her 70s Sentenced for Her Faith Without a Trial
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSix Falun Gong Practitioners Harassed Prior to Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangdong Province
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 9, 2022 (8 Reports)
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Sept. 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 18, 2022 (14 Reports)
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Sept. 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Lost Her Husband and Mother to the Persecution of Falun Gong, Woman in Serious Condition Sentenced to Eight Years
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Sept. 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Convicted for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Her Faith
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Sept. 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHusband and Wife Admitted to Prison, Each Sentenced to Six and a Half Years for Their Faith
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Sept. 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China - September 21, 2022 (15 Reports)
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Sept. 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Appeals Three-Year Wrongful Sentence for Her Faith
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Sept. 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionNingxia Woman Appeals Wrongful Sentence, Refutes Groundless Prosecution Evidence
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Sept. 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Heilongjiang Women Convicted for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 15, 2022 (14 Reports)
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Sept. 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 17, 2022 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 27, 2022 | Torture of WomenAuthorities in Shandong Women’s Prison Weaponize Former Falun Gong Practitioners to Torture Steadfast Practitioners
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Sept. 27, 2022 | Torture of WomenOnce Incarcerated for 13 Years, Former Teacher Arrested Again for Her Faith
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Sept. 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHusband Suffers a Stroke Day Before Court Hearing, Wife Stands Trial Alone Months Later for Their Shared Faith
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Sept. 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionZhanjiang City, Guangdong Province: 15 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in One Day
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Sept. 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 14, 2022 (17 Reports)
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Sept. 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHuaihua City, Hunan Province: At Least 28 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in One Day
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Sept. 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman in Her 70s Has Social Security Suspended and Ordered to Renounce Her Faith
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Sept. 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 6, 2022 (13 Reports)
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Sept. 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWife Dies from Cancer While Husband Serves Lengthy Term for His Faith
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Sept. 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionIntermediate Court Increases Woman’s Prison Sentence After Prosecutor Appeals the “Light Term”
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Sept. 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionGrandma Detained for Her Faith, Two Grandchildren Traumatized
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Sept. 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 4, 2022 (15 Reports)
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Sept. 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested for Distributing Falun Gong Materials, Guangdong Woman Gets Four Years
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Sept. 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Serving Seven Years for His Faith Not Allowed to Attend Father’s Funeral
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Sept. 24, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution82-year-old Sentenced to One Year for Distributing Falun Gong Materials
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Sept. 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China - September 11, 2022 (6 Reports)
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Sept. 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionZhucheng City, Shandong Province: Five Falun Gong Practitioners Face Trial
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Sept. 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSuihua City, Heilongjiang Province: At Least Eleven Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in One Day
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Sept. 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 30, 2022 (17 Reports)
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Sept. 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 10, 2022 (6 Reports)
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Sept. 22, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Wu Zhe, Former Chief Prosecutor of Dalian City Procuratorate, in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionImprisoned Twice for a Total of 14 Years, Liaoning Woman Recounts Her Ordeal
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Sept. 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Endures Two Forced Labor Terms for Upholding His Faith
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Sept. 21, 2022 | Overview of persecutionReported in July and August 2022: 1,850 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith
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Sept. 21, 2022 | Confirmed Death CasesMother of Two Beaten to Death While Serving Time for Her Faith
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Sept. 21, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Zheng Zhu’e and Yu Yunxia, Members of the 610 Office of Guangdong Women’s Prison in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFalun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Harassed Prior to the Mid-Autumn Festival
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Sept. 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 12, 2022 (6 Reports)
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Sept. 20, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed in the Persecution of Falun Gong by 3 Key Authorities at Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison
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Sept. 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionMore Information about Mr. Zhang Guangqing’s Death in Custody 20 Years Ago
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Sept. 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 5, 2022 (17 Reports)
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Sept. 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 8, 2022 (16 Reports)
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Sept. 19, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Jian Biao in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 19, 2022 | Reports of Death CasesBelated News: Small Business Owner Falls to His Death After Police Push Him out of a Window
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Sept. 18, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Liu Yazhou, Director of the Harbin Municipal Public Security Bureau in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 17, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Feng Gang, Director of the Jilin Provincial Prison Administration Bureau in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served Ten Years, Shanghai Woman Gets Four More Years for Her Faith
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Sept. 17, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution68-year-old Woman Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Her Faith, Less Than Two Years After Serving Eight Months
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Sept. 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 28, 2022 (11 Reports)
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Sept. 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 3, 2022 (15 Reports)
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Sept. 16, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed By Liu Jianmin, Director of Hebei Provincial Prison Administration in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFalun Gong Practitioners in Their 80s Harassed for Their Faith
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Sept. 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Sentenced for Practicing Falun Gong, Term Later Changed from 3.5 to 6 Years
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Sept. 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 1, 2022 (14 Reports)
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Sept. 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 2, 2022 (18 Reports)
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Sept. 15, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Fan Huaping, Deputy Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee, in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Putting Up Information about Falun Gong
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Sept. 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Imprisoned for Speaking Up for Her Faith, Denied Family Visits for Two Years
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Sept. 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 31, 2022 (15 Reports)
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Sept. 14, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Yi Zhenli, Deputy Director of Henan Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Director of Henan 610 Office in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 23, 2022 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 24, 2022 (12 Reports)
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Sept. 13, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionIncapacitated Husband Files Complaints against Perpetrators for Wrongfully Sentencing His Wife
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Sept. 13, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionMan Sentenced to 8 Years for Posting Information about Falun Gong on WeChat
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Sept. 13, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 21, 2022 (13 Reports)
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Sept. 13, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China - August 19, 2022 (14 Reports)
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Sept. 12, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Two Decades of Harassment and Two Years Behind Bars, Hebei Woman Sentenced Again for Her Faith
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Sept. 12, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Convicted for Distributing Information about Her Faith
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Sept. 12, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Talking to People about Falun Gong
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Sept. 12, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 29, 2022 (16 Reports)
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Sept. 11, 2022 | Torture of Women79-year-old Woman’s Pension Reduced After She Serves Second 3-Year Term for Her Faith
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Sept. 11, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionThe Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Jailed in Weinan Prison
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Sept. 11, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man in His 70s Sentenced to One Year for Putting Up Information about Falun Gong
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Sept. 10, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed by Lin Fenghai, Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 10, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution82-year-old Hebei Man Jailed for 4.5 Years for His Faith
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Sept. 10, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Hubei Women in Their 70s Detained for Over One Year for Their Faith
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Sept. 10, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Resident Arrested for Her Faith, Found Tracking Device on Her Tricycle
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Sept. 9, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes Committed in the Persecution of Falun Gong By Lin Zhimin, Party Secretary and Director of Liaoning Department of Justice
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Sept. 9, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution77-year-old Woman Convicted for Hanging Up a Banner about Falun Gong Three Years Ago
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Sept. 9, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionZhejiang Woman Sentenced to Prison for Her Faith
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Sept. 9, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman Sentenced to Four Years, Her Sister Faces Prosecution, All for Their Shared Faith
