(Minghui.org) The Minghui website reported 79 new cases in October 2015, of Chinese citizens sentenced for their belief in Falun Gong.

Sixty of the 79 cases involve Falun Gong practitioners sentenced during an eight-month duration this year, with 11 sentenced between March and August, 33 in September, and 16 in October. The uptick in the number of practitioners sentenced in September and October is likely a result of the Chinese Communist Party's retaliation against lawsuits filed by practitioners against former CCP leader Jiang Zemin.

The other 19 cases lack details on the exact verdict announcement date for each practitioner. Due to the Chinese communist regime's Internet blockade, it is difficult to pinpoint when exactly the 19 practitioners were sentenced.

The sentences of the 79 practitioners ranged from 1 to 8 years, and came from 19 provinces, with Sichuan and Liaoning sending the most practitioners (10 each) to prison.

Hebei Province came in second with 8 practitioners sentenced, followed by Zhejiang and Heilongjiang (7 each), Guangdong (5), Beijing, Anhui, Henan, and Shandong (4 each), Hubei and Jiangxi (3), Jilin, Xinjiang, and Jiangsu (2), and Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Hunan, and Shaanxi (1 each).

Below is the list of the sentenced practitioners (province name followed by total number sentenced).

Anhui (4)Wang Ling: 3 yearsXu Yinghua: 5 yearsYang Yuping: 3 yearsZhang Jinzhi: exact sentence remains to be investigated

Beijing (4)Feng Yumei: 5 yearsWang Pingan: 3 yearsWei Meifeng: 1 yearsZhang Xiufen: exact sentence remains to be investigated

Guangdong (5)Hong Xinken: 3 yearsJiang Hanquan: 3.5 yearsLiang Xianbo: 4 yearsXie Kunxiang: 4 yearsYe Guanghui: 5 years

Guizhou (1)Hu Mingxia: 6 years

Hebei (8)Bian Xiaohui: 3.5 yearsChen Yinghua: 4 yearsJia Pengfei: 4 yearsLi Kai: 3 yearsLi Yuxin: 4 yearsXu Xiuyan: 3 yearsYang Huizhou: 5 yearsZhang Yingtong: 4 years

Heilongjiang (7)Jing Guixiang: 3.5 yearsKuang Weihua: 3 years with 4 years' probationSun Xiqin: 4 yearsWang Aimin: 5 yearsWang Caiyun: 3.5 yearsZhuang Jingyuan: 3.5 yearsZou Zhiwen: 4 years

Henan (4)Guo Jiangtao: 3.5 yearsJin Xiaoliu: 3.5 yearsLi Taizhi: 3 yearsTian Changqing: 5 years

Hubei (3)Chen Xiurong: 4 yearsQin Hanmei: 5 yearsZhou Yao: 5 years

Hunan (1)Gan Qiuliang: 3 years

Inner Mongolia (1)Du Yaozhi: 3.5 years

Jiangsu (2)Sun Meihua: 3 yearsYu bin: 5 years

Jiangxi (3)Mu Junlian: 3.5 yearsWu Yinghua: 3 yearsXiong Ying: 3.5 years

Jilin (2)Huang Xiuhuan: 3 yearsYang Yongmei: 2 years

Liaoning (10)Gao Zuokui: 1 year and monthsGu Fengli: 1.5 yearsSun Lianqiu: 3 yearsWang Yingzi: 4 yearsWu Shuming: 3 yearsWu Xiuzhen: exact sentence remains to be investigatedXing Jiaqiu: 3.5 yearsXu Meihua: 8 yearsZhang Xiuying: 3 yearsZhu Yun: 6 years

Shaanxi (1)Li Yanfang: exact sentence remains to be investigated

Shandong (4)Feng Guoyun: 4 yearsLiu Chengshan: 3.5 yearsMa Fujian: 4 yearsPeng Shuming : 3.5 years

Sichuan (10)Chen Shulu: 1 year with 1 year probationGao Shufen: 3 years with 3 years' probationHe Shuhua: 1 year with 1 year probationLiu Guirong: 1 year and 3 monthsPeng Junying: 1 year and 3 monthsWang Guangrong: 1 year with 1 year probationWang Zhijian: 1 yearWu Xiurong: 1 year and 4 monthsYan Xiang: 1.5Zhou Fuquan: 3 years

Xinjiang (2)Hu Lianju: 4 yearsWang Fugui: 4 years

Zhejiang (7)Lu Honghui: 7 yearsQian Enli: 4 yearsShao Ruiliang: 3.5 yearsShao Xiaoshan: 4 yearsTao Yuan: 4 yearsXu Jingui: 3 yearsZhu Zuoliang: 4 years