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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April 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: College Librarian Sentenced for Sharing Information about Falun Gong Online, Fired from Her Job
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April 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 15, 2025 (8 Reports)
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April 23, 2025 | Peaceful Protest of April 25, 1999Cherished Memories of April 25, 1999
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April 23, 2025 | Peaceful Protest of April 25, 1999Taiwan Scholars on April 25 Peaceful Appeal in Beijing 26 Years Ago
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April 23, 2025 | Peaceful Protest of April 25, 1999The Peaceful Appeal in 1999: How the CCP Framed Falun Gong Practitioners Before the Persecution Began
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April 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionDisplaced Shandong Woman Arrested for Her Faith, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
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April 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 14, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 22, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionFamily Continuously Threatened Three Years After 77-Year-Old Man’s Death While Imprisoned for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 22, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Dies One Year After Completing 12-Year Prison Term
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April 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Being Incarcerated For 7 Years, 62-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Gets 3 More Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 5 Years Behind Bars, 49-Year-Old Hunan Man Faces Another Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 22, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Three-Year-Three-Month Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 13, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 21, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Woman Dies After 13 Years of Incarceration and Torture for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 80-Year-Old Woman Dies One Year After Serving a Four-Year Prison Term
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April 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 12, 2025 (11 Reports)
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April 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information on Yunnan Man’s Prosecution that Led to 4-Year Prison Sentence
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April 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman in Her 70s Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 10, 2025 (13 Reports)
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April 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 11, 2025 (7 Reports)
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April 19, 2025 | Peaceful Protest of April 25, 1999What the April 25 Appeal in 1999 Tells Us
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April 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 7 Years Behind Bars, 61-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Gets 4 More Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Sentenced to 5.5 Years On Fabricated Evidence
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April 19, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution36-Year-Old Beijing Woman Sentenced to 5 Years, Mother In Hiding After Being Threatened with Arrest for Seeking Justice
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April 19, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Shandong Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Man Loses Appeal of Four-Year Sentence
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April 18, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Falun Gong Practitioners in Their 70s and 80s Sent to Prison to Re-serve Expired Terms
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April 18, 2025 | Peaceful Protest of April 25, 1999Participating in the “April 25th” Peaceful Petition in Police Uniform
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April 18, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners in Jiuzhai Township, Shandong Province Sent to Prison on the Same Day
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April 18, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Hubei Man Admitted to Prison to Serve a Three-Year Term for His Faith
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April 18, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Retired Teacher Sentenced to 16 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 18, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 8, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 17, 2025 | Peaceful Protest of April 25, 1999Peaceful Appeal of April 25, 1999: A Monument to Morality
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April 17, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Couple Jailed for Practicing Falun Gong, Husband Dies in Prison
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April 17, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionMentally Disordered After Wrongful Detention, Hebei Woman Wandered Off 15 Years Ago, Still Missing
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April 17, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Given 3.5 Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 17, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 7, 2025 (3 Reports)
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April 16, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHusband and Wife Die in 2009 and 2025 in the Persecution of Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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April 16, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Yunnan Residents Lose Appeal Against Wrongful Prison Sentences for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 16, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 6, 2025 (16 Reports)
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April 15, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in March 2025: 61 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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April 15, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHusband and Wife Die Nine Years Apart After They Were Persecuted for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 4 Years, 63-Year-Old Hebei Woman Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman From Hebei Tried in Zhejiang Province for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 2, 2025 (7 Reports)
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April 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 4, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 14, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 85-Year-Old Jiangsu Woman Dies Five Years After Completing Third Prison Term for Her Faith
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April 14, 2025 | BrainwashingWang Shanguo, Deputy Director of the Anti-Cult Office in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, Spreads Propaganda About Falun Gong on College Campuses
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April 14, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Retired Teacher Admitted to Prison to Serve a Two-Year Term for His Faith
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April 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 3, 2024 (5 Reports)
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April 13, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution81-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman Serving a 3.5-Year Term for Her Faith
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April 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Tortured and Force-Fed While Detained for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTorture of Two Falun Gong Practitioners in the 11th Division of Shandong Province Prison
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April 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 1, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionChongqing Woman Given Third Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Arrested and May Serve a Three-year Prison Sentence Given in 2013 for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jilin Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Loses Appeal Against Wrongful Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman, Her Daughter and Son-in-law Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2025 | Physical Torture MethodsShandong Man Recounts Abuse in Prison While Serving Six Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Residents, 71 and 65, Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Judge Sentences Seven Falun Gong Practitioners to Prison Since 2014
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April 11, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution47-Year-Old Chongqing Man Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution79-Year-Old Woman Dies After Enduring Two Prison Terms and Constant Police Harassment
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April 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Widowed in the Persecution of Falun Gong, 71-Year-Old Woman Dies After Repeated Arrests and Harassment
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April 10, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Liaoning Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 28, 2025 (12 Reports)
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April 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 31, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLocal Police Station in Hebei Province Arrests Falun Gong Practitioners for Their Faith
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April 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jiangxi Women Arbitrarily Detained for Seven Months and Counting
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April 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 27, 2025 (7 Reports)
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April 8, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in March 2025: Thirteen Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Has a Stroke the Day Before His Pension Suspension Case Hearing—Court Rejects the Appeal After His Death
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Goes Into Shock Three Times in One Month While in Detention for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Retiree’s Pension Suspended Since February 2022 After He Completed a 10-Year Prison Sentence
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Previously Imprisoned Hebei Residents Convicted Again For Practicing Falun Gong
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April 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Elderly Guangdong Women Denied Family Visits For 6 Months
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April 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Sichuan Women, 86 and 80, Convicted for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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April 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Chemistry Teacher in His 70s Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 7, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Middle School Teacher Given Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution53-Year-Old Liaoning Man Loses Appeal Against 4.5-year Prison Sentence, Taken to Prison Three Months Later
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution58-Year-Old Hebei Woman Admitted to Prison Three Months After Losing Appeal Against 4-Year Prison Sentence
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April 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 30, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Man Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Talking to People about Persecution of Falun Gong
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April 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 29, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Shaanxi Woman Dragged Down Four Flights of Stairs During Arrest, Judge Claims “Officer Accidentally Fell and Knocked Her Down”
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Sentenced to 3 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Elderly Jilin Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Tofu Vendor Imprisoned for Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Woman Serving Five Years for Her Faith Still Under Strict Management and Not Given Enough Food to Eat
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJob Terminated After One-Year Prison Term, Former Shandong Teacher Gets Another 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 25, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 26, 2025 (6 Reports)
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April 3, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Man Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Detained for Four Months and Counting for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 24, 2025 (5 Reports)
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April 2, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsAt Least 43 Falun Gong Practitioners in Anhui Province Sentenced By the Same Court Since 1999
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution80-Year-Old Former Environmental Engineer’s Pension Suspended Since 2016 for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Doctoral Candidate at National University of Defense Technology Tortured While Serving Time for His Faith
