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. 27, 2026 | Overview and Summary Reports35 Deaths and 162 Sentencing Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Reported in Third Quarter of 2026
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Oct. 27, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionCancer-Stricken Woman, 69, Dies Two Months After Being Released on Parole in Critical Condition
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Oct. 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Incarcerated for 7 Years, 84-Year-Old Shandong Man Sentenced to Another 14 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Loses Appeal of 15-Month Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed Before for a Total of 7 Years, 69-Year-Old Woman Gets Another Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGuizhou Woman Sentenced Twice for Her Faith—Distressed Husband Dies of Illness
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Oct. 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Woman Suffers Severe Hypertension While Detained for Her Faith
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Oct. 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 13, 2026 (5 Reports)
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Oct. 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution85-Year-Old Gansu Woman Detained in October 2025 for Her Faith in Falun Gong—Previously Jailed for 3 Years
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Oct. 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Arrested After 7 Years on the Run to Avoid Being Prosecuted for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Retired Hospital Worker Faces Prosecution for Seeking Pension Reinstatement
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Oct. 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 10, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Oct. 24, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsSummary Report: Persecution of Falun Gong in China in September 2026
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Oct. 24, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution50-Year-Old Ningxia Woman Becomes Incapacitated While Detained for Her Faith, Repeatedly Denied Bail
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Oct. 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThe Persecution of Falun Gong at Hebei Province Women’s Prison
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Oct. 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 9, 2026 (2 Reports)
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Oct. 23, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Given Two Back-to-Back Prison Sentences for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSentenced to 7 Years at Age 20, 44-Year-Old Woman Stands Trial Again for Her Faith
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Oct. 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man in His 80s Sentenced to 16 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 8, 2026 (7 Reports)
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Oct. 22, 2026 | Torture of WomenInhuman Torture Committed in Shanghai Women’s Prison: Small Stool
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Oct. 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSocial Security Bureau Again Refuses to Reinstate 81-Year-Old Woman’s Pension Suspended For Over a Decade
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Oct. 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 6, 2026 (2 Reports)
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Oct. 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 7, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Oct. 21, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Shandong Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 21, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution55-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced a Third Time for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Incarcerated for Three Years, 64-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 5, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Oct. 20, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution64-Year-Old Man Released in a Coma Two Days Before End of 3-Year Prison Term, Dies One Week Later
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Oct. 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Man Severely Injured After Police Beat Him for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShocked With Electric Baton and Beaten: Ningxia Man Recounts Brutal Torture in Prison
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Oct. 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 4, 2026 (3 Reports)
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Oct. 19, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionLiaoning Woman Dies in the Persecution of Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHunan Man Detained for Nearly Four Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 2, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Oct. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 3, 2026 (3 Reports)
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Oct. 18, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionOnce Drugged in Psychiatric Hospital for One Month, Hubei Woman Dies 25 Years Later at 59
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Oct. 18, 2026 | Torture of Women75-Year-Old Jilin Woman Has Exposed Bones on Buttocks After Long-term Forced Sitting on a Stool While Serving 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShijiazhuang City, Hebei Province: Married Couple Arrested for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – October 1, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Oct. 17, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionFalun Gong Turned His Life Around, But He Was Twice Jailed for His Faith and Died at 51 After Repeated Harassment
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Oct. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTortured by Police At 16, 42-Year-Old Hebei Woman Gets 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 30, 2026 (12 Reports)
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Oct. 16, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionA Family Destroyed by the Persecution of Falun Gong – Elderly Man Dies Alone 24 Years After Wife’s Death, Son Still Hospitalized for Mental Disorder
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Oct. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThe Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at Jilin Province Women’s Prison
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Oct. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 29, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Oct. 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Liaoning Man Admitted to Prison to Serve a 3-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolia Woman Sentenced 22 Months Because She Practices Falun Gong
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Oct. 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution43-Year-Old Hubei Woman Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 28, 2026 (17 Reports)
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Oct. 14, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionFormer Nurse Dies After Enduring Nearly Three Decades of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 14, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionCritically Ill When Released on Parole While Serving a 9-Year Prison Term, 80-Year-Old Woman Dies After Another 12 Years of Suffering
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Oct. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 24, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Oct. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 25, 2026 (12 Reports)
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Oct. 13, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Woman Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Oct. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHuanghua City, Hebei Province: At Least 28 Falun Gong Practitioners Harassed in September 2026
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Oct. 12, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution45 Jilin Women Confirmed to Have Died After Being Tortured in Jilin Province Women’s Prison for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 26, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Oct. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 27, 2026 (10 Reports)
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Oct. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionIncarcerted for Three Years in the Past, Sichuan Man Sentenced to Two More Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman and Her Son Detained for Practicing Falun Gong; Her Son-in-law, a Non-Practitioner, Sentenced to One Year
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Oct. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 22, 2026 (10 Reports)
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Oct. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 23, 2026 (12 Reports)
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Oct. 10, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Shanxi Man Dies Four Years After Serving a 3-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLangfang City, Hebei Province: 42 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Many More Harassed in Recent Months – One Died Days After Harassment
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Oct. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 21, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Oct. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLaishui County, Hebei Province: Updates on Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested Since August 2026 – 3 Still Detained
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Oct. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLaizhou City, Shandong Province: 13 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed Within a Week
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Oct. 9, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 8, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Widow Detained Incommunicado for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Guizhou Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 20, 2026 (17 Reports)
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Oct. 7, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Anhui Woman Recounts How She Was Imprisoned and Abused for Three Years for Her Faith
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Oct. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Teacher Faces Prosecution for Mailing a Letter about Falun Gong
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Oct. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Residents Detained Because They Practice Falun Gong
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Oct. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 18, 2026 (20 Reports)
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Oct. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 19, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Oct. 6, 2026 | Imprisonment & Forced LaborThe Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Shandong Province Women’s Prison
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Oct. 6, 2026 | Torture of WomenTianjin Woman Brutally Tortured While Serving 7.5 Years for Her Faith
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Oct. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Man Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong, Repeatedly Harassed Before Latest Arrest
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Oct. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 16, 2026 (5 Reports)
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Oct. 5, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionJilin Woman Dies 40 Days After Serving a Seven-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 5, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Retired Teacher Developed Cancer During Wrongful Prison Term and Died 10 Months After Release
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Oct. 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 12, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Oct. 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 15, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Oct. 4, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution73-Year-Old Jilin Woman Dies While Serving Five Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 62-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong, Disabled Husband Suffers a Stroke
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Oct. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 13, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Oct. 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionRideshare Driver Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Sharing with a Passenger How Falun Gong Lifted Him Out of Despair
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Oct. 3, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution52-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Detained Since February 2026 for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionWu Yan, the Primary Instigator of the Persecution of Falun Gong in Liaoning Women’s Prison
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Oct. 2, 2026 | Torture of WomenExposing the Treatment of Falun Dafa Practitioners By Heilongjiang Women’s Prison
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Oct. 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionQitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province: A Married Couple and Three Others Sentenced for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Oct. 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 17, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Oct. 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution49-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Oct. 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Hebei Man Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Telling People about Falun Gong
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Sept. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSix Hebei Residents, Including a Married Couple and an 83-Year-Old, Sentenced to Prison for Talking to People About Falun Gong
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Sept. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolian Woman Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong, Incapacitated Husband Stripped of Care
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Sept. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 14, 2026 (19 Reports)
