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 26, 2024 | Torture of WomenFalun Gong Practitioners Tortured at the High-Security Division in Hunan Province Women’s Prison
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July 26, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFinancial Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province
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July 26, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 10, 2024 (8 Reports)
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July 26, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 17, 2024 (7 Reports)
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July 25, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 24, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Couple Harassed for Their Faith, Police Threaten to Implicate Their Family Members
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July 24, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 14, 2024 (10 Reports)
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July 24, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 16, 2024 (14 Reports)
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July 23, 2024 | Organ HarvestingI Escaped Having My Organs Harvested While I Was Imprisoned in China for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 23, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Ningxia Woman Sentenced to Two Years on Fabricated Evidence
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July 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Teacher Detained for 15 Months and Counting, Having Previously Been Incarcerated a Total of Seven Years for Her Faith
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July 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionKunming City, Yunnan Province: 25 Arrested in One Day for Practicing Falun Gong, 8 Now Facing Indictment
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July 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 13, 2024 (8 Reports)
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July 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Lost His Wife to the Persecution of Falun Gong, Shandong Man Gets Second Prison Term for His Shared Faith
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July 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Teacher Denied Pension and Low-income Subsidy Because of Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionChongqing Court Freezes 70-Year-old Woman’s Bank Accounts When She Refuses to Report to Prison Because of Her Incapacitated Husband
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July 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 11, 2024 (4 Reports)
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July 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 12, 2024 (16 Reports)
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July 21, 2024 | Organ HarvestingTaiwan: Former Chinese Doctor Exposes CCP’s State-Sanctioned Live Organ Harvesting
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July 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Couple Arrested for Their Shared Faith, Husband Develops Serious Medical Condition, Is Detained in Isolation
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July 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionWeihai City, Shandong Province: Nine Employees of a Tapestry Factory Sentenced to Prison
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July 21, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution43-Year-Old Sichuan Man Given Second Prison Term for His Faith in Falun Gong
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July 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 5, 2024 (6 Reports)
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July 20, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsChaoyang City, Liaoning Province: Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Public Security Bureau Confiscated Millions of Yuan from Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 20, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Heilongjiang Women Admitted to Prison to Serve Time for Practicing Falun Gong, One of Them Previously Jailed for 9 Years
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July 20, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAiling Man Loses Appeal Against Second Prison Term, Now Held in Police Hospital
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July 20, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3 Years, Sichuan Woman Recently Harassed Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 19, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Gets Another 2.5 Years for Her Faith After a Prior 3.5-Year Jail Term
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July 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Man Survives Third-degree Burns Thanks to Falun Gong, Yet He Is Now Sentenced to 2 Years for His Faith
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July 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Gets Five Years for Carrying Paper Currency Printed with Information about Falun Gong
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July 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Given Same Prison Sentence After Retrial for His Faith in Falun Gong
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July 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Woman Given 10-Minute Family Visit Six Months After Prison Admission
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July 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 9, 2024 (8 Reports)
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July 18, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in the First Half of 2024: 447 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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July 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionChengde City, Hebei Province: Nine Arrested Hours Apart for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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July 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Man Tortured While Serving a 12-Year Term for His Faith
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July 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 4, 2024 (10 Reports)
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July 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 8, 2024 (6 Reports)
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July 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionQingyuan County, Liaoning Province: Seven Arrested in One Day for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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July 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for a Total of 13 Years, Shanxi Man Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 17, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution67-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Sentenced to One Year for Her Faith, Daughter Files Complaints Against Perpetrators
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July 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 6, 2024 (6 Reports)
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July 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 7, 2024 (10 Reports)
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July 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 41-Year-Old Henan Man Dies Seven Months After Serving 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Wife Still Jailed for Sharing Same Faith
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July 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionStill Mourning Matriarch’s Death, Guizhou Mother and Son Jailed for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3 Years, 82-Year-Old Woman Faces Prosecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 16, 2024 | Imprisonment & Forced LaborHaving Served Three Labor Camp Terms Totaling Five Years, Hubei Man Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter a Prior 1.5-Year Jail Term, Liaoning Woman Gets Another Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 15, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Man’s Prison Sentence Changed from 3.5 Years to 5 Years With No Explanation
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July 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Hubei Woman Sentenced to 3 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 14, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Indictment for Her Faith While Being Force-fed In Hospital Every Day
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July 14, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Woman Secretly Sentenced to Four Years for Her Faith, Having Previously Suffered a Total of Eight Years of Unlawful Imprisonment
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July 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Kept in Custody Despite Severe Medical Condition, Months Later Sentenced to 3.5 Years
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July 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Yunnan Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong, One of Them Previously Imprisoned for 3 Years
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July 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionWuhan, Hubei Province: Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Remain Detained, Whereabouts Unknown
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July 12, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Woman Refuses to Stand Trial for Telling People about Falun Gong’s Health Benefits
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July 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionChongqing Man Harassed for His Faith, Police Label Chinese Constitution as Illegal Publication
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July 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Hebei Residents Lose Appeals Against Prison Sentences for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 3, 2024 (7 Reports)
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July 11, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in First Half of 2024: 69 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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July 11, 2024 | Reports of Death Cases61-Year-Old Hubei Man Dies Two Years After Serving Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 11, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Woman Arrested and Roughed Up by Seven Male Police Officers
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July 11, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution86-Year-Old Retired Physician Jailed to Serve 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Having Previously Been Given 7 Years
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July 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 1, 2024 (5 Reports)
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July 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 2, 2024 (8 Reports)
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July 10, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsCases of Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China’s Military
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July 10, 2024 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Tianjin Woman Dies One Year After Serving Five Years for Her Faith
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July 10, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Loses Appeal Against Wrongful Conviction for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 28, 2024 (10 Reports)
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July 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 30, 2024 (15 Reports)
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July 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Woman Gets Another 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong After Serving a 1.5-Year Prison Term
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July 9, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Shandong Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 9, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Threatened with Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 8, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for Practicing Falun Gong After Repeated Harassment
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July 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served Two Prison Terms, 72-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Her Faith Again
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July 8, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Woman Repeatedly Harassed Before Being Tried for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionXuzhou City, Jiangsu Province: One Sentenced to 2 Years, Three Others Likely Facing Prosecution – All for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHuayuan County, Hunan Province: Same Court Gives a Woman Third Prison Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong, Yet to Rule in Two Other Cases
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July 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionMacheng City, Hubei Province: Two Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested, One Faces Prosecution
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July 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Loses Appeal of Second Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 21, 2024 (14 Reports)
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July 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for a Total of 10 Years, Guangdong Man Targeted Again for Practicing Falun Gong, Bail Recently Lifted With Lawsuit Against Police Pending
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July 5, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Jilin Woman Tried for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionPrint Shop Owner Arbitrarily Detained Despite Stroke Symptoms Induced by Police Beating
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July 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution New from China – June 25, 2024 (11 Reports)
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July 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHenan Man Dies Two Years After Serving Five Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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July 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAnlu City, Hubei Province: Six More Sentencing Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Recently Confirmed
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July 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 19, 2024 (9 Reports)
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July 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 26, 2024 (6 Reports)
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July 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 27, 2024 (14 Reports)
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July 2, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution55-Year-Old Jiangsu Woman Jailed Twice for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionPartially Paralyzed Due to Abuse While in Custody, Shaanxi Woman Gets Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 2, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Jilin Man Detained for More Than Two Months Denied Family Visits Even After a Serious Medical Episode
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July 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 22, 2024 (12 Reports)
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July 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 24, 2024 (4 Reports)
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July 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Previously Jailed and Forced to Divorce, Liaoning Woman Stands Trial Again for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Sichuan Women, Aged 79 and 85, Face Indictment for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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July 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 23, 2024 (7 Reports)
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June 30, 2024 | Organ HarvestingAustralian News Media Exposes CCP Organ Harvesting Crimes