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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Feb. 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Two Sisters Die Eight Years Apart Due to Persecution of Their Shared Faith
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Feb. 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionYinchuan, Ningxia: New Information about Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested During Police Sweep in November 2025
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Feb. 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 7, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Feb. 20, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHubei Man Dies Less Than Two Years After Serving a 3-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 20, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Inner Mongolia Man Dies in Late 2022 While Serving a 9-Year Prison Term for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Woman Detained for Her Faith in Falun Gong, Health Quickly Declines
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Feb. 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSocial Security Bureau Defies Court Order to Reinstate Elderly Woman’s Pension Because She Still Practices Falun Gong
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Feb. 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 9, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Feb. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 4 Years, 77-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Stands Trial Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 19, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Jilin Woman Barred from Calling Family, While Serving a 3.5-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFalun Gong Practitioner Recounts Suspicious Blood Draws Before and After Being Admitted to Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
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Feb. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionWuhan, Hubei Province: Two Women Detained Incommunicado for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 18, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: The Last Hours of Heilongjiang Man Tortured to Death in Custody at 44 in 2005
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Feb. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMentally Healthy Man Held in Psychiatric Ward for Two Years and Eight Months, Threatened with Live Organ Harvesting
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Feb. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 5, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Feb. 17, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution85-Year-Old Woman Given Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 17, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Shandong Woman Faces Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMiddle School Teacher Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 4, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Feb. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionChinese New Year Is Here, But These Innocent Elderly Are Still Suffering
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Feb. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Details Regarding the Court Hearing of Three Shandong Women for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Jailed for One Year, Shandong Man Faces Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 6, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Feb. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDongning City, Heilongjiang Province: Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to 4.5 to 9 Years
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Feb. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFlour Factory Owner Tried for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 2, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Feb. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 3, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Feb. 14, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Woman Given Fifth Prison Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionQingdao, Shandong Province: Over 10 Residents in Same District Arrested in Mid-January 2026 for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 1, 2026 (7 Reports)
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Feb. 13, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Heilongjiang Woman, 67, Dies in December 2000 After Constant Surveillance and Harassment for Her Faith
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Feb. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 12+ Years Behind Bars, 62-Year-Old Jilin Man Gets Another 5.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLaiyang, Shandong Province: 8 Arrested and 3 Harassed Weeks Apart for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 31, 2026 (12 Reports)
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Feb. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFalun Gong Practitioner Recounts Abuse at Gongzhuling Prison in Jilin Province
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Feb. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionYingcheng, Hubei Province: 9 Practitioners Arrested or Harassed in Recent Months for Telling People About the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Feb. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Secretly Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionQitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province: Six Residents Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 30, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Feb. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Beijing Teacher Given Third Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Shandong Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 11, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution54-Year-Old Salon Owner Detained Since October 2024
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Feb. 11, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Hebei Woman Sentenced to More Than Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 26, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Feb. 10, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBeloved Hebei Physician Dies While on Probation for His Faith and Awaiting Wife’s Prison Release
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Feb. 10, 2026 | Torture of Women70-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Abused While Serving a 3.5-Year Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTen More Cities in Shandong Province Have Escalated the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Since the Beginning of 2026
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Feb. 10, 2026 | Disappearance63-Year-Old Hunan Woman Has Been Disappeared by the CCP Since Early 2025
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Feb. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 29, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Feb. 9, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in January 2026: 41 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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Feb. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionCaregiver of Incapacitated Husband and Father Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 9, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Faces Trial for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 28, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Feb. 8, 2026 | Peaceful Appeal of April 25, 1999Senior CCP Official: Jiang Zemin Planned to Slaughter Falun Gong on April 25, 1999
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Feb. 8, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Lin Haifeng, Deputy Director of the Jilin Provincial Public Security Department, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Feb. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shaanxi Women, 65 and 77, Detained for 17 Months and Counting for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSentenced to Probation in 2023 for Practicing Falun Gong, Shandong Woman Awaits Prison Transfer Following Latest Arrest
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Feb. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 24, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Feb. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 25, 2026 (12 Reports)
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Feb. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTen Falun Gong Practitioners Accused of “Forming a Criminal Organization to Install Satellite Dishes”
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Feb. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3 Years, Liaoning Man Faces Indictment for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLongkou, Shandong Province: 24 Harassed or Arrested in January 2026 for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionImprisoned Woman Admitted to Prison Hospital After Being Tortured for Upholding Her Faith
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Feb. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 27, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Feb. 6, 2026 | Torture of Women84-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Two Years and Five Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Woman Brutally Tortured During a 7.5-Year Prison Term for Her Faith
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Feb. 6, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution53-Year-Old Inner Mongolia Woman Gets Nearly Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 6, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Woman Forced to Live in Unheated Temporary Housing in the Winter to Avoid Being Persecuted for Her Faith
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Feb. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 23, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Feb. 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHunan Woman, 60, Repeatedly Drugged and Abused While Serving a 2-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 5, 2026 | Physical Torture MethodsAdditional Information About Yongchuan Prison’s Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners
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Feb. 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Shandong Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve a 1.5-Year Term Given in 2021
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Feb. 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJiaohe City, Jilin Province: 17 Falun Gong Practitioners Imprisoned
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Feb. 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 19, 2026 (10 Reports)
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Feb. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHusband and Wife from Hebei Sentenced to Seven Years Each in Guangxi
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Feb. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Appeals Wrongful Prison Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve a 3.5-Year Term Handed Down in December 2024
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Feb. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Incarcerated for 14.5 Years, Yunnan Woman Gets Another Four Years for Her Faith
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Feb. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJudge Threatens to Put 94-Year-Old Bedridden Man in Jail to Serve a Three-Year Term Given in 2021
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Feb. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 22, 2026 (15 Reports)
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Feb. 3, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Woman Secretly Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Her Faith
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Feb. 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Elderly Shandong Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 3, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution64-Year-Old Jilin Woman Abused While Serving a Seven-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 3, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 21, 2026 (12 Reports)
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Feb. 2, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Guizhou Woman Jailed for Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 20, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Feb. 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionYishui County, Shandong Province: Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Prison
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Feb. 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 21 Months, 76-Year-Old Hubei Woman Detained Again for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman Remains Jailed for Her Faith Despite Repeated Requests for Medical Parole
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Feb. 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Joins Long List of Locals Convicted for Their Faith by Same Court Between 2022 and November 2025
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Feb. 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for Three Years, Sichuan Man Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 18, 2026 (5 Reports)
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Jan. 31, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Woman Dies At 69 After 13 Years Behind Bars for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 31, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Women Tried for Practicing Falun Gong; Judge and Prosecutor Dodge Family Defenders Before Trial
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Jan. 31, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPingdu, Shandong Province: Eight Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in One Day, One Still in Detention
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Jan. 31, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 16, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolia Man Secretly Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Woman Gets One Year for Practicing Falun Gong, Previously Jailed for 8 Years
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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTangshan, Hebei Province: Seven Facing Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
