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Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Seeking to Reinstate Suspended Pension

Ms. Sun Qingju, a 60-year-old retired kindergarten teacher from Helong City, Jilin Province, recently received a four-and-a-half-year sentence for seeking...

09-22-2023 | ABDUCTIONS AND IMPRISONMENT

Reported in August 2023: 66 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced

In August 2023, the Minghui website received 66 reports of Falun Gong practitioners sentenced for their faith or activism combatting...

09-18-2023 | SUMMARY REPORTS

Mother of California Resident Detained, State Department Responds

Updated with additional information on May 8, 2024. Ms. Meng Zhaohong, the mother of a U.S. resident, was arrested on...

09-05-2023 | PERSECUTION IN CHINA

Falun Gong Practitioner in Gansu Province Sentenced to 5 Years After 19-Year Detention

Mr. Li Wenming (also known as Li Mingyi) was indicted by the Chengguan District Procuratorate in February 2023. The judge...

08-25-2023 | ABDUCTIONS AND IMPRISONMENT

Torture illustration: Handcuffed behind the back

Reported in First Half of 2023: 702 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced

In the first half of 2023, 702 cases were reported of Chinese courts handing down unjust prison sentences to Falun...

08-09-2023 | ABDUCTIONS AND IMPRISONMENT

Jailed Teacher Who Received International Attention Released After 12-Year Sentence, Torture

On June 24, 2023, Mr. Bian Lichao, a former teacher in Hebei was released from Shijiazhuang Prison after a 12-year...

08-02-2023 | FAMILY AND DESTITUTION

New Report: After 24 Years, the Chinese Regime’s Relentless Persecution of Falun Gong Churns On

New York—Nearly a quarter century after its launch, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong believers remains one...

07-20-2023 | PRESS RELEASES

Falun Gong practitioners at the annual candlelight vigil in Washington, D.C. on the anniversary of the persecution in 2017 honoring fellow believers in China who have died during the persecution.

Tally of Documented Falun Gong Deaths Hits 5,000

In a tragic milestone, last month, the total number of Falun Gong believers documented to have died due to persecution...

07-13-2023 | SUMMARY REPORTS

Pictured are three Falun Gong practitioners harassed or arrested during January-June 2023. Three Falun Gong practitioners harassed or arrested in 2023. Top left: Ms. Ying Yu from Shanghai was arrested for the sixth time on April 4, 2023, for possessing a flash drive containing information about Falun Gong. Bottom left: Mr. Tian Haitao, former IT technician at Fujin City Agricultural Bank in Heilongjiang Province, was refused his retirement benefits in May 2023. Right: Ms. Liu Chunxia, a former engineer in Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, was seized at work on May 6, 2023, thirteen days before the inaugural China-Central Asia Summit was to be held in Xi’an. Communist Party leader Xi Jinping was scheduled to attend.

Falun Gong Practitioners Zhang Yibo and He Binggang Sentenced in Shanghai

He Binggang and his fiancée, Zhang Yibo, were sentenced to six and five years, respectively, on June 12, 2023. The...

06-21-2023 | PERSECUTION IN CHINA

45 Killed and 261 Jailed Falun Gong Practitioners Reported in April and May

In April and May, Falun Gong practitioners in China documented 261 cases of believers sentenced to prison and 45 deaths,...

06-21-2023 | SUMMARY REPORTS