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The U.S. State Department condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for sentencing 11 Falun Gong practitioners to prison just weeks before the start of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, according to a report by the Epoch Times. The official called on Beijing to “immediately end its depraved abuse and mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners, release those imprisoned…

With the Winter Olympics in Beijing fast approaching, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has begun yet another round of campaigns of what the Party calls “maintaining social stability.”  Falun Gong practitioners in the three Games zones of Beijing, Yanqing (a rural District in Beijing), and Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province have especially been targeted. Current circumstances…

In 2021, cases of 5,886 Falun Gong practitioners arrested and 10,527 harassed for their faith were documented. The Center counts cases of police pressure, such as breaking into and ransacking homes, threatening arrest at work, coercing family members, etc. as “harassment” cases. The newly confirmed arrest cases include 841 that took place in 2020 and…

In 2021, it was verified 132 Falun Gong practitioners died as a result of the persecution of their faith.  The newly recorded deaths include 101 cases in 2021, as well as additional 24 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 3 in 2018, and 2 in 2017. As of January 6, 2022, a total of 4,726 deaths…

China hosted the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing from August 8-24, 2008. The opening night at the Bird’s Nest Stadium was described as a spectacular event that was reputed to transcend its predecessors in ‘numbers, colour, noise and expense’ according to The Guardian. Few knew behind the fantastic displays, an equally dark story paralleled: the…

Mr. Li Peigao, an 86-year-old retired engineer from Kunming City, Yunnan Province,  was sentenced to three years in Yunnan Province First Prison in 2019 for his faith. Since then, he has been denied visitations. Li retired from Yunnan Construction Installation Company as a senior engineer in 1994 and lived alone. Shortly after he learned Falun…

On December 21, 2021, the Chinese Communist party’s official mouthpiece, Global Times, announced that all online faith-based activity must be registered with the regime. The measures, which are jointly enacted by the National Religious Affairs Administration, Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of State Security,…

Human Rights Day is an annual holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. Since 1999, however, Falun Gong practitioners in China have been persecuted for their faith, violating freedom of conscience and religion, and have been subject to arbitrary arrests and a multitude of dehumanizing tortures….

Sixty-three Falun Gong practitioners were confirmed sentenced for their faith in November 2021. The 63 newly confirmed cases include one that took place in 2020, three in February 2021, two in July 2021, four in September 2021, 23 in October 2021, and 30 in November 2021. Due to strict censorship in China, the persecution cannot…

One of the most notorious prisons for abusing Falun Gong practitioners is the Jilin Province Women’s Prison. According to available information from the Minghui website, at least 29 practitioners had died as a result of the brutal torture they suffered there, with the most recent case being in July 2021. While many persecution cases have been…

In July 2020, 11 citizen journalists who practice Falun Gong were arrested for taking pictures of Beijing during the pandemic and submitting them to overseas newspapers. The detained include artist Ms. Xu Na, Mr. Li Zongze, Mr. Li Lixin, Ms. Jiao Mengjiao, Mr. Liu Qiang, Ms. Meng Qingxia, Ms. Zheng Yanmei, Ms. Deng Jing, Ms….

Mr. Liu Qingyu’s family was informed on November 20, 2021, that he was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison with a 10,000 yuan fine. The Yingkou City, Liaoning Province resident was targeted for his faith in Falun Gong. Liu and his wife, Ms. Zhang Chang, were arrested on April 12, 2021, while having lunch at…

“Today, I am sharing the story about me and my family. But this is also the story of countless Falun Gong practitioners over the past 20 years,” Liu Mingyuan (Lucy) said on Nov. 18 at a protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto. The 24-year-old animation student, who is studying at Sheridan College in Ontario,…

108 Falun Gong practitioners were confirmed sentenced to prison for their faith in October 2021. This brings the year-to-date sentencing cases in 2021 to 1,036. The sentenced practitioners came from all walks of life, including a librarian, a salon owner, teachers and engineers.  Submitted Cases Three of the newly confirmed cases took place in 2020;…

After a year of incommunicado detention, Ms. Tang Suqiong, an elementary school teacher in Suining City, Sichuan Province was secretly sentenced to three years for practicing Falun Gong. The 47-year-old was arrested at home on September 22, 2020, by local police and residential committee staff members. The police confiscated her Falun Gong books, computer, printer…

A retired judge and his daughter have been victims of the persecution for persisting in their faith in Falun Gong. For raising awareness of the group’s persecution in China, both have been repeatedly persecuted.    From intensive torture and denial of basic rights in custody, the 83-year-old Mr. Yin Yucai, is in poor health. While…

Ms. Liu Jinping was arrested at her home on May 14, 2021 while studying Falun Gong’s teachings with other practitioners. The 40-year-old was then beaten and interrogated by the police, before being taken to the Jiamusi City Detention Center. Liu’s family repeatedly asked the Jiaoqu Police Station to visit her, but never received any response….

From April 19-20, authorities arrested Ms. Wang Meiqi, a college senior, and her two aunts for seeking justice for her mother, Ms. Zhang Qiaolei. Zhang, was arrested in February 2020, for putting up Falun Gong informational materials. Although she was released on bail, authorities re-arrested her in December 2020. Her daughter and sisters, Ms. Zhang…