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Based on an original report from Minghui.org A married couple in Dalian City, Liaoning Province were arrested on July 15, 2021, for their faith in Falun Gong. While Ms. Miao Yuhuan, was released in the afternoon, Mr. Zhang Jun was put in criminal detention at the Jinzhou Detention Center and is now facing prosecution. Latest Arrest…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org For putting up posters and talking to people about Falun Gong, Ms. Zhang Junling, a 62-year-old disabled woman from  Huichun City, Jilin Province, was taken to Jilin Province Women’s Prison to serve a 1.5 year term in early August 2021. The mental distress from the persecution caused Zhang…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Thirty-one teachers in China were persecuted to death between January 2018 and August 2021 for practicing Falun Gong, according to the available information collected by Minghui.org. The practitioners, aged 41 to 85, taught in all education levels, from elementary school to college. Their specializations ranged from pharmacy, technology,…

Based on an Original Report from Minghui.org As of August 2021, 91 Falun Gong practitioners were confirmed to have been sentenced for their faith, bringing the year-to-date confirmed sentencings to 827. The 91 newly reported cases include 4 that took place in 2020, 8 in the first half of 2021, 39 in July 2021 and…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org From July to August 2021, Minghui.org received reports of 884 practitioners arrested and 2,057 practitioners harassed for their faith in Falun Gong. The current number of reported arrests in 2021 total 4,175. Of the arrests, 731 arrests took place in 2020, 2,956 arrests occurred in the first half…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Between January 2018 and August 2021, 101 teachers were sentenced to prison for practicing Falun Gong, according to available information collected by Minghui.org. “While the persecution of Falun Gong has destroyed the lives of millions of people from all walks of life, the arbitrary arrest and wrongful imprisonment…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org For telling others how Falun Gong cured his depression, Mr. Song Yucen, a 26-year-old from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, was taken to the Dalian Prison to serve a 5.5-year term on August 15, 2021. The beginnings of Song’s depression date back to 2006, when he was 11 years…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Mr. Chen Xiangyang finally reunited with his wife Ms. Chen Wen on March 28, 2018, after he was done serving 12 years in prison. Their reunion lasted only twenty days as Ms. Chen was arrested again on April 17, 2018, and later sentenced to 9.5 years. The married…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Mr. Zhou Qing is a well-regarded teacher who consistently receives top teaching evaluations and never hesitates to help others. In the past 22 years, however, Zhou has been repeatedly forced out of job and had to live a vagrant life to avoid being persecuted for his faith in…

The U.S. State Department has called for the release of eleven citizen journalists who practice Falun Gong. They were imprisoned for publishing photos and articles online that exposed the severity of the pandemic in China. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been strictly censoring information regarding the pandemic—such as…

Based on an original article from Minghui.org A married couple in Tianjin was recently sentenced to prison for their faith in Falun Gong. Mr. Yang Jiangshan and Ms. Wang Mei were arrested at their respective workplaces on April 22, 2019. Then, their home was ransacked and both were detained at the Beichen Detention Center. The…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org The month of July 2021 recorded 69 Falun Gong practitioners sentenced for their faith. To date, a total of 736 sentencing cases have been reported in 2021, including 186 in January, 120 in February, 100 in March, 90 in April, 96 in May, 75 in June and 69…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Mr. Sun Shiwei, a 68-year-old former art teacher, has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison following his latest arrest in April 2020 after helping an elderly woman, also a Falun Gong practitioner, install a window. Sun was also imprisoned in 2005 for eight years for singing a…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Mr. Shu Anqing started practicing Falun Gong in college. His rhinitis soon disappeared and his once poor memory improved. He was so impressed that he introduced Falun Gong to his parents upon returning to his hometown in Lu County, Sichuan Province, after graduation. His parents soon regained their…

Based on an original report from MInghui.org According to Minghui.org, among the 9,470 Falun Gong practitioners arrested or harassed for their faith in the first half of 2021, at least 129 among them had blood and DNA samples collected. Shanghai reported the most cases (55), followed by 20 cases in Hubei Province, 14 cases in…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Dr. Zhang Xuerong, an elite scientist and principal of Xian Yun Academy of the Arts California, is a veteran practitioner of Falun Dafa. Although she has studied, worked, and lived in the United States for more than 25 years, her faith has brought unsolicited attention from China’s Communist…

Based on an original report from Minghui.org Jiazhou Prison, located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is a disguised facility for the persecution of male Falun Gong practitioners. In 2019, Around 200 Falun Gong practitioners were detained in the prison and subjected to torture, brainwashing, and long hours of forced labor. To coerce Falun Gong practitioners…

Based on an original article from Minghui.org Mr. Yang Jianlu’s arrest and sentencing for his faith shocked his fellow villagers. Yang, a restaurant owner and resident of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, is well known to be a good person who never hesitates to help those in need.  He was secretly taken to Tangshan City Prison…