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Ms. Wang Fan, a 54-year-old elementary school teacher from Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, died on December 31, 2020. This was only two months after Wang had finished serving a two-year prison term, on the charge of distributing Falun Gong materials. Wang was arrested on October 3, 2018, with four other Falun Gong practitioners. She was…

CECC Report Calls for U.S. Officials to Protect Religious Freedom of Falun Gong Practitioners in China On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China. CECC. released its Annual Human Rights Report for 2020. The Commission recommended that members of the U.S. Congress and Administration, while engaging with the Chinese government, state clearly that…

On November 30, 2020, Ms. Che Jinxia was illegally tried in the Xiangyang District Court for refusing to give up her faith in Falun Gong. Che, a 54-year-old native of Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, has been held in the Jiamusi City Detention center since her arrest on July 25, 2019. Initial Arrest and Torture Che…

In November 2020, at least 754 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested and 1,284 harassed for their faith, bringing the year-to-date arrest and harassment cases to 5,933 and 7,192, respectively. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual and meditation discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Among…

A 13-year-old boy in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province became an orphan after his mother died on November 2, 2020 from the persecution of Falun Gong. The boy had earlier lost his father and maternal grandparents to the persecution. Parents Persecuted, Father Dies at 33 The boy’s parents were persecuted for practicing Falun Gong even before…

In the month of November, there was documentation of 71 Falun Gong practitioners in 31 cities or counties in 12 provinces who were harassed or persecuted. Below are four highlighted cases: Mr. Ji Yongcheng from Taoqu Town was arrested by police assistants from the Xijiao Police Station in Lanshan District, Linyi City on September 26,…

Mother becomes paralyzed and father left in critical condition after many years of repeated arrests and severe torture, while also being forced to leave their son to fend for himself and face constant discrimination. Guo Yunqing, his wife Du Hongfang, and their son Guo Fengqing of Jilin City, Jilin Province, used to be a happy…

Over two decades police officers continually threaten, fabricate false charges, and monitor Yu Wenze until she’s sent to a detention center.  Her already critical condition worsens there until she eventually passes away. Yu Wenze passed away on September 11, 2020, after suffering two decades of harassment, arrests and detention for upholding her faith in Falun…

Ms. Tang Yu, a resident of Kunming City, Yunnan Province remains under constant surveillance and harassment after years of incarceration. Tang has been repeatedly arrested and beaten by the police, for upholding her faith in Falun Gong. Tang began practice Falun Gong in 1996 and she credits the practice for improving her health and turning…

Ms. Zhan Zhongxiang, a resident of Pingdu City, Shandong Province,  was arrested last year for her faith in Falun Gong and  sentenced to four years in prison. Since then,  several of Zhan’s family members have been targeted for seeking justice for her. Zhan was arrested on September 24, 2019, at a farmer’s market. Two other…

NEW YORK—An international joint statement to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, first initiated in June, 2020, was updated on International Human Rights Day, having accumulated signatures from 927 lawmakers across 35 countries. The statement condemns the “systematic and brutal campaign to ‘eradicate’ the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong” and calls…

For the last 20 years you’ve heard journalists talking about Falun Gong on the T.V. and radio. You’ve seen them holding rallies and peace protests around the world. Who are these people? What motivates them? And how might their struggle to expose the Chinese Communist Party have far reaching implications for all of us?

In October 2020, at least 433 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested and 644 harassed for their faith, bringing the year-to-date arrest and harassment cases to 5,179 and 5,908, respectively. Two hundred and eighty-two (65%) of the arrested practitioners remain in custody at the time of writing. Out of the total 1,077 arrested and harassed, 198…

A Hebei school teacher was arrested and later sentenced to prison after a thief, who stole from her, reports her for having Falun Gong materials. Her husband was later arrested and daughter fired for seeking justice for her. Zhu Surong, A 45-year-old elementary school teacher in Baoding City, Hebei Province, was sentenced to three years…

Zha Zhuolin was fired for practicing and seeking justice for Falun Gong, being told that he should first be loyal to the party. Zha, a 57-year-old in Yuzhou City, Henan Province, is an army veteran that had served in the police force for 21 years before being fired from his job on August 19, 2020….

On July 21, 2020, Ms. Wu Weiming, a sixty-three-year-old native of Hefei, Anhui Province was illegally tried and sentenced by the Shushan District Court. Wu had been detained since September 20, 2019 for practicing Falun Gong. Recovery and Appeal for Falun Gong Through practicing Falun Gong, Wu recovered from cerebral vasospasm, a serious condition caused…

On October 16, 2020, Mr. Zhang Huaping, a librarian at Hubei University of Technology, was illegally arrested. He has since been held at The Hubei Province Brainwashing Center in Wuhan City. It was the week after October 1-8 and Zhang had just returned to work after the national holiday, when he was approached by police…

Ms. Xu Guixian, a 60-year-old Falun Gong practitioner in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, was sentenced to four years of imprisonment by the Linghe District Court in early March 2019. She was sent to Liaoning Province Women’s Prison in April 2019 and has been tortured since. The perpetrators in the prison began another round of torture…