The persecution of Falun Gong targeted 100 million people in China, and decimated countless families and communities across China. Below, we offer a glimpse into the human cost of this persecution with up-close and personal stories of those who were killed, those who survived, and those struggling to the freedom of others. These are their stories…
Dear Reader,In a tragic milestone, the total number of Falun Gong believers documented to have died due to persecution has surpassed 5,000. The first practitioner killed was 17-year-old Ms. Chen Ying, a model student in Heilongjiang, who’s case was documented in August 1999. Nearly 24 years later, retired professor An Fuzi died in Jilin Province...
In a tragic milestone, last month, the total number of Falun Gong believers documented to have died due to persecution surpassed 5,000. The first practitioner killed was 17-year-old Ms. Chen Ying, a model student in Heilongjiang, documented in August 1999. Nearly 24 years later, retired professor An Fuzi died in Jilin Province Women’s Prison on...
Judge Gao Aiping of Wanbolin District sentenced Mr. Hou Lijun, a 52-year-old from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, and the nephew of U.S. citizen Karen Kang, to ten years in prison on May 12, 2023 for escaping from detention in 2003 and for his civil disobedience efforts that lead to his previous detention. Hou was arrested on...
Many in the Falun Gong community are first generation Chinese who fled religious persecution in China. Having lived through the tyranny of a communist regime, many not only embrace the liberties of the United States, but have made a study of and embrace the American Ideal. Each year, they are proud to participate in July...
He Binggang and his fiancée, Zhang Yibo, were sentenced to six and five years, respectively, on June 12, 2023. The couple’s conviction stems from their alleged involvement in developing and maintaining the firewall circumvention software oGate, according to the Minghui website and acquaintances of the couple in the United States. Their joint verdict on file...
Dear Reader,As people around the world celebrated Father’s Day, many families in China were forcibly separated because of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution. Here we highlight three families where fathers have been persecuted in China for disseminating Falun Gong flyers or possessing Falun Gong texts.Other stories in today’s newsletter include:1. Over 200 troll accounts on...
In April and May, Falun Gong practitioners in China documented 261 cases of believers sentenced to prison and 45 deaths, and relayed them to the overseas Minghui website, which reviewed, verified, and published the accounts. The youngest adherent sentenced was 35 years old and the longest was handed down a nine year sentence. The sentenced...
A new law in Texas combats forced organ harvesting through insurance policy protocols and prevents Texas residents from unknowingly involving themselves in organ tourism. Forced organ harvesting, a practice attributed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the involuntary organ removal from a living person. In legislation, it is defined as “the removal of one...
The Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong has separated families for nearly 24 years now. Countless adherents were placed in detention and many have been sentenced or killed for their beliefs. On Father’s Day 2023, the Falun Dafa Information Center highlights three fathers and the tragedies that the Chinese regime has brought upon their...
People from all around the world who practice Falun Dafa (a.k.a. Falun Gong) have been informing the public about the spiritual practice and raising awareness about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing persecution against adherents since 1999. In Geneva’s Old Town in Switzerland, Falun Dafa practitioners held activities in the lower arcade hall of a...
Ms. Zhou Xiuzhen, the wife of a Falun Gong practitioner, passed away on April 19, 2020, as a result of severe physical abuse in prison
Ms. Li Fengmei, a former English teacher from Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, passed away on December 11, 2019. For over two decades she was repeatedly arrested, illegally
Mr. He Lifang, a resident in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, died in custody on July 2, 2019, two months after his last arrest for refusing
A woman in Liuyang City, Hunan Province passed away on December 1, 2019, after suffering years of persecution for her faith in Falun Gong. She
Ms. Jin Shunnu slipped into a coma on October 6, 2018, while being detained for talking to people about Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline being
A prisoner of conscience, Mr. Ren Dongsheng, endured having his hands burned with a lighter, his face slapped, and his toes stomped on until his
Ms. Zhao Chunyan’s family had to call an ambulance to pick her up when she was released from prison on July 16, 2018. She had
A 56-year-old man from Tianjin in China has died in police custody with signs of abuse visible on his body. Mr. Yang Yuyong was detained
A 38 year-old man from Central China died in police custody four days after being abducted, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned. Mr. Yang Zhonggeng’s corpse was covered in extensive bruises but the local Domestic Security Office claimed he committed suicide, his family reported.
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