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Six Jilin Residents Tried for Practicing Falun Gong, Due Process Denied
Six Falun Gong practitioners were tried by the Shulan Court on May 21 and 22, 2019 for not renouncing their faith, a spiritual discipline based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. Falun Gong has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Due process was not followed in the lead up to the…
Read MoreMinghui Report: 341 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in May 2019
According to information compiled by Minghui.org, 341 Falun Gong practitioners in China were arrested and 302 were harassed by the police in May 2019 for refusing to renounce their faith. Two hundred and seventeen practitioners remain captive at the time of writing. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind-body practice based on…
Read MoreFalun Gong Practitioners in Critical Condition After Being Tortured at Liaoning Women’s Prison, One Dies After Being Bedridden for Five Years (Graphic Photo)
Ms. Li Cuihua was released on medical parole in October 2014 after she was tortured and fell unconscious while imprisoned for not renouncing her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. After five years of being bedridden and suffering, she passed away on May…
Read MoreMilitary Doctor Remains Firm in Her Belief Despite Eight Year Sentence
Ms. Wang Weizhen, a military doctor in Liaoning Province, was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment for practicing Falun Gong. After being taken to the Liaoning Women’s Prison on January 5, 2017, her health deteriorated, and she is currently held in the old and disabled division. Prison officials have tried repeatedly to convince her to…
Read MoreMinghui Report: 688 Falun Gong Practitioners in China Arrested in April 2019
According to information compiled by Minghui.org, 688 Falun Gong practitioners in China were arrested and 434 were harassed in April 2019 for refusing to renounce their faith. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind-body practice based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since July…
Read MoreHuman Rights Violations Witnessed at Detention Centres in Yunnan Province
Li Qiaoming, a detainee at Jinning Detention Centre in Yunnan Province, died on February 12, 2009, about two weeks after he was taken there. News media first reported that he accidentally hit his head against a wall while playing hide-and-seek. A later investigation indicated Li was beaten to death by other inmates. This “hide-and-seek incident”…
Read MoreMartial Arts Champion Tortured in Prison for 13 Years, Dies Five Years Later (Graphic Photos)
By the time Mr. Zhang Hongwei was released from a 13-year prison term in 2014 for not renouncing his faith in Falun Gong, the once-energetic martial arts champion had completely lost his physical strength. He was emaciated and weak. His was almost blind, and he couldn’t see things beyond one foot away. His back was…
Read MoreMinghui Report: 245 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in March 2019
According to information collected by Minghui.org, the month of March 2019 recorded 245 cases of Falun Gong practitioners arrested and another 162 harassed in China for refusing to renounce their faith. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind-body practice based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance that has been persecuted by the Chinese…
Read MoreAfter 12 Years Behind Bars for Her Faith, 70-year-old Woman Is Arrested Again
A 70-year-old woman has been detained for nearly a month since her latest arrest for not renouncing her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline being persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Ms. Jia Naizhi and Ms. Zhao Yulan, 79, residents of Fushun City, Liaoning Province, were arrested on April 18, 2019. The…
Read MoreMinghui Report: 43 Sentenced to Prison in March 2019 for Refusing to Renounce Their Faith in Falun Gong
According to information compiled by the Minghui.org website, 43 Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced to prison by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) court system in March 2019, bringing the total sentenced cases so far this year to 169. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.…
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