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2,714 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith in the First Half of 2024

July 31, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) According to information collected by Minghui.org, a total of 2,714 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested or harassed for their faith in the first half of 2024. The 2,714 newly reported cases broke down to 1,470 arrests and 1,244 harassment cases. The month of April recorded the most …

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Reported in First Half of 2024: 69 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution

July 11, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) The deaths of 69 Falun Gong practitioners as a result of being persecuted for practicing their faith were reported in the first half of 2024. The newly confirmed deaths included one each in 2003, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020; three in 2021; two in …

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Reported in April and May 2024: 24 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution

June 12, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) The deaths of 24 Falun Gong practitioners as a result of being persecuted for practicing their faith were reported in April and May 2024. The newly confirmed deaths included one each in 2003, 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2021; four in 2023; and 15 between January and May …

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After Nearly a Decade Behind Bars for Practicing Falun Gong, 63-Year-Old Jilin Woman Gets Second 5-Year Prison Term

May 31, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent in Jilin Province, China (Minghui.org) It was learned in late May 2024 that a 63-year-old resident of Jilin City, Jilin Province had been sentenced to five years for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999. …

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Jilin Woman Recounts Nine Years of Incarceration and Torture for Her Faith in Falun Gong

May 29, 2024 | By Zhou Yeling, a Falun Gong practitioner in Jilin Province, China (Minghui.org) My name is Zhou Yeling, and I live in Songyuan City, Jilin Province. Only a few months after I began to practice Falun Gong in late March 1997, many ailments had disappeared. Because of Falun Gong’s tremendous health benefits and …

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Reported in March 2024: 73 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith

April 15, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) According to information collected by Minghui.org, 73 cases of Falun Gong practitioners sentenced for their faith were reported in March 2024. The newly confirmed cases included one in 2019 and 2020 each, 4 in 2022, 25 in 2023, 31 in 2024, and 11 cases with unknown occurrence …

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Reported in January and February 2024: 310 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith

March 19, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) A total of 310 incidents of Falun Gong practitioners being arrested or harassed for their faith were reported in January and February 2024. The 192 arrest cases included 143 that took place in January 2024 and 44 in February 2024. The 118 harassment incidents consisted of 83 …

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