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Reported in 2023: 1,190 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith

Jan. 11, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) In northern China, Mr. Hou Lijun of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, was sentenced to ten years less than three weeks after his arrest on April 25, 2023. No hearing was held before his sentencing, nor were any witness accounts or valid evidence included in the verdict. Mr. Hou’s latest …

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Minghui Summary Report: 209 Persecution Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Reported in 2023

Jan. 9, 2024 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) Mr. Wang Haiqian, a former middle school teacher of Dazhu County, Sichuan Province, was diagnosed with colon cancer in January 2023, while serving 7.5 years for his faith in Falun Gong, an ancient spiritual and meditation discipline. The prison authorities notified his family to apply for medical …

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A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners

Dec. 18, 2023 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) Ms. Xu Xinyang, around 21, grew up feeling different than other children. While other kids had both of their parents, she did not see her father for the first time until she was seven, when he was serving the last year of an 8-year term for practicing Falun …

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12th Ward in Liaoning Women’s Prison Designated to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

Dec. 2, 2023 | By a Minghui correspondent in Liaoning Province, China (Minghui.org) Female Falun Gong practitioners who refuse to renounce their faith are tortured in the 12th Ward of Liaoning Province Women’s Prison. To the outside world it’s called the “Emergency Training Correctional Ward.” It’s actually a prison inside a prison, and it’s sole purpose …

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Reported in September and October 2023: 1,040 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith

Nov. 27, 2023 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) A total of 1,040 incidents of Falun Gong practitioners being arrested or harassed for their faith were reported in September and October 2023. Falun Gong is a traditional mind-body cultivation practice that has persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1999. Among the 614 arrest cases, …

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81-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Over Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong

Oct. 18, 2023 | By a Minghui correspondent in Shandong Province, China (Minghui.org) An 81-year-old woman was sentenced to two years and three months on August 27, 2023, three weeks after she was arrested for talking to people about Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since 1999. Ms. …

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