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

China NewsJanuary 13, 20240Comments

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 arrest…

Ethan Gutmann “Can this Target Falun Gong”, Cisco Salesperson “Yeah, its Made to do That”

World NewsJuly 26, 20230Comments

July 24, 2023 | By Minghui correspondent Zhen Ni and Wang Ying (Minghui.org) “To this day, Falun Gong practitioners are still being targeted by these systems, even outside of China. Practitioners might feel safe in America, but their electronic signals? They’re there for anyone who wants to look at them unless they’re protected,” said Ethan Gutmann. Ethan…

Virginia General Assembly Passes Resolution to Commend Falun Gong Practitioner

World NewsMarch 4, 20230Comments

March 3, 2023 | By a Falun Gong practitioner in Virginia (Minghui.org) The Virginia House of Delegates passed a resolution on February 23, 2023 to commend a Falun Gong practitioner from China's Liaoning Province. The resolution commends Ms. Wang Chunyan for her efforts to promote the cause of human rights and religious liberty. Ms. Wang continued to…

Crimes of Sun Jianjun, Director of the Qinhuangdao Detention Center, Hebei Province, in Persecuting Falun Gong Practitioners

China NewsJanuary 25, 20230Comments

Jan. 21, 2023 | By Minghui correspondents (Minghui.org) Around this year’s Human Rights Day on December 10, Falun Gong practitioners in 38 countries submitted a new list of perpetrators to their governments, urging to sanction these individuals for persecuting Falun Gong, including barring from entry and freezing overseas assets. These countries consist of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom,…

Reported in October 2022: 28 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith

China NewsNovember 12, 20220Comments

Nov. 7, 2022 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) Twenty-eight cases of Falun Gong practitioners being sentenced for their faith were reported in October 2022. Except two cases that took place in 2014 and 2021, respectively, the remaining 26 happened in 2022, including one in May and June each, six in July, two in August, and eight…

Reported in August 2022: 57 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith

China NewsSeptember 11, 20220Comments

Sept. 6, 2022 | By a Minghui correspondent (Minghui.org) Fifty-seven cases of Falun Gong practitioners being sentenced for their faith were confirmed in August 2022, including five cases that took place in 2021 and 52 cases in 2022 (including one in January, March and May each, 13 in June, 11 in July and 25 in August). Falun…

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report Sheds Light on Persecution of Falun Gong in China

World NewsApril 16, 20220Comments

April 15, 2022 | By Minghui correspondent Wang Ying _____________________________________ (Minghui.org) The “2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” published by the United States Department of State on April 12, 2022, highlights the persecution of Falun Gong in China and the injustices that Falun Gong practitioners are facing. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a press conference on Tuesday that…

Crimes of Wang Jinyi, Director of the Bureau of Rule of Law Supervision of Justice Ministry, in Persecuting Falun Gong

China NewsJanuary 12, 20220Comments

Jan. 10, 2022 | By Minghui correspondents outside of China _________________________________________ (Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners in 36 countries recently presented their respective governments with an up-to-date list of perpetrators involved in the persecution of the spiritual practice in China. The lists were submitted around December 10, 2021, on International Human Rights Day. Practitioners asked their governments to bar…

Thirteen Jilin Residents’ Appeals Against Wrongful Sentences Rejected, One of Them in a Coma in Critical Condition

China NewsDecember 26, 20210Comments

Dec. 24, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent in Jilin Province, China _______________________________________________ (Minghui.org) Thirteen Nong’an County, Jilin Province residents were sentenced for their faith in Falun Gong. Their appeals have all been rejected in late November 2021. One of them suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and remains in a coma at the time of writing. Below is…

76-year-old Woman Dies Three Days after Being Brought Home Unconscious from Prison

China NewsDecember 1, 20210Comments

Nov. 29, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent in Liaoning Province, China __________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) Chinese Name: 刘淑花 Gender: Female Age: 76 City: Chaoyang Province: Liaoning Occupation: N/A Date of Death: October 2021 Date of Most Recent Arrest: November 9, 2015 Most Recent Place of Detention: Liaoning Province Women’s Prison Ms. Liu Shuhua died three days after she was carried home unconscious by prison guards in…

Sichuan Woman Dies After Repeated Arrests and Detention

China NewsOctober 19, 20210Comments

Oct. 16, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent in Sichuan Province, China (Minghui.org) A Chengdu City, Sichuan Province resident passed away on June 17, 2021, after enduring two decades of persecution for her faith in Falun Gong. Ms. Yan Lijun, a former employee of Sichuan Gear Factory, took up Falun Gong in 1997 and she credited the…

Crimes Committed by Wei Zhenzhong, Zhao Juzhong and Sheng Mingsheng of the Public Security Bureau of Gansu Province

China NewsSeptember 16, 20210Comments

Sept. 14, 2021 | By Minghui correspondent in Gansu Province, China Sanctioning human rights abusers has become a consensus among democratic countries. After the U.S. passed the Magnitsky Act in 2016, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the 27-member-country EU enacted similar laws. Australia and Japan are also working on similar laws. In accordance with…