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Falun Gong: Police Cracks Down on “Nine True Words” Meditation
Suggesting meditation to help dealing with COVID-19 is regarded as “use of a xie jiao” and punished with heavy prison terms. by Yang Feng Material promoting the “nine true words” meditation seized in...
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181 Association of Disciples Members Arrested in Ningxia
Local authorities claim this is a fruit of their model policy of offering large rewards to those who denounce devotees of banned religious groups. by Yang Feng Propaganda poster promoting...
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A Nine-Year Jail Penalty for Distributing Falun Gong Leaflets
Persecution continues in China—and a serious attack by masked thugs also happened in Hong Kong. by Yang Feng A view of Laiyang, Shandong (from Facebook). Wang Jianmin is a quiet, soft-spoken retired...
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Association of Disciples: Two Making Red Cross Flags Arrested in Hunan
Sewing the wrong flag will land you in jail for several years in China. by Yang Feng Flags of the Association of Disciples seized by the police. On April 7, 2020, the People’s Procuratorate of Cili...
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China: National Security Education Day Focused on Fighting Illegal Religion
On April 15, Chinese were called to support repression of banned religions, including Falun Gong, The Church of Almighty God, and the Association of Disciples by Yang Feng Students in Chongqing sign...
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Death of a Colonel: Falun Gong Military Man Dies of “Natural Causes” in...
High-profile prisoner of conscience Gong Piqi allegedly died of a “sudden brain hemorrhage,” but his body had telltale signs of torture. by Yang Feng Colonel Gong Piqi (from Twitter). Colonel Gong...
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Falun Gong: Share an App with Friends, Go to Jail for 3 and a Half Years
In Guizhou, one Peng Biao went to prison just for sending to friends a QR code allowing to download the “Shenzhou Mingmei” application. by Yang Feng A demonstration in Toronto in solidarity with...
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The Great Purge of China Legal History
China operated the largest data base of legal decisions in the world. Until it realized it offered ammunition to critics—including Bitter Winter. by Yang Feng Shrinking: China Judgements Online. You...
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The Story of Two Falun Gong Shopkeepers
Liang Shunjing and Deng Xiufen, husband and wife, had a successful electrical appliance store. They lost it, and are now serving a ten-year jail sentence. by Yang Feng Credits. Ten years in prison are...
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Spying on Falun Gong: The Man Who Sold Two Practitioners for $300
The heinous system of delation was at work in Anhui province. by Yang Feng Falun Gong material seized in Zhao’s home. Source: Bengbu Public Security, Weibo. One of the worst features of the Chinese...
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Download Falun Gong Books, Get Five Years in Jail
Appellate decision against two Shanxi women confirms that under Article 300 possession of printed material of a xie jiao is enough to go to jail. by Yang Feng A view of Xiaoyi city. Source: Xiaoyi...
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Falun Gong: Nurse Gets Four Years for “Inappropriate Remarks”
Having being jailed in the past for distributing flyers, Yin Xianping is told that even talking about a banned movement is a crime. by Yang Feng Re-enactment of the arrest of a Falun Gong...
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Falun Gong’s Xu Na Sentenced Again—to Eight Years
The veteran practitioner, who was arrested for the first time in 1999, was punished for publishing pictures documenting the real situation of the COVID epidemic. by Yang Feng Xu Na. From Twitter. Xu...
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Zheng Xiangxing: From Biker to Falun Gong Prisoner of Conscience
The converted gang leader was tortured and disabled. Reportedly, he is still in prison, from where he may be released later this month. by Yang Feng Zheng Xiangxing. From Twitter. In 2013, Falun Gong...
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CNKI: China Purges World’s Largest Academic Database
All its 60 million articles were pre-screened by censors. Yet, the CCP is now afraid they may be used by China’s critics. by Yang Feng Tsinghua University, home of CNKI. From Weibo. If you are a...
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Zhang Chunhe: Veteran Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced to Four Years
The 63-year-old woman from Guangzhou has been arrested and detained four times, for no other crime than practicing Falun Gong by Yang Feng Zhang Chunhe. From Twitter. On July 13, 2022, the District...
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Qin Yi: Actress Who Died at 100 Celebrated for Anti-Falun-Gong Videos
Zhou Enlai called her “the most beautiful woman in China.” In her 90s, the CCP used her for a slander campaign against Falun Gong—which is still going on. by Yang Feng Qin Yi in her days of glory....
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Wang Xinmin: Veteran Falun Gong Prisoner Sentenced Again
An appeal decision confirmed a verdict of 4 and a half years against a 73-year-old Falun Gong practitioner who has already spent 13 years in jail. by Yang Feng Wang Xinmin in an image posted in 2021...
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Wang Jiafang: Falun Gong Professor of Mathematics Persecuted for 23 Years
The woman resisted years of deprogramming, and from 2000 on has spent most of her time in jail. by Yang Feng An early, blurred image of Professor Wang Jiafang. From Twitter. The family of Professor...
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Death of a Radio Host: Falun Gong Practitioner Pang Xun Beaten to Death in Jail
A smuggled video appeared on social media in mid-February and documented yet another extrajudicial killing of a dissident in Chinese prisons. by Yang Feng Pang Xun’s dead body in the smuggled Twitter...
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Falun Gong: Xu Na’s 8-Year Sentence Confirmed On Appeal
The veteran dissident, poet, and artist should remain in jail until 2028. by Yang Feng Xu Na and one of her paintings. From Weibo. On May 18, 2023, Falun Gong poet and artist Xu Na had her sentence to...
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China, Patriotic Catholic Church Supports the Repression of Falun Gong
A statement of 2001 applauding the bloody crackdown on practitioners has been republished this month. by Yang Feng Hu Jintao, then CCP’s General Secretary, at the funeral of Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan...
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Falun Gong Surgeon Raped in Prison and Forced to Drink Urine
Li Lizhuang was arrested and sentenced to more than ten years in jail for promoting the “Nine True Word Meditation” during the COVID pandemic. by Yang Feng Li Lizhuang (left, from X) and Harbin’s...
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An Old Couple in Jail: Husband and Wife Sentenced in Henan as Falun Gong...
Li Shulin, 68 and at his fourth arrest, and his wife Wang Lijuan, 71, received heavy sentences in Luoyang, Henan. by Yang Feng The Jianxi District Public Security Bureau of Luoyang City, responsible...
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How Torture Destroyed the Mental Health of a Falun Gong Teacher
Freed from jail in 2021, Shandong’s Wang Jinhua can no longer sleep without medicines nor speak clearly. by Yang Feng One of the provincial prisons in Shandong. From Weibo. For Falun Gong...
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Falun Gong Report on 2023: 1,188 Practitioners Sentenced, 209 Killed
Figures include cases the movement became aware of in 2023. We regard them as believable. by Yang Feng Some of the Falun Gong practitioners whose persecution to death was newly reported in 2023....
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Death of an Insurance Salesman: Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in...
Only six months after the incident it was confirmed that Xia Zhenglun died in Guanyun County in September 2023. by Yang Feng Lianyungang First People’s Hospital, where Xia died. From Weibo. Sometimes,...
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China, Two Female Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted to Death
Li Fenglan had breast cancer and Li Yuzhen may have suffered from some natural illness too. However, denial of adequate medical treatment combined with torture is a form of persecution to death. by...
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Horror Continues in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison
A Falun Gong practitioner denounces brutal torture in the jail where two of her co-religionists were persecuted to death this year. by Yang Feng Tortured: a blurred image of Liu Jinping. From Weibo....
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Repression of Falun Gong Continues Among Ethnic Korean Minority in Liaoning
Jiang Zhihui, a woman with a long history of persecution, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. by Yang Feng A Korean food festival in Liaoning. From Weibo. Liaoning is home to one...
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