Persecution Throughout Society
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Beijing Resident and Mother of a UK Resident Faces Ongoing Harassment and Surveillance for Her Faith in Falun Gong
2022-05-09Although Ms. Han Fei was released one day after she was arrested for practicing Falun Gong, the Beijing resident and mother of a U.K. resident faces continued surveillance. Prior to her latest arrest on April 22, 2022, she has been repeatedly harassed in the past three years for upholding her faith. -
The CCP Rewards Agencies and Individuals for Persecuting Falun Gong
2021-04-22The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has officially persecuted Falun Gong since July 1999. Untold numbers of Falun Gong practitioners have been detained, imprisoned, and tortured. -
The Sudden Death of Former Shanghai Mayor and His Persecution of Falun Gong
2021-04-22Yang Xiong, former mayor and deputy Party secretary of Shanghai, was reported to have suddenly died on April 12 at the age of 68. People who knew him well suspect his premature death could be karmic retribution for his involvement in the persecution of Falun Gong. -
15,235 Falun Gong Practitioners Targeted for Their Faith in 2020
2021-01-19While China was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, its ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has continued its persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline also known as Falun Dafa that is based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. -
Thousands of Innocent Lives—Striving to Become Better Citizens—Killed in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2021-01-10Coming from all walks of life, these deceased practitioners were innocent and peaceful. And their only “crime” was striving to become better people by following Falun Gong's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. -
Over Two Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners Targeted for Their Faith in November 2020
2020-12-15In November 2020, at least 754 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested and 1,284 harassed for their faith, bringing the year-to-date arrest and harassment cases to 5,933 and 7,192, respectively. -
Third List of Persecutors of Falun Gong Submitted to Governments in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand
2020-03-27Clearharmony calls on officials in China to immediately stop following the persecution policies and make up for the harm they have caused to Falun Gong practitioners. -
Chinese Police Given Quotas for Falun Gong Arrests
2019-09-08In the past 20 years of persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, police are known to have been given arrest quotas and face punishment if they fail to meet them. Those who meet or exceed quotas are given bonuses or other rewards. -
Military Doctor Remains Firm in Her Belief Despite Eight Year Sentence
2019-06-20Ms. 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. -
245 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in March 2019
2019-05-06According 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. -
What Goes Around Comes Around: Persecutors Meet Their Due
2016-01-10It has been over 16 years since Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), started the persecution of Falun Gong. -
April 25, 1999: Courageously Upholding Belief
2014-04-26The peaceful demonstration of over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing on April 25, 1999, was the beginning of 15 years of non-violent resistance to the brutal persecution of a group of people who follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The event marked a turning point for participants and witnesses alike, and also made a long-lasting impact on the rest of the world. -
The ‘Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation’ Is a Poorly Orchestrated Hoax by the Chinese Regime to Defame Falun Gong in Order to Legitimize and Intensify the Persecution
2014-01-13The so-called "Tiananmen Square self-immolation" from Jan. 23, 2001 in central Beijing is a hoax, planned and executed by the Chinese communist regime to defame the traditional spiritual practice of Falun Gong. -
April 25 Peaceful Appeal: 14 Years of Courage
2013-04-25On April 25, 1999, approximately 10,000 practitioners gathered quietly in Beijing to appeal to the central government for the right to practice Falun Gong. They came from all walks of life and regions of the country to ask the Chinese Communist regime to cease its escalating harassment, and ensure protection for basic human rights. -
The Crimes of the CCP's Political and Legislative Affairs Committee
2012-06-02After the Wang Lijun incident in February, and especially since Bo Xilai stepped down, more and more dark secrets of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC) have been exposed. The crimes of Zhou Yongkang, head of the PLAC, are also surfacing. The PLAC, and its supposed role of “maintaining stability,” is really the most unstable factor in Chinese society.