Death Cases
-
Authorities Remove Imprisoned Woman from Life Support Six Days after Operating on Her Without Family’s Consent
2020-02-05A woman imprisoned for refusing to give up her faith in Falun Gong was hospitalized on July 5, 2019 and operated on the following day without her family's consent. When her family refused to sign a waiver to take her home, the police detained them, including a six-year-old child, for one day. -
Belated News: Two Falun Gong Practitioners Die from Torture in 2005 and 2009
2020-02-05The Minghui.org website recently confirmed that two Falun Gong practitioners in Maanshan City, Anhui Province were persecuted to death in 2005 and 2009, respectively, after being tortured while in police custody. -
After Decades of Persecution, Shandong Man Dies Two Months Following Latest Arrest for His Faith
2020-02-05The 45-year-old man held a hunger strike to protest the arbitrary detention. He was force fed and became unresponsive when his lawyer and family visited him. Despite his condition, he was ordered to stand trial on June 25, 2019. He passed away one week later. -
Falun Gong Practitioners in Critical Condition After Being Tortured at Liaoning Women's Prison, One Dies After Being Bedridden for Five Years (Graphic Photo)
2020-02-05Ms. Li Cuihua was released on medical parole in October 2014 after she was tortured and fell unconscious while imprisoned for not renouncing her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Former Business Owner Dies at 50 After Repeated Detention and Harassment
2020-02-05Mr. Shi Zhonghui, a small business owner in Zhengding County, Hebei Province, was detained and harassed numerous times for his belief in Falun Gong. The physical abuse and mental stress caused his health to deteriorate, which led to his death on March 26, 2019, at age 50. -
Retired Teacher Passes Away One Year Following 11th Arrest for Her Faith
2020-02-05A group of police officers broke into Ms. Mu Zhihong's home on May 10, 2018, and arrested her. She was targeted because she refused to renounce her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Woman Suffers Stroke While Being Pursued for Her Faith—Dies Less than Two Years after Returning Home
2020-02-05After four years of wandering about and moving from place to place to avoid being persecuted for her faith, Ms. Tan Yinzhen returned home in 2017 after suffering a stroke and unable to live by herself any longer. -
Two Women Die after Being Persecuted for Their Faith
2020-02-05Ms. Xiong Danyue was arrested in 2015 for talking to people about Falun Gong. She was paralyzed when she was released from the police station. It wasn't clear what happened to her during her short detention. -
Imprisoned Woman Forced to Take 1,200 Pills to Treat Condition She Didn't Have, Dies 14 Months After Being Released
2020-02-05A 70-year-old woman was reduced to skin and bones after two years of imprisonment for not renouncing her faith in Falun Gong. She died 14 months after being released. -
Liaoning Woman Dies 13 Days after Prison Admission for Not Renouncing Her Faith
2020-02-05While many families reunited and celebrated the Chinese New Year in February 2019, Ms. Li Yanqiu was sentenced to five years for not renouncing her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Elderly Doctor Dies after 20 Years of Police Harassment for His Faith in Falun Gong
2019-12-27A retired doctor in Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner, Inner Mongolia passed away on January 17, 2019, after suffering from twenty years of police harassment for his faith in Falun Gong. He was 84. -
Henan Man Becomes Third Person in His Family to Die in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2019-12-27Mr. Chen Shaomin from Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, died on May 14, 2019, less than a year after he was released from prison on medical parole. According to the coroner, both of his lungs were completely decayed. -
Cancer-Stricken Woman Sentenced to Prison for Her Faith, Dies Nine Months Later
2019-12-27A woman in Shandong Province was sentenced to three years in prison with four years of probation for practising Falun Gong after developing stomach cancer during detention. Her condition continued to deteriorate. She passed away nine months after the prison sentence. She was 63. -
76 Year-Old Man Imprisoned for Not Renouncing His Faith Dies Two Months Before Term Ends
2019-12-27A 76-year-old man died in Duyun Prison, less than two months before finishing a two-year term for not renouncing his faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Belated News: Imprisoned Man Tortured for His Faith, Dies Months After Being Released on Medical Parole
2019-12-27Mr. Wang Jicheng, a resident of Xi County, Henan Province, was forced to move to neighbouring Huangchuan County after being repeatedly harassed by the police for not renouncing his faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual and meditation practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.