Death Cases
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Drugged in Custody, Liaoning Woman Dies 5 Years after Being Released from Prison
2018-04-28A 55-year-old woman in Shenyang City died of multiple organ failure on January 7, 2018. -
Former Business Manager Released from Prison, Dies 19 Days Later On New Year’s Day
2018-04-28A 69-year-old woman in Wuhan City survived five years of imprisonment and abuse, only to die 19 days later on New Year’s Day in 2018. -
Shandong Woman Dies 13 Days After Being Arrested for Her Faith
2018-04-28A 66-year-old woman in Yi’nan County was seized at a local fair on November 7, 2017, after being reported for distributing materials exposing the Chinese communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. -
Liaoning Woman Dies Days after Being Released on Medical Parole
2018-04-28Ms. Yang Shuwen was arrested on October 15, 2014 and sentenced months later to 4.5 years in prison. Police targeted her because she refused to renounce Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline being persecuted by the Chinese communist regime. -
Sichuan Province: Two Falun Gong Practitioners Die in Custody Days before New Year, Their Bodies Cremated Without Family Consent
2018-04-28Two women in Sichuan Province died nine days apart in two different prisons. Their bodies were immediately cremated, and their families were only informed later when it was time to pick up their ashes. -
Possibly Drugged, Guangdong Woman Dies Within Months of Being Arrested
2018-04-28A healthy woman in Foshan City began to have severe vomiting and diarrhoea just ten days after she was arrested. Her symptoms persisted for the next three months of her detention, and she suspected she had been drugged. She died just two months after her release. -
Liaoning Man Dies Three Weeks after Being Released from Prison
2018-04-28Mr. Lu later had a stroke, but the prison refused to render him proper medical attention. His family noted that he had slurred speech and couldn’t walk well when they picked him up on November 19, 2017. He suddenly fell into a coma on December 9 and died hours later despite emergency resuscitation. -
Jilin Woman Dies Less Than Two Months After Being Released on Medical Parole
2018-04-28Ms. Huo Runzhi was incoherent and covered in bruises when she was driven home in a prison ambulance. She screamed in pain every day and passed away less than two months later. -
Belated News: Guizhou Nurse Passed Away in 2016 from Persecution of Her Faith
2018-04-28Ms. Chen Zaixian, a retired nurse from Guizhou Province, passed away on July 23, 2016, after suffering years of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party for refusing to renounce her faith in Falun Gong. She was nearly 60. -
Mother Dies 7 Weeks After Being Released on Medical Parole, Son Arrested at Her Wake to Stop Him from Seeking Justice for Her
2018-04-28A Lanzhou City resident serving time for her faith wasn’t released on medical parole until she was in critical condition. She died seven weeks later, and her son was arrested at her wake to stop him from seeking justice for her. -
Liaoning Woman Dies 87 Days After Being Released on Medical Parole
2018-04-28A Dalian City resident serving time for her faith was released on medical parole after she was badly beaten by some inmates and had a haemorrhage. She died 87 days later. -
Sichuan Dentist Dies Four Days after Late Night Police Visit
2018-04-28Dr. Liu Shuming’s death capped a nearly two-decade ordeal since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. Simply for refusing to renounce his faith, Dr. Liu was arrested many times and twice imprisoned for a total of eight years. -
Henan Woman Not Released Until On the Verge of Death, Soon Passes Away After Returning Home
2018-04-28A woman sentenced to prison for her faith died less than two months after she was released on medical parole. -
Liaoning Woman Passes Away from Torture in Detention Centre
2017-12-19Ms. Tian Caiying, a resident of Fushun City, Liaoning Province, became the latest victim of the persecution when she died less than eight months after she was released to serve her prison sentence at home. -
Former Hotel Manager Dies After Years of Being Drugged in Prison
2017-12-19“She could not raise her head, see well, or walk by herself.” This is what Ms. Zhu Weiying’s son said of her after he visited her in prison in 2013.