Death Cases
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Deaths and Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in Yunnan Second Women’s Prison
2021-01-30The prison adopted cruel measures to destroy the practitioners physically and mentally in an attempt to break their willpower and make them renounce their faith. -
Eyewitness Account from a Former Police Officer: Dr. Liu Haibo's Last Two Days
2021-01-30After brutally torturing Dr. Liu for several hours, the police noticed at 1 a.m. the next day that his heart had stopped beating. Only then did they stop the unspeakable abuse. -
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. -
83 Falun Gong Practitioners Die in 2020 As a Result of the Persecution of Their Faith
2021-01-11Hundreds of thousands of practitioners have since been harassed, arrested, detained, imprisoned, and tortured. A total of 4,595 deaths have been documented by Minghui as of December 25, 2020. But due to the strict censorship of information in China, the actual number is most likely much higher. -
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. -
85-Year-Old Man Second to Die After Group Arrest for Their Faith
2020-11-29An 85-year-old retired bank employee in Yongning County, Ningxia Province died on June 2, 2020, nearly nine months after he was targeted in a group arrest for his faith in Falun Gong. Another Falun Gong practitioner arrested on the same day died in custody earlier this year. -
Liaoning Woman Sentenced to 11 Years for Suing Former Chinese Dictator Dies Six Months After Medical Parole
2020-11-29A Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, resident passed away on May 5, 2020, six months after she was released on medical parole to treat her cancer. She developed the medical condition while serving an 11-year term for suing Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese communist regime who ordered the persecution of her faith, Falun Gong. She was 53. -
Heilongjiang Internist Beaten to Death for Practicsing Falun Gong
2020-11-29A 66-year-old physician in Haining City, Heilongjiang Province was beaten to death by the authorities for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Family Recounts Wrongful Death of 28-year-old Man 17 Years Ago
2020-11-29A 28-year-old man of Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province was beaten to death on September 28, 2003 by village officials for practising Falun Gong. The authorities claimed that he had committed suicide and forcibly cremated his body soon after. -
Terminally Ill Man Denied Medical Treatment and Forced to Do Unpaid Labor, Dies in Prison
2020-11-29The family of a Tangshan City, Hebei Province resident was informed by Jidong Prison around 8 a.m. on May 30, 2020 that their loved one serving seven years for his faith in Falun Gong has just died from “cardiac arrest.” Mr. Cao Jinxing was 69. -
74-year-old Man Dies While Serving Time for His Faith
2020-11-29A 74-year-old man passed away in custody while serving a 1.5-year term for his faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Torture at Wanjia Hospital: Father and Son Die Within Half a Year
2020-11-29For practising Falun Gong, Mr. Yu Zhenyi, from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested on September 19, 1999. He was sentenced to a four-year term in September 2001 and was transferred to Harbin Third Prison at the beginning of April 2002. He was transferred to Wanjia Forced Labour Hospital (referred to as Wanjia Hospital in this article) on April 25, 2002, where unknown drugs were injected into his brain. He died on May 14 at home, at the age of 29. -
More Details on Hebei Woman's Death Within Hours of Her Arrest for Her Faith
2020-11-29A 68-year-old woman in Tangshan City, Hebei Province died hours after she was arrested in a police sweep of 36 local Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. -
Officials Order Woman of Faith Cremated While She Is Still Alive
2020-11-15When Ms. Li Mei had just turned 28, she was cremated alive after she lost consciousness from savage beatings for upholding her faith in Falun Gong. -
Belated News: Zhengjiang Woman Died of Torture from Prison 11 Years Ago
2020-11-01Ms. Lin Yunjuan, a resident of Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, was arrested in May 2007 for her belief in Falun Gong. She was sentenced to three years in Zhejiang Women's Prison, where she was brutally tortured. She was released on medical parole in critical condition in 2008 and died in January 2009. She was 66.