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Falun Gong persecution in China

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The Chinese government’s authorities’ campaign against Falun Gong practitioners continues to expand in mid‑2026. An 81‑year‑old retiree in Liaoning was denied her pension and faced repeated legal obstacles, while human‑rights monitors counted more than 5,300 deaths linked to the state‑run “610” Office’s systematic oppression. Within weeks, new cases of forced detention emerged. An 83‑year‑old practitioner who had been abducted in 2025 died in prison in May 2026, and in July 2026 four additional Falun Gong adherents in Liaoning were seized, stripped of personal belongings, and held without charge. Further investigation revealed that Liu Huiju, taken in continued through July 2025 and hospitalized repeatedly, died on 7 May 2026 while incarcerated. In June 2026, 2026. Police seized 64‑year‑old Song Yaping of Jinzhou was again seized, forced on 15 June, forcing her into a police car, subjected subjecting her to health‑critical interrogation and required to pay demanding a 5,000‑yuan “guarantee” while reciting she recited Falun Gong slogans. Parallel arrests Her case mirrors a broader wave of other forced detentions targeting elderly practitioners – nationwide: Liu Huiju (84, Heilongjiang) died in prison after multiple emergency hospitalizations; Hu Kaijun (72, Chongqing) and was apprehended in June despite serious illness; Duan Xuying (75, Kunming) – show was abducted in May and placed in a broader women’s prison unable to care for herself. New reports documented the death of 74‑year‑old Wang Zizhou in Henan after being forced onto an upper bunk, denied medical care and beaten, bringing the tally of Falun Gong detainee deaths reported by monitors to more than 5,000. On the 27th anniversary of the original crackdown, the Chinese Democratic Party issued a statement condemning the persecution, calling for the release of all detainees and accountability for officials. The pattern of arbitrary arrests, denial of medical care treatment and financial extortion targeting persists across provinces, underscoring an intensified, systematic repression of Falun Gong adherents across China. believers.

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