Li Fenglan had breast cancer and Li Yuzhen may have suffered from some natural illness too. However, denial of adequate medical treatment combined with torture is a form of persecution to death.
Falun Gong
China’s Silence on the Persecution of Falun Gong—and the United Nations’ Silence on China’s Silence
The Society of Threatened People urges the UN Human Rights Council to hold the People’s Republic of China accountable for its crimes. And it is time for wrapping up the 2024 UPR China report too.
Death of an Insurance Salesman: Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Jiangsu
Only six months after the incident it was confirmed that Xia Zhenglun died in Guanyun County in September 2023.
Repression of Falun Gong Continues in Russia
The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow prosecutes nine practitioners as “agents of the U.S. Department of State.”
Cold Genocide: Is the World Complicit in Chinese Organ Harvesting?
Despite its magnitude and seriousness, the crime of organ harvesting in the People’s Republic of China is still underreported and underestimated.
The European Parliament Condemns China for Persecuting Falun Gong, Mentions Organ Harvesting Again
Resolutions are not enough, yet they are formal acknowledgments by international authorities. This one also denounces the cases of Ding Yuande and Ma Ruimei, which “Bitter Winter” contributed to expose.
Falun Gong Report on 2023: 1,188 Practitioners Sentenced, 209 Killed
Figures include cases the movement became aware of in 2023. We regard them as believable.
How Torture Destroyed the Mental Health of a Falun Gong Teacher
Freed from jail in 2021, Shandong’s Wang Jinhua can no longer sleep without medicines nor speak clearly.
An Old Couple in Jail: Husband and Wife Sentenced in Henan as Falun Gong Practitioners
Li Shulin, 68 and at his fourth arrest, and his wife Wang Lijuan, 71, received heavy sentences in Luoyang, Henan,
Falun Gong Surgeon Raped in Prison and Forced to Drink Urine
Li Lizhuang was arrested and sentenced to more than ten years in jail for promoting the “Nine True Word Meditation” during the COVID pandemic.