First Half 2014: 69 New Falun Gong Practitioner Death Cases Confirmed

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Sixty nine new death cases of Falun Gong practitioners have been confirmed during the first half of 2014. Among them, 49 deaths occurred in 2014. 20 practitioners died in 2013 or earlier, but the cases were confirmed as of June 28, 2014.

Death Causes

Among the 69 deaths, 22 (32%) were caused by torture in prisons, 9 (13%) in labour camps, 4 (6%) in brainwashing centres, and 9 (13%) in police stations or detention centres. In addition, 5 (7%) died while they were forced to leave home to avoid further persecution, and 20 (29%) died as a cumulative result of prolonged persecution including but not limited to arrests, home ransacking, harassment, and so on.


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