Death Cases

  • Sichuan Province Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xianmin Tortured to Death

    In February 2005 51 year old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xianmin went to attend her friends' and family's New Year's banquet. She was abducted by 610 Office members and held at the county detention centre. After Ms. Li was abducted, the 610 Office also ransacked the home of her 80 year old parents. Her father died due to the pressure of the harassment he received in the middle of February 2005, and her mother was so frightened that she is still afraid to see any strangers. On April 7, Ms. Li Xianmin was tortured to death.
  • Leukemia Patient Gained a New Life after Practising Falun Gong and Passed Away under Persecution

    52 year old Ms. Zhang Fengqing had suffered from leukemia and was dying. In 1996, Ms. Zhang began to practise Falun Gong. She was cured of leukemia. In 2002 when an official from the "610 Office" asked her if she would continue to practise Falun Gong, she said she would not give up such a good qigong practice. She was then taken to a brainwashing centre and persecuted. Although she was released, Ms. Zhang was constantly harassed by the police from the local police station, and she couldn't practise on a regular basis or lead a normal life. As a result, her old disease recurred. On April 1, 2005, she passed away.
  • Six Falun Dafa Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Wang Yuzheng, 57, was a farmer from Shandong Province. After beginning Falun Dafa practice in 1996, his long-term diabetes quickly disappeared. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, because he distributed leaflets exposing the persecution, he was abducted many times, detained, and forced to go through brainwashing sessions. His family members were harassed and extorted out of money. The persecution hurt him both mentally and physically, and he died on January 24, 2005.
  • "Outstanding Teacher" Ms. Gao Shuqin Was Detained and Tortured Twice in 2001 Before Being Persecuted to Death in 2004

    51 year old Mrs. Gao Shuqin, was a teacher and determined Falun Dafa practitioner. To evade an unjust arrest by police she tried to climb down a sheet from a high window at home and tragically fell to her death. Previously she had experienced tortuous forced-feeding in detention centres, which nearly cost her her life.
  • Cases of Deaths Caused by Illnesses Returning After Being Forced to Give up Cultivation

    Ms. Lei Zongjuan, 68, lived in a village near Jizhou City, Hebei Province. After beginning Falun Dafa practice in 1995, her illnesses disappeared. She got rid of her 28 year-old medicine jar. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa, but later gave up her cultivation under pressure and harassment. Her old ailments returned, and she died in September, 2001.
  • Three Falun Dafa Practitioners Die Following Brainwashing

    Ms. Liu Xianglan, 61, was from Beijing. In March, 2002, Ms. Liu was arrested by police. She was detained, cursed, beaten, and tortured. She refused to give up cultivation, and the 610 Office arrested her and took her to a brainwashing class held at the police academy. She subsequently suffered symptoms of a stroke. The police did not release her, and she died.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ge Peiling Was Persecuted to Death in Jiangxi Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ge Peiling, 50 years old, was turned in just for talking with another Falun Gong practitioner on the street. She was secretly abducted by police and sent to a detention centre. Police incited criminal inmates to bash her head against the wall and on the ground. Later she was harassed by police at home. She was persecuted to death on January 7, 2005, leaving behind her husband who was over 50 years old and her son, a secondary school student.
  • Seven Practitioners from Beijing, Shanxi, Jilin, Shandong, Sichuan and Liaoning Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Yuan Chengfu, 71, lived in Liaoning Province. Because his wife practised Falun Gong, Mr. Yuan started the practice in 1998. In October 2001, the police ransacked their home and confiscated their valuables. Mrs. Yuan was arrested. In April 2002, the police ransacked their home again, arrested Mrs. Yuan and extorted money from her, and took their belongings. Later, the police monitored them closely, harassed them, threatened them, and searched their home many times. Mr. Yuan suffered mentally and physically due to the relentless persecution. He died of colon cancer in November 2002.
  • More Facts about the Death of Practitioner Mr Zhang Shouren from Taiyuan

    Mr Zhang Shouren, 66, used to work at a heavy machinery and equipment plant in Taiyuan City. In October 2000, police arrested him when he went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong. He was sent to the detention centre, where police and inmates beat him. He was forced to sit on an ice-cold cement floor day in and day out. He suffered greatly both physically and mentally. He had chest pains and nausea, and he drooled uncontrollably. When released he coughed up blood and was so thin that he was just skin and bones. The doctor diagnosed him with a "pulmonary abscess." He died on August 24, 2001.
  • Elderly Ms. Guan Peichun Died as a Result of the Persecution in 2003

    Ms. Guan Peichun, a practitioner in her seventies, was wheelchair bound for many years. Her condition was diagnosed as incurable. Ms. Guan started to practise Falun Gong in 1995 and regained her health. When the persecution of Falun Gong began and the CCP's threats and harassment were too much for her, she stopped practising. Her old diseases then reappeared, and she died in 2003. Before she passed away, Ms. Guan said, "The persecution against Falun Gong made me stop practising. If I had insisted on practising Falun Dafa, I wouldn't be dying."
  • Ten Falun Gong Practitioners from Jilin, Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan and Other Provinces Died As A Result of Persecution

    79 year old Ms. Yu Fuxiu was from Shandong Province. Before starting Falun Gong practice, Ms. Yu suffered many serious illnesses. She completely regained her health after starting to practise Falun Gong in 1996. After the persecution began, she went to Beijing to appeal. She was illegally harassed, fined, arrested, and brainwashed, and her home was ransacked several times. The physical and mental torture caused her former illnesses to recur, and she passed away on March 29, 2004.
  • Five Falun Gong Practitioners from Jilin, Shandong, Sichuan, and Hebei Provinces Die from Persecution

    Ms. Li Guohua was over 70 years of age and was from Sichuang Province. She was admitted to the hospital for stomach cancer in 1998. During her hospital stay, she heard about Falun Gong and began practising it. Her cancer soon completely disappeared. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, and under the threats of the police department, her husband began to closely monitor Ms. Li in 2000 and restricted her from practising Falun Gong. Her old illnesses therefore relapsed, and she passed away in June 2000.
  • 63 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Shen Xuelan from Guangzhou City Died in Late 1999

    63 year old Ms. Shen Xuelan was from Liaoning Province. She lived in Guangdong Province with her son Hu Hui who also practises Falun Dafa and used to work at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Soon after the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she went to the provincial government to appeal for Dafa. She was detained, and authorities pressured her son and forced him to resign from his job. Shen Xuelan was forced to return to Liaoning Province, where she passed away in late 1999.
  • Practitioner Mr. Zhu Xiangguo from Heilongjiang Province Recently Died as a Result of Torture

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhu Xiangguo from Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested four times and tortured to the brink of death. The police locked him in solitary confinement, where four police officers beat and kicked him for a very long time. His head was severely swollen and his eyes were bloodshot. He had difficulty breathing, and his whole body was covered in bruises. He could barely stand up. He often vomited blood until he died on March 25, 2005, as a direct result of the abuse he suffered during the persecution.
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner and Army Official Mr. Ding Han Dies as a Result of Persecution

    77 yhear old Mr. Ding Han lived in Dalian City. He was a deputy director and an army official at the Navy Headquarters' Political Bureau in Liaoning Province. He started practising Falun Dafa in May 1996. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, the Retired Navy Officials' Home in Dalian City held three Party group meetings, and persecuted Mr. Ding. He experienced symptoms of a stroke and passed away in November 1999.