55 Practitioners Sentenced in September 2020 for practicing Falun Gong


Another 55 Falun Gong practitioners were confirmed to have been sentenced in September 2020 for their faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

The 55 practitioners, 10 of them over 65, came from 13 provinces and municipalities. Liaoning Province topped the list with 12 cases, followed by Shandong and Sichuan (each reporting 10 cases). Beijing, Heilongjiang, and Jilin each had 4 cases.

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Authorities beginning to target family members too, the article said.