China's relelntless persecution of Falun Gong multiplies this year under Xi's 'Zero Out" policy

Cases of Arrest Double and Harassment Triple in March and April, With 2,285 Publicized So Far

Based on an original article from Minghui.org

Between March 1 and April 30, 2021, a total of 2,857 Falun Gong practitioners were confirmed to have been arrested and harassed, including 1,090 arrests and 1,767 harassment cases.


Among the 1,090 newly confirmed arrests, 168 took place in 2020, 95 were between January and February 2021, and another 826 were arrested were between March and April 2021.

For the 1,767 harassment cases, 7 dated back to 2016, 155 took place in 2020, 143 happened between January and February 2021, and another 1,459 cases were between March and April 2021.

Due to the information blockade in China, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners cannot always be reported in a timely manner, nor is all the information readily available.

Intensified Persecution in March and April 2021
Combined with cases reported previously, the total arrests in January and February 2021 now number 297 and 165, and the confirmed harassment cases for the two months 256 and 228, respectively.

Compared with the first two months in 2021, March and April saw a steady surge in persecution cases. The 826 combined arrests in March and April nearly doubled the 462 combined cases in January and February. And the 1,459 combined harassment incidents in March and April triple the 484 reported incidents of the preceding two months.

Taking a deeper dive into the cases that took place in March and April 2021, 546 of the 826 arrested practitioners (66%) remain in custody at the time of writing. A total of 232 (28%) of the arrested practitioners and 80 (5% of 1,459) of the harassed practitioners had their homes ransacked.
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