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Persecuted Teacher Loses Unborn Child, Dies After Enduring Years of Torture

March 25, 2021
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An exemplary school teacher narrowly escaped an attempted forced abortion after she was arrested in China for her faith. To avoid persecution and protect her unborn child, she was forced to go homeless, which led to the death of her unborn baby in her womb. Sadly, her courage to honor her faith and exercise her…

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21-Year-Old Tortured Over Posts About Chinese Leader’s Daughter

March 8, 2021
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A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 14 years in Chinese jail and suffered repeated torture for allegedly posting personal details about the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s close family, his mother told The Epoch Times. “The lawyer told me after seeing him that he saw cigarette burns on his arm. He can’t move his right arm…

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German Court Issues Guilty Verdict in First Syria Torture Trial

February 24, 2021
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KOBLENZ, Germany—A German court sentenced a former member of President Bashar al-Assad’s security services to 4-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for facilitating the torture of civilians, the first such verdict for crimes against humanity in the 10-year-old Syrian civil war. The higher regional court in the western city of Koblenz said Eyad A. had…

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Inside China’s Xinyang Prison: Abuse and Forced Labor

January 18, 2021
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Xinyang Prison is described as the “worst” prison in China’s Henan Province. A human rights activist shared his father’s story with The Epoch Times, a former inmate who experienced and witnessed various abuses in the prison. Xing Jian is a human rights activist from Henan and currently lives in New Zealand. His father, Xing Wangli,…

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Over 15,000 Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted by Chinese Regime in 2020: Report

January 14, 2021
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The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued amid the global pandemic. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice composed of meditative exercises and teachings based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. The practice grew to 70 million to 100 million adherents by…

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