How many people have been affected by Jiang Zemins persecution against Falun Gong?
Since the former leader of China, Jiang Zemin, began the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in 1999: 100 million people practiced Falun Gong in 1998, but lost that right when Jiang banned it in 1999. Millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally arrested, detained and/or abused by Chinese police. Between 200,000 and 1 million have been illegally sent to forced labor camps without trials. Human rights workers have documented over 38,000 specific cases of torture or severe abuse. More than 1,000 healthy individuals have been incarcerated in mental hospitals and tortured there, an act condemned by World Psychiatric Association. More than 500 have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 years. At least 3137 deaths through police abuse and torture have been confirmed, with government sources inside China indicating that the actual number could be has high as 7,000 or more.
Since the leader of China, Jiang Zemin, began the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in 1999: 100 million people practiced Falun Gong in 1998, but lost that right when Jiang banned it in 1999. Millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally arrested, detained, and/or abused by Chinese police. More than 500 have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 years. More than 1,000 have been forced into mental hospitals, an act condemned by World Psychiatric Association. Over 200,000 to 1 Million have been illegally sent to labor camps without trials. Human rights workers have documented over 38,000 specific cases of torture or severe abuse. At least 2980 deaths through police torture have been confirmed, with government sources inside China disclosing that the actual number exceeds 7000.
