2024 Year in Review: Five Key Developments in the Chinese Regime’s Persecution of Falun Gong What’s new? On January 15, the Falun Dafa Information Center published its annual review of key developments and trends in the persecution of Falun Gong. These included the fact that in 2024, at least 103 Falun Gong practitioners reportedly died due to persecution, while 541 were sentenced, and over 5,692 harassed or detained. Cheng Peiming became the first-known survivor of forced organ harvesting, publicly testified about his ordeal, an account affirmed by medical experts, which drew international media coverage. Moreover, the CCP’s longstanding campaign of transnational repression against Falun Gong practitioners escalated significantly in an apparent coordinated effort to discredit the Falun Gong community abroad and sabotage Shen Yun Performing Arts, a renowned American classical Chinese dance company. Leaked internal CCP information have outlined a range of the campaign’s tactics that have manifested themselves in the real world. Importantly, during the year, which also marked 25 years since the CCP launched its campaign against Falun Gong, many governments and prominent individuals publicly voiced their support for Falun Gong practitioners’ rights. Why does it matter? The CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong remains one of the most severe instances of large-scale religious persecution occurring in the world today, affecting millions of people. With the regime’s transnational repression and disinformation efforts intensifying and becoming more manipulative in 2024, the risks not only to Falun Gong practitioners but also to other CCP victim groups and even broader American society has grown. Learn more: https://faluninfo.net/2024-year-in-review-five-key-developments-in-the-chinese-regimes-persecution-of-falun-gong/