Severity 4 — Severe⚖️ rights22 July 1999

Falun Gong Banned and Persecuted

After tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners staged a silent protest outside the central leadership compound in April 1999, Jiang's government banned the spiritual movement outright and launched a nationwide campaign of arrest, forced "re-education," and documented torture against its adherents — a persecution human rights organisations say has continued for over two decades.

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Jiang Zemin — Chinese Communist Party

In power 1989–2002

Source

CFR — China's Repression of Uyghurs (context on Xinjiang-adjacent religious persecution patterns)

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