Home›Sources›Minghui.org, "A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners" (2023)SourcesMinghui.org, "A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners" (2023)Minghui.orgCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Minghui.org, "A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners" (2023)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/minghui-quarter-century-persecution-deaths-2023.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Minghui.org, "A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners" (2023). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/minghui-quarter-century-persecution-deaths-2023Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-minghui-org-a-quarter-century-of-persecu, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Minghui.org, "A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners" (2023)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/minghui-quarter-century-persecution-deaths-2023}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA Minghui.org retrospective published 18 December 2023, marking the twenty fourth anniversary of the 1999 ban, reporting that as of 20 November 2023 at least 5,010 Falun Gong practitioners had been confirmed to have died in the persecution over the preceding twenty four years, drawn from Minghui's own ongoing case by case documentation of individual deaths. The article states plainly that the actual death toll is believed to be far higher, given the extreme censorship in China surrounding these deaths, and that many thousands more cases remain unconfirmed.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (2 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3 1Reliability tier 3: the Falun Gong movement's own documentation site, an interested party's case by case count of its own persecuted practitioners rather than an independent tally. Used here for the movement's own stated death toll and its own account of the persecution it reports, not as independent verification of that toll.NotesWell-attestedMinghui.org is the primary Falun Gong practitioner run documentation platform, maintaining the most systematic public tally of confirmed deaths in the persecution, built case by case from practitioner and family reports. It is not an independent or neutral outlet: it is run by adherents of the movement it documents. Given China's information controls around these deaths, the confirmed count it publishes is presented, including by Minghui itself, as a documented floor rather than a complete total, which is why it is recorded here as the minimum rather than a single settled figure. 1CitationAuthorWell-attestedMinghui.org editorial staff (unsigned) 1PublisherWell-attestedMinghui.org 1Publication YearWell-attested2023 1URLWell-attestedhttps://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/12/18/213382.html 1Source TypeWell-attestedReport 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Minghui.org, "A Quarter Century of Persecution, Over 5,000 Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners" (2023)tier 3Minghui.org editorial staff (unsigned), Minghui.org, 2023View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (2 claims)This source backs 2 claims across the atlas. As facts: 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicReligious Events, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Scholarly debate1Religious EventsThe 1999 Ban and Crackdown on Falun GongGeneral References1Religious EventsThe 1999 Ban and Crackdown on Falun GongComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year