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August 20: Falun Gong News Bulletin

By admin On September 2, 2010 No Comments

A middle-aged woman from Hebei province died in mid-August in police custody eight days after being abducted from her home for practicing Falun Gong, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned.


Falun Gong Practitioner Dies in Custody Eight Days after Abduction

By admin On August 30, 2010 No Comments

A middle-aged woman from Hebei province died in mid-August in police custody eight days after being abducted from her home for practicing Falun Gong, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned.


Middle-aged Falun Gong Practitioner Dies in Tianjin Prison Camp

By admin On August 24, 2010 No Comments

NEW YORK—A middle-aged Falun Gong practitioner, who had been severely tortured in custody, died last month in a prison camp in Tianjin, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned. The death of Mr. Zhu Wenhua (???), age 53, brings to 50 the number of Falun Gong practitioners known to have died in Tianjin since 1999 due to persecution. The confirmed death toll of Falun Gong practitioners nationwide is 3,406, but overseas human rights experts say the real death toll is likely many times that figure.


U.S. Department of Justice Decree an Important Step in Ending Chinese Communist Party Persecution of Falun Gong Overseas

By admin On August 21, 2010 No Comments

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a consent decree on Thursday acknowledging that a Chinese restaurant in Flushing had acted inappropriately when refusing to serve Falun Gong practitioners in 2008 and that the restaurant will take various actions to prevent future discrimination. The decision represents an important precedent in resisting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to extend the persecution of Falun Gong beyond China’s borders, the Falun Dafa Information Center said Monday


U.S. Department of Justice Filing an Important Step in Ending Chinese Communist Party Persecution of Falun Gong Overseas

By admin On August 18, 2010 No Comments

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a consent decree on Thursday acknowledging that a Chinese restaurant in Flushing had acted inappropriately when refusing to serve Falun Gong practitioners in 2008 and that the restaurant will take various actions to prevent future discrimination. The decision represents an important precedent in resisting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to extend the persecution of Falun Gong beyond China’s borders, the Falun Dafa Information Center said Monday


August 5: Falun Gong News Bulletin

By admin On August 12, 2010 1 Comment

* FDIC: Eleven Years of Persecution and Peaceful Activism * The Epoch Times: Congressmen Call for End to 11-Year Persecution of Falun Gong * The Washington Times: Media mum on Falun Gong – as persecution escalates * FDIC: Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Killed in Beijing Labor Camp * FDIC: Urgent Appeal: Father of Washington DC Resident Faces Trial in China for Defending Falun Gong * Tibetan Review: Rights lawyers’ licenses not renewed * The Epoch Times: Uyghur Organ Harvesting Witness Faces Deportation to China


Amnesty International: 2010 Annual Report (excerpts)

By admin On August 9, 2010 No Comments

NEW YORK – Eleven years ago this week, the Chinese Communist Party launched a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong—a peaceful and popular spiritual practice embraced by tens of millions of Chinese citizens. But the practitioners of Falun Gong are not the only victims, and the lives destroyed and lost are not the only costs.


Eleven Years of Persecution and Peaceful Activism

By admin On August 6, 2010 No Comments

NEW YORK – Eleven years ago this week, the Chinese Communist Party launched a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong—a peaceful and popular spiritual practice embraced by tens of millions of Chinese citizens. But the practitioners of Falun Gong are not the only victims, and the lives destroyed and lost are not the only costs.


Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Killed in Beijing Labor Camp

By admin On July 31, 2010 No Comments

A 64-year-old woman has died from torture-related injuries while being held in a Beijing labor camp, the Falun Dafa Information Center has learned.


64-year-old Falun Gong Practitioner Dies from Torture in Beijing Labor Camp

By admin On July 28, 2010 No Comments

A 64-year-old woman has died from torture-related injuries while being held in a Beijing labor camp, the Falun Dafa Information Center has learned.