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

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

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.

Developments in Hong Kong and Macau

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

Although technically part of the People’s Republic of China, unlike in the Mainland, Falun Gong is not banned in Hong Kong and Macau and practitioners are generally allowed to practice freely. The treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in these territories has thus emerged as a critical test for the “one country, two systems” arrangement under which the two former European colonies were returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Though not experiencing the harsh repression of their counterparts on the Mainland, since 1999, adherents based in these territories or traveling to them have encountered various degrees of harassment, surveillance, and travel restrictions. Several Hong Kong residents have also been detained and imprisoned on the Mainland.

International Concerns and Evidence of Forced Organ Removal from Falun Gong Prisoners of Conscience

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

In March 2006, allegations first surfaced of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience being deliberately killed in custody so that their organs could be used in transplant operations. Since then, a series of independent studies and analyses have uncovered evidence affirming the credibility of the allegations, although no doctor has yet to come forth and admit being directly involved in such procedures.

Selected Excerpts from United Nations Reports

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups first began conveying communications and urgent appeals about Falun Gong adherents to the Chinese authorities in 2000. Since then, they have issued urgent appeals for dozens of adherents, transmitted hundreds of cases of concern to the Chinese government, and determined in formal opinions that Falun Gong adherents were detained arbitrarily. This section includes a selection of key excerpts from their reports and appeals.

Falun Gong In the News

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

Throughout 2009, a range of American and international media outlets reported on Falun Gong, with article topics ranging from accounts of human rights abuses suffered by practitioners in China to editorials calling for increased support of technologies designed by Falun Gong engineers for circumventing internet censorship. The following are selected excerpts from such reports, listed in chronological order

Urgent Appeal: Father of Washington DC Resident Faces Trial in China for Defending Falun Gong

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

WASHINGTON DC-The father of 26-year-old Washington DC resident Pang Jin is at risk of being sent to a prison camp because of his attempts to help his wife, a Falun Gong practitioner, avoid abduction and torture at the hands of Chinese police, the Falun Dafa Information Center has recently learned.

Urgent Appeal: Father of DC Resident Faces Trial in China for Defending Falun Gong

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

Father of DC Resident Faces Trial in China for Defending Falun Gong

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000

In 2007, 23-year-old Pang Jin left her home and family in Weifang, China, to pursue her MBA at the University of Missouri. In the three years since, Jin has watched from thousands of miles away as her mother and aunt were abducted, tortured, and sentenced to 10 years in prison for their peaceful belief in Falun Gong. Now her father, not a Falun Gong practitioner, is facing trial for attempting to defend his wife.

June 24, 2010: Falun Gong News Bulletin

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:50:01 +0000

* FDIC: “Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Henan Prison Camp” * Chinese Human Rights Defenders: Democracy Activist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Distributing Falun Gong CDs * New Tang Dynasty Television: Imprisoned mother of San Diego resident denied medical parole * U.S. Government: Ambassador’s Statement at United Nations Human Rights Council mentions Falun Gong * World Affairs Journal: Hacker Nation: China’s Cyber Assault, by Ethan Gutmann * The Epoch Times: Falun Dafa Association in Taiwan sues paper that printed forged announcement from Falun Gong founder

Amnesty International Issues Urgent Action for Missing Shanghai Falun Gong Practitioner

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:50:01 +0000

As the World Expo in Shanghai entered its second week, Amnesty International issued an urgent action on May 10 calling for the release of a Falun Gong practitioner abducted from Shanghai’s International Airport in February whose precise whereabouts remain unknown.