The Falun Dafa Information Center has learned of the death of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhou Huimin, based on reports from her son and corroborated by sources from within China. Ms. Zhou passed away at Qingyang District People’s Hospital in Chengdu city, Sichuan province on March 15, 2008. She was 44 years old.
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Worldwide Vigils Mark April 25th Falun Gong Appeal Practitioners of Falun Gong will mark April 25 this Friday with candlelight vigils around the world, renewing calls for the Beijing regime to end a nine-year campaign of suppression that has recently escalated with the approach of the Olympics. (news / report)
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Falun Gong Deaths Escalate as Olympics Approach The Falun Dafa Information Center is alarmed at a series of reports indicating adherents in China are being killed in custody within days, or even hours, of being detained by authorities. The Center expressed today that the escalating maltreatment is a direct result of efforts to “stamp out” Falun Gong prior to the summer Olympics.
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Hundreds of Falun Gong Adherents Arrested in “Preparation” for Olympics Chinese security agencies have been conducting large-scale arrests of Falun Gong adherents throughout China in recent months as authorities step up efforts to “stamp out” the practice in advance of the Olympic Games, in August, the Falun Dafa Information Center reported today. In recent weeks, the Center has been receiving regular reports from adherents and their families inside China of door-to-door searches and arrests. According to statistics compiled from these reports, there have been 1,878 arrests across 29 provinces, major cities, and autonomous regions
An Insider Reveals Details of Murders Committed at the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Junhua was detained in the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp in Hebei Province. On the morning of May 1, 2005 she was forced to go out to work, and later disappeared. To date, no one has taken responsibility for her disappearance. Guards Chang Jinliang and Fang Bao, who were responsible for directly monitoring her, were not held responsible.
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CW: A Witness to How the CCP's Courts Treat Falun Gong Practitioners (Clearwisdom) As a resident of Hong Kong, I had often seen the Falun Gong informational materials that told how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities are persecuting the group. Because the Party claimed the human rights situation was the best during these years, I wondered whether the persecution was really so horrible. Did that mean that the Mainland Chinese news reports were all lies. Was it true that Falun Gong practitioners were allowed no human rights at all? My misgivings were finally cleared up after witnessing a court hearing against some Falun Gong practitioners in Zhuhai City, in nearby Guangdong Province.
