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Northeast China Prison Under Lockdown After Deaths Exposed Online

A prison camp in Northeast China has been put under lockdown after three Falun Gong detainees died there within two weeks and evidence of the sudden deaths was posted online. In an effort to prevent additional details from being leaked, guards and prisoners alike are having their phones monitored and the victims' families are being tailed by security agents. Torture and abuse intensified at Jiamusi Prison in Heilongjiang province in February after personnel received orders in early 2011 to increase the "transformation rate" among Falun Gong practitioners held at the camp—part of a nationwide three-year Communist Party campaign to reinvigorate such efforts. As a result, three middle-aged male practitioners died between February 26 and March 8, 2011.

Ten Things to Know about China as Hu Jintao Arrives in the United States

On the eve of Chinese leader Hu Jintao’s arrival in the United States for a state visit, the Falun Dafa Information Center urges the media, human rights groups, the American public, and especially, U.S. officials meeting with the delegation, to keep the following ten facts about China at the forefront of their minds.

Internal Communist Party Documents Disclose New Campaign to Forcibly "Transform" Millions of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

A series of internal Communist Party documents, some of them posted online, reveal the details of a new three-year, multi-billion dollar campaign targeting Falun Gong practitioners across China. The campaign’s stated goal is to “transform” 75 percent of all known practitioners, who number in the tens of millions despite eleven years of brutal suppression. Specifically, the campaign calls upon security forces to go into “villages and households” to “educate and conquer” Falun Gong practitioners.

After Eight Years of Torture, Falun Gong Practitioner Dies under Mysterious Circumstances

Photos Smuggled from China Show Bloated Falun Gong Practitioner Shortly Before Death

A retired steel worker from Hebei province died on September 6, 2010, just over six months after being released from a prison camp where he had been tortured and forced to do hard labor for practicing Falun Gong, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned.

Urgent Appeal: After Suffering Years of Torture, "Upstanding" Man on the Verge of Death in Chinese Prison Camp

A 55-year-old man is near death after suffering years of torture at the hands of Chinese police, according to multiple reports from China.

Rape, Beatings and Betrayal Typify “Transformation” of Former Top Student

NEW YORK – The life of a top student at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University has been ravaged by a decade of rape, torture and betrayals. According to reports recently received by the Falun Dafa Information Center, the once vibrant and brilliant young woman from Shandong Province, Ms. Liu Zhimei (柳志梅), now lives in a hut, regularly wets her bed, and crouches into the corner of her room with clenched fists whenever someone approaches her. Neighbors have seen her running from her home naked and screaming.

Personal Stories Behind the Shanghai Expo Crackdown

Over 127 Falun Gong practitioners have been abducted in Shanghai since February 2009 in connection with the Shanghai World Expo, which opened last week. Like the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the Chinese Communist Party has used the event as pretext to arbitrarily arrest, detain, and even torture Falun Gong adherents who refuse to recant their spiritual beliefs.

Shanghai Expo Fuels Falun Gong Crackdown, Over 120 Abductions

In the run-up to the World Expo opening in Shanghai this week, the Chinese authorities have engaged in a sweeping crackdown against local residents known to practice Falun Gong.

Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Jailed for Handing Out Fliers Dies in Chinese Prison Camp

A 60-year-old woman died two weeks ago in a northeast China prison camp after suffering several years of wrongful incarceration during which time she was often tortured with beatings, electric batons, forced-feedings and sleep deprivation.