* FDIC Statement: Honoring Falun Gong’s April 25th Appeal, Ten Years On * New Tang Dynasty TV: April 25th, The Protest that Changed China * Associated Press: China spiritual group endures despite 10-year ban *New York Times: China Still Presses Crusade against Falun Gong *United Press International: Falun Gong said to total tens of millions * Prominent Chinese Democracy Activist: “Falun Gong’s persistence of non-violent resistance is admirable” * Chinese human rights lawyer: April 25th appeal was “a very significant and meaningful event in · China Post: Falun Gong Members in Japan ,Taiwan, Hong Kong Commemorate April 25th appeal
In the decade since the Chinese government began repressing Falun Gong, a crusade that human rights groups say has led to the imprisonment of tens of thousands of practitioners and claimed at least 2,000 lives, the world’s attention has shifted elsewhere….But 10 years on, the war on Falun Gong remains unfinished.
* FDI: SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIAL LUO GAN SUED IN ARGENTINA FOR GENOCIDE * NEW YORK TIMES: CHINESE LAWYER TAKES ON FALUN GONG CASES, FACES THREATS * FDI: WORLDWIDE PROTESTS CONDEMN RAPE OF FALUN GONG WOMEN BY POLICE * EPOCH TIMES: CHINESE POLICE BEAT MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER TO DEATH
# NEW YORK TIMES: TORTURE IS 'WIDESPREAD' IN CHINA, U.N. INVESTIGATOR SAYS # FDI: TWO FALUN GONG WOMEN RAPED AMID UN RAPPORTEUR VISIT # REUTERS: CCP ORDERS HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER TO CLOSE DOORS # EPOCH TIMES: CHINESE LAWYER SENT TO BRAINWASHING AFTER CONDEMNING IT
For the ordinary Chinese citizen who may be tiring of the Government's relentless crusade denouncing Falun Gong, the spiritual movement that was outlawed last month, there is now an easy-to-read version: the comic book.