Life Under Persecution

Statement by Ms. Zhang Lianying, March 2011

Eyewitness testimony from Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

Samples of Chinese citizen declarations nullifying anti-Falun Gong acts committed under pressure

Over the past twelve years, hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens who have posted declarations to the overseas Minghui.org website declaring retractions actions they had taken that in some measure contributed to the persecution against Falun Gong. Some of the declarations are from practitioners, typically expressing the wish to recant a denunciation of their faith that they made under torture. Many others are posted by citizens who do not practice Falun Gong but who wish to apologize past participation in anti-Falun Gong activities and voice gratitude towards adherents and founder Mr. Li Hongzhi for their kindness, courage, and patience in awakening the goodness in the hearts of the Chinese people or helping their loved ones.

The Tuidang Movement and Falun Gong

Walking down the streets of Chinatown or witnessing a Falun Gong parade in recent years, one may have encountered signs referring to “X million people have quit the Chinese Communist Party.” What does this mean? What does it have to do with Falun Gong? Why has it not been more widely reported?

Village Unites to Demand Release of Upstanding Citizen Facing Illegal Trial

[Editor's note: On June 17, 2011, dozens of villagers signed a petition to the government of Jilin city urging the release of a fellow villager who had been detained for practicing Falun Gong. On March 4, 2011, police abducted 59-year-old Mr. Liu Zhichen (刘志臣), from Fengman village in Jilin city and took him to the city's No. 3 Detention Center. When his neighbors learned that the Fengman District Court had planned to hold a "trial" on wrongful charges for Liu, they united to co-sign a petition to the authorities in protest. The following is a translation of the text of the letter.]

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.

Urgent Appeal: Falun Gong Practitioner “Disappeared” from Shanghai Airport en Route to United States

A Falun Gong practitioner en route to reunite with his wife in the United States “disappeared” from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport over ten days ago and has not been heard from since, raising serious concerns over his safety.

Honoring Falun Gong’s April 25th Appeal, Ten Years On

Why It's Time to Rally Behind China’s Unsung Heroes

A former university librarian in Shanghai sits at her home computer. Using proxy servers, Ms. Liu Jin breaks through China’s vast “Great Firewall” and accesses a Falun Gong-related website. She downloads accounts of rights abuses against fellow adherents and begins printing. Soon, the stack of homemade, underground leaflets finds its way into the hands and mailboxes of neighbors, local shopkeepers, and former colleagues. A “materials production site,” one of tens of thousands across China, is born, bringing into people’s hands basic facts of injustice that the Communist Party has worked tirelessly to censor.

The New Statesman: Falun Gong - Defying the Odds