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Family and Loved Ones
2011/02/13
Guizhou Pharmacist Dies in Prison after Being Disabled by Torture
NEW YORK—A 39-year-old pharmacist held at a prison camp in Guizhou province died in custody in mid-January after years of torture that reportedly left him unable to walk, the Falun Dafa Information Center (FDIC) learned recently. Hu Dali (胡大礼) from Xiuwen county is the first Falun Gong practitioner known to have been killed by the Chinese authorities in 2011.
2010/03/01
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.
2009/02/11
Fueled by Olympics, Falun Gong Persecution Escalated Sharply in 2008
The Communist Party’s campaign against Falun Gong escalated sharply in 2008 as China’s rulers took advantage of the Olympic games to catalyze and justify the large-scale arrest, imprisonment, and monitoring of Chinese citizens known to adhere to the spiritual practice, the Falun Dafa Information Center said in an annual report published on Tuesday.
2008/05/09
15-year-old Orphaned as Mother Dies in Custody
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.
2007/03/16
Woman’s Corpse Held as Evidence of Torture as Desperate Family Seeks Justice in China
Family members of torture victim and recently deceased Ms. Cao Aihua are desperately seeking justice, going so far as to guard Cao’s corpse (which bears evidence of torture) for three months in a frigid, rented room of a funeral parlor in northwestern China, sources tell the Falun Dafa Information Center.
2004/07/23
Members of Congress, Falun Gong Rally to Condemn Jiang’s Five Years of Systematic Torture, Killing
The man who helped organize the historic 1985 summit in Geneva between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev had a message for the large rally that assembled on Capitol Hill yesterday: seemingly insurmountable odds are surmountable.
2004/06/15
Four-year-old Girl Travels to 37 Countries Speaking for Human Rights after Father Killed in China
Little Fadu is only 4 years old, but already she understands that her father, Chengyong Chen, was a very brave man.
2003/04/23
"China Lies, People Die:" Practitioners of Falun Gong Rally in New York City’s Times Square
Over 2,000 practitioners and supporters of Falun Gong from around the world gathered Saturday in several locations throughout New York City, including Times Square, Flushing and Brooklyn for rallies to expose the lies and propaganda of the Chinese regime.
2003/04/17
Brother and Sister Hung by Their Wrists and Beaten; Brother Dies from Torture, Abuse
Mr. Hongping Chen, a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province died last month after a year and a half of torture and abuse.
2003/03/18
Tortured to Death in China: Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province
The deaths of six Falun Gong practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province have recently been confirmed. All six died from abuse and torture suffered in various labor camps and detention centers in Liaoning Province, home of the notorious Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, where dozens of Falun Gong practitioners have lost their lives.