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Persecution at Work and School
2010/10/05
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.
2010/05/28
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.
2010/05/26
High School Student Harassed, Threatened after Internet Posting about Falun Gong
NEW YORK – A 16-year-old who used his real name when writing online about health benefits received from practicing Falun Gong is being harassed and at risk of detention, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned.
2009/08/25
Aug. 25, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC Eyewitness Account: “Memories of Mr. Li Min, a Fellow Practitioner Who Was Persecuted to Death” • FDIC: “Falun Dafa Information Center Urges Korean President to Protect Falun Gong Refugees” • Chinascope: University Admission Policies Reveal Systematic Discrimination against Falun Gong Practitioners • Reporters Without Borders: “Cyber-dissident Zhang Lin released on completing five-year jail term” • NTDTV: “A Picture Tells a Thousand Words” • Event notice: Screening of film Sandstorm in Los Angeles/New York
2009/02/14
Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence
Reports from China indicate that many of the Falun Gong adherents detained ahead of the Beijing Olympics were taken directly from their homes or workplaces to detention centers and labor camps. Homes were frequently searched without warrant in order to find evidence that would implicate the Falun Gong practitioner, such as books of Falun Gong teachings or photos of its founder Mr. Li Hongzhi. Adherents also frequently reported that security officers confiscated electronic goods during home searches.
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.
2008/06/15
Persecution at Work and School
Schools and workplaces are among the institutions that the Communist Party immediately mobilized when it launched the campaign against Falun Gong in 1999. It is in these micro units of Chinese society that the persecution was able to reach the masses.
2007/03/23
March 23, 2007- Falun Gong News Bulletin
* AMNESTY ISSUES URGENT ACTION FOR FALUN GONG WHO COULD FACE TORTURE * WOMAN’S CORPSE HELD AS EVIDENCE OF TORTURE AS FAMILY SEEKS JUSTICE * BEIJING BRANCH MANAGER OF FRENCH COMPANY SEIZED FOR BELIEVED FALUN GONG CONNECTION * CANADIAN INVESTIGATORS URGE IOC TO PRESSURE CHINESE REGIME OVER PERSECUTION OF “MILLIONS”
2007/03/09
March 9, 2007- Falun Gong News Bulletin
U.S. GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS PERSECUTION OF FALUN GONG IN CHINA STILL SEVERE FAMILY OF MURDERED FALUN GONG WOMAN STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE KIDNAPPED GIRL RESCUED BY FEDERAL AGENTS MINUTES BEFORE TAKE-OFF AT JFK AIRPORT
2004/08/06
State Councilor Could Face Criminal Trial for Using China’s School System as Indoctrination and Persecution Centers
State Councilor and former Minister of Education Ms. Chen Zhili will face criminal proceedings before a Tanzanian High Court where she has been sued for torture and extra judicial killings.