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Persecution Accounts
2008/06/15
Danielle Wang: A Daughter Without a Father
The last time Xiaodan Wang saw her favorite red sweater, she was watching CNN as her father was sentenced to 16 years in prison. It was Xiaodan’s first glimpse of her father, Zhiwen Wang, in over six months, but there was no mistaking her sweater even for a moment. The bright color, a piece of clothing taken from his home hurriedly by family members after police took him from his bed on July 20, 1999, was peeking out from underneath a borrowed jacket.
2008/06/15
He Lizhi: A Story of Justice Denied
Determined to expose the persecution of Falun Gong, Lizhi sent letters his colleagues and friends telling them the truth about Falun Gong. He had no way of knowing that police officers had been watching him as he mailed the letters. The retribution came quickly.
2008/06/15
Charles Li: An American Doctor Detained in China
After spending three years in a Chinese labor camp for his beliefs, American citizen Dr. Charles Li is home at last.
2008/06/15
Gao Rongrong: The Face of Persecution
On May 7th, 2004, Ms. Gao was summoned to an office by two labor camp officials who then tortured her with electric batons for seven hours straight. Her once-radiant face was left scared with disfiguring burns and her hair was matted with pus and blood…
2008/06/15
Zhang Kunlun: A Canadian Tortured in China
After suffering torture in Chinese labor camps, Canadian Zhang Kunlun uses his artwork to tell the world about the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
2008/06/15
Zhang Cuiying: A Chinese Artist Stands Up Against Persecution
An award-winning Chinese painter finds a new life through practicing Falun Gong, only to be tortured in a labor camp for her beliefs.
2008/06/15
Christina Yuan: Harvard Graduate Seeks to Rescue Mother from Torture in China
Christina Yuan typifies what many would call the American dream: a Harvard education, a fulfilling life and a successful career in New York City. Christina's mother, Ms. Benlan Yu, typifies an on-going nightmare in China: stripped of all rights to freedom of speech and freedom of belief, horribly tortured by Chinese police, and sent to a forced labor camp without trial.
2008/06/15
The Chen Family: Music, Meditation, and Freedom of Belief
The Chen Family is a living example of the familiar saying, “A family that plays together, stays together.” A harmonious trio both on stage and in their daily lives, they continually strive to embody the Falun Gong principle of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, touching the lives of many people through their music…
2008/03/03
Falun Gong Woman Left Paralyzed from Severe Torture in Chinese Forced Labor Camp
Two months in the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp in Hebei Province transformed a healthy, vibrant woman into a mere skeleton of herself.
2008/02/14
February 14, 2008: Falun Gong News Bulletin
Nine Falun Gong Adherents Die from Abuse in December and January Personal Testimony: Adherent Released from Labor Camp in November Tells of Solitary Confinement and Sexual Torture Falun Gong Practitioners Gain Political Asylum Status in South Korea Thai Authorities Detain 22 Falun Gong Refugees Despite UN Status Soccer Players and Activists Welcome Human Rights Torch to Ghana