United Nations

Selected Excerpts from United Nations Reports

United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups first began conveying communications and urgent appeals about Falun Gong adherents to the Chinese authorities in 2000. Since then, they have issued urgent appeals for dozens of adherents, transmitted hundreds of cases of concern to the Chinese government, and determined in formal opinions that Falun Gong adherents were detained arbitrarily. This section includes a selection of key excerpts from their reports and appeals.

Psychiatric Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners Widespread, Says UN Submission

A report submitted last week to the United Nations torture expert and subsequent statements made during the 13th session of the Human Rights Council highlighted the severity and scale of psychiatric torture used against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Such torture routinely includes the administering of chemical substances that cause damage to the central nervous system.

Testimony by the United Nations Association - San Diego to the 13th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Argentine Judge Orders Arrest of Top Chinese Communist Party Officials for Crimes Against Humanity

In a landmark decision, an Argentine judge indicted and ordered the local Interpol department to seek the arrest of two high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Thursday for their role in crimes against humanity committed against Falun Gong practitioners. The ruling follows a similar decision in Spain last month, when the Spanish National Court indicted five top CCP leaders for their involvement in genocide and torture against Falun Gong.

How Do We Know the Persecution is Brutal and Ongoing?

Over the past decade, a wide range of international human rights groups, Chinese lawyers, former prisoners of conscience imprisoned with practitioners, United Nations Rapporteurs, and U.S. government reports have documented and recounted the systematic rights abuses – including torture and deaths in custody - suffered by those who practice Falun Gong in China. Below is a small sample of such statements for your reference with corresponding links to other pages on this site that include more extensive compilations.

2009 Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston

Excerpts from the 2009 Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions covering 16 cases of Falun Gong practitioners who died in custody or shortly after their release

February 19, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin

• FDIC Annual Report: “Fueled by Olympics, Falun Gong Persecution Escalated Sharply in 2008” • FDIC: “Brutal Torture and Disappearance of Renowned Attorney Demands a Clear International Response” • Nottingham Evening Post: “Sister Freed from Chinese Labour Camp” • Bloomberg: “China Vows Crackdown on Falun Gong, Tibet Separatists This Year” • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: Report on “Re-education Through Labor” Cites Falun Gong as One of Largest Groups in Camps • FDIC: “UN Review Must Address China’s Largest Population of Prisoners of Conscience”

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.

UN Review Must Address China’s Largest Population of Prisoners of Conscience

Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council must question the PRC over the ongoing—and recently escalated—persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China at Monday’s Universal Periodic Review session, the Falun Dafa Information Center said Friday.

U.N. Recommendation Must Be Matched by Prompt Action to End Murder of Falun Gong for Their Organs

In a legally binding decision issued on Nov. 21, the United Nations Committee against Torture called for an investigation into illicit organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. The statement was the latest in a long line of actions taken by writers, lawyers, doctors, and government representatives to research and condemn such abuses. The Falun Dafa Information Center urges the international community to take immediate action to further investigate, prevent, and end such crimes against humanity.