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2010/03/25
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.
2009/12/20
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.
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.
2009/02/06
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.
2008/12/02
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.
2008/11/07
Torture and Death of Falun Gong Continue, Say Submissions to United Nations
Human rights groups’ statements submitted to the United Nations Committee against Torture prior to the body’s review of China on Friday highlight the continued torture and death in custody of Falun Gong adherents.
2007/07/14
URGENT ACTION: 73-Year-Old U.N. Refugee Seized in Russia, Believed at Imminent Risk of Repatriation to China
An ethnic Chinese adherent of the Falun Gong, Mr. Gao Chunman, has been seized by Russian authorities and is believed to be at imminent risk of deportation to China, the Falun Dafa Information Center has learned.
2003/03/15
Canadian MPs and Falun Gong Urge Prime Minister to Condemn China?s Persecution at UNCHR
Ottawa ? Before the annual United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) convenes next Monday, a letter writing campaign among MPs and a Montreal signature collecting campaign to urge the Prime Minister to table a resolution condemning China?s persecution of Falun Gong have gained strong support.
2002/10/22
Citizens from Six Countries Submit Legal Case Against Chinese Leader to United Nations
Today, citizens and residents from Canada, the US, France, Australia, Ireland and Hong Kong jointly submitted a legal case against Communist Party Head Jiang Zemin and two other top Chinese officials to the United Nations Committee Against Torture, the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in instigating and carrying out the brutal persecution of Falun Gong.