Amnesty International

Amnesty International: 2009 Annual Report (excerpts)

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.

Dec. 10, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin

* FDIC: Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Defending Falun Gong * Amnesty International Urgent Action: Lawyer jailed for defending human rights * Amnesty International: “Blog: My life inside a Chinese labor camp” by former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei * AFP: Chinese ex-president sought in Spanish probe: lawyer * Epoch Times: Recognition, and Ignorance, Around Spanish Court’s Genocide Indictment * Globe and Mail: Letter to the Editor: Canada and the Middle Kingdom * Washington Post Editorial: Twitter This

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.

Amnesty International: Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (excerpts)

Excerpts from Amnesty International report published in September 2009 detailing growing intimidation, assault, jailing, and disbarment of numerous human rights lawyers, many of whom had defended Falun Gong practitioners. In several instances, authorities' linked the lawyers' harassment and punishment directly to their defense of Falun Gong.

June 18, 2008- Falun Gong News Bulletin

FDIC Urgent Appeal: Celebrity Musician’s Widow Faces Prison for Practicing Falun Gong FDIC: Top 10 Things You Should Know about the Beijing Olympics and Falun Gong Amnesty International: 2008 Annual Report cites Falun Gong adherents at high risk of torture U.S. Senate Hearing on Global Internet Freedom: Testimony of Dr. Shiyu Zhou, Deputy Director, Global Internet Freedom Consortium

Amnesty International: 2008 Annual Report (excerpts)

Amnesty International

Amnesty International (AI) first began researching and reporting on the persecution of Falun Gong in the days immediately following the ban on the practice on July 20, 1999. Since that time, abuses against Falun Gong practitioners have been a regular feature of the China section of AI’s annual report. Thanks to multiple Urgent Actions that have been issued for adherents in imminent danger of being tortured, thousands of AI members have written to the Chinese authorities on behalf of practitioners.

Amnesty International: Pre-Olympics Crackdown

December 18, 2007: Falun Gong News Bulletin

Eight More Deaths in China Detailed European Parliament Passes Resolution on Beijing Olympics Amnesty International Accuses China of Reneging on Olympic Promises Labor Camp Survivor Tells of Ordeal Falun Gong Calligrapher Arrested for “Happiness”