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Reports from Inside China
2008/06/08
Our Sources
Much of our information begins on the ground, with eye-witness sources in China or victims themselves of rights abuses. This is a network tens of millions large, involving the full body of adherents as well as family, friends, and those close to them. Volumes of emails, faxes, and phone calls from this contingency reach us or our affiliates every day...
2007/09/05
The Crimes Behind Shanghai's Prestigious Labels
Bee & Flower (Feng-hua) and Maxam (Mei-jia-jing) are both well known brand labels from Shanghai in China, and their products are sold in southeast Asia as well as all over China. Very few people however know that some of these products, such as the soaps, are processed in Tilanqiao Prison and other jails. The companies behind these prestigious labels are participating in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners, which is in violation of international laws.
2007/08/04
Many Products for Export Made at Shanghai Women's Forced Labor Camp
In democratic countries, forced labor camps like those in China are regarded as illegitimate facilities because people held there have not been through the judicial process. However, in the "unique" political system under the Chinese Communist Party, innocent people are arbitrarily deprived of their freedom and sent to "education through labor camps."
2007/08/04
Falun Gong Practitioners Bought and Sold for use as Free Labor
In her new book, A Year Without "Made in China", Sara Bongiorni describes her experience of how she and her family struggled to live a life without buying any products from China, including shoes, clothes, Christmas decorations, toys, electronics, a blender, furniture, etc. To avoid buying things "Made in China", literally everything became a struggle. The flood of cheap goods from China influences the daily lives of virtually all American people. Many products, though labeled "Made in America", are assembled from components made in China.
2003/03/23
6 More Die in Jiang Zemin’s Persecution of Falun Gong
As the persecution of Falun Gong continues, the methods Jiang Zemin’s regime uses to attempt to eliminate the peaceful practice have become increasingly brutal and has claimed more and more lives.
2003/01/31
15 Falun Gong Practitioners Dead in China from Police Brutality, Torture or Forced Labor
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, four drunken police officers from Caidian District Police Substation came to Qunying Liu’s home and tried to take her to the police substation. Qunying refused to go because her 82-year old father needed a ride home from the hospital.
2003/01/24
Myanmar: Elder Slapped with 7 Years for "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" Banner
71-year-old Mr. Chan stands quietly by the side of a Myanmar road. He unfolds a little yellow banner that reads "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" as he patiently waits for Jiang Zemin’s motorcade to drive by.
2003/01/16
Beijing and Taipei: Two Cities, Worlds Apart
Mr. Zhiwun Wang, an engineer from Beijing, was kidnapped from his bed by police, illegally held in detention and most certainly tortured for six months before he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. The reason? Mr. Wang volunteered his time to help organize Falun Gong practice sites in Beijing.
2003/01/12
Reports from China: 18 More Falun Gong Deaths from Police Brutality, Torture
Utterly exhausted from 12 days without sleep, Lihong Ding’s captors forced him to pace his cell to keep him awake. Many times the 36-year-old collapsed while walking, banging his head on the walls and floors.
2003/01/03
U.S. Woman, Harvard Graduate Seeks to Rescue Mother from Torture in China
Christina Yuan typifies what many would call the American dream -- humble beginnings, hard work, 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.