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Facts and figures of the persecution including death toll and incarceration (Updated 03/07/2003) Death Cases The Falun Dafa Information Centre has verified details of over 746 deaths since the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999. Government officials inside China, however, report that the actual death toll is well over 1,600. Other figures Over 100,000 have been sent to labour camps without trial (for terms up to 3 years), 6000 have been illegally sentenced to jail terms (some up to 18 years) Over 2,000 healthy practitioners are being held in mental institutions in what is being called "China's Soviet Psychiatry" (figures based on those from the Hong Kong Centre for Human Rights as well as the Falun Dafa Information Centre's extensive documentation) Published: Saturday 8th September 2001 http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200109/1052.html |
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