Persecution Throughout Society

  • Letter from WOIPFG to All Levels of Chinese Officials Regarding Jiang's Stepping Down: Stop the Persecution and Bring the Murderers to Justice

    In China, the persecution of 100 million innocent Falun Gong practitioners has lasted for more than five years. Now that Jiang has stepped down, this national catastrophe should be immediately stopped. The persecution of Falun Gong has caused the deaths of more than 1000 innocent people from beatings and torture, has utilized vast resources and affected almost all of the people in China. All the murderers who initiated and participated in the persecution should also be punished.
  • Mother Tortured, Police Send Homeless Child to Orphanage

    Yu Yuejin is a 48-year-old mother from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. She was arrested by police because she practised Falun Gong and sent to Wanjia Labour Camp in Harbin City. Ms. Yu's husband is serving time in prison for an unknown reason. As a result, the police sent her four-year-old daughter to Nangang District Children's Welfare Centre (actually an orphanage) in Harbin City.
  • "I Have Lost My Mummy, I Cannot Lose My Daddy"

    Little Yuanming went to Wuxi Prison hospital with her maternal grandmother to see her dad, who has become now virtually unrecognisable due to the torture. Seeing her father, little Yuanming became so bewildered that she could only stare at him wide-eyed. Even though Yuanming is young, she can still understand, "I have already lost my mummy, I cannot lose my daddy."
  • 12-Year-Old Child's Mother Dies in the Persecution, Father Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

    Zhu Meijuan was 38 years old when she died as a result of the persecution. She was a worker in the Boiler Metal Configuration Factory of Qingdao City and started to practise Falun Gong in spring 1996 at Erlihe, Jiaozhou City. She was fired from her job for practising Falun Gong. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and validate Dafa. In December 2001, her husband Zhou Zhaohua was arrested.
  • Some Facts about Rongrong, Daughter of Falun Dafa Practitioner Zou Songtao and His Wife Zhang Yunhe

    Rongrong was born on November 15, 1999 and is the daughter of practitioner Zou Songtao and his wife Zhang Yunhe. On November 3, 2000, Zou Songtao was tortured to death in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province. He was only 28 at the time.
  • A Former Female Prison Guard's Story (Part 2)

    While being knocked down, the young man struggled to take off his jacket to reveal the yellow T-shirt he wore inside. On the back of the T-shirt were the three large words "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." I rushed toward the perpetrators, saying, "Do not hit him. He is a good man." Then a plainclothes policeman yelled at me, "We are on duty plainclothes officers. Stay away!" I said, "I'm also an officer. An officer is supposed to stop criminals and protect the innocent. It is wrong to hit innocent people like this."
  • Senior Citizen Dies from Stress Caused by the Relentless Persecution of His Family

    After Jiang Zemin began his persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Mr. Wang's daughter, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter-in-law were all sentenced to three years of forced labour because of their belief in Falun Gong. His daughter and daughter-in-law were allowed parole to get medical help after they had been severely tortured. On March 13, 2003, a group of officials went to Mr. Wang's house to arrest his daughter again. Since she was not there, the officials began to harass Mr. Wang. As a result, he died on March 14, after he was taken to Jiangnan 465 Air Force Hospital for emergency rescue.
  • Jiang Zemin Needs to Explain the Incongruities of the "Tiananmen Self-immolation" at the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Chinese Ruling Party Committee

    When approaching him that his whole body appeared charred and I could also see that some new skin had just grown in some places. His two hands were limp and hung, in an immobile position close to his body. I asked anxiously, "What's happened?" He said, "Some gasoline set on fire burning me." I asked him, "Why aren't you covered with bandages? You saw that those people who were burned in the Tiananmen self-immolation incident were wrapped with bandages." He smiled and did not answer.
  • Abducted and Persecuted - The Story of Two Practitioners from Guangzhou

    In May 2004, the "610 Office" in Tianhe, a district of Guangzhou City, abducted two Falun Dafa practitioners named Chen Chunli and Gao Dandi. The apartment that they rented in Dongpu Tianhong Garden of the Tianhe district in Guangzhou City was searched. The police confiscated their computer, laptop, cash and other property.
  • Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured and Killed for Their Belief in China's Universities and Colleges

    Chen Zhili, currently member of State Council in charge of education, former Minister of Education used her special relationship with Jiang Zemin to promote the persecution of Falun Gong in the Chinese educational system. A least 61 faculty members at schools and students who were Falun Gong practitioners have died as a result of torture. Numerous professors and students were sentenced to prison and sent to forced labour camps and detention centres. At least 18 at Tsinghua University were sentenced to prison; at least 300 others were illegally detained, fired, expelled from school or directly sent to forced labour camps.
  • Anti-Falun Gong Hate Camp Established to Poison the Minds of Young People in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

    Sources say that a so-called "rejecting cult" programme for young people from elementary and high schools in the Dongshan District, began operations on July 30, 2004. Being the first of its kind, the camp was organized by Guangdong Province authorities to spread propaganda and instill hatred toward Falun Gong among those youngsters. The plan is to indoctrinate close to 70,000 young people in Dongshan District every year by making them attend the camp.
  • How Jiang and His Accomplices Such as Zhao Zhizhen Use the Media to Brainwash the Chinese People

    Compared to the advertising efforts by the two political parties in the United States, the brainwashing of the people by Jiang's regime in Mainland China is at a much higher level. Since July 20, 1999, when Chinas dictator, Jiang Zemin and his followers started to persecute Falun Gong, TV, radio and the press have been constantly attacking Falun Gong. If we were to describe the advertising by the two major political parties in the United States as a gentle shower, then the media attacks on Falun Gong in China could be described as a hurricane.
  • International Community's Immediate Attention Needed: Bodily Organs Removed and Sold From Falun Dafa Practitioners Tortured to Death in China

    Using violence, deception, and corruption, the Chinese dictatorship covers up many of its horrible crimes. The theft and sale by the government of bodily organs from executed prisoners has been confirmed by witnesses and condemned by the international community. Witnesses say that Falun Dafa practitioners who are tortured to death sometimes have their organs stolen and sold to third parties.
  • Interview with Zhao Ming in Vienna

    Zhao Ming is a former post-graduate student of Computer Science at Trinity College, Dublin. He now resides in Ireland as a refugee. Because he practises Falun Gong he was unlawfully arrested when he went back to China for Christmas in 1999. Zhao Ming was imprisoned for twenty two months and suffered unimaginable torture daily. In March 2002 he was released from prison and he returned to Dublin. Ever since then he has been informing the international community about the unlawful persecution in China.
  • Tragedy in the Classroom -- The Attack on the Chinese Educational System Resulting From the Persecution Policies of Jiang and His Followers Against Falun Gong (II)

    Liu Qian, a 12-year-old girl and a third-grade student at the Gegezhuang Village Elementary School, Hebei Province, was diagnosed on November 15, 2003 to be suffering from acute leukaemia. Seven days after she started practising Falun Gong, she completely recovered. Unfortunately, her school did not allow her to continue her studies, simply because she would not give up her practice of Falun Gong. Being a young child, Liu Qian was unable to deal with this cruel situation. She suddenly passed away on the 22nd day of the first month of the Lunar New Year of 2004.