Press Releases

  • Finnish Newspaper 'Kaleva': Chinese Embassy Interferes with Falun Gong Photo Exhibition

    Finnish newspaper ‘Kaleva’ wrote on September 17th that the Chinese Embassy had interfered with a photo exhibition arranged by Falun Gong practitioners in the city of Rovaniemi. According to the newspaper, the Chinese Embassy had contacted the library where the exhibition “Peaceful Journey of Falun Gong” was held. The photo exhibition introduces Falun Gong and its history. It also exposes the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party against the practitioners of Falun Gong in China.
  • EFGIC: Thai Police Taking Orders from Chinese Embassy?

    LONDON (EFGIC) — Thai police manhandled Falun Gong protesters outside the Bangkok Chinese Embassy on December 10, International Human Rights Day. After being seen going in and out of the Chinese Embassy, dozens of Thai policemen crossed the street and roughly searched Falun Gong practitioners quietly protesting the six-year persecution of their practice in China. The police dragged some of them and took away their banners. One officer stated that he did not want to break up their protest but was told to do so by the Chinese Embassy.
  • EFGIC: Two Falun Gong Women Raped Amid UN Rapporteur Visit

    LONDON (EFGIC) — The European Falun Gong Information Centre (EFGIC) has learned of the November 25th rape in police custody of two Falun Gong women, ages 42 and 51. Shocking photos suggest the violent nature of at least one of the two rapes. The rapes, occurring only three days after the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture arrived in China for investigation, took place at the Dongchengfang Town Police Station in Tunzhou, Hebei.
  • French Falun Gong Information Centre: Economic Trading and Human Rights

    From September 5th to September 12th, Zhejiang Province held “Zhejiang Week” in Paris. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the French Falun Gong Information Centre sent out a declaration to the press, economic trading and human rights organisations, and relevant government divisions in the hope that French society might pay attention to the bloody persecution of Falun Gong and that the emphasis on morality and the respect for human rights are guarantees to normal business.
  • Press Release: Falun Gong Practitioners in Denmark File a Lawsuit Against China’s Procurator General for Crimes Committed Against the UN Convention Against Torture

    Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark have filed a lawsuit against Mr. Jia Chunwang, one of the central figures in China’s Gestapo – the ”610 Office” – for torture, with the purpose of initiating court proceedings in Denmark against Mr. Jia Chunwang, as Denmark is compelled to according to the UN Convention Against Torture 7(1). As one of the central figures in the ”610-office”, which was specifically established in 1999 to comply with and coordinate the Communist-regime’s demand that Falun Gong practitioners be destroyed both physically and psychologically, Mr. Jia Chunwang bears direct responsibility for the horrible crimes that have been committed during the illegal persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Press Release: Complaint Filed Against Four Chinese Communist Party Leaders of the Gestapo-like 610 Office for Harassment of Belgian Citizens

    Two Belgian citizens file a complaint against those responsible within the Chinese Communist regime for harassing them and attacking their way of life. Being Falun Gong practitioners, Nicolas Schols and Yuhong Shi practise meditation exercises and follow truth, compassion and tolerance in their daily lives. For 6 years now (since 20/07/1999) the Chinese Communist regime has relentlessly persecuted Falun Gong practitioners inside China through torture and killing. In addition, it has tried to extend this persecution outside China through defamation, blacklisting, espionage and harassment.
  • German Falun Gong Information Centre: Sued in Karlsruhe for Genocide yet Courted by German Firms

    Wang Yunkun is one of the defendants in a complex lawsuit that charges the defendants with committing genocide, crimes against humanity and torture. The lawsuit was filed November 21st 2003 in the Karlsruhe Federal Court and is still under litigation. Wang Yunkun, as the CCP Secretary, holds direct responsibility for the persecution of Falun Gong in Jilin Province, as the CCP province committees are in charge of the coordination and organization of this persecution.
  • Lawsuit Filed against Former Chinese Head of State Jiang Zemin for Wide-Scale Human Rights Crimes Against Falun Gong Practitioners

    Human rights lawyer Peter Bergquist, representing the Swedish Falun Dafa Association, filed a lawsuit on Monday 13th June against the former Chinese head of state Jiang Zemin and leaders of the so called “6-10 Office”, Li Lanqing, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, Ding Guangen and others, charging them with participation in crimes of murder and kidnapping of Falun Gong practitioners. The lawsuit was filed at the Kungsholmsgatan police station in Stockholm.
  • German Falun Gong Information Centre: Deported to China then Imprisoned in a Slave Labour Camp

    On March 7th 2005, a young married Chinese couple and their two infants were deported to their homeland, China. On Saturday, the husband was taken to a slave labour camp. They had applied for asylum, because they practised Falun Gong. Regrettably, the authorities believed it to be an invalid application. They believed that the young couple wanted to stay in Germany.
  • The International Society for Human Rights (IGFM): Deportation from Germany followed by three years in a labour camp

    On Saturday April 9th 2005, Mr. Jiang Renzheng, who was deported from Germany on March 7th, was taken to a forced labour camp in Benxi, which is located close to the large urban centre of Shenyang. He had been sentenced to three years of re-education by forced labour because of “endangering public security”. This happened without a trial or legal counsel. The International Society for Human Rights reports that even in today’s People’s Republic of China, people are still being imprisoned in the Laogai labour camp system without the benefit of a proper legal system.
  • EFGIC: Largest Nationwide Arrest Campaign Since July 1999 Taking Place throughout China

    LONDON (EFGIC) — The Chinese Communist Party has been carrying out massive secret arrests across the country, spanning several provinces and many cities, according to numerous sources in China. The arrests are targeting anyone believed to have an affiliation with Falun Gong, and witnesses say that some cities are being controlled under martial law conditions. These mass arrests constitute the largest campaign since July 1999 when the Chinese authorities rounded up tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in makeshift detention centres and stadiums. Many were taken from their homes in the middle of the night.
  • EFGIC: China Genocide Suit on U.S. Supreme Court Steps

    “The defendant will go down in history as one of the most unscrupulous men of the twentieth century, a man who tortured and murdered thousands upon thousands of adherents of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice based on the moral and spiritual principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance,” Dr. Marsh says. Apart from the fact that Jiang was never legitimately elected to office, as is required in China by the Constitution, Dr. Marsh argues that such “least wanted” as Jiang Zemin, Saddam Hussein, Adolph Hitler and the Khmer Rouge are per se not legitimate heads of state due to the magnitude of their crimes against humanity.
  • UKFGIC: MP helps Falun Gong Practitioners “Rescue our Family members” with London Press Conference and Petitions

    John Robinson MP, the Labour representative of Glasgow, Anniesland will be speaking at a press conference at College Green outside the House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA at 5pm on Wednesday 9th March 2005. Following the press conference he will be handing in “Rescue our Families” petition forms with signatures totalling about 15,000 to an evening parliamentary session in the House of Commons. John Robinson’s constituent Mrs YuYu Williamson, a Falun Gong practitioner and local Anniesland resident, collected the petition forms from across the UK so that the MP could hand them in to the House of Commons on her behalf.
  • UKFGIC: Chinese Communist Regime Harasses British Citizens on U.K. Soil with Intimidating Telephone Calls

    LONDON (FGIC-UK) – Since last Sunday, British citizens such as retirees, Joan and Daryl Sherry from Stockport, Cheshire have been bombarded with messages recorded in both Chinese and English containing Chinese Communist propaganda. This is the latest tactic in the campaign of the Chinese authorities to extend its persecution of the peaceful and popular Chinese practice of Falun Gong abroad and is aimed at intimidating overseas practitioners and their families. Homes across Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia and even Sri Lanka have been targeted.
  • EFGIC: Homes Across Europe and North America Receive Chinese Communist Propaganda Phone Calls

    LONDON [EFGIC] – Scores of individuals in the U.S., Canada and at least a dozen countries throughout Europe including the U.K., reported receiving phone calls yesterday with recorded messages unmistakably from China’s Communist regime. The messages contained propaganda demonizing Falun Gong and claiming the Chinese Government is defending “human rights” by “saving” people from the traditional Chinese practice.