Events

Events

US Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report 2006: China [Excerpt]

Falun Gong practitioners continued to face arrest, detention, and imprisonment, and there have been credible reports of deaths due to torture and abuse. Practitioners who refuse to recant their beliefs are sometimes subjected to harsh treatment in prisons, reeducation through labor camps, and extra-judicial “legal education” centers, while some who recanted returned from detention.

Being Kind to Fellow Chinese People

It has been more than seven years since Jiang Zemin and his accomplices in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.

The day of the beginning of the persecution was July 20, 1999. Many kindhearted people are sympathetic towards Falun Gong practitioners who are cruelly persecuted. But, they cannot understand or relate to the fact that Falun Gong practitioners continue to brave danger and risk their personal freedom and even life in order to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, and expose the CCP’s lies and hate propaganda against Falun Gong. Some people think it is a lost cause, that it is unnecessary and is looking for trouble.

URGENT ACTION from Amnesty International Australia

Bu Dongwei, also known as David Bu, was assigned to two-and-a-half years’ “Re-education through Labour” (RTL) on 19 June in connection with his activities as a member of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. He is detained at an undisclosed location, and Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience. He is at serious risk of torture or ill-treatment.