Friends of Falun Gong USA- The Persecution

1. The Age: Public Security Bureau agent says 2009 crackdown to come 12.15.08: The Public Security Bureau, which bears primary responsibility for ensuring a ‘harmonious’ atmosphere, is standing ready to make a mammoth security clampdown.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1532

2. China sentences Falungong follower to three years in jail: lawyer 11.25.08: BEIJING (AFP) - The wife of a man who died in police custody in China ahead of the Beijing Olympics was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for supporting the outlawed Falungong spiritual group, her lawyer said.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1530

3. Urgent Appeal: Widow of Olympic Torture Victim Faces Immediate Sentencing for Practicing Falun Gong 11.24.08: New York—The widow of a well-known musician and Falun Gong adherent who died from abuse in police custody is scheduled to be sentenced to a potentially long prison term in a Beijing Court on Tuesday morning Beijing time (Monday evening EST).
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1526

4. Torture and Death of Falun Gong Continue, Say Submissions to United Nations 11.07.08: New York—Human rights groups’ statements submitted to the United Nations Committee against Torture prior to the body’s review of China on Friday highlight the continued torture and death in custody of Falun Gong adherents.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1523

5. Beijing Resident Killed During Olympics for Practicing Falun Gong 09.24.08: In a telephone call made to the Longzhuashu village community police working site near their home on September 9, a member of the neighborhood watch group confirmed Wang’s death.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1514

6. Seventeen-Year-Old Boy Traumatized by Police Harassment and Becomes Severely Ill 07.01.08: Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Deng Linfeng from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested with her son by officers from the Jiamusi Railroad Police Department on February 26, 2008. Her son was threatened by the police many times, and they even illegally occupied his home. After these traumatic incidents, the boy developed a severe illness. On June 18, the Jiamusi City Railroad Court illegally tried Ms. Deng.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1501

7. Musician Yu Zhou's Remarkable Wife Xu Na 05.07.08: Xu Na is a 40 year old well-known and respected painter. She is now illegally detained in the Beijing Detention Center because of her belief in Falun Gong. Her husband Yu Zhou, a famous folk singer and also a practitioner, died from torture just before Chinese New Year. Although Xu remains in jail, she is attempting to overcome all difficulties to appeal for her husband's innocence.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1489

8. Organ Harvesting Confirmed By a Former Detention Center Prisoner 05.02.08: Recently a witness from Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province has come forward and revealed what he discovered during his detention in Wuxi City No.2 Detention Center. According to the witness, many cases of organ harvesting occurred during 2002.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1488

9. Before and After Gao Zhisheng's Solemn Statement and Open Letter in 2007 09.24.07: A description of the mental and physical persecution endured by rights advocate Gao Zhisheng and his family because of their support of Falun Gong practitioners and other oppressed people in China.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1433

10. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) News Brief 04.01.07: According to credible information received by UNHCR, a Chinese asylum seeker and her 8 year-old daughter were taken by the Russian authorities from their St. Petersburg residence last Wednesday (28 March) and put on a plane departing to China via Novosibirsk.
www.fofg.org/persecution/persecution_story.php?doc_id=1366