Falun Gong is a Buddhist-based practice of meditation and moral living. Although introduced to the public in China in 1992, its roots extend back thousands of years. Tens of millions of people practice in China. Falun Gong is also practiced in over 90 countries around the world.
Although Falun Gong was widely popular in China throughout the 1990s, in 1999 former communist leader Jiang Zemin ordered the practice be “eradicated.” Millions have been detained or imprisoned. Over 100,000 have been tortured or abused in custody, and thousands have died from torture in custody.
The Chinese regime kills Falun Gong practitioners so their organs could be used to fuel China’s booming organ transplant business. In June 2019, a London-based independent tribunal concluded Falun Gong practitioners have been, and continue to be, killed for their organs “on a significant scale.”
How does the Chinese Communist Party utilize state-run media and its control over society to bend the minds of its people to its will? Censorship. Propaganda. Unfortunately, these tactics work to tragic affect. In this video, we’ll take a close look at exactly how the Chinese Communist Party terrified the Chinese people into submission.
Falun Gong practitioners have been great witnesses of courage and peace. Many members of Falun Gong are great heroes of Internet freedom.
Freedom House
The Battle for China's Spirit, March 2017
Forced extraction of organs from Falun Gong detainees for sale in transplant operations has occurred on a large scale and may be continuing.
Amnesty International
March 2000 Report on China
The crackdown is politically motivated, and the vast majority of its victims are ordinary people who merely exercised peacefully their fundamental rights to freedom of belief.
Jiang Tianyong
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer subsequently jailed in China
I defended more than 20 cases involving Falun Gong practitioners. Physical torture was quite common. After their arrest, they were often beaten to the point of being paralyzed or [dying].
Sarah Cook
Senior Research Analyst for East Asia, Freedom House 2019
After nearly 20 years of persecution, Falun Gong survives in China: millions of Chinese still practice the discipline, including hundreds of thousands who have published online statements rescinding denunciations made under torture during ‘transformation’ efforts.
Freedom House
Annual Report 2017
Falun Gong practitioners across China are subject to widespread surveillance, arbitrary detention, imprisonment, and torture, and they are at a high risk of extrajudicial execution.
Amnesty International
2017-2018 Annual Report
Falun Gong practitioners continued to be subjected to persecution, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and torture and other ill-treatment.
Edward McMillan Scott
Former European Parliament Vice President
We are talking about genocide. The Falun Gong has been singled out. This is why governments must take action.