The persecution of Falun Gong targeted 100 million people in China, and decimated countless families and communities across China. Below, we offer a glimpse into the human cost of this persecution with up-close and personal stories of those who were killed, those who survived, and those struggling to the freedom of others. These are their stories…
The persecution of Falun Gong targeted 100 million people in China, and decimated countless families and communities across China. These are their stories…
Lucy’s mother, Liu Yan, was arrested by Chinese authorities on Sept. 30, 2021, in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province in southwest China, and has been detained there ever since. Prior to this recent arrest, both of Lucy’s parents were sentenced to several years in prison where they were “tortured, brainwashed, and forced into slave labour,” according to Lucy.
In October of 2020, Grace Chen’s parents were studying the teachings of Falun Gong with other Falun Gong practitioners in Changsha city when police broke in and arrested them all. Subsequently, they have been detained and denied communication with family. 16-year-old Grace, who is studying in New York, calls upon all kindhearted people to help rescue her parents.
On May 27, 2020, Chunmei Wang was arrested by Kaiyuan City police for talking to people about Falun Gong and was indicted on June 10, 2020. On December 9, 2020, Ms. Wang was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and was transferred to Second Women’s Prison of Yunnan Province around late February or early March in 2021. Ms. Wang’s son, Chen Ma currently lives in Herndon, Virginia.
On February 5, 2020, Mr. Xie and his wife, Zhao, were arrested by the police from Guilin Qixing police station in the name of “checking body temperature.” The officers confiscated Falun Gong books and other related paraphernalia. On February 8, 2020, the police admitted that they were arrested for handing out Falun Gong materials. Ms. Zhao’s older sister, Wendy Zhao, currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Sherry Zhang is an elite scientist, principal of a private school, and a veteran practitioner of Falun Dafa. Despite residing in the U.S. for more than 25 years, she continues to be a target of the CCP, who threaten and harass her elderly parents in attempts to control her.
For over twenty years, Ms. Amy Minghui Yu has lived in constant worry about the safety of her parents. The young fashion designer currently resides in the United Kingdom, and her parents have been repeatedly persecuted for their faith since she was 12.
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Family repeatedly targeted by the persecution, Zhang Hongyu managed to escape to the U.S. in 2014, after her mother died from the persecution. Zhang’s father, however, has been again arrested, and risks “constantly facing the dangers of torture and even organ harvesting”.
“My father was dragged from his home and disappeared for months without a trace… I could do nothing but cry. I was suffocating in despair as I watched my kind, good father being sentenced to 16 years in prison.”
