Jane Dai Fadu Dai

Personal Accounts

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 Falun Gong Distortion

The Falun Gong Distortion How the New York Times repeatedly failed to cover atrocities against Falun Gong, and amplified Chinese Communist Party propaganda with devastating results. Key Findings The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) violent campaign to eradicate the Falun Gong spiritual group is one of the most serious human rights crises taking place in China,...

Violence Against Women in China, Art Exhibition in Turkey

Dear Reader,With the celebration of International Women’s Day last Friday, we highlight the plight of millions of women who have undergone tremendous suffering in the persecution of Falun Gong.In other news: A Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins analyzes Beijing’s fear of Shen Yun Performing Arts in The Hill A 79-year-old woman is sentenced to three...

Turkey: Art Exhibition Raises Awareness, ‘I want the persecution to end’

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance) International Exhibition was held at Yunus Emre Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey, from February 16 to 25, 2024.Viewers expressed appreciation for the painting’s messages of hope and encouraged practitioners to continue in their resilience to the persecution they face. “I hope Falun Dafa practitioners in China...

Three Guangdong Residents Sentenced for Distributing Pamphlets

Ms. Li Youbin, a resident of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, was sentenced to eight years for distributing leaflets related to Falun Gong, a spiritual practice persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for nearly 25 years. Ms. Li was initally arrested in a massive police operation surrounding China’s National Day on October 1, 2022. At...

CCP Targets Shen Yun

‘Why haven’t I heard about this?’ is a question Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters have heard people outside China ask again and again as they share with others the details of the scale and brutality of the campaign against the group. In this piece, Leeshai Lemish looks at the coverage of Falun Gong in...

IRF Summit 2024: Falun Dafa Information Center Recap

On January 30 and 31, 2024, the Falun Dafa Information Center team participated in the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in DC, hosted at the Washington Hilton and the United States Institute of Peace. The inaugural convening of this summit was established for the first time in July 2021. This year’s conference marked the fourth...

Four Falun Gong Practitioners Tried for Kwai and Douyin Posts

On January 18, 2024, four Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Province stood trial for posting Falun Gong content on the short video platforms, Kwai and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. According to insiders, the Jilin Province 610 Office, which was absorbed into the Ministry of Public Security but maintains its function of persecuting Falun...

The persecution of Falun Gong targeted 100 million people in China, and decimated countless families and communities across China. These are their stories…

The Falun Gong Distortion

The Falun Gong Distortion How the New York Times repeatedly failed to cover atrocities against Falun Gong, and amplified Chinese Communist Party propaganda with devastating results. Key Findings The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) violent campaign to eradicate the Falun Gong spiritual group is one of the most serious human rights crises taking place in China,...

Violence Against Women in China, Art Exhibition in Turkey

Dear Reader,With the celebration of International Women’s Day last Friday, we highlight the plight of millions of women who have undergone tremendous suffering in the persecution of Falun Gong.In other news: A Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins analyzes Beijing’s fear of Shen Yun Performing Arts in The Hill A 79-year-old woman is sentenced to three...

Turkey: Art Exhibition Raises Awareness, ‘I want the persecution to end’

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance) International Exhibition was held at Yunus Emre Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey, from February 16 to 25, 2024.Viewers expressed appreciation for the painting’s messages of hope and encouraged practitioners to continue in their resilience to the persecution they face. “I hope Falun Dafa practitioners in China...

Three Guangdong Residents Sentenced for Distributing Pamphlets

Ms. Li Youbin, a resident of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, was sentenced to eight years for distributing leaflets related to Falun Gong, a spiritual practice persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for nearly 25 years. Ms. Li was initally arrested in a massive police operation surrounding China’s National Day on October 1, 2022. At...

CCP Targets Shen Yun

‘Why haven’t I heard about this?’ is a question Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters have heard people outside China ask again and again as they share with others the details of the scale and brutality of the campaign against the group. In this piece, Leeshai Lemish looks at the coverage of Falun Gong in...

IRF Summit 2024: Falun Dafa Information Center Recap

On January 30 and 31, 2024, the Falun Dafa Information Center team participated in the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in DC, hosted at the Washington Hilton and the United States Institute of Peace. The inaugural convening of this summit was established for the first time in July 2021. This year’s conference marked the fourth...

Four Falun Gong Practitioners Tried for Kwai and Douyin Posts

On January 18, 2024, four Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Province stood trial for posting Falun Gong content on the short video platforms, Kwai and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. According to insiders, the Jilin Province 610 Office, which was absorbed into the Ministry of Public Security but maintains its function of persecuting Falun...

Husband of You Ling

Mr. Zhou Deyong, a senior geological engineer in Shandong Province, was arrested in a police sweep with 10 other Falun Gong practitioners and their family members on April 23, 2021. He has since been held at the Binhai Detention Center.

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Full family photo of the Wang's in China, 1994. Pictured left to right are the two oldest daughters, mother Mrs. Aihua Liu, daughter Lydia Wang, son Steven Wang and father Mr. Guanghui Wang.

Mother of Steven and Lydia Wang

Steven Wang, a principal dancer in New York, remembers when he received news of his father’s passing in 2009. His parents both practiced Falun Gong, a spiritual Buddhist faith that is now being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. In 2016, his widowed mother attempted to visit him in New York for his wedding but Chinese authorities blocked her from leaving due to her faith in Falun Gong.

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Mother of Simon Zhang

On Chinese New Year (three days before the Beijing Winter Olympics’ Opening Ceremony), police arrested and detained Ms. Yunzhi Ji. Authorities attempted to silence her because she was previously found with paper notes, stickers, and materials printed with Falun Gong information in her home. After two weeks in detention, she fell into a coma due to the abuse and passed away 49 days after her initial arrest.

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Mother of Amy Yu

Amy Yu, a fashion designer in London, has not seen her parents in 22 years. In 2016, Amy’s parents attempted to visit her in London but Chinese authorities blocked them. After rejecting their passport and visa applications, her parents were told they would never become passport holders because of their faith in Falun Gong.

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Mother of Lucy Liu

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.

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Parents of Grace Chen

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.

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Sister of Wendy Zhao

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.

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