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Suining, Sichuan Province: 146 Arrested Between January 2011 and August 2016

China NewsOctober 9, 20160Comments

According to data compiled by the Minghui website, 146 Falun Gong practitioners in Suining, Sichuan Province were arrested between January 2011 and August 2016. Among them, 7 have died, 21 were sentenced to prison, and one has been formally arrested and is facing trial. Another 22 practitioners died during the same time period as a…

Police to Shenyang Practitioner: ‘We Will Take Your Body Parts’

China NewsOctober 5, 20160Comments

A Shenyang woman was arrested twice because she practiced Falun Gong. Police threatened that her internal organs would be removed without her consent when she was detained. When they tried to send her to a detention centre, she was rejected because of poor health. She was arrested again in 2015 and put on trial. She…

Falun Gong Banners and Posters Appear in Numerous Public Places in Liaoning Province, China

China NewsOctober 5, 20160Comments

Banners and posters about Falun Gong and the efforts to bring Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), to justice have recently appeared along the main streets, crossroads, and other public spaces in multiple places in Tieling, Liaoning Province, China. The posters read “Falun Dafa Spreads Across the World.” Falun Gong was made…

Massive Protest in Xiantao and the Persecution of Falun Gong

China NewsSeptember 18, 20160Comments

Tens of thousands of people held a protest against the construction of a trash incineration plant in Xiantao, Hubei Province on June 25 and 26, 2016. The local government mustered several thousand police to suppress the protestors, who were expressing their concerns about the environmental consequences of operating such a plant in their city. The…

History Suggests the Communist Regime Is Lying about Its Source of Organs for Transplants

China News, World NewsSeptember 11, 20160Comments

When the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS) was held in Hong Kong in August, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claimed that China used only organs from death row prisoners for transplants and that the allegation of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience was, therefore, “a lie.” Ironically,…

Mother and Daughter, Tortured to Near Death for Their Belief, Sue Former Chinese Dictator

China NewsSeptember 11, 20160Comments

A mother and her daughter, who have been tortured to near death because of their faith, filed a lawsuit last June against the former Chinese dictator who started the persecution 17 years ago. They accused Jiang Zemin of trampling on their freedom of belief, illegal detention and interrogation, assault and libel. They asked the Chinese…

What Does the Communist Party’s Classified Document Show?

China NewsSeptember 4, 20160Comments

According to inside information, the General Office of the Communist Party of China has recently issued a classified document to local government offices at various levels, giving orders on how to “handle” the Falun Gong “situation.” According to the source of the information, the document says that since July 1999, the suppression of Falun Gong…

What’s Behind China’s Denial of Forced Organ Harvesting?

China News, World NewsSeptember 2, 20160Comments

The Chinese state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, became a focus of media attention during the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong from August 19 to 23, something the Chinese government did not expect. The New York Times published four reports on the issue. On August…

President of The Transplantation Society: “China’s Transplant System Has Horrified the World”

China News, World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

The president of The Transplantation Society, a global non-governmental transplantation organization based in Montreal, disputed on Friday the Chinese claim that China's transplant system is supported by the world, according a New York Times article. During the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Hong Kong, Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times, reported: “Scholars say…

Drawings Tell of Now-Deceased College Professor’s Sufferings for Her Faith in Falun Gong

China News, World NewsAugust 28, 20160Comments

[Editor’s note: Ms. Li Li used to be an associate professor at National Prosecutors College of the P.R.C., but she was fired shortly after the Chinese communist regime launched the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. She was sentenced to a 9-year prison term in 2004 for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. She was…

Family Denied State Compensation for Xinjiang Engineer’s Unnatural Death

China NewsAugust 21, 20160Comments

The family of an imprisoned woman who died an unnatural death has been denied state compensation. Ms. Zhao Shuyuan’s son filed an appeal to the Xinjiang Province Prison Management Bureau the day after she died, but it is unclear whether he had received a response before his mother’s body was forcibly cremated by the authorities…

What Australia Can Do To Help End the Chinese Organ Trade

Australia News, China NewsAugust 9, 20160Comments

Here's what Australia can do to help end the Chinese organ trade by Wendy Rogers Exact numbers are unknown, but a Daily Telegraph special feature reports at least some Australians travel each year to China for organ transplants. Many go for kidneys, some of which may come from living donors. For those who travel to China for…