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…
While Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Sun Yi was incarcerated in China’s infamous Masanjia forced-labor camp, he began writing SOS letters about the desperate situation in the camp and hiding them inside the packaging of goods for export that he was made to work on.
“I would never forget the horrible scene: I lay on my bed, in tears, like a dead fish because of the injuries, hearing the horrible screams from practitioners being tortured! I felt like being in hell! But the most painful wound was in my heart!“
Ms. Zhu Xiumin was shocked to find herself pregnant after she ended a five-month hunger strike in protest of the arbitrary detention for her faith. She had been force-fed with psychiatric drugs during the ordeal, yet her unborn baby survived.
Helen Chen, 70, never imagined that she’d be living in Northeast Minneapolis. At one point, she didn’t even expect to live past 50. After taking up Falun Dafa, Helen’s health improved dramatically, and she found answers to many of her life’s questions.
A 64-year-old woman was severely tortured, according to her recent harrowing account, and was brought “to the verge of death” multiple times for practicing a form of meditation that is persecuted in China.
From practicing Falun Dafa, Mr. Roy Manning discovered the meaning of life. He became kinder to others and cared less about self-interest. Yet for appealing for his faith, he would face unbearable physical and mental torment.
Two years ago, Sunny Guo, a then 47-year-old Chinese housewife, came alone to America to start a new life, one free of religious persecution. She was fleeing repeated detention and torture by the Chinese Communist Party in its attempt to break her will so she would give up her faith.
”My name is Winston Liu. I work as a computer control engineer at a chemical plant in Wyoming. How I got here is a story fraught with danger.”
Determined to expose the persecution of Falun Gong, Mr. Lizhi He sent letters his colleagues and friends telling them the truth about Falun Gong. He had no way of knowing that police officers had been watching him as he mailed the letters. The retribution came quickly.
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