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UnitedStatesCongress(H.Con.Res.188UnanimouslyPassed420-0)
“The campaign of persecution[against FalunGong] has been...carried out by government offi-cialsandpoliceatalllevels,andhas permeated every segment ofsocietyandeverylevelofgovern-mentinthePRC(People’sRepub-licofChina).”
AmnestyInternational“Reportscontinueofdeathsofde-tained [FalunGong] practitionersfollowing torture and extreme illtreatment...the[Chinese]govern-menthasdeniedanywrongdoing,even in the faceofmultiple eye-witness testimonies.” -Torture, AGrowing Scourge in China (AIindexASA17/004/2001)
AmbassadorMarkPalmer“FalunGongis...thegreatestsinglespiritualmovement inAsia today.There is nothing that begins tocompare with it in courage andimportance.”
-MarkPalmer,formerU.S.AmbassadortoHungaryand
26-yearveteranoftheU.S.StateDepartment
VoicesinSupportofFalunGong
FalunGong,alsoknownasFalunDafa,isapracticeofmeditation,gentleexercises,andthecultivationoftruthfulness,com-passionandtoleranceinoneself.ThesethreevaluesformthebackboneofFalunGong’steachings.Practitionersofthedisciplineaspiretolivebythemintheirdailylives,strivingtoachieve,overtime,astateofselflessnessandinnerbalance.
FalunGongwasfirstmadepublic
in1992byMr.LiHongzhiandspreadquicklythroughoutChinaasnewsreportsandwordofmouthacclaimeditshealthbenefits.By1998,therewere100millionpeoplepracticingFalunGong,andithadgainedwidespreadrespectinChinesesociety.
ThereisnoorganizationormembershipinFalunGong.Theexercisesarealwaystaughtbyvolunteersfreeofcharge,andFalunGongbooksandmaterialsarefreetodownloadfromtheInternet(http://falundafa.org).
Today,FalunGongispracticedinover60coun-tries,andaroundtheworldmanyareworkingtoappealforapeacefulendtothepersecution.Theyhavenopoliticalagenda,noraretheyagainstthegovernmentinChina…theysimplywantthetortureandkillingtostop.
WhatisFalunGong?
Youcanhelp:Speaktoyourfriends,family,colleagues,andelectedofficials.Speaktomediaandaskthemtocoverthisstory.Pleasesharethisflyer.
Findoutmore:faluninfo.netfornewsonthepersecutionfofg.orgtotakeactionorgivesupportupholdjustice.orgforinvestigativereportsfalun-ny.netforNYCinfo(877)325-8699falundafa.orgforinfoonthepractice
FalunGong(FalunDafa)teachesTruthfulnessCompassionTolerance
Whyaremillions
persecutedfordoing
this?
Thisflyerwasproducedandpaidforentirelybyvolunteers
“If you believe something is really precious, you won’t want to give it up even if you are forced to suffer hard-ships. This is why the persecu-tion in China hasn’t worked.”
-AnAmericanwhopracticesFalunGong
In 1999, China’s top leader cast 100million citizens as criminals. Fearing thatFalun Gong‘s widespread popularity wasovershadowing his own legacy, JiangZemin ordered the traditional Chinesepractice “eradicated.”According to a 1999Washington Post article, “Communist Partysourcessaid that thestandingcommitteeofthe Politburo did not unanimously endorsethecrackdownandthatJiangalonedecidedthat Falun Gong must be eliminated” inorder to solidify his power base.As ChinascholarAndrewNathannotes,“[Ultimately,Communismis]asystembuiltonmonopolyof power and [Falun Gong] is somethingessential, which can’t be compromised.”
In2000,AmnestyInternationaldocumentedJiang Zemin’s use of a “massive propa-gandacampaign”todemonizeFalunGong,utilizingtacticsbearinganeerieresemblance
to the horrific attacks against Jew-ish people in Nazi propaganda.
Jiang alsomobilized a global pro-paganda campaign while blockingwebsites,TV, radioandallmedia re-
latedtothefactsoftheperse-cution.Utilizingbusinesstiesand political pressure, Jianghaslargelykepttherealsitua-tionoutof thewesternmain-
streammedia,whileatthesame time saturating
the media withanti-FalunGongpropaganda.
China’sformertopleaderJiangZemindevelopedasystematiccampaignoferadicationtargetingFalunGong,permeatingallaspects
ofsocietyandutilizingallgovernmentdepartmentsandagencies.JiangestablishedaGestapo-likeagencycalledthe“6-10Office”,with
powertoimplementtheeradicationpolicynationwide.
“[Chinese officials] had been told, ‘No measures are too ex-cessive’ to wipe out Falun Gong. The beatings continued...”
A Systematic Campaign ofPersecution happening in China now...
LingxiaWu,a37-year-oldmother,withherson(above,right)beforetorture,andafter,withfesteringscarsandsevereedema.Shediedfollowingmonthsofseveretorture.
...comes to the USAScores of cases of harassment and physi-calattacks againstpractitionersandsupportersofFalun Gong have been documented in the U.S.and other countries.The attacks are carried out byindividualswhoareeitherknown tohaveclose tieswithChineseconsulatesorbelievedtobehiredthugsfor consulate officials. U.S. businesses and govern-ment officials supportive of Falun Gong have alsobeenpressuredandintimidated.
U.S.CongressRespondsHouse Concurrent Resolution 304 was introducedin response to the many cases of harassmentand violence by Chinese agents on U.S. soil. In2002, Congress unanimously passed H. Con. Res.188, condemning the persecution in China andrecommending investigations of illegal activities byChineseagentsintheU.S.
“...Ten men were directed toattack me. They surroundedmeandstartedpunchingmeinmyfaceandabdomen...Oneofthemenwasscreaming,‘Iamgoing to beat you to death!’”
NYC,June23,2003
NewYorkCity:AssailantthreatensFalunGong
practitioners
Chicago:Carusedtotransportflyersexposingpersecutionisfirebombed
WhythePersecution?
FalunGongpractitionerLiJun
TheGlobalPropagandaAssaultAkeytactictojustifythepersecution
Torturere-enactment
-excerptfromaWallStreetJournalPulitzerprize-winningarticle,“ADeadlyExercise.”
Inthepastfiveyears,between300,000and1,000,000+havebeenillegallydetained,withmanytorturedinslave-laborcamps,psychiatrichospitalsandprisons.Morethan1,000areconfirmed
deadwiththeactualnumberestimatedtobe10,000+.Practitionersarefined,firedfromjobs,deniedgraduation,
forcedtodivorce,andfleetheirhomes—destitute.