Article overview: Worldwide support

December2012

US medical doctors launch petition to secure White House response to organ harvesting atrocities in China

NEW YORK – A trio of medical doctors initiated a petition yesterday calling upon the Obama administration to investigate and help stop forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong believers in China. The petition is posted within the “We the People” section of the White House website, whose regulations state that the White House guarantees a response to any petition that secures 25,000 signatures within 30 days. READ MORE

28-12-2012 Doctors

Chinese villagers may be tortured for trying to rescue friend, Amnesty warns

Half a dozen villagers from a small town in a Chinese province surrounding Beijing have been rounded up, detained, and tortured by local police, after they attempted to secure the release of another villager and friend who was persecuted for his belief in the Falun Gong spiritual practice. READ MORE

28-12-2012 Personal support

Taiwanese doctors join efforts to stop organ harvesting

TAIPEI – An organisation committed to exposing the practice of forced organ harvesting is teaming up with doctors in Taiwan, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) begins its 18th Party Congress. READ MORE

09-12-2012 Organ harvesting

November2012

Documentaries expose persecution of Falun Gong and live organ harvesting: screened in US Capitol and UN Palace of Nations

(Minghui.org) Award-winning documentaries Free China: The Courage to Believe and Between Life and Death were screened at the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva and at the US Capitol in Washington DC in September 2012. The films exposed the persecution of Falun Gong and the crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners currently taking place in China. READ MORE

11-11-2012 Organ harvesting

October2012

Members of the medical community condemn Chinese Communist Party’s live organ harvesting

On August 17th, in a press conference at the National Press Club, Dr Crystal Fang, a representative of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), made an urgent appeal to the international community, governments of all countries and media outlets, calling for investigation into the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. READ MORE

07-10-2012 Organ harvesting

Hong Kong residents protest CCP education reforms aimed at brainwashing children

(Minghui.org) Over thirty organisations in Hong Kong took part in a parade on July 29th, 2012, to show their strong objection to a proposed addition to the curriculum in schools, which they fear will lead to brainwashing of students. Many parents brought their children to the parade. Hong Kong residents do not want their children to be subjected to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brainwashing style education. READ MORE

07-10-2012 Propaganda

September2012

Stop torture of two detained Falun Gong practitioners, says Amnesty

Two Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured while detained at a labor camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, according to an urgent action issued by Amnesty International on Thursday. READ MORE

30-09-2012 Human rights organisations

Taiwanese businessman returns home after China abduction

NEW YORK – A Taiwanese businessman who practises Falun Gong and was abducted by Chinese security forces in June returned home safely this week after over 50 days in detention. Mr Chung Ting-Pang's release was an encouraging victory for human rights advocates. His family along with Taiwanese media, legislators, and citizens had rallied for weeks calling for his return. Amnesty International had issued an urgent action on his behalf. READ MORE

09-09-2012 Witness accounts

August2012

Photo Gallery: Falun Gong returns to Washington, DC

06-08-2012 Falun Gong activities

Jule2012

300 villagers sign petition calling for release of Falun Gong practitioner

NEW YORK – 300 villagers have signed their real names and thumbprints to a petition calling for the immediate release of a respected school teacher from their village who was abducted by authorities because of his Falun Gong practice. READ MORE

23-07-2012 Family and children

Amnesty International issues urgent sction for sbducted Falun Gong practitioners

NEW YORK – Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action for Falun Gong practitioners at risk of torture as an entire village is threatened and coerced to retract a petition calling for their release. READ MORE

15-07-2012 Human rights organisations

February2012

A Chinese village stands up for Falun Gong

Matthew Robertson,  Epoch Times. Villagers in China have defied communist authorities by calling for the release from jail of their friend, Zhou Xiangyang. And the guards and inmates who applied the “floor anchor” torture to him in Gangbei Prison should be investigated and dealt with according to the law, they wrote. READ MORE

09-02-2012 Witness accounts