Image for article A personal view of China's crackdown on Falun Gong

Charged, arrested, and jailed for "disruption of social orders" by chatting with friends in a private home? This may require a stretch of imagination for Americans to comprehend, but it happened to me: I was jailed in Shenzhen, China for 13 days, slept on cement floor, and was forced to assemble head-brushes for exporting to the US, all because I am a Falun Gong practitioner.

Image for article US scientist being detained in China

SAN DIEGO, Dec 22 (AFP) - A Scripps Research Institute scientist with ties to a banned meditation movement is being detained in China and, because she is not a US citizen, is being denied access to American officials, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Wednesday

Image for article China Releases Falungong Members Holding US Green Cards

BEIJING, Dec 28, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) China has released three members of the banned Falungong spiritual group who hold green card work permits for the United States after 13 days of forced labor, a human rights group said Tuesday.