Four years ago in China on July 20, men and women throughout the country who volunteered their time to setup Falun Gong practice sites in public parks were taken from their homes in the middle of the night. It was the beginning of a persecution campaign - launched by former Chinese Communist leader Jiang Zemin - against the ancient Chinese exercise and meditation discipline.

Four years later, Chinese government sources indicate thousands have died from torture and abuse in China. More than 100,000 languish in labor camps, sentenced without trial. Millions of ordinary Chinese citizens have been arbitrarily detained, harassed, fired from their jobs, or expelled from school - all simply because they practice Falun Gong.

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Ms. Tang Fafen was beaten and tortured to death because of her practice of Falun Gong.

NEW YORK (FDI) -- In April, Ms. Tang Fafen died from injuries sustained while beaten and tortured in a Chinese labor camp.

Image for article Dafa Practitioner Ms. Xiao Yafang Is on the Verge of Death Due to Torture by Qidong County Police, Hunan Province (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioner Ms. Xiao Yafang, 29, from Qidong County, Hunan Province, was illegally detained by the police for more than two years because she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. All kinds of torture in prison caused this healthy young woman to become emaciated and handicapped. In late June, Xiao Yafang was on the verge of death. The police was afraid to be held accountable for her condition and released her. They attempted to force her ...

Image for article Husband and Wife Sentenced to Forced Labor, Causing an Elderly Father to Die From Worry and Leaving Two Young Girls Lonely and Helpless (Includes Phone Numbers)

(Clearwisdom.net) Because of their persistence in their beliefs, and for practicing Falun Dafa, practitioners Yang Zhu (husband), Fang Jing (wife), their two daughters, and Yang Zhu's father, all from Chengdu City in Sichuan Province, have suffered severe persecution after the Chinese government started its oppression of Falun Gong.

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