I. Essays and Analysis Falun Gong Persecution and Activism in 2009 Misunderstanding Falun Gong and the Human Cost of Getting...

As this report goes to print, hundreds of thousands (if not over a million) of Falun Gong practitioners remain captive...

  “You could write about a Falun Gong practitioner, abused or killed by the Chinese government, every day.” – Jay...

By the time of writing, The Falun Dafa Information Center had documented the deaths of 96 Falun Gong practitioners between...

While most practitioners in 2009 died following long periods of incarceration, there continue to be cases of adherents—including individuals in...

In a six-month period leading up to the Olympics, the Chinese authorities detained over 8,000 Falun Gong practitioners. Many were...

In 33 of the 96 cases recorded during the year, the victim died in custody of the Chinese authorities, either...

In 2009, it remained common for the Chinese authorities to initially refuse to release a Falun Gong practitioner whose health...

Twenty-one deaths in 2009 appear to have resulted from either a recurrence of old diseases or contraction of new ones...

Following a Falun Gong practitioner’s death, particularly in custody, the authorities frequently go to great lengths to cover-up the circumstances...