FDIC Urgent Appeal: Celebrity Musician’s Widow Faces Prison for Practicing Falun Gong FDIC: Top 10 Things You Should Know about the Beijing Olympics and Falun Gong Amnesty International: 2008 Annual Report cites Falun Gong adherents at high risk of torture U.S. Senate Hearing on Global Internet Freedom: Testimony of Dr. Shiyu Zhou, Deputy Director, Global Internet Freedom Consortium
* Center for Investigative Reporting: “Beijing Olympic Chief Linked to Torture” * 15-Year-Old Orphaned as Mother Dies in Custody * MSNBC: China’s Organ Harvesting Questioned Again by UN Special Rapporteurs * Prisoner of Conscience Cao Dong’s Wife Writes Open Letter Detailing Official Torture, Family Harassment and Lack of Due Process * Human Rights Watch Report: Lawyers Who Defend Falun Gong Face Punishment * USA Today: “In China, a battle over web censorship”; Falun Gong adherents among “hacktivists” cracking “Great Firewall”
* Worldwide Vigils Mark April 25th Falun Gong Appeal * Falun Gong Arrests and Deaths in Custody Escalate as Olympics Approach * Sunday Times (London): Yu Zhou Dies as China Launches Pre-Olympic Purge of Falun Gong * Weekly Standard: Carrying a Torch for China * Daily Mirror: Annie Yang reveals Olympic torch guards place her into labour camp
Nine Falun Gong Adherents Die from Abuse in December and January Personal Testimony: Adherent Released from Labor Camp in November Tells of Solitary Confinement and Sexual Torture Falun Gong Practitioners Gain Political Asylum Status in South Korea Thai Authorities Detain 22 Falun Gong Refugees Despite UN Status Soccer Players and Activists Welcome Human Rights Torch to Ghana
Eight More Deaths in China Detailed European Parliament Passes Resolution on Beijing Olympics Amnesty International Accuses China of Reneging on Olympic Promises Labor Camp Survivor Tells of Ordeal Falun Gong Calligrapher Arrested for “Happiness”
Falun Gong Adherent Wang Yuhuan Dead from Chinese Police Abuse Human Rights is Not Politicizing Olympic Games says B’Nai Brith Lawyer Investigation Group Questions China’s Pledge to End Organ Harvesting
•US Department of State Releases 2007 Annual Religious Freedom Report Condemning CCP's Repression of Falun Gong and Others •Top Chinese Attorney Kidnapped Following Letter to U.S. Congress •Deaths of 11 Falun Gong Adherents Verified in August: 3,083 Deaths Confirmed
ISRAEL STOPS SENDING PATIENTS TO CHINA FOR TRANSPLANTS PROMINENT RABBI PROHIBITS JEWS FROM GETTING TRANSPLANTS IN CHINA JEWISH AUTHOR CALLS FOR OLYMPIC BOYCOTT WASHINGTON POST: CHINA’S GAMES 57-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING PARALYZED FROM TORTURE
Countdown to Olympics fails to stop killing in China Olympians, dignitaries commence Human Rights Torch Relay Israel arrests men who mediated China organ transplants Gunman attacks Falun Gong adherent in Vancouver Taiwan Solidarity Union: Olympics a cover for abuses
* Attorney Sent to Labor Camp for Representing Falun Gong * Chen Weijun was Tortured 37 Times – Until She Died (detailed account) * Officials in Chinese Countryside Kept in Check Through Online Exposure * As Communism Victims Honored, “Quit the Party” Movement Gains Steam * Letter Says Olympics and Persecution Cannot Occur Concurrently * A Surprise Visit from Chinese Officials in Snoqualmie, Washington