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Overview This report is based on evidence and third party analysis. It provides comprehensive information on Luo Gan's involvement, both as an individual and also as the Chief Executive Officer of the "610 Office" in planning and executing the persecution of millions of Falun Gong practitioners. Before the open persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China, Luo Gan used his power twice, once in 1997 and then again in 1998, to order the Public Security Departments in China to conduct a nationwide secret investigation by systematically planting agents...

Hebei Province is one of the worst in China for its persecution of Falun Gong. Since February 23, 2004, ninety-three cases of Falun Gong practitioners having been tortured to death have been verified, making Hebei the fifth highest province in regard to deaths resulting from persecution. In Hebei's capital city of Shijiazhuang, fourteen deaths have been confirmed – seven of which are in direct relation to the operations of the city's judicial system. The victims Li Chouren and Ding Gangzi died in the Shijiazhuang detention center; Tao Hongsheng and Wang Hongbin ...

I. Introduction The Chinese Anti-Cult Association (CACA) was founded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or Chinese government officials who have religious or scientific backgrounds. Following the direction of the CCP and with the help of the state-controlled media, the members of the CACA have been using their religious and scientific backgrounds and social identities to justify and further the persecution of Falun Gong. Their functions include providing explanations to people in China and abroad to justify the persecution, providing suggestions to the Chinese government ...

Summary In 1999, Jiang Zemin and the "610" system started the persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China. This large-scale political persecution was at the same time and from the beginning extended to overseas Falun Gong practitioners. This report collected large amounts of evidence about the persecution of overseas Falun Gong practitioners by Jiang's regime, employing overseas embassies and consulates. Based on these facts, we have concluded that acts of persecution against overseas Falun Gong practitioners are personally commanded and controlled by Jiang Zemin...

Brief introduction At the beginning of 2004, a campaign of "Anti-cult Alert Education" was launched nationwide against Falun Gong. This is a new round of escalated and systematical political persecution, which has pivotal files and is thoroughly planned by Jiang Zemin's regime. The extent of this campaign ranges from rural to urban, from colleges, middle and elementary schools to street neighborhoods, from developed coastal regions such as Beijing and Shanghai to the Xinjiang Construction Army Corps. This campaign is still going on. This report reve...

Table of Contents Foreword I Introduction 1 Background 1.1 What Is WOIPFG? 1.2 Where Does WOIPFG Get Its Information? 1.3 What Is Falun Gong? 1.4 Why Is the Chinese Government Persecuting Falun Gong? 1.5 How Many People Has This Oppression Affected? 2 Summary 2.1 Involvement of the Embassy and Consulates 2.2 About This Document II Case Reports 3 Hate Incitement and Pressure in the Community 3.1 Propaganda Display inside Toronto Consulate 3.2 Consul General Speaks at Public Hate Rally 3.3 Defamation on the Embas...

"World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong" Has Tracked Down the Chinese Embassy Staff Member who Beat a Falun Gong Practitioner and Announces the Establishment of the "Committee to Investigate the Criminal Conduct of Chinese Embassies and Consulates in the Persecution of Falun Gong" 
(April 15, 2003, Toronto)

1. Case reports of students and educators tortured to death in China Since July 20, 1999, public sources have documented that 867 Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death. Sixty-one of the victims worked in the education system. In the year 2003 alone, 406 practitioners were illegally detained. Most of them were teachers and scholars. A few cases are reported in detail below. For more information, please refer to the appendices. . Case 1. Student Zhang Zhenzhong, from Shandong University, is brutally murdered by police [1]. and other student...

Introduction In July 1999, Jiang Zemin initiated the suppression of a spiritual meditation practice that had gained great popularity in China since it was first introduced to the public in 1992. It spread quickly throughout the country as people began experiencing the benefits of this practice that emphasized virtue and the principles of truth, compassion, and tolerance. Jiang lacked a legitimate reason and enough supporters to suppress these practitioners who had no political objectives at all. To change public opinion and garner support, Jiang utilized all available...

Summary I. The Jiang Regime Bans All Falun Gong Publications and Spreads Anti-Falun Gong Propaganda Through Its State Controlled Media. Since Jiang Zemin sanctioned the nationwide persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, China's Ministry of Culture has diligently adhered to Jiang's dictates. On July 24, 1999, the Ministry of Culture notified all cultural management departments and audio/video management departments at all levels to immediately confiscate Falun Gong publications and prevent further production. On the afternoon of July 28, the first wave of...