The Falun Gong booth was popular at the health expo in Køge, Denmark earlier this month. Many visitors were eager to learn the exercises and were disturbed to hear about the long-term persecution of the practice in China. One visitor shared, "I know this is what I'm looking for. The teaching is easy to understand, yet so profound."

Image for article Imprisoned Woman Protests Being Forced to Labor, So Guards Beat and Force-feed Her

Ms. Zhou was forced to do more than 15 hours of hard labor every day without pay. She endured this mistreatment for about a year and a half before deciding to protest by going on a hunger strike. The prison authorities responded with beatings and forced feeding.

Image for article Appeal Rejected, Woman in Her 60s Confined to Same Prison for a Second Term

Judges sentenced Ms. Zhang to three years in prison and fined her 20,000 yuan in September. Her appeal was denied late in the year and she was returned to Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on January 9.

Image for article Mr. Liu Hongjun from Shandong Province Sentenced to Three Years

Repeatedly arrested over the last nearly 20 years simply for practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Liu's most recent arrest occurred when he and his son were pulled over by the police. The son was released, but the father was sentenced to prison, their home was ransacked, and his wife was harassed. 

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