Amnesty International's reports

Many Human rights organisations have expressed deep concern at the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China at the hands of the Chinese authorities. Some of them such as Amnesty International have published reports that detail the human rights abuses committed against Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Amnesty International

Amnesty International, Public document
AI Index: ASA 17/54/99, 22 October 1999

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Reports of Torture and ill-treatment of followers of the Falun Gong

(Excerpt)
“Amnesty International is deeply concerned by reports that detained followers of the Falun Gong have been tortured or ill-treated in various places of detention in China. In early October 1999, one member of the group, a 42 year-old woman, was reportedly beaten to death in police custody in Shandong province. Many followers of the group remain in detention across China and it is feared that they may be at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Many Falun Gong practitioners are middle-aged or elderly people, with a large proportion of women among them.”

Amnesty International, Public Document
AI Index: ASA 17/11/00, 23 March 2000

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The Crackdown on Falun Gong and other so-called “heretical organizations”

(Excerpt)
“Amnesty International is calling on the Chinese government to stop the mass arbitrary detentions, unfair trials and other human rights violations resulting from the crackdown on the Falun Gong and other groups branded by the governments as “heretical organizations”. All the information available indicates that the crackdown is politically motivated, with legislation being used retroactively to convict people on politically-driven charges, and new regulations introduced to further restrict fundamental freedoms.”

“Our struggle against Falun Gong is protracted, acute and complicated” (Luo Gan, member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, addressing a national conference of directors of justice departments, 28 December 1999)

Amnesty International, Public Document
AI Index: ASA 17/12/00, 29 March 2000

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Falun Gong practitioners: list of sentences, administrative sentences and those detained

(Excerpt)
“The attached document records nearly 2300 cases detention, arrest or sentencing of Falun Gong practitioners since June 1999.”
“Since the Falun Gong was banned by the Chinese government on 22 July 1999, tens of thousands of practitioners have been arbitrarily detained by police, some of them repeatedly for short periods. Many of them are reported to have been tortured or ill-treated in detention. Some practitioners have been detained in psychiatric hospitals. The number of practitioners who remain in detention is believed to be in the thousands. Some of those detained have been charged with crimes and sentenced after unfair trials, while others have been sent to labour camps without trial. New arrests and detentions continue to be reported every day.”

Amnesty International, Public Document
AI Index: ASA 17/004, 12 February 2001

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Torture: A growing scourge in China – Time for Action

(Excerpt)
“Torture and ill-treatment of detainees and prisoners continue to be widespread in China. Such abuses are perpetrated against all types of detainees and prisoners, and occur in the full range of state institutions- from police stations to drug rehabilitation centres- as well as in people’s homes, workplaces, or in public.”

The report contains details of cases of torture and death of Falun Gong practitioners “in official custody, or shortly after release, in circumstances that remain unclear and most following reports of torture and ill-treatment. Active attempts by officials to cover up or destroy evidence were alleged in over one third of the cases.”