Falun Dafa was first introduced to the public as a form of qigong, called Falun Gong, in China in by Mr. Li Hongzhi. Upon its initial public dissemination in China in May , Falun Gong became one of many qigong groups registered with the China Qigong Research Association, a government entity. For several years, the practice enjoyed official acceptance and encouragement. After that, articles critical of Falun Gong began appearing in local-level CCP-controlled media outlets.
Although the harassment and surveillance of practitioners escalated, the practice continued to grow, with an estimated of 70 million adherents by Why Is Falun Gong Persecuted? Falun Gong organization, advocating malicious fallacies, has put people's life at risk and wreaked havoc on the society. To outlaw Falun Gong by relevant departments of China is by no means a violation of human rights or persecution of religious freedom, but to protect the human rights of the people, including those fallen victim to Falun Gong.
What the Chinese Government has done is just to outlaw the organization. As with the majority of practitioners, the Government has used education and persuasion so that they will break away from the organization voluntarily. The Chinese Government has never adopted any coercive measures. As long as they wish to drop out and refrain from participating in any activity of the organization, the Government will not hold them responsible.
For additional information, please refer to the following web-sites:www. They didn't deserve to be blacklisted or punished for their beliefs, nor did their families. But many also use Australia's protection of Falun Gong practitioners as an opportunity to immigrate.
Patricia Cruise, who worked as an immigration officer, previously told the ABC that she had processed many cases where individuals posed as persecuted Falun Gong practitioners with the help of dubious migration agents. To help their bogus claims, many of the Chinese nationals reportedly turn up at Falun Gong meetings or demonstrations. The Department of Home Affairs told the ABC that they do not have relevant data available, and the Chinese embassy in Australia did not respond to interview requests.
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Jenny walked into a courtroom with all her rights. Three hours later, she was under a strict guardianship. Increasingly solid evidence suggests many more have been targeted as unwilling donors of kidneys, livers, and hearts. How many more, we have no idea. Facing international criticism and domestic sympathy for Falun Gong, the ruling Chinese Communist Party scrambled to rationalise its campaign.
It has claimed Falun Gong is a menace to society — a superstitious, foreign-driven, tightly organised, dangerous group of meditators. Some Western academics have suggested Party leaders feared Falun Gong because it reminded them of past religions-turned-rebellions. But the broad-brush parallels ignored how bloody those groups were — the often-referenced Taiping, for example, was responsible for 20 million deaths.
Falun Gong has been strictly non-violent and had no rebellious plans. One final flawed explanation is that the April 25, gathering of 10, Falun Gong practitioners in the political heart of Beijing startled Party leaders and triggered the oppression that followed. But the peaceful demonstration actually came after three years of escalating state oppression already taking place.
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