Persecution of Falun Gong
In 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) initiated an ongoing campaign to eliminate the new religious movement Falun Gong in China, maintaining a doctrine of state atheism. It is characterized by a multifaceted propaganda campaign, a program of enforced ideological conversion and re-education and reportedly a variety of extralegal coercive measures such as arbitrary arrests, forced labor and physical torture, sometimes resulting in death. Falun Gong was founded by its leader Li Hongzhi, who introduced it to the public in May 1992 in Changchun, Jilin. Li Hongzhi currently lives near Dragon Springs in Deerpark, New York, where Falun Gong's global headquarters are. Falun Gong combines meditation, qigong exercises, and moral teachings rooted in Buddhist and Taoist traditions. Following a period of rapid growth in the 1990s, the CCP launched a campaign to "eradicate" Falun Gong on 20 July 1999. The Chinese government had alleged that Falun Gong was an "evil cult" or "heretical sect" and had...
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