Oppression Of Falun Gong

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Adjudication of China with the Oppression of Falun Gong
Background
Falun Gong is a religious movement that is regarded as an illegal movement in China. Falun Gong was introduced to the public of China in 1992 after which it spread though out the country until 1999. It took a short period of time to become China’s most popular qigong. A survey that was conducted by the Chinese government as well as the reports from the media found that by 1998, between 70 and 100 million people were already practicing Falun Gong. A significant number of people practiced the exercise of Falun Gong outdoors either in large cities or in parks in China (Hancock 464). Falun Gong then became an integral part of the society of China before the government of China
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For instance, the followers Falun Gong have been face different forms of persecution from the government among which are torture, brainwashing, rape, murder, forced labor, imprisonment, slander, propaganda, robbery not to forget economic deprivation just to mention but a few. The Chinese government has gone to an extent of harvesting organs from practitioners of Falun Gong who are living for transplant sale which immoral, unethical and is against the human rights as well as the highest level of persecution (Hancock …show more content…
However, there is still a possibility that the number of documented cases is far away from the actual number. There is a probability that the most frequently tortured group globally is the Falun Gong. Among the forms of torture that he Falun Gong practitioners has been exposed to includes shocking by the use of electric batons, beatings, piercing using sharp objects, deprivation of sleep, physical restraining in painful positions, toxic injections as well as being submerged in sewage. By so doing, the Chinese government has been violation the agreement made with UN. They agreed with “UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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