The Falun Dafa Information Center reports that over 3,700 named Falun Gong practitioners have died as a result of torture and abuse in custody, typically after they refused to recant their beliefs.
Is Falun Gong still practiced?
Outside of China, Falun Gong is practiced in over 70 countries, with as of 2008 estimates on the number adherents ranging from roughly 40,000 to several hundreds of thousands.
Is Falun Gong legal in Hong Kong?
Since the suppression by Chinese authorities begin in July 1999, Falun Gong has retained its legal standing in Hong Kong, and practitioners there are still entitled to freely exercise their beliefs and assemble for protests, marches, and conferences.
Is Qi Gong banned in China?
Thus, although qigong is not banned as a practice, most of the autonomous qigong groups have been explicitly or implicitly banned.28 Feb 2008
What is the deal with Falun Gong?
Falun Gong, which means “law wheel practice” in Chinese, is a set of meditation exercises and texts that preach the virtues of truth, benevolence and forbearance. It was founded in north-east China in 1992 by Li Hongzhi, a former trumpet player.5 Sept 2018
Who is Falun Gong leader?
Li Hongzhi, (born July 7, 1952, Jilin province, China), Chinese-born founder and leader of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that won a wide following in China and elsewhere but was eventually condemned as a “heretical cult” by Chinese government officials.
How does Falun Gong make money?
While other communal religious groups support themselves selling produce or clothing, Falun Gong uses a high-tech, high-volume dance company known as Shen Yun, with several troupes performing to huge audiences across the world, funding the survival and growth of the group and increasing the wealth of the founder, all
What do followers of Falun Gong believe?
Falun Gong aspires to enable the practitioner to ascend spiritually through moral rectitude and the practice of a set of exercises and meditation. The three stated tenets of the belief are Truthfulness (真, Zhēn), Compassion (善, Shàn), and Forbearance (忍, Rěn).