How has Falun Gong responded to this oppression?
Practitioners of Falun Gong in China have, for the past five years, continually made appeals to the Chinese government via peaceful, legal channels, and have resisted the persecution with nonviolent public protests — acts which, themselves, have often lead to imprisonment, torture and murder at the hands of Chinese police. Throughout, there has not been a single report of Falun Gong practitioners responding with violence, destroying property, or the like – despite grave injustices. Practitioners and supporters of Falun Gong outside China have taken up long marches, staged sit-ins, launched letter-writing campaigns, staged rallies, held press conferences, and documented rights abuses — also strictly adhering to peaceful means to raise awareness.
