Falun Gong has spread throughout the world. In many countries, people came to know Falun Gong through introductions by other Falun Gong practitioners, or through the Internet and reports in the media. However, Falun Gong practitioners from Sweden in Europe are different as the founder of Falun Dafa came to Sweden in 1995 and introduced the practice in person.

Practitioner Che Hongfei, 37, is an English teacher. He was sentenced to seven years in prison because somebody reported him for practising Falun Gong. His parents, parents-in-law and wife went to Dalian City Prison four times to request his release after they learned that Mr. Che had been tortured to the point that his life was danger. The administrators made various excuses to protect themselves and avoided direct answers.

On July 28th, 2007, police from the Dangbi Township Police Station arrested practitioners Mr. Zhang Chuanfu, 21, and Mr. Xue Yanrong, 33. Police officers not only extorted 5,000 yuan from the practitioners' families but also sent the practitioners to a forced labour camp. On October 17th, Mr. Zhang Chuanfu's father came to the police station and asked for permission to see his son. Han said, "They are gone." Zhang's father, "Why? Where did you send them? What law did he violate?" Han said, "He distributed Falun Gong flyers, and that was against the law. I have no idea where they were sent."

In February 2006, police arrested practitioner Ms. Liu Li. Liu Li went on a hunger strike as a non-violent means of protesting the detention, but she ended up facing the brutal torture of force-feeding as a punishment for her protest. Her non-practitioner husband, Wang Zhanshan, and the rest of the family spent more than 20,000 yuan as bribe money to get Liu Li out but she remained in detention. In 2006, Liu Li was sentenced to three years in Changchun Women's Prison. Mr. Wang suffered from a severe hereditary disease and now did not have his wife to look after him. Due to the tremendous depression of losing his wife, Wang Zhanshan hung himself. Who really killed Wang Zhanshan?

On December 25th, 2007, during an inspection of the prison by prison warden Wang Yongxian with his staff and a riot squad, political director Li Weilong beat and seriously injured Chen Chunling. The next day, Li beat practitioner Pu Fanwei because he refused to wear the prison uniform, causing him to lose consciousness. He then beat Zhai Zhibing for not wearing his uniform. He also burned Zhai and Pu's clothes and socks.

"They have a precious purpose and I, as a Riau Representative Government Member, give full support to this purpose," said Ibu Aida Ismah Abdullah, wife of the KEPRI Governor, drawing an ovation from the 200-strong crowd at the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Batam, Indonesia, last Sunday.