‘An Unprecedented Evil Persecution’—Chapter Eight: Brainwashing: Extermination of Mind and Body

Cover of the book "An Unprecedented Evil Persecution"

The Epoch Times is proud to republish “An Unprecedented Evil Persecution: a Genocide Against Goodness in Humankind” (eds. Dr. Torsten Trey and Theresa Chu. 2016. Clear Insight Publishing). The book helps with the understanding of forced organ harvesting in China by explaining the root cause behind this atrocity: the genocide committed by the Chinese regime against Falun Gong practitioners.

From the onset, the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not acted as an implementation of law, but rather a political campaign to persecute spiritual beliefs. At the core of this political campaign is the goal of “transforming” deep spiritual beliefs through intense psychological torture or brainwashing.

The Order to Transform Through Brainwashing Came From the Very Top

Within 20 days of the start of the persecution on July 20, 1999, the CCP Central Committee issued two documents targeting Falun Gong practitioners who were also CCP members for brainwashing.⁽¹⁾ On August 24, 1999, a third document, jointly issued by the General Office of the CCP Central and the General Office of the State Council, expanded the use of brainwashing on all Falun Gong practitioners. It elevated the importance of such brainwashing to be the “important measure for the effectiveness and the victory of this struggle (against Falun Gong).”