Stories of Persecution Told on Capitol Hill Before Human Rights Day

Xinyang Xu, a 17 year old girl whose father died as a result of the torture he endured in China because of his belief in Falun Gong, poses after speaking at the Deteriorating Human Rights and Tuidang Movement in China forum, at Congress in Washington on Dec. 4, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—These are the stories of three Falun Gong practitioners who managed to survive a brutal persecution and escape China:

“I saw my father for the first time when I was 7, as he was sentenced to 8 years before I was born for producing Falun Gong materials.”