Congressional Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2008 31 октомври 2008. Quote: „International observers believe that Falun Gong practitioners constitute a large percentage—some say as many as half—of the total number of Chinese imprisoned in RTL camps. Falun Gong sources report that at least 200,000 practitioners are being held in RTL and other forms of detention.“
Congressional Executive Commission on China (10 октомври 2010) Annual Report 2010 p 19.
Tong, James. An Organizational Analysis of the Falun Gong: Structure, Communications, Financing // The China Quarterly 171. September 2002. DOI:10.1017/S0009443902000402. с. 636 – 660.
Falun Dafa Information Center, Misconceptions: „Intolerant“?, 16 юни 2008. Посетен на 27 ноември 2010. See also Robyn Lebron, Searching for Spiritual Unity, p. 349.
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Re-education through Labor Abuses Continue Unabated: Overhaul Long OverdueАрхив на оригинала от 2012-01-18 в Wayback Machine., 4 февруари 2009. Quote: „More than half of our 13 interviewees remarked on the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in RTL camps. They said Falun Gong practitioners make up one of the largest groups of detainees in the camp, and that they are often persecuted because of their faith ...'Of all the detainees, the Falun Gong practitioners were the largest group'“.
Human Rights Watch, We Could Disappear at Any Time, 7 декември 2005. Quote: „Several petitioners reported that the longest sentences and worst treatment were meted out to members of the banned meditation group, Falungong, many of whom also petition in Beijing. Kang reported that of the roughly one thousand detainees in her labor camp in Jilin, most were Falungong practitioners. The government's campaign against the group has been so thorough that even long-time Chinese activists are afraid to say the group's name aloud ...“
Rahn, Patsy (2002) „The Chemistry of a Conflict: The Chinese Government and the Falun Gong“ in Terrorism and Political Violence, Winter, 2002, Vol 14, No. 4 (London: Frank Cass Publishers) [2]
Haar, Barendter. Evaluation and Further References // Архивиран от оригинала на 2008-12-16. Посетен на 21 декември 2009. One difference between the Falun Gong and traditional groups is the absence of rituals of daily worship or rites of passage
New York Times, 4 From Chinese Spiritual group Are Sentenced, 13 ноември 1999. pg. A.5. | Quote: „Before the crackdown the government estimated membership at 70 million – which would make it larger than the Chinese Communist Party, with 61 million members.“
Seth Faison, In Beijing: A Roar of Silent Protestors, New York Times, 27 април 1999. Quote: „Buddhist Law, led by a qigong master named Li Hongzhi, claims to have more than 100 million followers. Even if that is an exaggeration, the government's estimate of 70 million practitioners represents a large group in a nation of 1.2 billion.“
Joseph Kahn, Notoriety Now for Movement's Leader, New York Times, 27 април 1999. Quote: „Beijing puts the tally of followers in his mystical movement at 70 million. Its practitioners say they do not dispute those numbers. But they say they have no way of knowing for sure, in part because they have no central membership lists.“
„Chinese Ministry of Education Participating in Persecution of Falun Gong: Investigative Report“. [3]Архив на оригинала от 2004-09-27 в Wayback Machine. 16 март 2004. Посетен на 17 ноември 2011.
U.S. Department of State, 2008 Country Report on Human Rights: China (includes Hong Kong and Macao), Oct 2008. Quote: „Some foreign observers estimated that at least half of the 250,000 officially recorded inmates in the country's reeducation-through-labor camps were Falun Gong adherents. Falun Gong sources overseas placed the number even higher.“
Haar, Barendter. Evaluation and Further References // Архивиран от оригинала на 2008-12-16. Посетен на 21 декември 2009. One difference between the Falun Gong and traditional groups is the absence of rituals of daily worship or rites of passage
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Re-education through Labor Abuses Continue Unabated: Overhaul Long OverdueАрхив на оригинала от 2012-01-18 в Wayback Machine., 4 февруари 2009. Quote: „More than half of our 13 interviewees remarked on the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in RTL camps. They said Falun Gong practitioners make up one of the largest groups of detainees in the camp, and that they are often persecuted because of their faith ...'Of all the detainees, the Falun Gong practitioners were the largest group'“.
„Chinese Ministry of Education Participating in Persecution of Falun Gong: Investigative Report“. [3]Архив на оригинала от 2004-09-27 в Wayback Machine. 16 март 2004. Посетен на 17 ноември 2011.
