Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe · ¶62

In 1999, the CCP designated Falun Gong organizations as illegal and called for violent political crackdowns against them. During these “violent struggle” campaigns (or “douzheng”), CCP and Chinese Government officials subjected Falun Gong targets to brutal human-rights abuses, including torture, arbitrary detention, and reeducation through labor. Id., at 12; see 73 F. 4th 700, 712 (CA9 2023) (detailing “beatings with steel rods[,] . . . shocking with electronic batons, sleep deprivation, . . . violent force-feeding,” and more). The United States State Department estimates that hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong believers have been persecuted, and media sources report that thousands have been tortured to death.

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