Beijing Artist and Falun Gong Practitioner Xu Na Handed 8-Year Sentence for Reporting on COVID-19 Outbreak


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Well known Falun Gong practitioner and Beijing-based painter Xu Na has been sentenced to eight years in prison on Jan. 16 after a sham trial — the latest round of abuse she has endured in the 20 years of persecution that saw her lose her husband to the Chinese communist regime. Xu, 54, was accused of “illegally” taking pictures and videos that reported on the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in China. She was first arrested on that charge in Beijing on July 19, 2020 along with a dozen other Falun Gong adherents over unknown charges. Along with the sentence, Xu...