Much of our information begins on the ground, with eye-witness sources in China or victims themselves of rights abuses. This is a network tens of millions large, involving the full body of adherents as well as family, friends, and those close to them. Volumes of emails, faxes, and phone calls from this contingency reach us or our affiliates every day.
A network of Falun Gong activists and entities gather and organize this information. Principal among them are the Minghui.org website and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong. These and other entities work with the Information Center to corroborate claims made by our sources. In aggregate, these sources combine for what is certainly the largest information and reporting network in the world.
Chinese officialdom itself often serves as an unwitting source, such as when certain officers post Party documents or communiqués online. Court records and local media coverage are an additional source, often confirming sentencings or other happenings.
The Center is also privileged to a wide-reaching network of Chinese dissidents and overseas Chinese Falun Gong, many of whom have well-placed connections in China, and regularly share information.
Finally, the Center naturally makes use of the many English language resources available freely in the West, including the work of human rights groups, government entities, policy institutes, etc.