A report from The Dallas Morning News covered both the persecution in China, and the extension of the persecution to the territory of the U.S.

“Dakun Sun, an organizer of the World Falun Dafa Day event in Fort Worth, Dallas, is a man without a nation.

‘The Chinese consulate refused to renew my passport, and I can't travel and I can't go back home,’ Mr. Sun said. ‘They got my name from a local Web site about Falun Gong - I think they matched my name to my passport and would not renew it.’

Mr. Sun asked whether he had broken any laws while in the United States and asked what he could do to get his passport renewed.

‘They never told me on the phone what I did wrong, and they never returned my calls,’ he said.

A trip to the consulate in Houston revealed that his passport was withheld because of his Falun Gong practices, Mr. Sun said.