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March 22, 2002
(Clearwisdon.net) On the morning of March 20, 2002, calling on the United Nations and all people to pay attention to and help stop the Jiang regime's trampling of Falun Gong practitioners' human rights, over 700 Falun Gong practitioners from Europe and other parts of the world held a parade. The parade started from Place Neuve Park, proceeded along Leman Lake and ended on the lawn in front of the United Nations Building.
At 11:30 a.m., a Falun Gong press conference was held in front of the United Nations Building. Numerous officials and legislators from the United Nations and European countries made speeches to support Falun Gong practitioners' basic human rights and to condemn the Jiang regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong and its ignoring the law and human rights. Their speeches will be reported later.
Many media covered the event in front of the United Nations Building, which ended at 4:00 p.m.
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| A practitioner reads a statement from Mr. Rene Wadlow, representative of United Nations World Citizen Association | Practitioner Connie reads appeal letter to Mrs. Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | Australian practitioner Dai Zhizhen recounts how the Jiang regime's persecution caused her family to be broken up. |
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| Chairman of European Friends of Falun Gong, Mr. John Dee delivers a speech | Lord Moyne of Britain giving a speech | Mr. Thomas Buchi, Member of Switzerland's Parliament |
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| Ms. Narina Szitoska, Member of Italian Parliament and Representative of TRP Party | Ms. Marie Puale Blanchard, Member of Swiss Parliament | Mr. David Hilaire, Member of Swiss Parliament |
March 22, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net)
The French International Radio Station broadcast the following news to China in the Chinese language:
Nearly one thousand Falun Gong practitioners protested in Geneva against China's state-sponsored terrorist campaign against Falun Gong. A Falun Gong representative said that the persecution has been escalating.
March18,2002
The Right Honorable Jean Chretien
Prime Minister of Canada
House of commons
Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing to you once again concerning the repressive measures taken by the Chinese government against Falun Gong practitioners. In particular the National Union is worried about the recent "Kill Without Mercy" order issued by the Chinese President, I urge you to highlight China's treatment of the Falun Gong, and other religious groups, during the upcoming meeting of United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
In a report issued by Amnesty International the Chinese government's treatment of the Falun Gong, and other religious groups, was cited for "arbitrary arrests and confinements, torture, unlawful processes, long term confinements without conviction on hearing, administrative penalties without a process of law, and frequently applied death penalty." Sources indicate that nearly 400 Falun Gong practitioners have been executed in Chinese prisons.
This record of human rights violations needs to be loudly condemned by the international community. Canada has historically shown international leadership in opposing human rights violations. I sincerely hope that this country will once again act on behalf of human rights and international justice.
As China enters into the World Trade Organization and will start participating in upcoming negotiations, the time is now for the international community to take action on human rights abuses in that country. Will you commit to raising the questions of human rights for Falun Gong practitioners at the UNCHR?
I eagerly await for your reply.
Sincerely yours,
James Clancy
National President
(Clearwisdom.net)
March 18, 2002
Dear Ms. ______,
I would like to thank you for the e-mail I received dated March 19, 2002 regarding the critical situation in China.
The discrimination against Falun Gong practitioners will only get worse unless the "Kill without mercy" policies of the Chinese government are stopped. Canada, as a member of the international community, must help organizations such as Amnesty International to put a stop to the unjust violence.
I would like to inform you that my colleague, Svend Robinson has brought the issue to the attention of the Honourable Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, asking him to speak out against the treatment of Falun Gong members in China.
Thank you again for bringing this important human rights issue to my attention.
Sincerely,
Lorne Nystrom, MP
Regina-Qu'Appelle
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [China] The Truth Clarification VCDs Strongly Affect Police
Several people were chatting about Falun Gong. One officer from the railroad police department said, "Recently, we have received many VCDs. They are all about Falun Gong," Another person said, "My relative gave me a Falun Gong disc. I have not seen it yet." The officer said, "You should look at their VCD. It is evidence-based and reasonable. It is quite good and worth watching. You should be hurry back home and watch it."
2. [Yangzi, Shandong Province] Jiang's New Law -- Visiting During New Year Incurs Fines
During the 2002 Chinese New Year, several villagers who do not practice Falun Gong went to visit a practitioner's family. They were watching television and playing cards when the police came in unexpectedly. The police forcefully took the practitioner away and fined the villagers about 2,000 Yuan per person. The police fined citizens for no reason and disturbed their New Year.
In Jinan City, Shandong Province, the police arrested female practitioner Tian Fengying during the Chinese New Year.
3. [Beijing, China] Authorities from Panzhihua City's Liaison Office in Beijing Insult Female Falun Dafa Practitioner
In January 2000, the practitioners from Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province went to Beijing to appeal and were sent to Panzhihua City's liaison office in Beijing. It was bitterly cold in Beijing with ice and snow on the ground. They forced many practitioners to take off their overcoats and shoes, and left them with only a single layer of clothing. When they saw a young female practitioner, they stripped her down to only her bra and underpants. She was crying and struggling. The policemen maliciously stared at her and laughed.
4. [China] The Police Rob the Life-Savings from Handicapped Elderly Person
I am a handicapped, lonely man of more than 60 years of age. Before I practiced Falun Gong, I was dependent on a wheelchair for 8 years due to a stroke. I had no children, and after my wife died, I could not take care of myself. I lived a life that was worse than death. When I started to practice Falun Gong in 1996, my body changed dramatically. Not only were many of my diseases cured, but also I could walk to the park independently. Falun Dafa gave me a brand-new life.
However, I was arrested many times because I persisted in practicing Falun Gong. My home was searched many times. Recently, they took all of my life-savings. They do not care about whether I live or die. This is indeed inhuman! I hope kind people in the world could say some fair words for me.
5. [China] Falun Dafa Practitioners Everywhere Salute Changchun Practitioners
Hebei Province Falun Dafa practitioners salute the Changchun practitioners: Your rational, wise and benevolent feat made the evil tremble in fear and has inspired the righteous people of the world. Your great action has moved heaven and earth and composed a magnificent history for the universe!
We suggest that all practitioners in the world send forth righteous thoughts to stop the Jiang regime's mad revenge towards Falun Dafa and practitioners. Let us welcome the spring of the universe with our righteous minds and righteous actions.
Beijing practitioners salute Changchun Dafa practitioners:
You are worthy of being good disciples of Teacher. Your unselfish and fearless feat has established incomparable, great virtues for Dafa. You also inspired practitioners elsewhere to clarify the truth of Dafa more in depth, more wisely, and more powerfully, and thereby saving people.
6. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Police Arrest People and Search Homes, Terror Covers Changchun First Automobile Factory
Since March 5, 2002, when Changchun Cable TV broadcasted the truth of Falun Dafa, terror has covered Changchun. The loud sound of police sirens is everywhere on the street, day and night. Many practitioners have been forcefully taken from their homes for no apparent reason, sometimes in the middle of the night. The Jincheng Police Department again closely followed Jiang's regime and has committed enormous crimes against the residents in the Changchun First Automobile Factory's residential area. They called upon the residential office, local police station, and some neighborhood thugs to break into Dafa practitioners' homes and conduct illegal searches. They tried to force practitioners to write their attitudes regarding the incident of cable TV and sign their names. When the practitioners refused, they ordered the police and the thugs to forcefully drag the practitioners into the police cars. Some practitioners were only wearing one layer of clothing when arrested. According to several sources, more than ten practitioners were illegally kidnapped, and their homes were confiscated, including elderly people who are seventy or eighty years old. More residents' phones were tapped and monitored around the clock. The phone switchboard of one residential area was even changed from being computer operated to having human operators. Many practitioners were forced to become homeless.
7. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Shuangyang District Police Illegally Arrest 70 Falun Dafa Practitioners
In Shuangyang District, Changchun City, the police have been madly arresting practitioners since March 8, 2002. They arrested around 70 practitioners and illegally detained them at the Shuangyang Detention Center. They are to be detained for 15 days. After 15 days, the officials will release those who write statements promising to quit practicing Falun Gong. Those who refuse to write such statements might be sent to labor camps. Officials will take other measures towards those practitioners from whose houses they uncover any Falun Dafa materials. They will not allow family members to visit practitioners. Now the police department and the local police stations have ordered that each officer has to catch several practitioners.
Some evil people borrowed ladders from firefighters and climbed into a practitioner's home from the sixth floor window to arrest the practitioner. Those practitioners who were not arrested often had many police coming to their houses several times a day. Many practitioners have been forced to become homeless. We would like to ask all practitioners to send forth righteous thoughts to eradicate the evil that persecutes the practitioners.
8. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Plainclothes Police Drive Taxi to Lure and Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners
Changchun plainclothes police drove a taxi to lure and arrest Falun Dafa practitioners. Many public phones are tapped and monitored. Police continuously patrol at nights. Practitioners should pay attention to their safety and keep righteous thoughts at all times to eliminate the evil.
9. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Changchun 610 Office Holds Another Brainwashing Class
The Changchun 610 Office illegally ran another brainwashing class at the Jilin Province police reception center located near Tiebei Switch Factory. (The 610 office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.)They have detained many practitioners there.
10. [Changchun, Jilin Province] The Evil Uses Students to Commit Crimes Against Falun Dafa
Some evil people in Changchun use elementary and middle school students to smear and tear down the Falun Dafa banners. They made these students, who do not know the truth, commit crimes in their ignorance.
11. [Dawei Township, Emeishan City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Ma Yuman Arrested
At around 10 a.m. on January 9, 2002, when Ma Yuman, a Falun Gong practitioner from the 5th group of Linci Village of Sichuan Province, clarified the truth about Falun Gong to people and distributed truth-clarification CDs, a wicked person reported him to the police. Later, three policemen and an official arrested him. No one knows his current whereabouts. We hope that Dafa practitioners can help look for him.
Names and phone numbers of the four people responsible for his arrest:
Luo Yongfei and Lin Liucong, from Dawei Police Station, phone: 86-833-5460039
Wu Xingcheng, Minister of the Department of the Armed Forces of Dawei Police Station, phone: 86-833-5460066
Cao Guangrong, government official of Dawei Township, phone: 86833-5460076.
12. [Hailun City, Heilongjiang Province] Two Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Sent to the Second Detention Center
Wen Jitao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Hailun City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested and beaten by the police, and sent to the Second Detention Center in early March. In addition, Ding Jun, a practitioner from Kaoshantun Village, Dongfanghong Township, was reported by someone on the afternoon of March 12. He was arrested and sent to the Second Detention Center as well.
13. [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Tongnan County Officials Extort Money and Valuables from Falun Gong Practitioners
The evil forces in Tongnan County of Chongqing City arrested a large group of Falun Gong practitioners in 2001 and detained them in the County Detention Center to extort money and valuables from them. Everyone had to pay 3,000 Yuan in order to be released [the average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is about 500 Yuan, but only 200 Yuan for a rural worker]. In addition, the police also charged 30 Yuan per day per person for "living expenses." For the practitioners from poor, rural areas, it was very difficult for them to pay this, and it put them in difficult circumstances.
14. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] The Anshan Forced Labor Camp Has No Regard for Falun Gong Practitioners' Critical Health Conditions and Arrest Practitioners Who Had Been Released on Bail to Get Medical Care
Liu Suhuan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Anshan City, Liaoning Province, had been illegally detained at the Anshan Forced Labor Camp for over a year. In order to oppose the illegal detention, she went on a hunger strike. Four days later, her health had deteriorated to a dangerous state. Because the Anshan Forced Labor Camp had tortured one practitioner to death before, they were afraid of being held responsible for Liu's death, so they released her. Recently, after Jiang Zemin gave the order of "kill without pardon," they forcibly carried Liu back to the labor camp with no regard for her critical health condition.
Something similar happened to practitioner Zhang Guanghong. He had been released on bail to get medical care due to symptoms of diabetes during his detention at the labor camp. About ten days after his release, the labor camp officials arrested him again.
15. [Liaoning Province] Please Pay Attention to the Current Situation of Practitioner Wang Lin
Wang Lin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Dalian Bay, was arrested by the Frontier Defense Police Station in Dalian Bay in January 2002 and illegally sentenced to forced labor camp for distributing Dafa truth-clarification materials. In December Wang's father grew seriously ill, so his wife went to the forced labor camp in hopes that Wang might be able to come home to see his father. When his wife went to the camp, however, she found out that Wang had been illegally transferred to Guanshan Forced Labor Camp in Changtu, Shenyang City on December 5 for further detention and persecution, because he was determined in Dafa cultivation.
Geng Yongfeng, director of the police station, who illegally arrested Wang Lin, has now been dismissed. Geng had illegally arrested many Dafa practitioners and sent them to detention centers or forced labor camps.
The director of the police station who illegally sentenced Dafa practitioners to forced labor camps is Zhang Wuhui.
The policeman who was directly involved in arresting Dafa practitioners is Miao Zhuang, (Clearwisdom.net reported about him before).
The phone number of the Frontier Defense Police Station is 86-411-7100234.
Cell phone numbers: 86-13052729017, 86-13500712317.
Cheng Qiang, a practitioner from Dalian Bay, was arrested when he distributed Dafa truth-clarification materials in February 2002. It is unclear where he is being detained. People who know the case, please provide detailed information.
Wang Shuai, a practitioner from Dalian City, was arrested by the Gan Jingzi Police Station while distributing Dafa truth-clarification materials in December 2001. It is unclear where he is being detained. Kindhearted people, please pay attention to his case.
16. [Guangdong Province] Several Falun Gong Practitioners Detained at the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp Have Their Terms Extended for Not Giving up Their Practice of Falun Gong
The following is information provided by an insider. In the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp, practitioners whose terms have been extended for not giving up cultivation include You Xianbang (original term was from December 2000 to December 2001), Xie Hanzhu (original term was from December 1999 to December 2001), Ye Qiuan (original term was from February 2002 to February 2002), Huang Yutian (original term was from February 2000 to February 2002), Hong Haoyuan whose term is about due (original term was from March 2000 to March 2002), Chen Siguo (original term was from April 2000 to April 2002). Upright people from all walks of life, please pay attention to what is happening to them!
Falun Gong practitioners Dai Yongmei, Mai Chenying and Chen Yingqi, who were detained at the Sanshui Female Forced Labor Camp, have been illegally detained for an extra 8 months for not giving up their beliefs. In November 2001, they were transferred from the Sanshui Female Forced Labor Camp to Shaoguan Female Prison. The police at the Sanshui Female Forced Labor Camp said that they were sentenced to prison to be reformed. Kindhearted and upright people from all walks of life, please pay attention to what is happening to them!
Zhou Jielan, who was formerly an assistant at the Luoding Falun Dafa Assistance Center went awry and accepted brainwashing. Her phone number at her Luoding residence is: 86-766-3827087. She is now staying at Zhaoqing, and her phone number is: 86-758-2986221. Overseas practitioners, please help her.
17. [Tongzhou District, Beijing] Practitioner Yang Huirong Illegally Arrested
One night in early March 2002, police officer Jiao and other policemen of Tongzhou District in Beijing broke into practitioner Yang Huirong's home and illegally arrested her.
Yang is determined in cultivating Dafa and had been forced to become homeless for over a year to avoid being arrested. The local police had forced her family members to lead the way to Sanhe, Su County, Changzhou and other places to search for her, but were unsuccessful. Persecuting her has brought calamities to ordinary people. Once, when a police officer was waiting somewhere in an attempt to seize her, an old woman passed by, and the police officer jumped out and threw himself upon the old woman. Shortly after, he realized that she was not Yang Huirong, but the old woman had already been so startled that she became incontinent.
Before the police illegally arrested Yang, they sent Yang's daughter, Liu Ying, and another practitioner, Zhou Hongyun, to the Seniors Center in Tongzhou District. The police subjected them to the forced brainwashing classes that they had set up there.
The phone number of the Politics and Security Section of the Public Security Bureau in Tongzhou District is: 86-10-69555950.
18. [Xiantao City, Hubei Province] Police Openly Broadcast on TV: Rewards Will Be Given for Reporting Dafa Practitioners
As a result of the "Hubei Falun Dafa Day," practitioners in Xiantao City, Hubei Province stepped forward to clarify the truth in various ways and save people. They distributed Dafa truth-clarifying flyers, posted Dafa materials, distributed CDs, and hung up Dafa banners, which powerfully overwhelmed the evil.
The police were very scared. They made the rounds 24 hours a day and sent people everywhere to wait to seize practitioners. The police station decided that they must arrest the practitioners who make the truth-clarifying materials, but the evil's plots are not effective at all in the face of the powerful righteous thoughts of practitioners. Finally, after exhausting their whole bag of tricks, they incessantly broadcast on TV their order and notice: "Report one Falun Gong practitioner, and you will be rewarded 300 Yuan; seize one practitioner who posts Dafa materials or distributes Dafa flyers, and you will be rewarded 1000 Yuan." However, due to the practitioners' truth clarification, more and more people have started awaken. No one cooperated with the evil.
19. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Zhu Tianfu from Cheliu Township, Fangzi District Illegally Arrested
At around 9:00 a.m. on March 3, 2002, when practitioner Zhu Tianfu was doing some work around the house, suddenly a group of police from the Cheliu Township Police Station jumped over the fence and broke into his house. Without showing a warrant, the police forcibly arrested him. Now Zhu is being illegally detained in the Fangzi Detention Center, and his family members are not allowed to visit him. This was planned and directed by Wang Quanfeng, the wicked person who persecutes Dafa practitioners in the Fangzi District. We call for the help and attention of international organizations and people of goodwill.
As practitioners in China face tremendous pressure to give up their beliefs under the Chinese regime's brutal persecution, there are those who have given in and signed documents renouncing Falun Dafa. However, many of these people deeply regret doing so after they are released from detention and labor camps. "Solemn declarations" are the public statements made by such practitioners, often at great risk to their personal safety, to declare to the world that the documents they signed under duress are null and void and that they will continue to practice Falun Dafa.
Here are some of the Solemn Declarations from the practitioners:
Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.
March 15, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Dafa practitioner in Hunan province. I was illegally forced into a labor camp for a year because I went to Beijing to appeal and for persisting in practicing Falun Dafa. During my stay in the labor camp, I suffered severe torture, both physically and mentally.
In the labor camp, Dafa practitioners were forced to work 18 hours a day. This work was valued at more than 1000 Yuan per month, but the rewards were just spoiled rice and rotten vegetables. This is a typical case of slavery and intentional torture. I witnessed that all those who were forced into the labor camp were treated as slaves.
The persecution applied to Dafa practitioners by the police was far more severe than the treatment of ordinary laborers in the camp. Police took turns brainwashing Dafa practitioners in order to exhaust them. Practitioners were not allowed to sleep or to practice of Falun Gong. When sitting on a bed, one's legs had to be motionless; otherwise the police would accuse you of practicing. No lip movements were allowed, or police would accuse you of reciting Dafa articles. At the same time, they used all means and shameless methods to defraud, harass, and intimidate Dafa practitioners.
Dafa practitioners are actually held in an "additional jail" inside the labor camp. Police coerce criminals to take three shifts every day to monitor and control Dafa practitioners. In every group, two or three criminals keep an eye on one Dafa practitioner. Dafa practitioners were confined in a 10 square meter room all day long and bullied by criminals. Practitioners are even monitored when going to the toilet. Police have even forced drug addicts to beat Dafa practitioners.
Xiong Gaijian who was in the Fourth Brigade in Xinkaipu labor camp, Hunan Province was once tortured in the bathroom where police beat him with an electric baton. In such a vicious environment, and in the face of these tribulations, Dafa practitioners have been following the principle of Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance), by showing great kindness and compassion.
So what work was actually done in the labor camp? They made bootleg copies of best sellers and famous or classic books. They also secretly make pornographic books and magazines. This has happened in different labor camps everywhere in the country. They say they want to "reform" people. Aren't they transforming people into something worse?
The persecution acts by the evil forces against Dafa practitioners are too numerous to record. We hope all people with a righteous mind will denounce those who are ill hearted, defend the righteous, and uphold the truth.
(Clearwisdom.net) The guards at Panjin Forced Labor Camp have been
utilizing every possible vicious means to torture Dafa practitioners. They
deserve the condemnation of all gods and sentient beings.
Types of Torture
1.Mental tortures include:
2. Physical tortures include:
Evidence of the Torture
Exposing the crimes committed against female practitioners by the guards at Panjin Forced Labor Camp reveals the evil nature of Jiang's regime.
1. Mental persecution
The guards forced those who denounce their belief in Dafa against their will to write a weekly "journal." Yi Xiuyan, the Squad Chief, humiliates and slanders Dafa practitioners if she is not satisfied with their "journals." Meanwhile, these practitioners have to write the same three sentences each day that slander Teacher. They have to include these sentences in their journals that are reviewed weekly. If they do not include the three sentences they are subjected to further torture.
The guards divided the 20 female practitioners who upheld their faith the most strongly into different groups and kept them in separate rooms. They brainwashed practitioners, using every conceivable means to mentally torture them.
The guards forced practitioners to recite the Diary of Lei Feng. Practitioners were not supposed to make any mistakes. If they made any, even a mistake in punctuation, they would be punished and made to squat and start reciting all over again. The guards kept devising new ways to increase their torture of practitioners. The female guards would put copies of the Diary of Lei Feng on the practitioners' backs and make them stand on one leg. If the book fell, the female guards would beat the practitioner's hands. Zhang Shoujiang, the Head of the Panjin Forced Labor Camp composed a song that defamed Dafa and he forced each practitioner to sing it. He also made the female practitioners dance. The guards did all this in an attempt to destroy practitioners' wills and force them to succumb.
2. Making use of collaborators to persecute practitioners
In order to destroy practitioners' wills in upholding their belief in Dafa, the Labor Camp uses collaborators to mentally torture practitioners. These prisoners took turns brainwashing, slandering, and humiliating practitioners. The prisoners would break down and cry, and then scold practitioners and beat them. Some would kneel before Dafa practitioners and plead frantically. Except for meal times, they surrounded Dafa practitioners all day long and would not let them rest. Their ultimate goal was to force practitioners to betray Teacher and denounce their faith in Falun Gong. But all these attempts failed before the righteous thoughts of true practitioners.
3. May 25 - 30, 2001
Practitioners experienced the darkest hours at Panjin Forced Labor Camp during the week of May 25 - 30, 2001. On May 25, the guards at the Camp began to step up their persecution of Dafa practitioners through unimaginable mental and physical tortures. Led by the Head, Zhang Shoujiang, the guards used extremely violent and barbaric means to torture practitioners. They put two to three practitioners in one group and kept each group in a room where the windows were covered with newspapers so no light could shine in. They tortured practitioners by making them squat and walk, walk on one leg, kick on one leg and so on. They beat practitioners if they did not obey. Further disobedience would end in cuffing and imprisonment in rooms without any light. Some practitioners were kept individually in rooms without light and had to squat day and night. Some were not allowed to sleep at all, and some could only sleep for two to three hours a day.
The guards openly stated that their supervisors had issued documents to exempt them from any responsibility should a practitioner die from the beatings that occurred. Liu Jin, Assistant Head of the Squad, tried his utmost to slap the faces of female practitioners. On May 25, in the middle of the night, the guards took practitioners to the basement one by one and beat them with electric batons on their heads and necks. One of the guards was so evil that he put an electric baton in the mouth of a practitioner. They also beat the practitioners on the buttocks with a thick plastic baton. The buttocks of more than ten practitioners were covered with bruises. Some were beaten in the face and eyes and these areas swelled, disfiguring the practitioners' faces. Some could not walk after they were beaten.
4. Abuses Suffered by Practitioner Su Ying
Su Ying, a woman, was taken to a pitch-dark room in the middle of the night, where four policewomen stripped her down to her underpants. Then they forced her to lie on her stomach and brutally beat her. Su Ying was having her menstrual period at the time, or else the police would have taken her underpants off as well.
A policewoman named Cai Li yelled, "We each will give her three blows," and she hit her almost before she had finished her sentence. When she finished, she pulled Su Ying up and yelled, "Are you going follow your Master or the Party?" Su Ying answered, loud and clear, "I will follow my Master no matter what!" Before Su Ying could finish her sentence, the policewomen started another round of beating, followed by the same question. This went on and on. In the end, they felt that they hadn't done enough, so the four policewomen decided to pinch Su Ying on the inside of her thighs, laughing and screaming at the same time. It was a horrible sight. They tortured her until she lost consciousness. At that time, they got scared and decided to call the ambulance and sent Su Ying to the hospital.
On the following day, the policemen persecuting the male practitioners in the same unit tried to lie to cover up their coworkers' evil actions, saying, "A female practitioner was sent to the hospital last night due to heart problems."
When the doctor saw the injuries all over Su Ying, including the insides of her thighs, which were beyond recognition, and her buttocks, which were black and blue and badly swollen, he/she asked the police how it happened. The leaders from the labor camp couldn't answer. Later, having consulted Yi Xiuyan, female Section Head of the labor camp, and Liu Jing, female, the Vice Section Head, the doctor recommended surgery to take out the extravasated blood in her backside. There would be serious consequences otherwise.
When Su Ying was told that she needed surgery, she said, "You need to notify my family if you are going to operate on me." But the police were afraid that what they had done would be exposed if Su Ying's family were called. So Su Ying underwent surgery without her family being notified. During the surgery, a large amount of extravasated blood was removed from inside of her backside. After being hospitalized for half a month, Su Ying was sent back to the detention center, where the abuses continued.
To cover up their bad deeds, Su Ying was put in a room by herself adjacent to the one that held Li Shujian, another woman being held for refusing to renounce Falun Gong. The police played loud disco music while they tortured Su Ying and Li Shujuan. At the time, Li's left hand was hooked to a window while her right arm was shackled to the radiator. This has continued over a long time.
5. Abuses Suffered by Practitioner Wu Maoling
Wu Maoling, a woman, was taken by the police to a confinement room where some male convicts abused her as directed by Vice-Director Zhou. They handcuffed her, hung her up, and then beat her while Vice-Director Zhou lay on a bed watching.
6. Abuses Suffered by Practitioner Li Shujuan and Lu Shuxuan
Practitioners Li Shujuan and Lu Shuxuan, both women, have been confined many times for continuing to practice Falun Gong. They were hung by their wrists with their toes barely touching the floor for hours. Li Shujuan has been confined since May 23. She was not allowed to sleep for six days and nights. Her feet and legs were swollen to the extent that the skin burst, leaving marks on her calves. Lu Shuxuan couldn't even put her shoes on. They had to cut the front of the shoes open. In spite of all that, they did not give in.
After May 13, they were held in a small, dark room where the sun never shone in. They ate, slept and went to the washroom in there. There was only one single bed, with no padded sheets. They were only allowed to sleep on the bed for 2 or 3 hours after midnight each day. For the 17 days they were there, they were only given a small dish of rice, or a thin slice of rice cake. The other practitioners who witnessed this were all hurting for them.
One day, Lu Shuxuan was dragged to a small kitchen behind the classroom where brainwashing classes were held for not writing her report according to the policemen's requirements. She was handcuffed and made to squat. But Lu shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," which was heard by other practitioners. Yi Xiuyan started slapping Lu Shuxuan across her face until late in the night. And that was not enough. Later, Lu was shackled in the room where the policemen sleep. She was made to squat and stay awake while the policemen went to sleep.
Lu Shuxuan's arm atrophied. She could hardly hold a spoon as a result of being handcuffed behind her back while she was beaten and shocked with the electronic baton numerous times. When her family came to see her, she showed them what they did to her. To prevent people from knowing their evil actions, the perpetrators wouldn't allow her family to come to visit her again. To date, Lu's family still cannot see her.
At the Panjin City Labor Camp, many practitioners have suffered from torture and abuse by the police. Every practitioner that has been held there has a horrible story to tell. One cannot possibly recount all the crimes done to Falun Dafa practitioners there.
Perpetrators:
Director of Panjin City Labor Camp Zhang Shoujiang
Vice-Director of Panjin City Labor Camp Zhou XX
Section Head, Panjin City Labor Camp Yi Xiuyan
Vice Section Head, Panjin City Labor Camp Liu Jing
Policewoman, Panjin City Labor Camp Cai Li
(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioner Guo Lianyun, is female, 60 years old, from Sanxing Village/ Hexi Township/Muling City/ Heilongjiang Province. Reported by an evil person, she was illegally arrested by officers from Muling Town Police Station and taken to the Muling City Detention Center after going to a fellow practitioner's home for a visit on January 11, 2002. Other female practitioners, Ms. Zhou Zhirong and Ms. Zhang Aiqin, were also arrested at the same time. To resist the evil's persecution, they have now been on a hunger strike for more than fifty days and are extremely weak. The people from the political and security section that are responsible for the persecution constantly refused to release them. Dafa practitioner Shen Jinge (female) was locked and cuffed, hands and feet to the rings on the floor of the cell. She cannot move. With feces and urine on the floor, she was locked onto the rings for more than 30 days.
The detention center sent 60-year-old practitioner Ms. Guo Lianyun to the City Center Hospital after she had been on a hunger strike for 48 days. Her feet were locked to the bed for nine days. They didn't release her even when she had to move her bowels or urinate. Later, with the help of a kind person, she got a hacksaw and cut all the shackles by herself. Using strong righteous thoughts and being strengthened by Master, she walked out of the hospital. During that period, hospital staff were walking around; however, none of them noticed. Several hours later, the evil people found out and searched all over for her.
(Note: Ms. Guo Lianyun was unconstitutionally arrested six times. She was not highly educated. With the righteous belief in Master and Dafa, she went on a hunger strike four times and each time left the detention center. When the evil persons sent her to a labor camp, they refused to accept her for some reason.)
Appendix: A letter from Ms. Guo Lianyun to her children
My Children:
Today I would like to tell you my experience. I didn't want you to know before because I was afraid to let you feel uncomfortable for me. That is why I answered every one of your inquiries with a smile. Do you realize that the suffering we experienced was unimaginable? Hunger strike for 48 days; every second was hard to pass; I knew I would be released as soon as I told them I gave up the practice. But I cannot--because I am doing the most righteous, most sacred thing. I am not wrong! They want to me to lie. But I cannot! Because I am practicing "Truthfulness, Benevolence and Forbearance," how could I not be truthful? This is what disciples who are true cultivators cannot do. I would rather die than write the "guarantee letter." This might be something you cannot understand. However, you should be happy for me. It has been only several years since Master spread the Fa. However, Dafa has already spread all over the world. This is something that cannot be done by common human beings. Our Master is really great. Won't you think it over? I feel extremely happy to be a particle of Dafa. Therefore, I definitely refuse to cooperate with the evil for anything.
The police sent me to the hospital because they were afraid to take legal responsibility if I died in the detention center. In the hospital they locked me on the bed and didn't unlock me even to use the toilet. This lasted for nine days.
I have to come out. I have to verify the Fa and clarify the truth. They are persecuting us by detaining us. We cannot let them do this. This is not good for them either.
My children, you should be happy for me. You should remember, "Falun Dafa is good!"
Mom
March 17, 2002
March 14, 2002
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On one occasion, the police found He Qinghui doing the exercises and forced him to stand with his head pressing against the wall while beating him with leather tubes. After one month of detention, the police began to hold brainwashing classes and detained him for another half month. In order to force him to give up his belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," the police locked him up with criminals. On the ninth day, under the police's order, the criminals began to use all kinds of torture on him. He was forced to do hard labor everyday. During that time, the "610" office [Note: The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] threatened to increase his sentence at the labor camp. They forced his family members to beat him, curse him, and deceived his mother and other family members. The detention center forced his family members try to force him to give up the practice by pretending to take drastic measures such as drinking poison or committing suicide. However, they were not successful. After three months of being held by the police, he was then held in a detention center for over 8 months and forced to do hard labor.
In August 2000, He Qinghui was transferred to the police station in Wangzhao Village to continue the brainwashing class. Caisi Township arranged for two people to monitor him. One of them was Wang Xingchen from the judicial branch of Caosi Township, who is known for persecuting several other Falun Gong practitioners. One day after Wang was drunk, he began to beat up He Qinghui. He told He Qinghui that he practiced boxing before and wanted to see who was stronger. This person beat He Qinghui severely, mostly hitting him in his face and eyes. He's ear was bleeding, and his face was swollen. A few days later, while He Qinghui was doing the exercises, two policemen dragged him to the restroom and made him practice there. The next day around noontime, smelling of alcohol, Wang Xingchen began to curse and beat He Qinghui again. Seeing that it didn't have any result, he pushed some cloth into He's mouth and slammed a thermos bottle on He's head. However, it still didn't have any result. One police officer finally persuaded Wang Xingchen to leave.
Later, He Qinghui was transferred to Caosi Township and kept there for nearly 20 days. He then started a hunger strike in protest. On the night of the fourth day, two policemen Liu and Wang from Wangzhao village went to He Qinghui's home and told him that the leaders wanted to talk with him. After being turned down, they asked "610" officers, other policemen and people from the police station of Caosi township to go to He's home. He Qinghui asked them whether he was going to be detained, and their answer was only that he should follow them. Thus, He Qinghui was sent to the detention center in Qing County. There, He Qinghui held another hunger strike. Under the orders of the political officer Ma Qinghui, the criminals in the cell began to beat him, force-fed him, and tortured him in other ways. He Qinghui was released after nine days.
On September 8, 1999, she went to Beijing again to appeal for Falun Gong. On her way back home, she was arrested by the police on the train at around midnight. She was handcuffed and brought back to the police station in Qing County, where they kept her handcuffed until noon the next day. During that time, the police didn't give her anything to eat or drink and wouldn't allow her to go to sleep. Later on, she was held at the detention center. On the detention notice it was written the length of her detention was one month. However, they didn't release her at the end of the detention period and continued to hold her illegally.
During her time in the detention center, the officers there ordered the criminals to curse, beat, and torture Tang Weixuan. The methods they used were pressing her head against the wall, handcuffing, standing against the wall for long periods of time, long periods of running, etc. Once, she was forced to run for over 9 hours because she insisted on doing the exercises. Later on in Caosi Township, under the leadership of Gao Yongcai and Wang Xingchen, they held so-called brainwashing classes. She even had to ask for permission to go to the restroom.
As a citizen, her basic human rights were deprived. The political and security department extorted from her 1000 Yuan. At the end of 2000, the police at Wang Zhao village went to her home and deceived Wang Weixuan by saying that they wanted her to go to the Township government to have a talk. This resulted in her being sent to the detention center. The political and security department asked for cash in the amount of 1500 Yuan. After she was released, Tang Weixuan was monitored and watched all the time, which made it hard for her to live a regular daily life and disrupted the lives of her neighbors.
On September 8, 1999, she went to Beijing again to appeal for Falun Gong and clarify the truth to the government. On the night when she arrived home, at around 11 p.m., the village cadre He Baolai, Gao Yongcai and Wang Xingchen and others came to her home. They took her to the township and put her under house arrest. She was followed even when she went to the restroom.
Without any legal procedures, this group of evil people took He Chunfang to the police station and transferred her to the detention center, where they illegally held her for more than 15 days. Her family was not notified, and her infant was left without her mother. During the time of detention, the police ordered criminals to drag He Chunfang to run and walk in squares. If she did it too slowly, she would be viciously abused. Except while eating and drinking water, she was not allowed to rest or sleep for several days. Both of her legs were in great pain, and she could not walk at all. She got up at night to do the exercises and was found out by the police. They began shouting and abusing her. At that time, it was already after midnight and very cold outside. The policemen put handcuffs on her and pushed her against the wall, and then forced her to run around the yard for up to nine hours. The police ordered the criminals to supervise her in two-hour shifts and would not let her stop. They would not let her stop even when she could not walk anymore and could only support herself with her hands. In such a bad condition, the police still forced her to walk around the well and wouldn't allow her to stop. Both her body and mind suffered greatly. Even going through such tribulation, aided by the power of Dafa, her legs recovered after a few days.
On October 19, 1999, Caosi Township held a so-called brainwashing class, and the evil group lead by Gao Yongcai and Wang Xingchen used all kinds of inhuman methods to abuse Dafa practitioners everyday. Especially after the perpetrators were drunk, Dafa practitioners would meet with even worse treatment. They were forced to stay inside the yard and not allowed to go home. They forced He Chunfang to mop the floor, clean the windows, and wash clothes by hand, etc. On those very cold nights, they were not allowed to go to sleep. Their methods were extremely cruel!
By the end of 2000, the police branch at Wang Zhao Village went to He Chunfang's home and took her away without going through any legal procedures. The political and security department demanded cash in the amount of 1000 Yuan. Her family had no other choice and was forced to borrow money from other people. Even after she returned home, He Chunfang still didn't have any personal freedom, as the police placed her under strict surveillance.
Here, we appeal to all kind-hearted people, please be awakened! Please remember: it is a universal law that "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil." We ask people to consider the consequences of their actions carefully.
Perpetrators of the persecution: Gao Yongcai, Wang Xingchen
The government office of Caosi Township, Qing county, Hebei province: 0317-4061019
Judicial Department: 86-371-4061099
Police Branch: 86-371-4061059
Detention Center: 86-371-4022220
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1. Guan Yunzhi, male. On December 24, 2001, members of the Qinghe District Public Security Bureau at the Public Safety Office of the Electricity Factory beat him up. His home was illegally ransacked, his computer and printer were confiscated and he was sentenced to 3 years in a forced labor camp. He is now being held in the Tieling Forced Labor Camp.
2. Zhang Shuxia, female. On October 29, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal, and was fined 3,000 Yuan (Chinese currency, the average monthly income of an urban worker is 500 Yuan), detained 30 days, and illegally sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. She was held for an additional 6 months after her term was up in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. In the forced labor camps of Tieling, Liaoyan and Masanjia, she was tortured both physically and mentally by severe beatings, shocks from electric batons and slave labor. On December 25, 2001, police Xu Zhenjin, Liu Yongren and Wang Guifen illegally ransacked her home and took away her TV, VCD player, and 3 tape recorders. She was forced to divorce to spare her relatives persecution, and now she is homeless and goes from place to place. The Public Security Bureau also illegally seized her retirement allowance of 5000 Yuan and frequently harasses her ex-husband.
3. Wu Donghui, female. On December 25, 2001, her home was illegally ransacked, and she was forcefully taken to the detention center. She was released after a hunger strike.
4. Fu Xiuyan, female. In October 2000 she was sentenced to 2 years in a forced labor camp for distributing truth-clarifying materials. She was fined 5000 Yuan, and her family was extorted out of an additional 200 Yuan after she was detained. On February 11, 2002, she and her husbanded were both sent to a detention center by force, and their home was ransacked. Currently she is being held in the detention center of Tieling City.
5. Liu Qingxiang, female. In October 1999 she went to Beijing to appeal and was illegally sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. In Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, her mind almost collapsed because of violent beatings, shock with electric batons, physical punishment and overloaded labor. She was later sent back. In January 2002, police pried open her security door and ransacked her home. They also forced her husband to search for her in a relative's home. Since then, she has been forced to leave home and go from place to place.
6. Yu Guoxin, female. On June 22, 2000 she went to appeal in Beijing and was illegally detained for 45 days. In addition, she was extorted 10,000 Yuan of so-called "guarantee money" and 2,000 Yuan to pay for being retrieved from Beijing (5000 Yuan was returned to her later). On December 18, 2001, policeman Liu Yongren forcefully asked her to go to the Public Security Bureau, but she didn't cooperate. She has been forced to leave home and live on the street. Police also ransacked her home and searched her relatives' home.
7. Li Zhongbin, male. In October 1999, he was illegally sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. During his detention in Tieling Forced Labor Camp, he was forced to dig ditches, take down old houses, and lived the life of a slave.
8. Li Chunyu, female. In October 1999, she was illegally sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. She was detained in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp and tortured with severe beatings, shocks with electric batons and other physical punishment.
9. Zhang Xiangyi, male. In October 2000, he was illegally sentenced to 3 years in a forced labor camp for distributing truth-clarifying materials. In Tieling, Liaoyang Forced Labor Camps, he was violently beaten and shocked with electric batons. He suffered various physical punishments and labored like a slave in a brick factory. He is still being detained in Liaoyang Forced Labor Camp at this time.
10. Liu Qingyu, male. In October 1999, he went to appeal in Beijing and was illegally sentenced to 2 years in a forced labor camp. In Tieling and Liaoyang Forced Labor Camps, he was put into solitary confinement. When he went on a hunger strike, he was force-fed and beaten. In January 2001, 3 months after his term expired, he was finally released. In less than a month he was arrested again because he distributed truth-clarifying materials, and he is still being illegally detained.
11. Sun Lijuan, female. In October 2000 she was detained for15 days and fined 500 Yuan for distributing truth-clarifying materials. During the New Year of 2001, she was forcefully taken to the county detention center without reason and was released after she went on a hunger strike. Since then she has been forced to leave home and go from place to place.
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You Guoqi, a villager in Langfang City, Hebei Province, used to destroy Dafa banners quite often. After he contracted a serious lung disease, he realized that he had done something wrong and asked for a Dafa book to read.
Zhang Jianyong of Yangzhuang Village in Langfang City, Hebei Province had appendicitis on the same day he had slandered Dafa. After he watched a Dafa truth videodisc, he said that he would correct his mistakes.
Bao Chunxia, a resident in Rong City, Shandong Province, assisted in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners after being brainwashed in a labor camp. Her family members suffered immediate retributions one after another. Her mother had an attack of an old illness; her brother-in-law died of uremia and her father was so sick that he had to have surgery. On February 28, 2002, Bao Chunxia rode a motorcycle and crashed into a tree. Both of her ears were bleeding and she died soon after.
Zhou Jianmin, a "collaborator" of Haidian Shuangyushu district, Beijing City, helps to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. He even sent his own son to a brainwashing class. When one practitioner refused to write a "promise statement" (of giving up Falun Gong), Zhou grabbed her hand and forced her to sign her name. Later, Zhou's arms were swollen and painful and the pain and swelling did not go away for several days.
(Clearwisdom.net) Li Haiju, 39 years old and the former chief of Chengguan Police Station, lived on Wangbei Street, Dabei district. He sought merit for himself by persecuting and arresting kindhearted Falun Dafa practitioners. Good is rewarded with good and evil is met with retribution -- this is a heavenly principle. Accordingly, Li Haiju received retribution for his evildoings on January 5th (in Chinese lunar calendar) when he drank himself literally to death.
A villager who lived in Chengguannan Street complained about a banner hung in the area by Falun Dafa practitioners early one morning. A few minutes after he arrived home, he suddenly died on the spot.
A villager in Suining Village collected Falun Gong truth-clarification flyers to use as wrapping paper. She fell and injured her lower back a few days later, while she disconnected an old telephone wire. She spent 2000 Yuan [Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 Yuan] on medical treatment for her injury. Her husband was foolish enough to say, "If I meet Falun Dafa practitioners distributing flyers, I will have them arrested and shot." A few days later, he almost died in an automobile accident on the highway.
One day a villager in Baita tore down Falun Dafa banners. Five drunken men intercepted and beat him up on his way home that same day. He suffered injuries to the head. When he arrived home, his wife explained that it was wrong of him to tear down the Falun Dafa banners. Seeing the error in his ways, he hung the Falun Dafa banners back up where they had been before.
An officer in Liuying Township would tear down Falun Dafa banners from telephone poles whenever he saw them. One day while riding his motorcycle, he suddenly couldn't see anything. He tumbled off his motorcycle and sustained injuries. One of his relatives, a Falun Dafa practitioner, explained the principle that persecuting Falun Gong will lead to retribution. From that day forward, he has never said anything against Falun Gong.
(Clearwisdom.net)
In a female forced labor camp in Northern China, practitioners newly transferred there were detained separately in cells. Each individual practitioner was monitored in a cell by a guard and every day, someone came to brainwash the practitioners. They also came to take care of the practitioner's needs. Their goal was to wear down practitioner's will using affection while the practitioners were in a harsh environment.
Practitioners whose attitudes were ambiguous remained in endless detention in their cells. Practitioners who were firm would be transferred from the cell to a larger room. An example of this ambiguity was when a practitioner in a cell said: "I'm near mental collapse." The evil grabbed hold of this loophole in her cultivation to further persecute her without end. Currently she has been detained in the cell for more than two months.
After this kind of torture, another practitioner firmly told the captain of the labor camp: "I am completely illiterate. "Even if you shoot me dead, I will still practice Falun Dafa. I can lift (buckets of) water or plant vegetables, but I cannot give up Falun Gong." She was released that afternoon.
Practitioners: keep a righteous mind! Do not allow the evil to take advantage of us, and eliminate the evil's persecution.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Recently, some of my fellow practitioners have been involved in some arguments involving their differing opinions on how to introduce the Fa and how to convey the truth to more people.
Today we have just had large-scale group practice. How comfortable I felt, and how enjoyable it was. With eyes closed in meditation, I felt that I had come to an extremely distant cosmos, where the entire place was filled with mercy, harmony, and an indescribable brilliance. There was a colossal god, whose body seemed to cover many universes. He calmly moved his hand to pull open a window. He was going to watch a play that was showing stories that happened trillions of years ago. Looking downward through the window, the play was so clear and real, and all events were shown in detail. The characters had names, and all of their happiness, anger, sadness, joy and sentiments were fully expressed. This play was actually displaying the arguments among our fellow practitioners, and everyone was acting differently.
With a serene smile on his face, his heart was unmoved by the lively yet stressful developments of the play. He only expressed mercy and compassion through his eyes, even though he had also played a role in the events trillions of years ago. Indeed, he had participated in the Fa-rectification during that great colossal cosmic change, although he had felt hesitation, disappointment and desperation. Although he had argued with others based on ordinary human judgment of right and wrong, now all that was lighter than a cloud and thinner than mist. Now the only thing remaining in his mind was the feeling of being so extremely fortunate and grateful.
Suddenly, I found myself back in this world, and I re-entered my body. I am carrying an unknown quantity of black karma, and my life and cultivation is interfered with due to remaining bad notions in my brain. However, I will continue to strive forward to take the path that I should take, as my consciousness becomes clearer and wiser.
March 22, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net) News from Hong Kong on March 21, 2002: On the afternoon of March 21, 2002, on the occasion of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva, over 150 Falun Gong practitioners held an appeal in Chater Garden and called on all governments in the world, international organizations, and kind-hearted people to act immediately to stop the Jiang regime's escalating persecution against Falun Gong. The practitioners also urged the Hong Kong Government to respect moral values and not to yield to the pressure from Mainland China. They pointed out that it is Jiang's illegal persecution of Falun Gong that should be stopped, not the peaceful appeals of Falun Gong practitioners worldwide, including Hong Kong practitioners.
In addition, the practitioners hoped that through this appeal, people will continue to pay attention to and help rescue the two Hong Kong practitioners being illegally detained in China, Zhu Keming and Lu Bofeng. The next day, the 16 practitioners who were falsely charged of obstruction by Hong Kong police were to be in court. Many media covered the appeal.
As other groups were appealing in the garden, many people were there, and many local residents and tourists stopped to view. The activity started at 3:00 p.m. with practitioners' sending forth righteous thoughts. Then a practitioner read an opening statement aiming at the Jiang regime's recent escalation of the persecution against Falun Gong and order of "killing without mercy," and the recent arrest and charges against 16 practitioners by Hong Kong police, which indicate that the escalating mainland's persecution has extended to Hong Kong.
The Swiss practitioners recounted their experience of appealing in Hong Kong. The practitioners delivered their appeal letters to a few officials, who called for the withdrawal of the unreasonable charges against the 16 practitioners and the safeguarding of Hong Kong's human rights and rule of law. The whole activity ended at 7:00 p.m. after the practitioners' sending forth righteous thoughts.
On March 20, 2002, the 16 practitioners went to the legislature to appeal and deliver a letter asking for legislators' help in removing the charges.
(Reported by Hong Kong practitioners on March 21, 2002)
March 22, 2002
During the current session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Hong Kong practitioners meditated in Chater Garden, hoping the international community would pay attention to Jiang's persecution against Falun Gong practitioners and calling on the Chinese government to release Falun Gong practitioners. (Central News Agency reporter Lu Jianhu reports from Hong Kong on March 21, 2002)
Fri Mar 22, 2002
HONG KONG (AP) - Authorities in Hong Kong took a tougher line Friday against Falun Gong [practitioners] arrested in a protest outside the territory's Chinese liaison office, accusing some of assaulting and obstructing police.
Four Swiss practitioners of Falun Gong, left to right, Erich Bachmann, Simone Schlegel, Lam Duy Quoc, and Roland Isenschmid, and 12 other local [practitioners] talk to reporters after an appearance in court in Hong Kong Friday, March 22, 2002. All 16 [practitioners] face two counts each of obstructing a public place following the protest March 14 that ended in a scuffle with police. The four Hong Kong [practitioners] who faced more serious charges Friday were Wong Yiu-hing and Lu Jie, accused of assaulting and obstructing police officers; Lau Yuk-ling, accused of assaulting the police; and Tso Chi-sin, accused of obstructing the police. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Sixteen members of the meditation group - including four from Switzerland - appeared in court and pleaded innocent in Hong Kong's first criminal case against members of the meditation [group], which is banned in mainland China [...] but is legal in Hong Kong.
"We were just making a peaceful appeal," said Falun Gong spokeswoman Hui Yee-han.
The Falun Gong demonstrators faced two counts each of obstruction after they were arrested by police on March 14 at the front door of the liaison office. The group frequently protests there against Beijing's suppression of mainland [practitioners].
Prosecutor Tommy Tang added more serious charges against four of the protesters from Hong Kong on Friday, when they appeared in court to hear a formal reading of the accusations against them.
Wong Yiu-hing and Lu Jie were accused of assaulting and obstructing police officers. Lau Yuk-ling was charged with assaulting the police, and Tso Chi-sin was charged with obstructing the police.
The charge of obstructing police is punishable in Hong Kong by up to two years in prison, and assaulting police carries a penalty of up to six months in prison. The original charges of obstruction carry a penalty of only up to three months in prison.
Falun Gong denied the charges. Both the protesters and police claimed to have sustained minor injuries after the demonstration turned into a shouting and shoving match.
Police arrested the Falun Gong [practitioners] after they refused repeated orders to move their protest from outside the front door of the Chinese liaison office to an approved location several steps away.
Prosecutor Tommy Tang did not specify Friday how the police were allegedly assaulted but alluded to two incidents inside a police van, one in a police parking lot and one inside a police briefing room.
Falun Gong and some local supporters believe Hong Kong is [persecuting practitioners] under pressure from Beijing, which has waged a brutal campaign to eradicate it. Hong Kong officials deny this.
Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, under an agreement that promised the territory would retain its free market economy and enjoy a high degree of autonomy for the next 50 years.
Magistrate Tong Man ordered the Falun Gong [practitioners] to stand trial beginning June 17 but said that the Swiss defendants could leave Hong Kong in the interim.
March 22, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net) To protest Jiang's order of "Killing without mercy" and to express support to fellow practitioners in China, Dafa practitioner Ha Jing held a 48-hour hunger strike across from the Edinburgh Chinese Consulate. Practitioners from other areas also came to support the practitioner's hunger strike. The practitioners had group practice and sent forth righteous thoughts at a scheduled time.
During the hunger strike, several media, including the eighth largest newspaper in Britain and local newspapers in Scotland came to interview and take photos.
Some passersby read the truth-clarifying posters attentively and some inquired about information concerning the appeal. Almost everyone was happy to accept truth-clarifying flyers. Even some Chinese coming out of the consulate accepted the truth-clarifying VCDs from practitioners' hands. Some kind-hearted British people stopped to ask how they could help and signed our appeal letter. Some said that they would write to Chinese leaders.
March 22, 2002 (Clearwisdon.net) On March 13 to 14, 2002, Austrian and Taiwanese Practitioners spread the Fa for two days in Vienna.
March 22, 2002
(Clearwisdon.net) On March 21, 2002, to protest the Jiang regime's recent order of "Killing without mercy" and for the urgent rescue of over 100 Falun Gong practitioners arrested recently in Changchun City, Falun Gong practitioners from Tokyo and nearby areas gathered again and called for Japanese society and local residents to uphold justice and stop the Jiang regime's persecution against Falun Gong practitioners.
At 9:55 a.m., about 150 practitioners from Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba, Saitama, Sendai, Nagano, Shizuoka and Yamagata gathered in Abisu Park, and sent forth righteous thoughts. The parade started at 1:00 p.m. and passed by busy streets around the Chinese Embassy. Large banners reading "Immediately Stop Jiang Zemin Regime's Shooting" and "Urgent: Rescue the Falun Gong Practitioners Illegally Arrested in Changchun" led the parade.
At 2:40 p.m., the parade ended in a park full of cherry blossoms. The practitioners distributed truth-clarifying literature in different parks where people were enjoying viewing the flowers. (Reported from Tokyo on March 21, 2002)
March 22, 2002
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| Visitors after class | Painting improvisatori | 15' long roll of painting |
Zhang Cuiying's personal painting exhibition started in Uni Mail Hall in Geneva University on March 21, 2002 and lasted for two days. In the hall over 50 Zhang Cuiying traditional painting were exhibited. Truth-clarifying photos of "Falun Dafa," "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," "Peaceful Journey," and "Persecution" were exhibited too. Video programs of "Journey of Falun Dafa" and "Truth of the 'Self-immolation'" were shown in a corner. Practitioners distributed many flyers in both Chinese and English.
March 22, 2002
(Clearwisdon.net)
On March 7 and 8, 2002, Dafa practitioners were invited to spread the Fa at the Mid-Taiwan detention center. The practitioners recounted cultivation stories, introduced Dafa, demonstrated the exercises and sang songs composed by Dafa practitioners.
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| Dafa practitioners come to Mid-Taiwan detention center | Detainees attentively view truth-clarifying video | Practitioner's cultivation experience sharing |
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| Learning exercise set 3 | Learning exercise set 1 | Teaching songs composed by Dafa practitioners |
(Clearwisdom.net)
Important Articles
To protest Jiang Zemin's order to "Kill without Pardon" Falun Gong practitioners in Ottawa, New York, Houston, Vancouver and San Francisco held hunger strikes in front of their respective Chinese Consulates. During the UN Human Rights Commission Conference over10 non-governmental organizations in Canada called upon the Canadian government to take the lead in condemning the Chinese government for its deteriorating human rights violations. Canadian MP Irwin Cotler pointed out that the current human rights situation in China is the worst since the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
Views and Perspectives
A Broadcast Script: What is the crime? The Chinese constitution specifically states that people have the freedom of belief, speech, assembly and association. If these fundamental rights of Falun Gong practitioners had not been deprived there would have been no need for them to clarify the truth because they could have had an open dialogue with Jiang Zemin in newspapers and on television or have worked through legal channels to obtain justice. But in actuality all the legal rights of Falun Dafa practitioners have been deprived and their only option is to clarify the truth to the public calmly and rationally.
News From Abroad
Falun Gong practitioners in Northern Europe published "A Statement For Fellow Countrymen in China," in which they called for people's attention to the brutal persecution and murder that is taking place in China right now. They hope their fellow Chinese will ask themselves: Why does the Jiang and Luo regime bear so much fear and hatred toward Falun Gong? Is it really wrong to live according to "Truth, Compassion, Tolerance?"
Hearing the Truth Reveals People's Hearts
Three stories about people who learned the truth:
In a small city in the countryside in Heilongjiang Province, two practitioners were kidnapped and sent into a detention center. Their wives went to many government agencies to appeal but were ignored. Then, they planned to go to Beijing to appeal, which shocked the local government officials, who then hastily released the practitioners to show appeasement.
Before the Chinese New Year, a practitioner went to the market to give out flyers. An old vendor couldn't wait to get the flyer, and he even closed his business early in order to go home and read the flyer.
A practitioner willingly bought a bag of salt that had a hole in it, which moved the vendor. This changed the vendor's attitude, and he said he would take a good look at truth-clarification flyers when he got home.
Experience Sharing Among Practitioners
I am a 63-year-old female practitioner. On November 30, 2001, I reached Beijing successfully. When I got ready to clarify the truth, the police arrested me and took me to the Tiananmen Police Station. I was later transferred to the Daxing County Police Station, the local liaison office in Beijing, a detention center, etc. I was illegally detained for 56 days. I persisted in eliminating the evil with righteous thoughts, clarifying the truth, and disclosing the evil.
A lesson: because I was affected by sentiments, our (truth clarifying) material site was destroyed by the persecutors. A Dafa practitioner got to know a "fellow practitioner" through the Internet. It was said that the "fellow practitioner" had good enlightenment quality, good Xinxing, and was very active in clarifying the truth. One day, the "fellow practitioner" disappeared suddenly and never came back. Then the material site was destroyed. We suggest that those practitioners who are not working at the material sites avoid going there, and especially avoid bringing people whom you are not familiar with to a material site.
Some practitioners put a lighted sign box on top of their cars, to introduce Dafa and expose the persecution in China.
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Today, 229 practitioners published their solemn declarations that everything they did and said that was unfit for a Falun Dafa practitioner while under tremendous pressure, being tortured and brainwashed is invalid. They will redouble their efforts to make up for the damage done, clarify the truth to people, and catch up with Master Li's Fa-rectification process.
A Dafa practitioner, who was illegally sent to a forced labor camp, said in a letter written to the related officials, "I was arrested 6 times for practicing Falun Gong. On April 2001, I was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp and sent to the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. During my detention there, the guards beat and kicked me, tortured me with electric batons, and used the torture of suffocation on me three times with plastic bags.[This is a cruel torture where the guards tightly wrap a practitioner's head with plastic bags and then remove the bags when the practitioner is on the verge of death.] The guards said, "We will not be held responsible even if we torture you to death."
Natural and Man-made Calamities Give Warnings to People
Liu Chunli, a retired teacher who had sexually harassed schoolgirls many times, became a "spy" to keep watch on Dafa practitioners. Liu held on to windows and peeked through doors, sneaking around for information. Before long, Liu died in a car accident. Another villager, seeking after reward money and caring nothing about justice, decided to be a "spy" after Liu's death. Soon thereafter, he fell from the roof of a several-meters-high house and broke his arm.
In Beijing, Spring means fierce winds and sand storms. Gauze masks (covering the nose and mouth) usually used for keeping warm in the winter and preventing flu, appear again. People also use handkerchiefs to cover their faces and insert wet towels underneath the doors to keep out the dust. Coughing, blowing noses, clearing throats, and spitting are becoming more and more serious.
The "Yellow Dragon" has come without any invitation. Experts estimate that a sand storm will hit Beijing again on March 21, 2002. Since 2:00 pm of March 15, the sky has been getting more and more yellow and the sky color during the daytime looks like that of evenings. From high above, people can see yellow sand dancing between tall buildings and streets. The continuous two-day sand storms have forced many residents to wrap gauze kerchiefs around their heads and wear hats when they go out.
According to the news on Sina.com.cn website on March 20, 2002, Gansu Province had the strongest sand storm this year on March 19; yellow sand was everywhere in Lanzhou City. The visibility of some districts was zero. It was called black storm weather. The visibility in Lanzhou City was as low as 400 meters.
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