(Clearwisdom.net) On July 23-24, 2004, practitioners from
Norway, Sweden and Demark held a two-day exhibition of some of the torture
methods that the Jiang Regime uses to force Falun Gong practitioners in China to
give up their beliefs. The exhibition involved acting out these torture methods
and took place at the Parliament buildings and the city centre.
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| Torture
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| Passers-by
stop to find out more |
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| Passers-by
stop to find out more |
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| Signing
a petition to support Falun Gong |
On July 23, practitioners held a press conference at the
Parliament buildings. The NTB news agency in Norway published a report headlined
"Falun Gong is Subjected to these Tortures in China" and subtitled "Electric
Shocks, Burning with Irons and Forced Drug Abuse are Tortures Employed by the
Chinese Regime." The article mentioned that this was the fifth anniversary
of the Chinese Government's persecution of Falun Gong and that Falun Gong is a
practice of meditative exercises with approximately 100 million practitioners,
who held commemorative activities in many places around the world including
Norway.
Norwegian Falun Gong spokesman Peder Giertsen told the
reporter that in China Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to over 100 kinds
of tortures and Norwegian practitioners only showed a small portion of them. He
estimated thousands of Falun Gong practitioners had been tortured to death in
prisons and labor camps in China. Prison guards are creating new torture methods
unceasingly as they are rewarded for doing that. In fact, these prison guards
are also victims, who have been instilled with hatred by the Jiang group. The
Norwegian Falun Gong spokesman pointed out, "Pressure from the
international community can help China to stop the persecution. Falun Gong has
won support from many MPs in the Norwegian parliament and people in Norway are
also starting to accept Falun Gong."
The article also mentioned that Amnesty International
expressed concern about the worsening of the persecution against Falun Gong
since 1999. Officers responsible for information at the Norwegian branch pointed
out, "Falun Gong practitioners are put into prisons without trial, and sent
to brainwashing classes and mental hospitals. Many of them have been subjected
to torture and women have been sexually abused."
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200408/21171.html
