News and Events from around the World -- March 21, 2006

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  • Australia: Practitioners Call Upon Leaders of America, Australia, and Japan to Investigate Sujiatun

  • San Francisco: People from All Walks of Life Protest Atrocities Committed at Sujiatun 

  • Calgary, Canada: Practitioners Collect Signatures in Chinatown, Calling for Urgent Rescue of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners at Sujiatun

  • New Zealand: Practitioners Hold A Relay Hunger Strike to Protest Atrocities Committed at Sujiatun Concentration Camp

  • Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest CCP Barbarity Outside the Chinese Embassy

  • Belgium: A Member of Parliament Questions the Minister of Foreign Affairs about Sujiatun Concentration Camp

  • Charles Li and his Family Continue Being Harassed by the CCP

  • UK: A Preston City Councillor Writes a Letter to Support Falun Gong



  • Australia: Practitioners Call Upon Leaders of America, Australia, and Japan to Investigate Sujiatun

    Practitioners in Sydney appealed to leaders of the USA, Australia and Japan attending a trilateral dialogue to immediately investigate the appalling and outrageous crimes committed in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp. The camp has held 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners, harvests their bodily organs when they are still alive and then cremates the remains to dispose of the evidence. The protest drew attention from many media. Cameramen videotaped the protest and SBS TV made an on-site report. The protest was held March 18, 2006.

    On March 17, a practitioner heard that there would be a trilateral dialogue the following day between visiting American Secretary of State Rice, Australian Foreign Minister Downer and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso at a navy base in Sydney. They immediately applied to the police for a permit to hold a protest and were approved. Practitioners arrived in advance at the remote base to inspect and made banners overnight.

    In early morning of March 18, some practitioners arrived at the gate of the navy base. The security measures were rigorous, but the practitioners took the initiative to talk to on-duty police to explain the urgent situation at Sujiatun. The police and the guards at the base expressed their understanding. The originally designated place for protest the practitioners had applied was a mile away from the gate of the base, but the on-duty police allowed the practitioners to directly unfurl banners outside the gate of the base where the motorcade of three countries' leaders must pass.

    When the motorcade of Condaleeza Rice arrived, the security was very tight, but the police walked to the practitioners and said friendly, "She will come right away!" He hinted the practitioners to get ready.

    When the motorcade passed by, practitioners' banners were shining in the sun, the words on the banners were, "Dr. Rice, Mr. Ato and Mr. Howard: Urgent: help stop Sujiatun Concentration Camp Killing Falun Gong practitioners for live organs harvest for profit," "Condemn Sujiatun Concentration Camp secretively harvesting and selling prisoners' organs and cremating bodies to destroy the evidence of the crime!" "Protest the CCP's concentration camp secretively killing Falun Gong practitioners!"

    As the trilateral dialogue was very important and there would be a press conference after the meeting, most media outlets arrived to make reports. Falun Gong was the only group protesting at the gate of the navy base. Reporters all saw the practitioners' banners while passing by the gate. Some reporters took pictures and videotaped the scene. A SBS TV station reporter made an on-site report on the practitioners' protest.

    There is a tourist site near the navy base. From time to time, some people would pass by. Practitioners handed out materials, and explained to them about the Sujiatun incident. People were shocked. Some asked for materials from the practitioners that they could distribute to others. Some people expressed extreme anger at the communist evil regime.

    On March 16, the Australian Falun Dafa Association delivered letters to the three leaders, requesting an immediate investigation into Sujiatun death camp. Australian SBS TV station interviewed a Falun Dafa Association spokesperson regarding the matter.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/20/123272.html


    San Francisco: People from All Walks of Life Protest Atrocities Committed at Sujiatun

     At noon on March 18, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners and supporters rallied at "Garden Corner" in San Francisco Chinatown to condemn the CCP's genocidal crimes at Sujiatun Concentration Camp. They also supported the nine million people in China who have withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The attendees expressed their desire to work together to resist the violence and end the persecution.


    Condemning the persecution


    Condemning the CCP concentration camp where practitioners' bodily organs are harvested and sold for profit


    The same day, practitioners also displayed a photo exhibit at Garden Corner, exposing the brutal persecution of Falun Gong, and at the same time exposing the CCP's inhuman and outrageous crimes of having built a secret "Sujiatun Concentration Camp" where some 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been locked up. Practitioners' bodily organs are harvested while they are still alive. The bodies are cremated and the organs sold for profit.

    About 200 people attended the rally, including Falun Gong practitioners, North California Service Center for Quitting the CCP, North California Branch of the Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace, Silicon Branch of the Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace, and Amnesty China and other groups. Attendees believed that with the number of withdrawals rapidly increasing, people's moral courage is reviving. Calls to oppose the persecution are spreading across China and around the world. The CCP has tried all means possible to cover up its huge crimes, but the crimes have been exposed one by one. The day the CCP will meet with justice is near.

    CCP's last-ditch struggle before its demise

    Falun Gong practitioner, Bay Area engineer Ms. Wang Feng expressed that the CCP becomes extremely mad before its demise. Recently it constantly dispatched special agents to wreak havoc overseas. For example, Falun Gong practitioner Li Yuan was beaten at home in Atlanta, and his computers were stolen. Bay Area practitioner Ma Youzhi's home were burglarized twice and his computer were stolen. Offices of The Epoch Times in several countries were broken into and damaged. There is also the recent revelation of Shenyang's Sujiatun Concentration Camp where illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners have their bodily organs harvested when they are still alive and sold for profit. Their bodies are then cremated to dispose of the evidence. So, everyone, please think about it, isn't all this the last-ditch struggle?

    The CCP has committed monstrous crimes, intolerable and unpardonable by the Heavenly law


    The Sound of Hope commentator Lan Shu

    Sound of Hope commentator Lan Shu pointed out that the CCP has committed monstrous crimes, intolerable and unpardonable by Heavenly law. Shouldn't those CCP members who still have conscience renounce the CCP?

    Chen Mo, president of the Amnesty China expressed that the more mad the CCP is now, the more it goes against the tide, and the more it shows it has been close to its demise.

    Jointly resist the violence, end the persecution


    President of North California Branch of the Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace Wang Longwen

    Director of The Silicon Branch of the Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace Luo Caixin praised Falun Gong practitioners in his speech to love peace and be fearless and stand up against dictatorship. He believed that the great tide of withdrawing from the CCP shows that China still has hope. Without the CCP, people will not be persecuted for their beliefs and speeches. It shows that the Chinese people will no longer be subjected to persecution and the Chinese people do not need to live in terror.

    Director of The Silicon Branch of the Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace Zeng Hongtu believed that nine million withdrawals showed that good is taking the upper hand, and will ultimately triumph over the evil.

    Since the revelation of the barbarous atrocities of the Sujiatun Concentration Camp, from March 10, a relay hunger strike has been ongoing to protest the CCP's villainous atrocities, to call upon the American government and governments of other countries to pay attention to the severity and brutality of the persecution and immediately to put an end to the CCP's inhuman and murderous crimes against Falun Gong group.

    Relay hunger strike to protest the CCP's atrocities and call upon the international community to offer urgent help

    Some tourists asked why there was a hunger strike, and learned about the CCP's inhuman atrocities. They immediately expressed that they would call their local congressmen when they returned home to make this matter known to them.

    Falun Gong practitioner Maria Daly expressed that more than 80 Falun Gong practitioners and supporters in San Francisco have held a 24-hour protest hunger strike relay within a week.

    Falun Gong practitioners on protest hunger strike expressed that the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong for over six years. Countless Falun Gong practitioners have been suffering persecution. There may exist more concentration camps like Sujiatun, and many more Falun Gong practitioners have been locked up there and their lives are in danger at any time. Life is precious. The CCP's brutality and inhumanness have reached to the extent of being hysterical. In the past six more years, Falun Gong practitioners around the world have been peacefully resisting the CCP's persecution. Today we are so greatly saddened that we protest the CCP's atrocities by means of "hunger strike."

    Maria expressed that the 24-hour hunger strike will continue. She called upon those people who still hold an illusion about the CCP to wake up quickly and quit the malevolent CCP. She also said that the Falun Gong practitioners from around the world will gather in front of the White House on March 27 to stage a protest hunger strike to call upon the international community to offer an urgent rescue.


    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/20/123243.html


    Calgary, Canada: Practitioners Collect Signatures in Chinatown, Calling for Urgent Rescue of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners at Sujiatun

     On March 16-17, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Calgary, Canada took to the streets in Chinatown to collect signatures, appeal to people of conscience, and to expose the CCP's outrageous atrocities of killing Falun Gong practitioners and harvesting and selling their organs for profit at Sujiatun Concentration Camp. The practitioners also called upon the Canadian Parliament and government to rescue Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp out of the desperate situation.


    Practitioners collect signatures on streets, urgently rescuing fellow practitioners illegally detained at Sujiatun Concentration Camp

    Two Australian-Chinese ladies learn about the truth


    A practitioner collects signature

    People watch truth clarification display boards

    As soon as practitioners hung banners in Chinatown, an older woman came over and asked what had happened. A practitioner pointed at the banner and told her about the appalling and outrageous incidents at Sujiatun of Shenyang City. A large number of Falun Gong practitioners have been killed and their organs have been harvested and sold for profit. The woman said that Sujiatun is not far from her hometown, and wondered how such a thing could happen. The practitioner continued, "The CCP can do anything evil, and it has launched so many political movements. You must have experienced a lot." The woman replied, "My family members were once arrested and killed." Another older woman watched the display boards and asked for many flyers, saying that she would tell others and help practitioners distribute the flyers to those who have not learned about the truth.

    A new immigrant from China watched the banners and said, "I believe all this is true. I'm only shocked but not unexpected. I understand it. The CCP can do anything evil. I support you."

    Two Australian-Chinese ladies learned about the ongoing tragedy in China, and were too shocked to speak for quite a while. They insisted on getting more flyers and signature collection sheets to distribute and collect signatures among their friends and relatives.

    A practitioner's western colleagues heard about the appalling news from TV and radio, and asked what had happened, how such things could happen. They expressed their feelings after having learned about the truth by, "Too horrible," "Unbelievable," "It is really mad."

    Two days of signature collection activities attracted many citizens who were shocked and angry at the barbaric atrocities in today's 21st century. Many people have begun waking up from being numb and indifferent, even though there are still some Chinese people who have been deceived by the CCP's lies. We believe that many more people will wake up and see through the CCP's lies and evil nature from our truth clarification efforts.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/20/123274.html



    Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest CCP Barbarity Outside the Chinese Embassy


    Falun Gong practitioners protest CCP barbarity in front of the Chinese embassy

     On March 18, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Norway. They protested the Sujiatun concentration camp, where Falun Gong practitioners' organs are harvested for profit. Practitioners' bodies are cremated to destroy the evidence. Practitioners also hope that CCP officials will awaken, quit the CCP and stop the persecution.

    According to a reliable souce, the concentration camp, located at the rear court of the Liaoning Province Thrombosis Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, 49 Xuesong Road, Sujiatun, has imprisoned over 6000 Falun Gong practitioners. This began in 2001. None of the 6000 have come out alive. Hearts, kidneys, corneas, livers and so on are harvested from live bodies. The murdered remains are immediately cremated to destroy evidence. The organs are sold throughout China and around the world. CCP officials, the hospital and doctors gain huge profits.

    Having learned the truth, people all feel shocked. A lady stopped and got out of her car, and expressed her hope to help stop this kind of ruthless conduct. She said she must call her reporter friend regarding this matter.

    Practitioners spoke to staff in the Chinese embassy using a megaphone and delivered an open letter to the embassy, asking them to realize the CCP's evil nature clearly, and to be responsible for their own futures.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/20/123267.html


    Belgium: A Member of Parliament Questions the Minister of Foreign Affairs about Sujiatun Concentration Camp

     Mr. Guido Tastenhoye, a member of the Belgian parliament, questioned the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the imprisonment of Falun Gong practitioners in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp. The following are Mr. Tastenhoye's remarks:

    From the Falun Gong's Dutch website, we are aware that Falun Gong is a cultivation way that can improve the health of mind and body. Falun Gong is passed down from prehistoric China and therefore has a long history. It incorporates slow, smooth moving exercises as well as sitting in meditation. The most important part of practicing Falun Gong is to learn the characteristics of the cosmos Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. There have been more than one hundred million people practicing Falun Gong in China and other parts of the world.

    However, Falun Gong practitioners, children included, are now suffering from a brutal persecution in communist-ruled China. Many cases of torture, imprisonment, rape and forced labor are known to the world. The systematic persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China was instigated by former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin in July 1999. Since then, lawsuits against the genocide and torture on Falun Gong practitioners have been filed in several countries.

    On Wednesday, March 8th, European Falun Gong Information Centre received shocking information from a Chinese reporter, who has worked for the overseas Chinese media for years. The information indicates that a concentration camp has been established in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province to imprison Falun Gong practitioners. Shortly before the news broke out, US' State Department released its annual world human rights report, in which China's continuous, systematic persecution against Falun Gong was mentioned.

    The information about the concentration camp in Shenyang was disclosed via the voice-recording of a former Chinese intelligence agent. This is the first piece of publicized information regarding this secret concentration camp. It is said that more than six thousand Falun Gong practitioners are imprisoned in the concentration camp, and nobody has come out alive so far. According to the information source, there is an incinerator and an extraordinary number of medical doctors work there, reflecting the murder of the prisoners to harvest and sell their organs for extravagant profits. The concentration camp is located in the Sujiatun District of Shenyang City and, therefore, identified as the Sujiatun concentration camp. The camp is encircled by a wall three meters in height. On top of the wall are electrified barbed-wire meshes. The camp is intensively guarded and kept confidential. Imprisoned in the camp are Falun Gong practitioners kidnapped from northeastern and central China.

    Therefore, my questions are: Are the Belgian authorities aware of the systematic persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China? Do the Belgian authorities know the existence of the Sujiatun Concentration Camp? Does Belgium plan to request for an international investigation, and what can Belgium do to uphold human rights in China?


    Guido Tastenhoye.
    Member of Parliament
    March 15th, 2006

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/20/123238.html


    Charles Li and his Family Continue Being Harassed by the CCP


    After having suffered three years of illegal detention and persecution, Charles Li returns to San Francisco

     After having gone through three years of the persecution inflicted upon him by the Chinese Communist regime, Falun Gong practitioner and American citizen Charles Li finally obtained freedom and returned to America over two months ago. Recently, he said in an interview that he and his family have continued being subjected to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) gangster-like harassment.

    Charles Li's car windows smashed

    Charles Li said that on March 4, 2006, his cell phone was stolen at his workplace. The same night, his car, parked at the roadside near his workplace had its windows smashed. At the same time, National Security Agents have recently harassed his family in China and warned Charles Li "not to go against the CCP."

    Charles Li returned to China in January 2003 to spread the truth about Falun Gong, but was immediately arrested by CCP agents at the airport as soon as he got off the plane in Guangzhou. He was then illegally sentenced and imprisoned in Nanjing Prison for three years. He suffered all kinds of physical and mental torture. These experiences helped him see through the CCP's evil nature, and strengthen his confidence in practicing cultivation.

    Charles Li said that during his illegal detention in Nanjing Prison, the CCP brutally persecuted him in order to force him to give up his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. His parents also were subjected to tremendous pressure. His mother could not bear the pressure and worry and eventually fell ill and became bedridden.

    Charles Li said that the CCP acted the most disgracefully when his mother was critically ill. They took advance of the situation to threaten him and try to force him to give up practicing Falun Gong. He did not comply, so the CCP refused to let him see his mother. After this matter was exposed to the outside world, with help from the international community, the CCP had to allow him to see his mother for the last time. But when he hurried home, his mother had passed away without being able to see her son for the last time.

    Charles Li condemned the CCP as a thoroughly scoundrel organization. He said he had learned recently that the CCP employed deceptive propaganda to defame him and his family by saying that his lack of filial piety had resulted in his mother's death. His family considered having the CCP redress the damage to their reputation through legal means. Under these circumstances, the CCP threatened his family and used gangster-like tactics against Charles Li in America.

    Charles Li emphasized the fact that the CCP's evilness is known to everyone, but their wicked actions could have no effect on him. He said that the CCP has once again exposed its persistent evil nature. He believes that with more and more people learning about the CCP's wickedness, its disintegration is imminent. He hopes that day will come as soon as possible.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/20/123311.html