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Ten Methods Commonly Used to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners (Illustrations)
2004-06-20Under Jiang Zemin's orders to, "physically destroy" Falun Gong, Falun Gong practitioners have suffered many kinds of torture. All the tortures were used to augment the spiritual persecution in order to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their practice and write the "three statements" (guarantee statement, breaking away statement, criticizing statement), and give up their beliefs. Tortures include: heavy pressure applied to the lower abdomen of young women; heavy pressure applied to the lower abdomen; long bamboo shoots are forced under the fingernails etc -
Photography: Lotus Flower
2004-06-20 -
Photography: Beautiful Pink Lotus
2004-06-19 -
Bookmark Design: Wishing Longevity
2004-06-18 -
Photography: Delicate Lotus
2004-06-17 -
Poem: The Summit
2004-06-16Truth, even if concealed within the loneliest of sparks, dares now to shine into the dark. Let the fires ignite and lesser the shadows born. Hurl will to the hour, the phoenix, barely half alive, must have its day again! -
The Fall of the Tubo Kingdom
2004-06-16After Lang Dharma’s death, his two concubines, with the support of imperial kinsmen and others, fought for the throne for their sons and split the imperial court in two. During the rule of Lang Dharma’s grandsons, the two imperial courts suffered attacks from the populace and slave uprisings. The Tubo Kingdom, which once rivaled the Tang Dynasty, the zenith of all Chinese dynasties in terms of culture, wealth and military power, thus collapsed with the last Tibetan king, Lang Dharma, due to his ruthless persecution of Buddhism. -
Costume Design: A Song Dynasty Style Dress With Lotus Flower Pattern
2004-06-15 -
Poem: Weave of Boundlessness
2004-06-15Within weaves of boundlessness,I, one thread, a mere remnant of my former lightWhen reduced to a being definably human, Lodged between the stars, molecules And this blinding of time. -
Wood Carving: The Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-06-14 -
Painting: Tree Blossom
2004-06-13 -
Archaeologist Claims Spanish Site for Atlantis
2004-06-13“These rectangular structures are surrounded by concentric circles. This agrees with Plato’s description that the temples were surrounded by concentric circles of water and earth. Even the sizes are correct. According to Plato, the diameter of the largest circle was 27 stades, i.e. 5 kilometres. In the satellite photos, the diameter of the largest circle is between 5 and 6 kilometres,” Kuhne told Discovery News. -
Law Wheel on Blue Background
2004-06-12 -
Bookmark Design: Falun Gong Bookmark
2004-06-11 -
Painting: A Lady and Her Parrot
2004-06-10