Press Releases

• EFGIC: Firefighter, Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Chinese Forced Labour Camp

  2003-11-14
  LONDON (EFGIC) – Mr. Lu Bingshen, 39-years-old, was a firefighter with the 6th Fire Brigade in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. In mid-October 2003, Lu was tortured to death in Daqing City Forced Labour Camp at the hands of the Camp’s Assistant Brigade Leader, Mr. Zhang Mingzhu.
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• EFGIC: 44 Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Verified in September and October

  2003-11-13
  LONDON (EFGIC) – 44 more deaths of Falun Gong practitioners were verified during the months of September and October. The deaths, which occurred across 16 Chinese provinces, were mostly attributed to the severe torture practices of Chinese detention centres and labour camps. 23 of the deaths occurred in various labour camps, detention centres and police stations, where Falun Gong practitioners are routinely tortured, as officials attempt to force them to disassociate themselves from Falun Gong and make them sign documents denouncing the meditation practice.
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• EFGIC: U.S. Congress Condemns China's Oppression of Falun Gong on U.S. Soil and in China

  2003-10-31
  Last week, the US Congress introduced a concurrent resolution calling on the Chinese government to end its brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China and stop all activities against Falun Gong practitioners inside the United States.
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• EFGIC: Chinese Communist Insider Sued in Cyprus for Persecution of Falun Gong

  2003-10-30
  A member of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) inner circle was sued in Cyprus yesterday, joining other high-ranking Chinese officials in more than a dozen countries who have been named as defendants for their responsibility in genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity.Mr. Wu Ghuangzhen, former governor of Shandong province, was visiting with government officials in Cyprus when the national court accepted a civil suit filed by Falun Gong practitioners.
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• EFGIC: 100 Go on Extended Hunger Strike in Chinese Prison Camp as Man Upholds Peaceful Appeal, Tortured to Brink of Death

  2003-10-29
  Reliable sources in China indicate that 100 Falun Gong practitioners are being held at Jilin Prison, and that most of them undertook a hunger strike to protest the ongoing severe torture by prison guards there. The lives of those engaged in the peaceful appeal are likely in danger.
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• EFGIC: Women Hung Spread-eagle from Ceiling, Sexually Assaulted with Sticks in Attempt to Meet “Transformation Quota"

  2003-10-23
  In order to meet the government’s required quota for the number of “transformed” Falun Gong practitioners, the daily techniques used at the Dalian Reeducation Camp range from “reeducation” videos denigrating Falun Gong playing around-the-clock to sleep deprivation, freezing, burning, electric shock torture, force feeding torture and sexual assault.
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• EFGIC: Criminal Lawsuit Filed in Spain Charging Former Chinese Leader and Senior Aide with Genocide, Torture

  2003-10-22
  Attorney Carlos Iglesias conducts a press conference shortly after filing a lawsuit with Spain’s National Court charging former Chinese leader and a senior aide with genocide, torture. 5 plaintiffs also attended the press conference.
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• Press Release from the Belgian Falun Dafa Association

  2003-10-13
  'The Federal Public Procurator does not deny the existence of genocide toward Falun Gong practitioners. This is typical genocide, which has been verified many times by human rights organisations and western governments in recent years. Falun Gong practitioners in Belgium will continue to protest and clarify the facts to people about the treatment of Falun Gong in China and throughout the world.'
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• EFGIC: Brutal Murder of 56-Year-Old Woman Illustrates Regime’s Extreme Form of Censorship Regarding Falun Gong

  2003-10-03
  Less than a month after being arrested, Ms. Zhao was dead. Photographs taken by her family on May 10th indicate her death was horrifyingly brutal. Ms. Zhao’s face and body were covered with dark purple and blue bruises, there was a large open wound in the back of her head, her clothes were covered in blood and four of her ribs were fractured.
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• Article from a Swedish Newspaper: “What Makes the Consul of an Authoritarian Country do such a Stupid Thing?”

  2003-09-29
  'This persecution has surely infringed upon human freedom and other basic rights. The Chinese abusing human rights in their own territory is already a serious mistake, but now they even use their embassies and consulates overseas to further extend the persecution. What evil this is!'
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• Swedish Press Release: Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg Attempts to Stop Swedish Community Radio Program

  2003-09-27
  "On July 2nd of this year, the consul-general of the Chinese consulate held a personal meeting with the Station Manager and Deputy Manager for Gothenburg’s Community Radio Association. The consul-general aimed to influence those responsible for the radio station to stop the programme Falun Gong Time, a community radio programme produced by local Falun Gong practitioners, which is broadcast in both Swedish and Chinese."
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• EFGIC: 58 Falun Gong Deaths from Torture and Abuse in China Reported in Three Months

  2003-09-26
  "In October 2001, a Chinese government source revealed that the true death toll was more than five times the number we had confirmed at that time, and Jiang's regime has only become more thorough in covering up these killings. We have now confirmed the details of 787 deaths. The true death toll could be well over 4,000."
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• FDI: Beneath a Façade of Deceitful Propaganda, Genocide Unfolds

  2003-09-20
  "Soon after he was detained, Mr. Zhang was sentenced to two years at the Mianyang Xinhua Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province, where he was tortured with electric batons, beaten, deprived of sleep and bound with ropes until he lost consciousness. This torture was administered repeatedly as labour camp guards attempted to coerce him to write a “repentant” statement renouncing Falun Gong."
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• Swiss Attaché follows Practitioners’ Appeal Hearing in Hong Kong

  2003-09-17
  Jiang Zemin has committed crimes of Genocide in his mad persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. To enforce his policy of “defaming their reputation, bankrupting them financially and destroying them physically” he has forced people to act against their own will. Under his orders many people have committed atrocious crimes that will weigh heavy on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
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• EFGIC: Six-Month Pregnant Falun Gong Practitioner Beaten With a Wooden Rod by Chinese Police

  2003-09-17
  According to the victim, police kidnapped her and other Falun Gong practitioners from a friend’s home and detained them in a local police station. “They jumped on me and again beat me with the stick, while grabbing my hair and punching my face,” said the woman. “My face and mouth were covered in bruises and blood, I had loose teeth, and my clothes were bloodstained.”
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