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EFGIC: Two School Teachers Among Four Latest Falun Gong Death Reports
2003-03-14
The details of four more Falun Gong deaths have been confirmed by sources in China. All four of these practitioners were sentenced to forced labour camps in attempts to have them renounce their practice of Falun Gong. In each case, the practitioners refused to recant their beliefs. As a result, they were brutally tortured to the edge of death. Three of them were released to die quietly at home as officials attempted to shirk responsibility for the deaths they have caused. -
FDI: Lawless Court Takes Aim at American
2003-03-14Charles' situation is dire. Choosing a lawyer for this trial would only validate a fundamentally impossible proposition: that any practitioner of Falun Gong could escape China's predetermined "verdict" of guilty. It's a farce to entertain the idea that justice could be served in a state where the top standing orders include "eliminate Falun Gong at all costs." In these courts there are no appeals and there are no observers. -
EFGIC: Falun Gong Woman Dies from Force-Feeding Torture
2003-03-09
Many detention centres and labour camps in China force-feed Falun Gong practitioners. More often used as a torture technique than a way of forcing nutrients into the detainee, the force-feeding procedure is often carried out by untrained police or common prisoners. Right: An artist’s rendering of the force-feeding torture. -
EFGIC: Three Falun Gong Practitioners Die from Torture and Abuse in Police Custody
2003-03-08Three Falun Gong practitioners’ deaths have recently been reported by sources in China. Mr. Lan Hu (31), a civil servant from Liangxi Province, Mrs. Zhao Baolan (63), wife of a Shengli Oil Field worker in Shandong Province, and Ms. Wang Hong (mid-30s) from Liangning Province are the latest victims of Jiang Zemin’s campaign of terror against Falun Gong. -
EFGIC Press Release: German Musician Arrested in China
2003-03-06'Lin visited Wuhan to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival together with her family. After visiting her family she went to Beijing on her own, where she was arrested by the “610 Office”, a special police unit established just for the systematic persecution of Falun Gong in China. Lin now faces torture and brainwashing in Xiajiadian labour camp, in the city of Shiyan, Hubei province.' -
EFGIC Press Release: Falun Gong Woman Left Paralysed from Severe Torture in Chinese Forced Labour Camp
2003-03-05'..due to the torture Ms. Li had endured, the labour camp sent her to the People's Hospital of Hebei Province to be resuscitated. Ms. Li was emaciated. Many of her major organs were malfunctioning. Her pulse could not be detected, and she had to be put on a ventilator...Throughout Ms. Li’s ordeal in the hospital, labour camp police monitored her 24 hours a day, apparently fearing what she may reveal regarding the torture she experienced in the labour camp.' -
EFIC Press Release: Falun Dafa Woman Dies in Police Custody in China
2003-03-01'During the Chinese Spring Festival in 2003, Liu Jie, a 37-year-old woman practitioner was tortured to death for peacefully distributing greeting cards with the Chinese characters for "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance" on them...Eighty-three practitioners of Falun Dafa are known to have died from police torture and abuse in Heilongjiang Province. Ten of those deaths, including Ms. Liu, have occurred in Shuangcheng City.' -
Press Release: Chinese woman resident in Germany being held while on a visit to China. It is feared she may be under threat of torture and brainwashing
2003-02-28'Practitioners in Germany have informed the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong about Mrs. Lin’s situation, as well as of the renewed arrests of practitioners in Wuhan and asked them to thoroughly investigate. German friends of Mrs. Lin have further contacted the German State Department, the German Legation in Beijing and the German Consulate in Shanghai, to work toward the immediate release and return of Mrs. Lin.' -
EFIC Press Release: Torture and Police Terror Lead to Another 16 Falun Gong Deaths in China
2003-02-26'Falun Gong practitioners are often bound, beaten, brutally tortured and even disfigured with wooden batons and electric cattle prods. Brainwashing and mental tortures are also extensively used, and often, practitioners are force-fed toxic liquids, even those mixed with human feces and urine, when they protest with hunger strikes.' -
EFGIC Press Release: Hong Kong Leaders Move to Enact Article 23, An Instrument of Persecution
2003-02-17"Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners deeply regret the Tung Administration’s decision to legislate Article 23 in spite of strong objection raised by various groups. We are further saddened by the Administration’s complete lack of sincerity and sense of responsibility to the people of Hong Kong and the well being of the territory..." -
EFIC: From Rags to Riches to Torture in a Chinese Labour Camp (Part 2)
2003-02-16The following story is true and every name is real. It is a story about a successful businesswoman who was illegally imprisoned for nine months in one of China’s most brutal labour camps – Wanjia. It is a story of beatings and torture; of survival and perseverance: And it is a testament to the power of her beliefs. -
EFIC: From Rags to Riches to Torture in a Chinese Labour Camp (Part 1)
2003-02-15The following story is true and every name is real. It is a story about a successful businesswoman who was illegally imprisoned for nine months in one of China’s most brutal labour camps – Wanjia. It is a story of beatings and torture, of survival and perseverance, and it is a testament to the power of her beliefs. -
FDI: Senior Engineer in China's Space Program Gains Early Release from Forced Labor Camp
2003-02-11"I just thank the efforts of the Canadian government and those who have participated in this international campaign to rescue our family members from illegal imprisonment and torture. I owe my mother's release to these efforts." -
EFGIC: Beijing and Taipei: Two Cities, Worlds Apart
2003-02-08 -
EFGIC Press Release: For the First Time in Europe, A Chinese Leader Has Been Charged With Human Rights Abuses
2003-02-08
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