Press Releases
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Two More Falun Gong Practitioners Killed in Custody, Shandong Death Toll Climbs to 51
2001-10-04More Falun Gong practitioners have been killed in Shandong Province than any other province in China. Ian Johnson of The Wall Street Journal has described Shandong as a province of "killing fields" in the persecution of Falun Gong.
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Police Throw Falun Gong Woman to Her Death From Fourth-Story Window to Cover Up Evidence of Torture
2001-10-01To cover up their crime, officers Huang and Sun threw her, still alive, out of the 4th floor window and Yu Xiuling died from the impact. The body of Ms. Yu was hastily sent for cremation at midnight of the same evening.Officers Huang and Sun threatened Feng [Ms Yu's husband], saying, "If you want to file a lawsuit, feel free to do that in any place. We have orders from the top that no measure is too excessive when dealing with Falun Gong." The Chaoyang police then reported Ms. Yu's death as a "suicide."
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Amidst National Day Preparations, Reports Surface of Two More Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured to Death
2001-09-28Yuan Zhongyu, of Anshan City, Liaoning Province, died in the basement of the Anshan Public Security Bureau from injuries sustained during police torture, on or around August 16. In a separate case, Gu Yalou, 31, died in the City Public Security Bureau of Beihan Town, Renqiu City, in Hebei Province.
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Another Falun Gong Practitioner Dead in Custody, Death Toll Soars in Hebei Province
2001-09-28It has been learned that Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Chen Aizhong, age 33, of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, died on September 20, 2001, following just seven days in custody at the Tangshan Labour Camp. It is believed that Chen was subjected to torture while at the camp, and most likely died of violent force-feeding. This past June two other Falun Gong practitioners were killed in the Tangshan Labour Camp, both by torture. And in the past year at least four other practitioners from Hebei (An Xiukun, Yang Guibao, Wang Ailing, and Liu Dongxue) have died in custody while on hunger strikes from force-feeding and torture by police.
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Falun Gong Woman Tortured to Death by Beijing Police
2001-09-24Ms. Li Xifang's death brings the number of documented deaths to 282, with government sources inside China disclosing that the actual number exceeds 1,000.
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Terrorist Attacks and PRC National Day: New Excuses for Massive Roundup of Falun Gong Practitioners
2001-09-24Sources say that Beijing has become emboldened about making arrests on such a large scale because it believes that Western countries and international media are currently too preoccupied with the terrorist attacks in the U.S. to notice this human rights abuse.
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Five More Falun Gong Practitioners Dead as Reign of Terror Continues in China
2001-09-21The deaths are the latest manifestation of heightened measures by communist authorities to "eradicate" Falun Gong in upcoming months. One mid-level government official in China recently interviewed by CNN.com revealed that "The leadership is obsessed with the Falun Gong and have put its eradication as a top priority this year."
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MEDIA STATEMENT FROM FALUN DAFA ASSOCIATION OF FRANCE
2001-09-02Media statement issued by the Falun Dafa Association of France on the disappearance in China of a French based Chinese family