March 2004 - Page 2 of 4 - Falun Dafa Australia Information Centre

An Open Letter from Women in China Who Practise Falun Gong

We are female Falun Dafa practitioners from the People’s Republic of China. With great indignation, we relate the inhumane torture we have been suffering over the past four and one-half years. We are seeking your help.

Throughout China’s labor camps and police stations, we have been subjected to torture and humiliation. Some female practitioners have been forced to stand still for days and nights while being denied food, the use of a restroom and sleep. Many have been beaten and shocked with high-voltage electric batons. Others have been sent to mental hospitals and injected with unknown substances. Many have been exposed to extremely hot or cold weather.

Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Sun Yuhua is Beaten to Death at Liaoning Province Women’s Prison

Sun Yuhua insisted on practicing Falun Gong, in March 2003, she was arrested and detained at Team Two, Brigade Two of Liaoning Province Women’s Prison, where she was tortured to death on April 11, 2003.

Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin: The Plaintiffs’ Attorneys File Legal Argument; More People Learn the Truth About the Persecution

Attorneys Terri Marsh and Anthony D’Amato, the two lawyers representing Falun Gong practitioners, filed a legal argument on the case against Jiang Zemin to the Seventh Circuit Appellate Court. The court will arrange an oral argument and the judge will make a decision later on.

Housewife Arrested and Detained in China: Disabled Husband Left Home Alone

Mrs. Guangzhen Li, a 66 year-old housewife and mother of New York resident Jin (Jason) Xiao, was arrested on March 15, 2004 in Hubei, China for handing out informational flyers in a public area. Authorities are holding Mrs. Li and two of her friends, both senior ladies, in Gongan County Detention Center in Hubei, China.

Media Release: Australian’s Sister Released from Illegal Abduction in China

Australian Lisa Liang’s sister, Ms TANG Yiwen, was released on 15 March 2004 from Chatou Brainwashing Class in Baiyun District of Guangzhou City due to the rescue efforts of Falun Gong practitioners and kind-hearted people all over the world.

Epoch Times: Blocking the Truth — The Chinese government is sending up a satellite to block transmissions about Falun Gong

According to International Data Group’s Singapore branch, China is preparing to launch a satellite that is aimed exclusively at blocking video transmissions made by Falun Gong practitioners.

Jiang’s Personal Campaign

OVER THE LAST four years, China watchers have proposed a variety of socio-political reasons for why the Chinese regime moved to crush Falun Gong – a benign exercise and meditation practice with ancient Chinese roots. The answer, however, has proved to be simpler and far more disturbing than most initially guessed.

When the nationwide persecution campaign against Falun Gong began in China in July 1999, many believed the campaign to be another mass movement orchestrated and backed by the Communist Party leadership as a whole. Since that time, however, facts have emerged to cast light on the maneuvers of then-Communist Party head Jiang Zemin.

Epoch Times: Amnesty: China Human Rights Amendment “Must Be Backed by Concrete Action”

Amnesty International responded to the recent announcement by China’s National People’s Congress that it would enshrine human rights in the Constitution by pointing out that the amendment must be backed up by legal and institutional reforms to ensure the protection of human rights in practice.

Wagga Daily Advertiser: Falun Gong Petition in Wagga Wagga

IMAGINE being imprisoned, tortured or even killed for practising meditation and exercise.

That is what a team of Falun Gong practitioners were speaking out against when gathering petition signatures in Wagga yesterday.

Lighting Candles for an End to Torture

According to an incomplete investigation, more than 40 practitioners have been abducted and 3 practitioners have been tortured to death in just a few days.

Month: March 2004