Reports of 5 Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Emerge from Jilin Province, China
Five practitioners of Falun Gong from Jilin Province have died due to physical and psychological torture inflicted in Chinese detention centers and labor camps.
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Five practitioners of Falun Gong from Jilin Province have died due to physical and psychological torture inflicted in Chinese detention centers and labor camps.
The concessions announced on Saturday would notably see the removal of a provision enabling authorities to proscribe organisations banned in China, including the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
Story of Ms. Jia Dongmei’s death at the hands of Hebei Forestry Bureau “610 Office” and detention center. She suffered long-term persecution because she persisted in her belief in Falun Dafa. She was tortured to death on May 19, 2003.
The TV channels that usually report Hong Kong news in Guangdong Province were showing other programs, and the Chinese media reported only celebration activities held by the Hong Kong government.
President of Hong Kong Reporters Association Ms. Cheong Bingling said that the amendment could not eliminate the concerns of the association. Adding public interest as a defense only answered one of the demands of the media circle.
I am an ordinary Australian with no Chinese background or connection. Yet I
have had some experience of Falun Gong.
Last Friday, Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a decision of the lower court and reinstated Falun Gong practitioners prosecution for Contempt of Court Charges.
Most of the 100 practitioners are between 50 and 70 years of age. Among them there are cadres, teachers, doctors, college students, engineers, self-employed business owners, workers and housewives.
I will no longer need to criticize myself from my conscience when I make a wrong choice between truth and falsehood. It is high time I spoke the truth from my heart. How uncomfortably I have lived throughout my life!
Present-day China, recently ruled by Jiang Zemin, has experienced an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters. Rather than following the lessons left by Confucius and previous emperors, Jiang has never admitted his mistakes and wrongdoings, nor asked for punishment from his people.