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During her detention, Gong went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was kicked, punched, and force-fed with food and medicine. The guards usually did not do it themselves. They ordered the criminals to pinch her tendons and force-feed her while plugging her nose.
Eight Falun Gong members have been sentenced to up to 13 years in prison for
hijacking local television and radio signals in eastern China’s Anhui
province to promote the banned spiritual movement.
Since China joined the World Trade Organisation, it is meant to be trying to attain international standards in how it is operates its judiciary. The proposed changes to Article 23 of Basic Law in Hong Kong do not seem to be a step in that direction.
Li was having dinner at a McDonald’s when the program went on the air, and a number of people walked up to him and shook his hand, telling him that they had just learned about his story on TV and wishing him all the success.
Our fellow Falun Dafa disciple Wang Fengwei died from the torture in Shen County Detention Centre at the end of November 2002.
I am writing to express my strong opposition to the current proposed draft of Article 23, legislation that would, if not substantially modified, essentially revoke the promise of “One Country, Two Systems” for the people of Hong Kong.
The Taiwan Falun Dafa Society has a modest office in Taipei, but its
unofficial centre of gravity is the economics department of National Taiwan
University, the island’s most prestigious school, where at least four of the
30 or so faculty are practitioners.
United States, Britain and Canada are among the nations raising
questions, and many here doubt the “trust me” approach.
“Talk is baseless,” said Falun Gong spokeswoman Sharon Xu. “It’s not legally
binding.”
I was also eager to keep my mother company. But the Chinese consulate delayed my visa; and as a result my mother and I were not able to see each other for the last time.
Nowadays, there is always a pair of stone lions in front of the Changchun police bureaus and stations. It has been said by insiders that the accident rate in the police system in recent years has been extremely high.
