I am writing regarding a request I received from a constituent, and to express my concern at the situation of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Harrington specifically mentioned that several hundred members of the peaceful Falun Gong religious movement have died in detention as a result of torture or mistreatment by the Chinese government.
NEW YORK, November 4, 2002 (Falun Dafa Information Centre)– New York City resident Celia Wang learned Friday that her husband, Yuhui Zhang, had been secretly sentenced to ten years in a Chinese prison in Zhuhai City, Guangzhou Province.
Sydney, 5 November 2002 (Falun Dafa Information Centre) – Thousands of Australians will be joining in one voice and taking part in the “The World Needs Truth, Compassion & Tolerance” parade.
“I am writing to urge you to raise this issue with the Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the upcoming October meeting of APEC. The President should release these prisoners immediately and stop the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.”
My family migrated to Australia 20 years ago from the PRC. Our whole family was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, simply because my dad went to a Christian school when he was young and my grandparents were living overseas. My dad was separated from us at that time and I was about 5 years old.…
Liao Zhaoqi, a 57-year-old Dafa practitioner and Director of Qionglai Health Care Clinic, was tortured to death at around 10 p.m. on October 3, 2002. Those responsible for her death are Dayi Rehabilitation Center Chief Zhang and Criminal Police Team Leader Zhou Wencai.
Since July 20, 1999, the Political and Security Subsection of Shijiazhuang Public Security Bureau has become a vicious team that solely and specifically persecutes Falun Gong practitioners.
(AAP) A Chinese asylum seeker today said her husband had been “taken hostage” by
Beijing police after she filed a lawsuit against China for human rights
abuses.
The Chinese Consulate in Chicago offers money to Chinese students to rally a welcoming party for Jiang Zemin to the US – with strings attached.
Sydney, 1 November, 2002 (Falun Dafa Information Centre) – Mr. Jiangwei Cao disappeared in Beijing a few days after his wife, who lives in Australia, filed a lawsuit against the head of China, Jiang Zemin, for implementing “State Terrorism” to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.
(AFP) – Chinese police have arrested a man after his wife, a member of the banned Falungong spiritual group, filed a legal complaint in the United States against President Jiang Zemin, the wife said Thursday.