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Three lawyers detained for defending Falun Gong practitioners

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) learned in mid-July that three lawyers in different locations in north-eastern China were detained over several weeks by local authorities. The three, Liu Ruiping, Wang Yonghang, and Wang Ping, who have previously been harassed because of their work defending Falun Gong practitioners, were seized between July 2 and July…

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Members of US Congress urge President Obama to support Falun Gong practitioners in China

Congressional letter calls Falun Gong plight “one of the most unjust and cruel persecutions of our times.” “We applaud these members of Congress,” says Falun Dafa Information Center spokesperson Mr. Erping Zhang, “for articulating in no uncertain terms that the United States government will not tolerate the arbitrary arrest, torture and death of Falun…

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