Named a "Prisoner of Conscience" by Amnesty International Canada, Falun Gong Practitioner Regains Freedom

(Clearwisdom.net) On January 23, 2002, Falun Gong practitioner Shenli Lin, referred to as a "Prisoner of Conscience" by Amnesty International Canada, was released after one and a half years' illegal detention plus an arbitrary extension of another six months. Lin left Dafeng forced labor camp in an open and aboveboard manner, with dignity and with a Dafa practitioner's unbreakable faith in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance."

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published January 30, 2002

January 30, 2002

M.P. Irwin Cotler's Statement on Shenli Lin's Release

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For Immediate Release

Wednesday, January 30, 2002

Cotler delighted with release of imprisoned Falun Gong practitioner and husband of Canadian citizen.

But calls Dramatic Increase in Persecution of Falun Gong "alarming".

Falun Gong Practitioners' Statement on Shenli Lin's Release

(Clearwisdom.net) The following is a statement issued by Montreal practitioners on his release.

Shenli Lin had been imprisoned for over two years, while his wife Jinyu, without news from him, kept a constant vigil, tirelessly appealing for his release. Their case is not unusual: tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally sentenced to terms of detention in labour camps, detention centers, or prisons, and, like Shenli, subjected to arbitrary extensions to their sentences.

Falun Dafa Practitioner Cui Dezhen Beaten to Death by Police in Laixi City, Shandong Province

(Clearwisdom.net)

Falun Gong practitioner Cui Dezhen was beaten to death by local police on the night of December 28, 2001. Cui was approximately 30 years old and lived in Lushang Village, Laixi City. His body was found dumped in a creek alongside of the road with blackened hands and bloodstained face and head. His wife, who is not a practitioner, was illegally detained by the local police all night and interrogated for the names of other practitioners who often visited her family. Cold, hungry and extremely distraught, she refused to cooperate. After Cui's death, the local police altered the scene of the crime. They coerced a practitioner into unfurling a Falun Dafa banner at the scene, and took a photo to make it look like Cui Dezhen died from trying to hang the banner on a high voltage power line. Several meetings were held with officials at different levels of various departments to spread this deceptive propaganda.