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April 01, 2003

Practitioner Lin Wenrong is Released and Returns to Germany

(Clearwisdom.net)

Dafa practitioner Lin Wenrong returned to Duesseldorf, Germany on the evening of March 30.

We thank Dafa practitioners around the world for their support! We thank the city government of Duesseldorf, the Consultation Association for Foreigners, and the Duisburg city government, sister city for Wuhan City, China. Further, we thank the German Department of Foreign Affairs for their continued attention. We thank the senators from the districts of Duesseldorf and Ruhrwoert, the Green Party of Hamburg, Amnesty International in Duesseldorf and other human rights organizations, the media in Duesseldorf, Radio Free Asia and countless people who signed petitions to support Lin Wenrong and showed concern for her safety!

Japan: Practitioners in Yamanashi County Appeal to County Council to Rescue Yoko Kaneko

(Clearwisdom.net)

On March 17th, at 2 p.m., Falun Dafa practitioners from Yamanashi County, Japan, held a press conference at the Journalist Club of the County Government regarding their appeal to the County Council the day before, to rescue Yoko Kaneko.

Practitioner Gao Shuhua Tortured to Death at the Shuiku Brainwashing Center, Weifang City, Shandong Province (phone numbers included)

(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioner Gao Shuhua,female, around 40 years of age, lived at Zhonghe Street Residential Compound in Weicheng District,Weifang City. On March 14, 2003, an informer reported her and police subsequently arrested her while she was clarifying the truth and distributing Dafa flyers. She was detained and mentally tortured at the "Shuiku Reform Center," a brainwashing center in Weifang City. Gao Shuhua held a hunger strike to protest the persecution, so the thugs working in the brainwashing center brutally force-fed her. Around March 27, 2003, Gao Shuhua was tortured to death. The details of the case await further investigation. According to a report, her body was to be cremated on March 30, 2003.