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December 02, 2004

Columbia Spectator (Columbia University's Daily Newspaper): China's Oppression of Falun Gong

Opinion

A Voice in the Crowd

By Brian Wagner

November 30, 2004

It is impossible to have missed them during the last few months as you wandered around Times Square or caught the 1/9 at 116th Street. They are easy to recognize: serene individuals, often Chinese, holding up signs describing and depicting scenes of torture. The Falun Gong, banned from China, target New York as a place where decision-makers live and people care about human rights abuses. They may seem odd or repelling to the average New Yorker, what with their solemnity, fake-blood face paint, and street theater re-creations of abuse. However, Columbians should look beyond their initial impressions and consider the horrible situation that confronts them.

Near Death, Ms. Zhang Liping and Ms. Wang Yuling Are Still Being Held in Detention

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Liping is 32 years old. She was illegally sentenced to 11 years in prison. She has a growth in her colon that can possibly lead to perforation at any time, which could kill her. She was originally held at the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center in Changchun City, and the detention center authorities sent her to the Heizuizi Women's Prison nine times, but the prison refused to take her because of her poor condition. Ms. Zhang is still being held at the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center.

Falun Dafa Practitioner Yang Xiuzhong from Southwestern Petroleum Institute Persecuted to Death in 2003

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Yang Xiuzhong was a Senior Lab Technician employed by the Southwest Petroleum Institute. Since he firmly cultivated Falun Dafa even after July 20, 1999, the Institute's administrators put him on a blacklist. He was placed under house arrest, forced to retire early, had his home ransacked, was detained, was forced to live under constant monitoring, had his home phone bugged, and was followed and harassed constantly. Due to the constant mental and physical torture, he died in June 2003, at the age of 61.

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Personal Accounts of Persecution

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  • Falun Gong Practitioner Li Wensheng from Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province Passed Away in 2003 as a Result of Persecution
  • Chen Guanghui Near Death after Severe Brain Injury from Torture in Suzhou Prison
  • Gao Guoyuan and Yang Sulan, Falun Dafa Practitioners from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, Die After Being Brutally Persecuted in 2002 and 2003
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Shen Guihua and Ms. Gong Suyuan from Suining City, Sichuan Province Died As a Result of the Persecution
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