About "Falun Dafa Minghui Net" Appearing on Sina Net

According to a Sing Tao Daily report on September 28, Sina Net, one of the most popular Chinese websites, displayed the Falun Dafa Minghui Net [the Chinese version of Clearwisdom Net] homepage yesterday. No matter who was responsible, they were peacefully resisting Jiang's Internet blockade and deluding policies. This was also a peaceful protest against related websites that only look at financial benefits and ignore righteousness.

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A Retired Teacher from Jidong City, Heilongjiang Province Was Tortured to Death in Heilongjiang's Female Prison

(Clearwisdom.net)

Liu Guihua, female, a retired teacher from Yong An Township, Jidong City, Heilongjiang Province, was tortured to death on August 3, 2002.

Ms. Liu Guihua was sent to Jidong Detention Center from Beijing by the Jidong Police Department in August 1999. Later, she was sentenced to two years in jail and was sent to Harbin's Wanjia Labor Camp. She was labeled as "determined" and transferred to the third brigade in Jiamusi's Xigemu Labor Camp for going on hunger strike. In the labor camp, she was violently kicked and thrown against the wall by police for her so-called "being unreceptive to control," and "being unreceptive to re-education". Because she went on hunger strike, the police pried on her teeth until they became loose. Her cheeks were bruised so badly that even people who knew her well could not recognize her. During the force-feeding by nasal tube, her whole body was tied up and could not move. She was not allowed to get loose even though she needed to go to the bathroom. She could only urinate and excrete in her pants. According to what the police said, "She did not eat many real meals in the labor camp". She was as thin as a stick due to being on hunger strike for long periods. Fearing that she might die in the labor camp, her family was notified to take her home in June 2000.

Speech by Viggo Fischer, Former Member of the Danish Parliament, during a Meeting at the Copenhagen City Hall Square, Sept. 23, 2002

The persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese communist authorities is one of the worst human rights problems in Asia today.

Numerous reports since the ban of Falun Gong in 1999 have illustrated how the Chinese government disregard its international human rights commitments in its attempt with brutal means to crush a movement which is characterized by peaceful, non-violent behavior.

Letter of Support from Ireland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs to A Falun Gong Practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net)

24 September 2002

Dear Ms. (name omitted),

Thank you for your recent letter regarding the Falun Gong in China.

Mr. Brian Cowen, TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has instructed me to inform you that the Irish Government takes the human rights concerns of Falun Gong members in China very seriously. Both the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and the Minister have raised this issue on a number of occasions with the Chinese authorities.