Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Falun Gong practitioner Kevin Duan, who has recently moved to Canada from Mainland China, was brutally persecuted in a forced labor camp and brainwashing sessions in Guangzhou. As the governor of Guangdong Province and former Communist Party Secretary of Guangzhou (Guangzhou is the provincial capital), Huang Huahua has been actively carrying out and directing the persecution of Falun Gong, and thus he is responsible for the torture and killing of many practitioners, including the torture of Kevin Duan. While Huang is visiting Canada, Kevin submitted a lawsuit charging Huang for harshly persecuting him and other practitioners during Huang's tenure as party secretary and governor.

The press conference site

Many posters detailing the truth of the persecution were displayed during the press conference

On the morning of October 21, the day after Huang arrived in Vancouver, Huang received a summons from the British Columbia (BC) Superior Court on a boat ride to Victoria (the capital of BC). At noontime, practitioners held a press conference in downtown Vancouver to announce the lawsuit.

Kevin Duan recounts his suffering in Guangdong

During the press conference, Kevin explained why he was suing Huang Huahua:

"I am from Guangdong and I am an electrical engineer. On the night of December 13, 2000, because I practice Falun Gong and told local people the facts about Falun Gong and compiled some truth-clarification materials, I was unlawfully arrested by the Guangzhou authorities. I was beaten for seven straight hours. As a result, I lost consciousness and my body was covered with bruises. I was then sent to a detention center and was forced to do slave labor for five months and two weeks. I was forced to work an average of 16 to 17 hours a day, with the maximum being 20 hours."

On May 23, 2001, Kevin Duan was sentenced to two years in a labor camp. He was secretly sent to a brigade dedicated to persecuting Falun Gong in the Guangzhou No. 1 Forced Labor Camp, where he suffered systematic mental and physical tortures. In the labor camp, he was subjected to intense brainwashing. Mr. Duan and many others were forced to watch video programs and to read books and newspapers that slandered the founder of Falun Gong. The labor camp forbade Kevin Duan's wife from visiting him and tried to force him to write the three statements. In doing so, the labor camp attempted to force him to give up his belief in Falun Gong.

Mr. Duan said, "My case is just the tip of the iceberg of the persecution. For example, practitioner Rao Chaoyuan who was arrested together with me has been severely tortured and consequently disabled. Moreover, Rao's brother was persecuted to death in August 2002 at the No. 1 Forced Labor Camp of Guangzhou.

As the Communist Party Secretary of Guangzhou at that time, Huang Huahua was in charge of the persecution of Falun Gong in the city and must be held accountable. At the end of 2001, Huang personally inspected the No. 1 Forced Labor Camp in Guangzhou. Right after the inspection, the labor camp escalated the persecution of practitioners.

Kevin Duan said, "The persecution is still ongoing. My mother who is still in China was illegally arrested and taken to a police station in Shunde City (a city in Guandong Province) on October 14, the day after I testified at a press conference. Several police officials interrogated my mother for 4 hours. They kept asking: 'Where are your children and what are their professions?' They also asked if my mother knew about and had read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. My mother was required to attend a brainwashing session that coming Monday. They forcefully took her fingerprints. Now, my mother has been forced to leave home to avoid further persecution and we have lost contact with her."

Mr. Duan said that he was very worried about his mother's safety, but that he won't be intimidated by Chinese police's unlawful behavior.

To conclude, Kevin Duan said, "According to Canadian law, I have filed a lawsuit against Huang to the British Columbia superior court yesterday. Today, I want to remind the governor of British Columbia and all Canadian officials that Huang is a criminal guilty of torture and crimes against humanity. Huang can't represent the Chinese people and Canada can't welcome such a criminal. I also call on the Canadian government and the people of Canada to help rescue my mother who is being persecuted."

Vancouver practitioner Sue said, "The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persecuting Falun Gong for 6 years while practitioners has been continuously clarifying the truth with peacefulness and rationality. Despite the practitioners' compassion, the persecution is still ongoing. Regarding this, the Falun Dafa Association issued a statement on October 9. The statement said: "From today on, overseas Falun Gong practitioners will file civil or criminal lawsuits against all important government or CCP officials who participate in or continue to implement the persecution of Falun Gong and as a result, commit new crimes in addition to those they have already perpetrated against Falun Gong."

Sue said the lawsuit against Huang is the first case since the publication of the statement. The evil individuals who have persecuted practitioners of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" will definitely be brought to justice. We hope that people in the communist regime will immediately abandon the evil path and choose to do good. If they continue to carry out the suppressive policy of Jiang Zemin's regime, they will be punished harshly, as such crimes are unforgivable.

The 18th stop of the nationwide tour of a human rights photo exhibition entitled, "Shameful Regions" was held in Sendinger Tor Square in downtown Munich on October 12th and 13^th, 2005. This exhibition is scheduled to be held in over thirty cities in Germany within three months, aiming to expose the human rights abuses happening in Communist countries including China, Burma, North Korea and Cuba. This activity is jointly organized by the Polish Centre for Democracy in Theory and Practice and the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM). As a direct victim of human rights persecution, the Falun Gong Association was invited to hold anti-torture exhibitions alongside the activity to expose the facts about China's persecution of Falun Gong.

Anti-torture exhibition with practitioners reenacting the tortures experienced by practitioners under persecution in China

"More people should withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party"

At a press conference, the representative of the Polish Democracy Centre, Mr. Luba, said that the goal of this photo exhibition is to tell the world's people that there are still so many shameful countries abusing human rights, and China is ranked No. 1 in terms of torture. The bloody persecution against Falun Gong practitioners is accompanied by slave labor. These things are prohibited in the modern world. Mr. Luba pointed out that it is wonderful to see that the Epoch Times' editorial series, the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party has been so popular around the world since it was first published. He added that five million people withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not enough. He said that more people should withdraw from the CCP so that this autocratic Communist regime will collapse as soon as possible.

People came to sign a petition calling for the end of the persecution

Anti-torture Exhibition Shocks People

Many passers-by stopped to look at the photo exhibition, including some nuns. They were all shocked by what they saw. After watching the anti-torture exhibition, many people could hardly believe that such horrendous cruelty could happen in the world today. They asked if Falun Gong practitioners in China are really confined in small cages.

Many German people were shocked to learn that a large number of practitioners are not only confined in small cages, but also jailed in water dungeons and that if they refuse to give up their beliefs in the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance," they will be subjected to incessant persecution. Ms. Wang Guijin, a nine-months pregnant wife, was forced by eight strong men to abort her baby. In addition, even after images of Ms. Gao Rongrong's horribly disfigured face (as a result of torture) were exposed to the outside world, the Chinese Communist regime still persecuted Ms. Gao to death, heedless of international opinion. In the last month alone, forty-four Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted to death. After people learned of these atrocities, they were really shocked and enraged. They asked how to help the Falun Gong practitioners in China and how to put an end to the tragedy. In the meantime, they left their best wishes in the guest book.

"Please be sure to let me know when and where Falun Gong activities are held"

A gentleman who works for the Munich public transportation system said that he has attentively read many reports about China's human rights abuses, as well as the informational materials of Falun Gong. If what he read is true, he said, the world is really deplorable. He really cannot figure out the reason why the Chinese Communist regime would be so cruel. At Falun Gong practitioners' suggestion, he has decided to read the Nine Commentaries. He also signed to support the appeal for the rescue of Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Renzheng, who was sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp within a week of being repatriated to China by the German government.

Another gentleman wanted to donate money to Falun Gong practitioners. After he learned that Falun Gong practitioners do not accept donations, he kindly treated the practitioners there with coffee and snacks.

A woman who has just come from China said that she had never heard of this situation. She repeatedly asked about the facts of the persecution and took some truth-clarification material home.

A young man from the IGFM told practitioners that we must let him know when and where Falun Gong activities are held, and he would be more than happy to help out. He always carries copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party with him so as to give them to those who are interested.

The next exhibition of photos from the "Shameful Regions" will be held in Nurnberg on October the 15th.

From the right: Mr. Luba of the Polish Democracy Centre, Mr. Thierack, Chairman of the Munich Chapter of IGFM, and Mr. Liu from the Taiwan Trade Office.

Recently, more and more Indian schoolteachers in Baineshwara have benefited from Falun Dafa and witnessed the positive changes that Falun Dafa has brought to schoolchildren. They have then started to recommend the practice to other schools.

About one and a half years ago, several practitioners went to a school in Baineshwara to promote Falun Dafa. The school principal often talks about the positive changes that Falun Dafa has brought to the children and recommends Dafa to other schools.

Recently, a practitioner was invited by the principal to introduce Falun Dafa to a schoolteachers' study camp, which gathered 60 schoolteachers from different areas in India. Before this invitation, the principal had invited me a few times to introduce Dafa to schoolchildren.

The practitioner enlightened to the importance of cooperation with other practitioners. He immediately contacted a practitioner in Sri Lanka who once expressed interest in taking part in activities to spread Falun Dafa. With the Indian practitioners' continuous righteous thoughts, the Sri Lankan practitioner obtained a visa and arrived on time with two more practitioners. What happened to the practitioners was very interesting: The practitioner's flight was delayed and thus many people applied for a refund. Consequently, the plane not only had extra seats, but the fare was very cheap. Therefore, two other practitioners who saw the practitioner off at the airport then decided to join the trip at the last minute.

In the end, four practitioners from Bangalore and three practitioners from Sri Lanka went to the study camp to introduce Falun Dafa. When the principal saw us, especially the Sri Lankan practitioners, he was very touched. He praised the practitioners in front of the schoolteachers for keeping their word and highlighted the story of the Sri Lankan practitioners. After the introductory class, the schoolteachers told the practitioners: "Falun Dafa is really good." They said that they could see the glory of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" from these practitioners.

The Sri Lankan practitioners said that they had never had such an opportunity to introduce Dafa and clarify the truth to so many people. Several days later, the principal invited the practitioners to introduce Dafa to another study camp of 200 schoolteachers. Four local practitioners then went to the study camp site to introduce Falun Dafa. They stayed overnight so that they could go to another study camp as well.

In the first study camp, as the organizer felt very good after he learned Falun Dafa, he invited practitioners to spread Falun Dafa at Kolar, where they often hold schoolteacher study camps. That study camp organizer has now become a very diligent practitioner. In addition, his wife who also works at a school invited me to spread Falun Dafa to her school.

We hope that more and more schools will get to know Falun Dafa.