(Clearwisdom.net)

In January 2003, eighteen Falun Dafa practitioners from Northern China went together to Tiananmen Square in Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. A few days later, another ten practitioners from the same area went to Beijing. Holding the strong righteous thoughts of assisting Teacher in rectifying the Fa and offering salvation to sentient beings, at Tiananmen Square, they shouted loudly, "Falun Dafa is good!" and "Falun Dafa is righteous!" Their earthshaking voices effectively frightened the evil. With their strong righteous thoughts and righteous faith in Teacher and Dafa, and using their wisdom obtained through cultivation of Dafa, all of these practitioners returned home safely.

The fifteenth day of the first month, in the lunar calendar, was "Falun Dafa Day" in a city of Northeast China. Dafa truth-clarifying banners, scrolls and small signs appeared everywhere on streets and avenues. Although the local "610 office" [a bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches] and the police spent great efforts attempting to stop practitioners from clarifying the truth, over the past month, more and more Dafa banners and posters have appeared on streets and avenues. In addition, more truth-clarifying materials were distributed from door to door.

I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shijiazhuang City. Because I persist in my belief, I have been enduring the persecution and now I have to leave my home and move about destitute in Shanxi Province in order to avoid further persecution. On October 1, 2002, the authorities formed the "101 Special Case Group", specifically aimed at Dafa truth-clarifying material sites. They abducted more than 100 practitioners. In the beginning of November, Wang Bo's father, Mr. Wang Xinzhong and other practitioners were abducted in Fenxi City. After I was arrested, I suffered different kinds of tortures including electrical shock with electric batons and force-feeding. I was later sent to a hospital, where around December 2, I overheard a discussion among some police officers and doctors that Dafa disciple Ding Lihong was tortured to death. At that time, snow fell in big feathery flakes, and it was extremely cold in Taiyuan City.

On September 25, 2002, Niu Minjie, a Dafa practitioner from Shijiazhuang City was abducted by police officers. He was secretly detained in Xushui County Detention Center in Baoding area, where he suffered cruel tortures and insults. Under these tortures, he lost his ability to walk, and currently his daily life is extremely difficult. It was reported that his brother, Niu Mingang, also a practitioner, was secretly sentenced to 12 years in prison.

On January 14, 2001, officials in Wujiabao Force-Labor Camp in Fushun City held a meeting to release some people who had been brainwashed. A Falun Dafa practitioner, Qin Zhongke, about 60 years old, shouted loudly during the meeting: "Falun Dafa is good. Teacher Li is great!" He was immediately taken away from the meeting hall. In the hall, leaders from the city and the labor camp boasted about the Party's "educating and persuading" Falun Gong practitioners. While all this was occurring, in a cell nearby, vicious police officers swung their batons, violently beating practitioners. This is what Jiang calls the "best period of human rights."

A Dafa practitioner who was forced to leave home in order to avoid further persecution wrote a letter to his mother: "You asked me why I will not give up my practice of Falun Gong? To put it simply, a person should treasure his health and his life. Dear mom, I understand that you are not willing to believe that the degenerates of the Party would deceive and persecute people. However, the facts have caused me to believe: all persecution measures against Falun Gong are based upon shameless deceit. The historical reality will be revealed soon to the public. Dear mom, please hurry up and find out the truth of all of these things and explain the facts to our family, and to all you know, so as to allow all of them to feel the wonderfulness and beauty of Falun Dafa."