(Clearwisdom.net)
9 April, 2003
Dear Public Minister:
I am writing to you to bring you up to date on the current situation of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, and to ask for your support to rescue two Dun Laoighaire students who are now detained in China for their belief in Falun Dafa.
Recent news from inside China is alarming. On the 11th of March, the Associated Press reported: 'China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled efforts yesterday to crush [...] Falun Gong activists and others who they said threaten national security.' After this "promise" of redoubled efforts we have documented the highest number of confirmed death cases in a three-week period since the persecution began in July 1999. In three weeks we have heard of over 30 people tortured to death, bringing the confirmed total to 648.
On the 31st of March, the U.S. issued its annual human rights report. The report's section on China mentioned the persecution of Falun Dafa 80 times across nearly all the sections, including "arbitrary" and "unlawful" killings, arrest and detention, as well as denial of freedom of belief, speech, assembly and association. The report also cited the regime's continuing use of state-run media and the police in "an intense propaganda and police campaign against the Falun Gong."
[...] Can you support our efforts to rescue these two students (details attached) by writing to the Chinese Embassy in Ireland and urging their release, and also urging the Irish Embassy in China to let authorities there know the Irish people want them released? They have committed no crime and Liu Feng, especially, is in a life-threatening situation. With the support of the Irish government these two young students can be back in Ireland very soon.
Thank you for your continued support to date - we really appreciate your efforts.
Sincerely,
Director of Irish Falun Dafa Association
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