(Clearwisdom.net)

[Note: a "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Falun Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by Jiang's regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."]

Since April 1999 I have taken part in protecting Dafa. Since July 19, 1999, I have been to Tiananmen Square many times to let more people understand Dafa. I was illegally detained multiple times. In the detention center, for trying to create an environment to practice Dafa exercises, I was handcuffed two times, one of which lasted 12 days, and I was force-fed once. In one case, since I refused to cooperate with the police, they beat me up for over 10 minutes. On October 26, 2000, I was illegally sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. Before being sent to the forced labor camp, I was detained in a transfer center for one week where in cold winter, they forced me to squat down for a whole day with only thin garments on. When it got dark, I was no longer able to raise my head up, and was allowed to enter a room. But with the door open, that room was cold and damp like a freezer. Each day even the time spent using the bathroom was tightly controlled. Then I was moved to the forced labor camp where I came across an unbelievably complicated situation and suffered a lot in both body and mind. In the brainwashing center, we were tortured both physically and psychologically. The collaborators [former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture] disseminated many misrepresentations of Dafa. If I did not accept the "reformation," I would be watched and not allowed to sleep or rest. Criminal inmates were coerced into beating Dafa practitioners. We were even forced to run or be shut up in a closed room. Even though we did not sleep at night, during the day, I was still forced to go to work and to finish the quota; otherwise I had to work till late at night, which made me very tired. In extreme pain, I wrote the "severance, regression, and guarantee letters" and went to the opposite side of Dafa. The lessons were painful. I should look inside myself carefully. I hereby solemnly declare to the world that whatever I have done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. I will do my best in the future to make up for the losses it has caused.

Wang Shuge, April 5, 2003

(Chinese version available at: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/4/7/47874.html)

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I attained Dafa in 1996. In October 1999 I went to Beijing to appeal, but was arrested by police officers in Tiananmen Square and was escorted home where I was illegally detained at a drug addict's center for over 30 days. During that period of time, the local police station and the Public Security Bureau interrogated me many times. My family members also tried to persuade me into "giving up the practice". I told them that Dafa is good and I would not give up the practice at all. Under pressure from the government, my family members were deceived and coerced, extorted 5000 Yuan [Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 Yuan], and wrote a "guarantee" (for me) and I was released on December 1, 1999.

Through continuous Fa study, I realized the solemnity of Dafa practice. We should not leave any loopholes for the old forces during our cultivation process. As a Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period, I should follow the path arranged by our Teacher and negate all the arrangements made by the old forces, to practice openly and with dignity.

Here I solemnly declare that whatever my family has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. I will be a qualified Dafa practitioner and catch up with the pace of Fa-rectification, and do my best to make up for the losses it has caused.

Kang Xiaohua, March 31, 2003

(Chinese version available at: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/4/10/48107.html)

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I am a teacher who works at a school affiliated with a factory. In October 1996, I attained Dafa with happiness. Before that, I was thin, weak and had many diseases. After I attained Dafa, I understood the true meaning of life, and, all the diseases went away. But on July 22, 1999, Jiang Zemin insanely started persecuting Falun Gong.

In mid-November 1999, the local Public Security Bureau suddenly summoned us to "justify oneself." The police officers, factory officers, and school officers all talked with us many times. I clarified the truth of Dafa with the facts of the great benefits I gained in body and mind after I practiced Dafa, but was repeatedly threatened with words like "be laid off," "be detained," "be sent to a forced labor camp," "be sent to jail," etc. We just told the facts all people know but suffered mental torture; even family members were implicated. The factory leader criticized my family members in the all managers' meetings of the factory. Even the factory leader was implicated by the order: if there were one person who was still practicing Falun Gong, the factory leader would be dismissed from the post. Under the endless harassment and mental torture, plus a vague understanding of this calamity (persecution of Dafa), I wrote a shameful "guarantee."

Later, I deeply regretted my cowardice and dishonesty. During the past three years, I became clearer and clearer about the nature of this persecution, and rationally realized the greatness of Dafa and the boundless compassion of Teacher, and thoroughly realized the evilness of Jiang Zemin. I am no longer entangled in self-reprimanding. I hereby solemnly declare that the "three letters" I signed in January 2000 and the so-called guarantees I wrote are null and void. From now on, I will practice Falun Gong openly with dignity. I will expose the evil persecution and clarify the truth of Dafa to people. I am determined to practice Dafa diligently during the Fa-rectification period. I'll try my best to make up for the losses I caused.

By Tang Bo, March 17, 2003

(Chinese version available at: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/4/11/48127.html)

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I attained Dafa with happiness in December 1997. Before that, I had been living with the pain of many diseases. After I began to practice Falun Gong, I became healthy and happy both in mind and body; I learned the true meaning of life and how to be a good person. I stood up to validate Dafa and kept on practicing, and was illegally detained many times.

In July 2002, my employer forcibly sent me to a brainwashing center. Those bad people played videos full of lies meant to defame Dafa all day long and forced us to watch. Then we were forced to write "realizations" against our will. If they were not happy with anything we had done, they would violently reprimand us and force us to re-write it until they were satisfied. In the brainwashing center, the officers divided themselves into groups and took turns abusing me. They used shameful methods like deception, threats, crying etc. to brainwash me, sometimes from morning until late at night, in order to destroy my will and righteous thoughts, and to confuse my mind. They did not allow normal contact between Dafa practitioners and supervised us 24 hours a day. In such an evil environment, under the relentless brainwashing and misleading abuses by the collaborators, owing to my attachments and everyday people's thoughts, and because I did not understand Dafa deeply, I lost my righteous thoughts and left loopholes for the evils. While my head was not that clear, I wrote the "Four Letters" that a Dafa practitioner should never write, which discredited Dafa.

After waking up, I was in a state of deep regret for letting our Teacher down and for not being worthy of Teacher's compassion. I was ashamed of myself, as it was a stain on my cultivation. While I was detained in the brainwashing center, in order to visit me, my family members would be forced to write down words in the registration book to defame Dafa; otherwise a visit would not be allowed. Those evil officers are making use of everybody to commit crimes against Dafa. After going back home and through Dafa study, I realized that I should expose the crimes of Jiang Zemin's regime to the world. I should come back and catch up with the Fa-rectification process, and make up for the losses I have caused. At the same time, I declare that all the words I wrote under duress, which did not conform to Dafa, are null and void.

Wang Shuchun, December 2002

(Chinese version available at: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/4/12/48216.html)