Columbia Spectator (Columbia University's Daily Newspaper): China's Oppression of Falun Gong

Opinion

A Voice in the Crowd

By Brian Wagner

November 30, 2004

It is impossible to have missed them during the last few months as you wandered around Times Square or caught the 1/9 at 116th Street. They are easy to recognize: serene individuals, often Chinese, holding up signs describing and depicting scenes of torture. The Falun Gong, banned from China, target New York as a place where decision-makers live and people care about human rights abuses. They may seem odd or repelling to the average New Yorker, what with their solemnity, fake-blood face paint, and street theater re-creations of abuse. However, Columbians should look beyond their initial impressions and consider the horrible situation that confronts them.

Near Death, Ms. Zhang Liping and Ms. Wang Yuling Are Still Being Held in Detention

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Liping is 32 years old. She was illegally sentenced to 11 years in prison. She has a growth in her colon that can possibly lead to perforation at any time, which could kill her. She was originally held at the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center in Changchun City, and the detention center authorities sent her to the Heizuizi Women's Prison nine times, but the prison refused to take her because of her poor condition. Ms. Zhang is still being held at the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center.

Tianjin Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lin Chunfang in Critical Condition from Police Torture

(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Lin Chunfang, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jinnan district of Tianjin City, was beaten by the police until she lost consciousness. At present, she is hospitalized in critical condition.

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