Summary of Other Articles and News - October 14, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

Eight Falun Dafa Practitioners Sentenced to Prison - They are Currently Appealing the Verdict

Perpetrators from the Anyang City Political and Judiciary Committee and from the 610 Office in Henan Province abducted eight Falun Gong practitioners in late 2004. An illegal trial was held in May 2005 and the practitioners were sentenced to between three and five years in prison. The eight practitioners have appealed the verdict. The investigation for a second trial is now underway.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/10/14/112396.html

Brutal Tortures of Dafa Practitioners at the Taihang Women's Prison in Mancheng, Baoding City, Hebei Province

Practitioner Bai Junjie from Zhangjiakou City was sentenced to seven years in prison on March 1, 2005. She was sent to Group 2 of the Taihang Women's Prison. She held a hunger strike to resist the persecution and was detained in solitary confinement. The persecutors monitored her around the clock. Her blood pressure rose to 250, her heart rate was abnormal and she became extremely weak. Practitioner Gong Fenglan from the Chengde area was sentenced to three years in prison for distributing truth clarifying flyers. Practitioner Zhang Lijun from the Baoding area was sentenced to twelve years in prison for making truth clarifying flyers. Gong Fenglan was sent to Taihang Women's Prison in May 2004, and Zhang Lijun was sent to Taihang Women's Prison in November 2004. They are extremely weak from being subjected to torture.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/10/14/112384.html