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Tuesday May 4, 2004, No.18, Volume III
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Brutalized Body Shows Evidence of Torture in China
NEW YORK (FDI) - With his mouth blackened from repeated shocks from a cattle prod, a square piece of flesh missing from his heel and a body covered in black and blue patches, Mr. Li Yinglin was released by Chinese police only to die six days later from his injuries.

Avon Resident Says She Was Kidnapped, Family Threatened
"They started telling me what I do in America that not a lot of people know. They had to have either read my mail or listened to my phone calls. That concerns me because they spied on an American citizen."

CW: Letter to International Human Rights Organizations and the World Trade Organization About The Blood and Tears behind the Cheap Products Made in China
Falun Gong practitioners turned work slaves in the forced labor camps revealed the monetary incentive for the Chinese police and the forced labor camps to "arrest" Falun Gong practitioners.


In The News: China

31-year-old Woman Beaten to Death for Falun Gong Practice
NEW YORK (FDI) - On April 1st, 2004, Chinese police ransacked the home of Ms. Huang Zhao and her husband, stealing valuables and detaining the couple who both practice Falun Gong. Two weeks later, Huang was dead.

A Practitioner Who Once Gave up Falun Gong Exposes the Acts of the China National Security Bureau
A shocking confession of a Falun Gong practitioner who once worked as a spy and collected names of Falun Gong practitioners for China’s National Security Bureau in order to avoid further persecution.

Senior Doctor Mr. Yang Yongshou in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province Dies from the Persecution
In China, persecution and death seems to be the only fate that no Falun Gong practitioner can escape, even if you were an 82-year-old retired medical doctor that ran a small herbal store in a remote city.

One-Year-Old Child Imprisoned by Lixian County "610 Office" Personnel
Lixian County, Qinhuangdao City is one of the places where the persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners is most severe. The local officials once even publicized the cruel torture methods on China's Central Television. It is in Lixian County where the police locked up a Falun Gong practitioner couple in prison --- together with their one-year-old baby daughter.

Ms. Qiu Liying Brutally Tortured in Forced Labor Camps and Psychiatric Hospitals in Tangshan City
The Shijiazhuang police rotated Ms. Qiu Liying between the forced labor camp and the psychiatric hospital in order to force her to renounce Falun Gong. She was locked up in a room with male drug abusers and psychiatric patients, tortured with high-voltage electric needles inserted into her acupuncture points, and injected her with drugs destructive to the central nervous system.

Practitioners From Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, Provide Evidence of Widespread Atrocities and Demand Justice
A compilation of persecution facts in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province provided by witnesses and victims of the persecution in China.


In The News: North America

Reuters: Falun Gong Sues Chinese Minister in U.S. Court
[Chinese Commerce Minister] Bo [Xilai,] in Washington this week as part of a delegation headed by Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, was served with the legal papers on Thursday as he entered a hotel for a dinner in Wu's honor, said attorney Morton Sklar of the World Organization Against Torture USA, who represents the plaintiffs.

United States Government: Assistant Secretary of State Says that China's Human Rights Record Remains Poor
"Democracy activists and some spiritual or religious adherents, including Tibetan Buddhists, Uighur Muslims and the Falun Gong practitioners, continue to suffer harsh treatment." "This backsliding prompted President Bush to authorize the State Department to pursue a resolution criticizing China's human rights practices at the meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva this month."


In The News: Asia

AP: Chinese Tourists in Hong Kong Highlight Contrast of Cultures
HONG KONG (Associated Press) - Arriving in Hong Kong on his first trip away from mainland China, A.Q. Wan was stunned to see banners denouncing Beijing's suppression of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.


In The News: Europe

San Fernando Información: Persecuted and Tortured in Communist China
(San Fernando Información) Practitioners of Falun Dafa, an ancient practice that began in China and that seeks self improvement, are being massacred by the authorities through the 610 Office. A special office was created called the "610 Office", to direct the operations of the repression. Its director, Luo Gan, as well as Jiang Zemin himself, are since last year being sued for genocide and torture in the courts of Spain.