On April 25, 1999, Falun Gong came to the attention of the world as some ten thousand of its practitioners gathered quietly outside Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Government leaderships compound in Beijing. Their only intent was to communicate the harassment and injustices practitioners were facing throughout China at the hands of Chinese police. The peaceful gathering was sparked by the beatings Falun Gong practitioners endured only a few days before in the neighboring city of Tianjin. In both cases these practitioners ...
Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--Chinese police have detained a woman who described how her mother was beaten to death in custody for refusing to abandon her faith in the banned spiritual practice Falun Dafa.
The April 25th incident was widely reported by western media. 10,000 Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in Beijing on that day of last year, outside the central government compound, to present their peaceful request for a legal and non-hostile environment to practice their spiritual beliefs. It was witnessed by all the reporters presented that the gathering was completely peaceful and orderly, and lawful according to China' own constitution and law which promise freedom of assembly and appeal. After a ...
[Guang-dong Province] Arbitrary Detention; Graduate Student Forced to Quit School
Wang Jin-hua, 25 years old, was a practitioner from the Shan-jia Town of Yang-chun City, Guang-dong Province. Wang went to Beijing to appeal on September 9 of 1999 and was detained for 20 days in the Shi-jing-shan detention center in Beijing, and another 2 days in Guang-dong Liaison Office in Beijing and 15 days in the local Yang-chun City detention center.
Sunday April 23
BEIJING (AP) - A year ago, Wang Kai was Falun Gong' man on the inside, a convert and a well-placed official who championed the spiritual movement within China' communist government.
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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