In the year since July 22, 1999 when the Chinese government declared Falun Gong an illegal organization, the Chinese government has attached so little importance to the lives of Falun Gong practitioners that to date, at least 24 innocent Dafa practitioners have been tortured to death, more than 40,000 people have been illegally detained, more than 5,000 have been sent to labor re-education camps, and about 100 have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 years ...
In the afternoon of July 20, 2000, Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa press conference in Hilton Hotel in Washington DC, in commemoration of the persecution by Chinese government since July 20, 1999. Mr. Mark Palmer, the vice-chairman of Freedom House and Mr. T Kumar, Amnesty International gave their speeches in the press Conference.
More than 200 hundred practitioners gathered peacefully at the Chinese Embassy in Canberra (the Capital of Australia). There was a substantial turn out of the practitioners that attended ranged from a few days old to over 70 years old. The day was cold and very windy, but sunny most of the time.
July 27, 2000
BEIJING (AP) -- Police forcibly fed a hunger striker protesting the crackdown on the Falun Gong spiritual group, causing the woman to choke to death, a Hong Kong-based human rights group said Thursday.
Thursday, July 27, 2000
UK (BBC) - A member of the banned Falun Gong sect choked to death in police custody in China after officers tried to force feed her during a hunger strike, human rights activists say. Reports said primary school teacher An Xiukun, 50, was refusing food at a detention centre in the northern province of Hebei to protest against her feet being bound with iron shackles.
"Instead of strengthening China, in the long run this crackdown fatally weakens China, complicates its foreign relations, and undermines its standing amongst ordinary Chinese citizens. If China wishes for the world' respect, then it must respect the heartfelt beliefs of its own citizens."
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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