Today’s Articles — November 12, 2004
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Media Summary: Hong Kong Appeals Court Overturns "Public Obstruction" Conviction of 16 Falun Gong Practitioners, Upholds Other Charges
On Wednesday, November 10, the Associated Press reported that in a case seen as a test for the territory's freedom under Chinese rule, a Hong Kong appeals court dismissed some of the convictions Wednesday against 16 Falun Gong practitioners for protesting outside China's liaison office.
Chinese Communist Party Delegation of Over 100 People Visits Africa, Party Secretary of Gansu Province Is Barred from Leaving Zambia
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Su Rong, the Party secretary of Gansu Province was detained by Zambian Supreme Court on the afternoon of November 4, 2004 after he and a Chinese Communist Party delegation paid an official visit to Zambia's Vice President Lupando Mwape. An information source claimed that Su Rong had to leave the delegation led by Mr. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) and stay in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, for a "special" weekend.
Mr. Xu Zhibin, Illegally Sentenced to 14-years in Prison, Now Weighs Only 88 Pounds and Is Extremely Frail
(Clearwisdom.net)
The Ganjjingzi District Court in Dianlian City sentenced Mr. Xu Zhibin to fourteen years of imprisonment in September 2002 because he practiced Falun Gong.
The court announced its verdict despite having no witnesses, no evidence, and no oral representation. When his family members asked Hu Xiaoping, the department chief, on what grounds the verdict was based, she replied, "This is discipline. No one can talk about it." Xu Zhibin is now detained in Wafangdian Prison, Liaoning Province.
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Self Immolation Hoax
Biggest propaganda stunt of all time, cooked up to make Falun Gong look bad
Deaths Confirmed
The true death count is likely many times higher
Organ Harvesting Crimes
Tens of thousands likely killed for their organs
So-Called "1400 Deaths"
A fundamental mistruth in the false propaganda against Falun Gong
April 25 Peaceful Appeal
The most peaceful protest in history is called a 'siege' by top party brass
Prosecuting Jiang Zemin
Bringing the prime culprit in the persecution to justice
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