[Practitioners detained in the Daguang Detention Center, Changchun City wrote this letter on some toilet paper. They have been on hunger strike for eight days when the news was posted.]

We are Falun Dafa practitioners in Mainland China. After learning Falun Dafa, we conduct ourselves by following the principle of "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance". We strive to become better people and to reach unselfishness in the end. We all have benefited tremendously from practicing Falun Dafa. It has helped many of us get rid of life-threatening diseases, and it has helped numerous families and neighborhoods become harmonious. It has made us realize the true meaning of life, and brought us genuine happiness.

In October last year, we went to Beijing to appeal to the government and to report the truth of Falun Gong to the government. However, we were arrested and escorted back to our hometown even before we could make the appeal. Some of us got arrested right after we stopped by Tiananmen Square, some were arrested while watching the flag-rising ceremony, and some arrested in front of the appealing offices.

We went to appeal to the Chinese government according to Article 41 of the Chinese Constitution. We have not violated any law. Why are we being detained here without going through any legal procedures? To protest the illegal detention, we started a hunger strike on February 4, and we have been on a hunger strike for seven days. However, the Chinese authorities have paid no attention to our request, although we have been sincerely waiting for their attention. We could not believe that the Chinese government simply does not care about the lives of more than 100 innocent people. Some of us are still on hunger strike.

Hereby, we appeal to the international community and people who cherish human rights to urge the Chinese government to redress their errors.

140 practitioners in Daguang Detention Center