Senior Practitioner Li Xiumei From Dalian City Is Tortured to Death at Yaojia Detention Center

(Clearwisdom.net) Dalian city practitioner Li Xiumei, female, 58-years-old, died as a result of torture on the morning of December 16, 2001. Li Xiumei was illegally detained in theYaojia Detention Center in Dalian city. To protest the persecution she went on a hunger strike. She was hospitalized when she was at the edge of death. She died after a failed medical emergency rescue.

An Open Letter from an Australian Member of Parliament: I Am Impressed by the Sincerity of Falun Dafa Practitioners

To Whom It May Concern:

Totalitarian governments cannot bear a rival loyalty in civil society, even if the rival is a system of meditation and exercise. Falun Dafa is such a system with the mottos: Truth, Compassion and Forbearance. I am impressed by the sincerity of its practitioners. I am disturbed by the dreadful treatment of its practitioners by the ruling party of the People's Republic of China.

New York State Assembly Issues Citation Praising Mr. Li Hongzhi

On December 19, 2001, New York State Assemblyman Jacob E. Gunther, III issued a citation to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, for his outstanding contribution to the whole society. During the celebration ceremony of Orange County Falun Dafa Week, the representative of Mr. Gunther issued the citation.

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