Summary of Other Articles and News - 12/17/2002

(Clearwisdom.net)

Truth and People's Hearts

A Conversation Clarifying the Truth to People.

Before the "Human Rights Scoundrel" came to Texas, the chairperson of a Chinese Student Association cooperated with the Chinese Embassy's spreading hate propaganda, and hosted a picture Show slandering Falun Gong. One evening I dialed his telephone number. At first he tried to avoid the conversation. I told him, Falun Gong is related with you. What you did is violating United States law. We do not harm you. We only want to help you learn the truth. His altitude changed. Then I changed the contend of our conversation. He said at the last, "I do believe in cause and effect. Maybe in reality, we did help the evil."

A Letter From An Excellent Student To His High School Teacher

I finished writing this letter with tears in my eyes. I only hope that you will no longer be deceived by the lies, and no longer have misunderstandings about Falun Gong and Falun Dafa practitioners. Risking their lives, countless Falun Dafa practitioners have printed truth clarifying materials with their hard-earned life savings. All they wish is to have people in the world know the truth, to support the righteous, and to make the correct choice at this critical historical moment! Falun Dafa is a righteous way that teaches people to be good. The vicious can never surpass the righteous. Justice will come!

Persecution Facts

The Second Labor Camp in Anning District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province force female Falun Dafa practitioners to carry dirt. The evil police often beat and curse Falun Dafa practitioners, punishing them by making them stand up overnight, and giving them only half a portion of steamed bread per day. Police also forced them write the "Three Statements" [Note: they are documents coerced under extreme pressure, torture and brainwashing, designed by the Chinese authority to ensure that detained Falun Gong practitioners be appropriately brain-washed. The statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list containing names and addresses of all family, friends and acquaintances of the detainee who practices Falun Gong. This system was concocted by the "610" office, an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.] If any one refused to write, they would be punished with standing all night, or heavy labor during the day, or tortured by being cuffed and hung up [With both hands cuffed, both feet off or only toes touching the ground, one is hung onto the basketball support or the beam of the house with the handcuff. The hands and arms will soon become parenthetic and numb], or tortured with electric baton shocks, or beaten with rubber covered sticks.

Opposing Hong Kong Article 23 All Over the World

A report from Toronto: At 2 PM December 14, 2002, the Global Coalition Against Article 23 initiated a parade against Hong Kong's proposed Article 23. Concern over Article 23 was echoed by people from all walks of lives. About 400 people joined the parade. The parade lasted around 2 hours. After the parade, people wore the light blue ribbons while collecting signatures in front of many shopping facilities to oppose Article 23.

News and Activities Around the World

Taoyuan County is one of the major counties in Taiwan Industrial District. Most businesses trade with mainland China. Falun Dafa practitioners enlightened that to clarify the truth in the Industrial District is a very good channel to expose the evil lies, and help the Chinese people understand the true situation of Falun Dafa. More than 60 Falun Dafa practitioners went to the Industrial District to clarify the truth on December 13.