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Today’s Articles — October 14, 2003

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More than One Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners Attend Experience Sharing Conference in Houston (Photo)

(Clearwisdom.net, October 13, 2003) On October 12, 1996, our great Master came to Houston to teach the Fa at the Overseas Chinese Education Center. At the same time, our esteemed Master was named an "Honorary Citizen" of the City of Houston and honored as a "Goodwill Ambassador". That was the first proclamation to honor Falun Gong in North America. At present, Falun Gong has received more than one thousand awards throughout the world. At that time, over 600 people were fortunate to attend the grand historical event.

Texas: Dafa Practitioners Gather to Commemorate the Seventh Anniversary of Master Li's Teaching the Fa in Houston (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net, October 13, 2003) Over the weekend, Dafa practitioners from different countries gathered at the Old Market Square Park in Houston, Texas to start the 3-day event celebrating the seventh anniversary of Master Li's teaching the Fa in Houston. Practitioners also called upon people from all walks of life to pay attention to the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Falun Gong Practitioners Lose Consciousness from Being Hung by their Handcuffs at the Minxi Prison

(Clearwisdom.net)

All illegally sentenced Falun Gong practitioners within Fujian Province are collectively imprisoned at the Minxi Prison. Dafa practitioners are intensively persecuted there. The Rujian Division of this prison is the most vicious. This division's guards Xu Shangxian and Wu use extremely brutal torture methods and enforce all kinds of illegal regulations. Recently, for example, practitioners who practiced the Falun Dafa exercises in the prison were handcuffed to the window bars and hung, suspended there. They were kept like this most of the time except for when they were to eat their meals or use the bathroom (sometimes they were even deprived of their right to have meals). They were tortured both mentally and physically. The practitioners were forced to write the so-called "Three Statements."* Some practitioners lost consciousness from the unbearable pain. Even so, the guards didn't stop the torture. The guards threatened other prisoners not to talk to or communicate with Falun Gong practitioners. Instead, they ordered criminal prisoners to closely watch over and monitor the practitioners. They illegally deprived practitioners' rights of sending mail and appealing.