Canada: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Hunger Strike in Front of Chinese Embassy, Call for Charles Li's Immediate and Unconditional Release (Photos)

Falun Gong practitioners from Ottawa and Montreal began continuous appeals on behalf of Dr. Charles Li at the Chinese Embassy on the afternoon of May 21. On Sunday, June 1, the hunger strike Dr. Li initiated to protest the severe violation of his human rights in China entered its fourth day. The same day, practitioners from these two areas began a hunger strike in front of the Chinese Embassy from 9am to 5pm to support Dr. Li and call for his immediate and unconditional release.

Torture Death of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Bai Shuzhen in Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province

(Clearwisdom.net) Bai Shuzhen, female, 60-years old, was from Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province. She had been detained many times at Wafangdian City Detention Center for going to Beijing to validate Dafa, and suffered all kinds of torture. Following her second illegal arrest she was sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp where she also suffered from brutal torture, such as being forced to kneel down on a 10" long wood strip or on a brick, being shocked with high voltage batons, and being exposed to the heat in the sun. She was tortured to death in April 2003.

Three Dafa Practitioners Savagely Killed by Police in Shanxi Province

(Clearwisdom.net, May 31)

One of the victims was a male Falun Dafa practitioner in his 30s that worked at the Shanxi Yangquan Mineral Bureau's Fifth Mine. His name is unknown, but we know that his wife, Mrs. Zhang Wenli was also jailed at one time in Xindian Labor Camp for not giving up her belief in Dafa. This male practitioner was illegally sentenced to forced labor "re-education" in 2002 and sent to the Xindian Labor Camp in Taiyuan. After this year's Spring Festival, he went on a hunger strike for over 40 days to protest the unjust persecution. He was savagely force-fed to death.

Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Xu Weiwen Tortured to Death

(Clearwisdom.net)

Ms. Xu Weiwen was a 40-year-old Dafa practitioner. Because she was very determined in cultivating Dafa, she was detained in the Banqiao Female Labor Camp in Tianjin City for 2 years. While in detention, she was subjected to various tortures. Under the instigation of the police, drug addicts there beat her savagely. They also sealed her mouth with tape to prevent her from talking. Not long after she was released, she was arrested again and sent to the Jianxin Female Labor Camp in Tianjin City. In order to protest her illegal detention, she went on a hunger strike. The police tortured her even when she was extremely weak. At the end of 2002, news came out that she had been tortured to death. She was detained at the Fourth Team in the labor camp and the team leader, Jiao Menghua, is one of the parties responsible for her death.

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