(Clearwisdom.net) On December 26, 2004, Ms. Xu Youlin, a Beijing Falun Gong practitioner who has been illegally subjected to forced labor for eighteen months in Southwest Beijing Female Forced Labor Camp, has been released after rescue efforts from people living outside of China.
Ms. Xu is the mother of a practitioner from Germany. The German Falun Gong practitioners are grateful for the help given by the German Government and the International Organization for Human Rights. They would like to thank all the people who signed a petition calling for the release of Ms. Xu, as well as those who expressed their support by other means.
Just like many other practitioners in China, Ms. Xu was arrested after exposing the persecution in Beijing. In early 2003, she was detained in the labor camp illegally because she gave out leaflets. After Germany's practitioners found out she was arrested in 2003, they immediately appealed to German people from all walks of life for support in securing her release. Many people stretched out their hands to help including the German Government, which expressed concerns about Ms. Xu's situation. In a letter to Falun Gong practitioners on November 30, 2004, the German Government said, "During his visit to China, the German Premier mentioned Ms. Xu's case to the Chinese Government."
Ms. Xu's son, who is living in Germany, said, "Public attention and awareness is extremely important for exposing human rights violations. My mother is only one of tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners who have been innocently arrested. Her release is a step towards justice. We appeal to all people to help end the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong."
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