It is of particular concern to me when states respond to threats, whether perceived or real, without due process. When states use their power to oppress and persecute in this way, it becomes almost impossible for individuals to protect themselves and for independent observers to get to the truth of the matter.

As a reaction to the latest developments in Hong Kong, Frankfurt practitioners staged a sit-in protest last week in front of various offices representing Hong Kong interests, to point out the endangering passage of Article 23, an addition to Hong Kong’s Basic Law...[see main text]

When her husband went to see the body, he found that there was large areas of black and blue marks as well as coagulated blood all over Cheng Guilan's legs. This kind-hearted woman of seventy years of age had her life taken away by the vicious police in only one day.

Currently, Zhu Hang is still being held in the psychiatric hospital undergoing the narcotic treatment forced upon her. She looks like an entirely different person from what she was three years ago. She can no longer take care of herself, let alone return to the university to teach classes.

Female Dafa practitioners who were steadfast in their belief and unyielding to the villains' demands were forced to be clothed in only their pants. The villains used pliers to pinch the nipples of the female practitioners and used electric batons to shock them.

One day, a group of agents used 11 high voltage electric batons at the same time on Chen Song for a whole day. They burned Chen's body all over, leaving his skin cracked and covered with blisters.

On October 23rd, member of Mexican Congress Mr. Acosta Salazar and Falun Dafa practitioners held a joint press conference about Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong. Three TV stations, three radio stations and several news agencies attended the press conference.

"It's a fundamentally lopsided arrangement that denies the Chinese people access to news and views from the outside world -- which they want and which Americans need them to hear. We can't allow the world's most populous nation to be kept in the dark about who we are, what we stand for, and why they should be on our side in the fight against terror."

On Oct. 22, 2002, Radio France International reported in its Chinese broadcasting program, which was aired to Mainland China and Paris Metropolitan area, that according to a report from AFP, there were more than seven hundred Falun Gong practitioners holding a demonstration in front of the Chinese consulate in Chicago against the persecution of Faun Gong by [Jiang’s] government.

Not long ago, my 75-year-old mother-in-law became very ill, and we rushed to see her that same day. She was very ill and could not eat, and she was frighteningly skinny. My father-in-law asked us to prepare for her death. I read the teachings of Falun gong to her and she made a miraculous recovery. Within just ten days, all of the problems with her heart, lungs, the left side of her body trembling, and her not being able to think disappeared.