On July 20 2001, Mr Hong-Bo Liu was forcibly abducted from his home by the agents of the National Security Bureau’s Dalian office. He was injured in several places as he was dragged from down the stairs to the ground floor. He passed out and only regained consciousness with first aid. Afterwards, police officers searched his home illegally, and stole many valuable items including four computers.

In order to shirk responsibility, the labour camp claimed that Zhang Yiqin suffered from tuberculosis and ordered her family members to take her home. Tragically, Zhang Yiqin passed away in September 11, 2002, a few days after she was taken home.

This short video provides details about many aspects of the persecution of Falun Gong outside of China, with special emphasis upon the way in which the Jiang regime created and disseminated a blacklist of practitioners to foreign governments in an attempt to tarnish their reputations and restrict their freedom to travel.

According to a report from a Hong Kong newspaper, HK government officials insist that Article 23 completely coincides with the "Johannesburg Principles" on national security, freedom of expression and access to information. However, the Executive Director of the law consultant group in charge of creating these principles came to Hong Kong yesterday to point out that Article 23 directly violates the "Johannesburg Principles."

'Martin Lee, Hong Kong's most prominent opposition politician, on Thursday branded proposed anti-subversion legislation "evil" and said he would oppose it with all the means at his disposal...A number of foreign governments, including the United States and the United Kingdom, Hong Kong's former colonial power, have also voiced concern.'

'"There is no question that this proposed legislation threatens individual liberties in a profound and sustained way," D'Souza, who is visiting the territory, told reporters. "That cannot but have a highly detrimental effect on Hong Kong as a society."'

In September 2002, he was unlawfully sentenced to a five-year jail term. After only 18 days of being transferred to Liaoyang City's Huazi Jail in Liaoning Province, he was tortured to death on September 21.

We tried to expose the conspiracy of a few thugs through the Appeals Office in Beijing...The results of our sincerity and trust in the government were beatings, arrest, detention, forced labour, and incarceration in mental institutions and prisons.

Over the past three years the brutal reality of the illegal persecution of Falun Gong has become known throughout the world. The peaceful appeals of Falun Gong practitioners have motivated the public and the government to step forward to help those suffering in China. Here are stories of seven practitioners who were rescued by the efforts of Canadians. They have now been reunited with their families.

In September 2001, as Chicago Falun Gong practitioners were conducting a peaceful appeal, they were assaulted and one practitioner was violently beaten. The Chinese criminal threatened the practitioner, "If you report this, I will kill you."