AP: Falun Gong:130 Detained Members On Hunger Strike In China
SHANGHAI (AP)--China's outlawed Falun Gong [group] said
Friday that 130 detained members were on a hunger
strike, but labor camp officials said no protest had
taken place. The hunger strike at the Masanjia Labor Camp, in the
northeastern province of Liaoning, began 10 days ago
after the camp failed to release group members whose
sentences had ended, said Falun Gong members based in
New York. The report said the camp was under new orders not to
release recalcitrant group members. [...] Falun Gong has previously alleged the use of torture
and rape at Masanjia to force detained members to
renounce the group. The spiritual movement says more
than 250 members have died in custody throughout China
during the two-year-old crackdown. The Chinese government has denied mistreatment of
Falun Gong members. [...]
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