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Falun Gong Practitioners in the Wanjia Labor Camp Hold Hunger Strikes; Their Condition is Extremely Critical
By practitioners in Mainland China
(Clearwisdom.Net) As the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners at the
Wanjia Labor Camp, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, has become increasingly
intense, a large number of practitioners have been holding hunger strikes since
around July 16. They have taken a stand to uphold the most basic of human rights
and to uphold the dignity of Falun Dafa. All practitioners on hunger strike
are routinely force-fed through tubes inserted into their noses each day. Some of
them have suffered bleeding in the stomach and esophagus, as well as other
injuries caused by the rough treatment.
As of August 5, their hunger strikes are continuing, and they are still being
force-fed through a tube each day. The labor camp has prohibited the
practitioners from seeing their families or any other visitors from outside the
camp. Their condition is extremely critical.
Meanwhile, since the Wanjia Labor Camp has prohibited the practitioners from
practicing their Falun Dafa exercises, practitioners under such adverse
circumstances have widely experienced a series of phenomena such as the
appearance of boils and the symptoms of some of the diseases they once had,
prior to becoming practitioners.
The kind-hearted Falun Gong practitioners are enduring both physical and
mental anguish. At the risk of their very lives, they are demonstrating their
determination to practice Falun Dafa, and are protesting against the atrocious
persecution, to alert the world. We hope their noble deeds are able to awaken
compassion in the hearts of people all over the world.
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