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Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Hunger Strike to Protest Unlawful Endless Detention in Dehui, Jilin Province
11/1/2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
On August 22, 2003, China's Supreme Court announced to the press the progress
of closing out and mitigation of past-due custody. The Deputy of the Supreme
Court Zhao Denju stated, "Past-due custody is unlawful detention. It will be
strictly forbidden to make such mistakes during the investigation stage from now
on." This statement sounds reasonable, however Jiang's regime continues to
conceal the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The law is not
followed. In fact, they deliberately break the law.
The public officials, prosecutors, lawyers, and law executors of Dehui City
have detained 13 Falun Dafa practitioners in Dehui Detention Center for over one
year. The staff of the public prosecuting system does not abide by the law.
Instead, they use denial of investigation, charge withdrawal, and relocation of
detention as excuses to detain Falun Dafa practitioners. They know that they are
acting against the law when they continue to detain practitioners. To cover up
their crimes they fabricate all kinds of accusations of Dafa practitioners.
November 1 marks the 20th day the 13 Dafa practitioners have been
on a hunger strike in the Dehui Jail. The malicious policemen would not release
anyone even when their condition was critical. On one occasion, when a Dafa
practitioner's relative went to appeal the situation, one of the Political and
Law Committee said, "There will be someone responsible if anyone dies." When the
relative asked about the reason for past-due detention, Wang Jishen, the
supervisor of the court, replied, "Because of insufficient evidence, we need to
start the investigation over." Insufficient evidence means the accused is not
guilty, hence the accused should be released. It is unreasonable and unlawful to
keep the accused detained. In another instance, the mother of a Dafa
practitioner questioned the supervisor and asked why the supervisor beat someone
up. The supervisor flushed and dared not answer.
The fact remains; the officials arrest and detain Dafa practitioners for no
justifiable reasons.
We call on the International Human Rights Investigation Organization, other
organizations, and people standing on the side of justice to please help. Posting date: 11/21/2003
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