Video: An Appeal to China, An Appeal to the World: Human Rights Violations, 2001
Script: Los Angeles, February 17, 2001: Demonstrators carry photographs of Falun Gong practitioners
tortured to death in China. In the evening, practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese consulate
and held a candlelight vigil in memory of the dead. Here, we are documenting only a tiny fraction of the intense suffering of millions of people
whose lives have been devastated--and in many cases ended--by the ongoing persecution in Communist
China. Jan 1st, 2001, [The appeal and arrest of FLG practitioners] Title: An Appeal to China, An Appeal to the World: Human Rights Violations, 2001 In May of 1992, Mr. Li Hongzhi revealed to the world a unique qigong practice known as Falun
Gong, or Falun Dafa, which consists of five sets of gentle, slow-moving exercises andexercises and a
profound spiritual philosophy. In 1996, Mr. Li's book, Zhuan Falun, became a national best seller in China. A few years later,
a survey by the Communist Party revealed that the number of Falun Gong practitioners in China had
grown to between 70 and 100 million--more than the entire membership of the Chinese Communist Party
itself. Moreover, many Party members were also practicing Falun Gong. Falun Gong is deeply rooted in traditional Chinese culture. Soon, it spread rapidly to more than
40 countries through out the world. To have so many people involved in something that transcends the confines of the Communist Party
ideology--something that promotes independent thinking and is intended to elevate each individual's
spirit--was a challenge to the Party's top leader. On July 22, Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin proclaimed that Falun Gong was now illegal and
that henceforth, any citizens who practiced Falun Gong, petitioned or appealed for Falun Gong, or
assembled together with others for the purpose of exchanging and spreading information about Falun
Gong, would be arrested and punished. The nationwide attack on Falun Gong came on like a violent thunderstorm. It was compared by many
old-timers to the Cultural Revolution launched by Chairman Mao over 30 years ago, during which time
many innocent citizens had their human rights abolished and were treated as enemies of the state,
while many corrupt politicians and lawbreakers prospered. Given the brutality of the government's attack upon many of its citizens, it is not surprising
that reports of torture and death soon started emerging from China's jails, detention centers, and
labor camps. On April 20, 2000, the Wall Street Journal reported from Weifang, China: "The day before Chen Zixiu died, her captors again demanded that she renounce her faith in
Falun Dafa. Barely conscious after repeated jolts from a cattle prod, the 58-year-old woman
stubbornly shook her head. Enraged, the local officials ordered Ms. Chen to run barefoot in the
snow. Two days of torture had left her legs bruised and her short black hair matted with pus and
blood, according to cellmates and other prisoners who witnessed the incident. She crawled outside,
vomited and collapsed. She never regained consciousness, and died on Feb. 21. " Liu Yufeng, 64, was a retired worker from Wendeng City. On the morning of July 18, 2000, Liu was
detained because he took part in a group practice session at Huilong Mountain. On July 23, Liu died
from being severely beaten and tortured. An autopsy revealed cuts and bruises on his face, and black
and blue marks left by electric shocks on his throat, chest, and legs. His ribs on both sides were
fractured. For practicing Falun Gong in a park, Ms. Zhao Xin, a 32-year-old university professor, was
detained at the Haidian Police Substation in Beijing. A few days later, she was admitted to the
hospital, still wearing handcuffs and shackles, with three broken vertebrae in her neck. She
suffered from extreme pain for six months before she died. The Washington Post reported the case of practitioner Su Gang, a computer engineer who died after
spending a week in a mental hospital, where doctors injected him twice daily with an unknown
substance that made him lose mobility and finally led to heart failure. From AFP news on June 28, 2000: Zhao Xinli, a military officer, was placed in a mental hospital
in Beijing and injected daily with a drug which damaged his nervous system. This left him physically
weak and disoriented. An official in the department where Zhao worked confirmed that he had been
sent there because of his affiliation with Falun Gong. So far, over 1000 Falun Gong practitioners have been committed to mental hospitals, where they
have been abused with injections, sedatives, anti-psychotic drugs, and electric shocks. The persecution of female practitioners has been unimaginable. Recent reports have been released
of women being sexually abused in a variety of ways, including being shocked by electric batons
inserted into their vaginas by male guards also practitioners were stripped naked and thrown into
cells with male criminals. The Falun Gong crackdown is not limited to Chinese nationals. [News report] Australian citizen Zhang Cuiying was detained for eight months because she went to China to
appeal during the annual meeting of the People's Congress. While in jail, she was forced to work
more than 10 hours a day and suffered humiliation in front of male guards. With the help of the
Australian government she was later released. On Nov. 15, 2000 without benefit of trial, Professor Zhang Kunlun, a Canadian citizen, was
sentenced to three years in a Chinese labor camp, for peacefully practicing Falun Gong exercises in
a public park. In the labor camp, he was severely tortured. Due to international pressure, he was
released after serving two months of his sentence. Although many organizations and governments around the world have condemned China for its human
rights practices, the persecution still continues. These organizations still persevere to reveal the
truth about Falun Gong. Most recently, on March 14th Freedom House (the world's oldest
organization that monitors human rights) honored Mr. Li Hongzhi and Falun Dafa with the
International Religious Freedom Award of 2001. To date, over 50,000 practitioners have been detained. At least 10,000 have been sent to labor
camps without trial. 150 have been sentenced to extended jail terms. Over 1000 have been illegally
sent to be tortured in mental hospitals. 172 people have died as a result of police torture. You can help to stop this brutality now! While tens of millions of Falun Gong practitioners in
China have been deprived of their freedom to speak, you still can! [Show on the screen] As nations unite in Geneva for safeguarding human rights, we urge you to join us in demanding the
following from the Chinese government: Music and Song Picture: If you are willing to help stop the brutal persecution, please contact: XXXX
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