(Clearwisdom.net) June 26 was the seventh United Nations Internal
Day to Support Torture Victims. Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture
exhibition in Houston's Chinatown to expose the Jiang Zemin regime's brutal
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners over the last five years.
Two Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated two torture methods,
"Cuffed and Hung" and "Tiger Bench" (for more
information, click http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/11/24/16156.html),
which were two out of the over one hundred torture methods used in China to
torture Falun Gong practitioners. On the other side of the venue, Falun Gong
practitioners held a peaceful Falun Gong exercise demo. The startling
contrast caught the attention of passers-by and many came forward to get
more information. Two middle-aged women asked, "We know Falun Gong is persecuted in
China, but don't know why?" A Falun Gong practitioner explained to them
the practice of Falun Gong. One lady said, "It is a kind of Qigong,
then." The practitioner further explained, "As practicing Falun
Gong has many benefits, more and more people started to practice Falun Gong.
Jiang Zemin was jealous after knowing that Falun Gong practitioners
outnumbered communist party members. Jiang initiated the persecution to
eradicate Falun Gong and the torture exhibition only demonstrated two of the
torture methods." The two women listened attentively and asked at the
end, "Where is Falun Gong taught?" The practitioner gave them
directions. Many passers-by watched the anti-torture exhibition and were shocked at
the cruel tortures. The practitioners distributed truth-clarification
literature. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tang, an actress in the anti-torture
exhibition, had an experience of being persecuted in China. She was arrested
when she went to China in 1999 and force-fed saline solution, resulting in
her almost suffocating. Mr. Wang was also an actor in the anti-torture exhibition. His family
experienced torture and persecution. His mother is currently in China and
used to have many illnesses. She recovered after practicing Falun Gong.
After the persecution started in 1999, she was detained in a mental hospital
for not giving up practicing Falun Gong. She was injected with toxic drugs
and was detained for three months. Mr. Wang and his wife practice Falun Gong
outside the U.S. Chinese Consulate in Houston after the consulate refused to
extend their passports. Mr. Wang lost his job as a result and the refusal
created a difficult situation for them as they have a baby. In the annual report of the United Nations this year, there are over 130
cases of torture in China and over 100 of them are about Falun Gong
practitioners. Falun Gong practitioners in Houston held the anti-torture
exhibition to have more people know the facts and more people with
conscience to help end the persecution.
Torture exhibition
Clarification of the facts of the persecution
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/6/27/78085.html