Canada: Calgary Citizens Shocked at the Tortures (Photos)

By practitioners from Calgary

(Clearwisdom.net) On the noon of July 9, 2004, just after participating in the Calgary Stampede Parade, Falun Gong practitioners conducted an anti-torture exhibit in front of the Max Bell Theater in downtown Calgary to expose the persecution encountered by Falun Gong practitioners in China for not giving up their belief.

People stop to look at the exhibition

Interviewed by the media

Clarifying the truth to people

Calgary's mainstream media outlets including A-Channel TV and newspaper FFWD came to cover the event. A-Channel conducted the interviews for almost one hour. They had a special interview with Ms. Wang Yuzhi whose plight was illustrated on the posters. Ms. Wang introduced that because she persisted in her belief, she had been arrested and imprisoned three times in China, where she suffered various tortures including violent force-feeding. She was tortured to the verge of death and she almost lost her eyesight. Overseas Falun Gong practitioners and Canadian government's great support and effort rescued her.

A photographer from FFWD newspaper came and took a few photos of the torture re-enactments. A reporter followed up with an interview later. Practitioners said that the exhibit showed what is happening in China. Only a few of the over 100 known types of torture could be shown. 1001 practitioners are verified to have died from the persecution. More than 100,000 practitioners are unlawfully detained or sentenced to force labor or jail.

The torture exhibition shocked spectators and passers-by. Some people shook their heads and felt that it was inconceivable that this was happening in China today.

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