News from China with a focus on human rights and religious liberty

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Display of Warships Signal Hong Kong of China's Resolve. Chinese warships sailed down Victoria Harbor today as democracy advocates in Hong Kong say they face growing intimidation. By Keith Bradsher. [New York Times: International]
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More accounts of persecution of Falun Gong in China

A Practitioner Who Once Gave up Falun Gong Exposes the Acts of the China National Security Bureau
A shocking confession of a Falun Gong practitioner who once worked as a spy and collected names of Falun Gong practitioners for China’s National Security Bureau in order to avoid further persecution.

Senior Doctor Mr. Yang Yongshou in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province Dies from the Persecution
In China, persecution and death seems to be the only fate that no Falun Gong practitioner can escape, even if you were an 82-year-old retired medical doctor that ran a small herbal store in a remote city.

One-Year-Old Child Imprisoned by Lixian County "610 Office" Personnel
Lixian County, Qinhuangdao City is one of the places where the persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners is most severe. The local officials once even publicized the cruel torture methods on China's Central Television. It is in Lixian County where the police locked up a Falun Gong practitioner couple in prison --- together with their one-year-old baby daughter.

Ms. Qiu Liying Brutally Tortured in Forced Labor Camps and Psychiatric Hospitals in Tangshan City
The Shijiazhuang police rotated Ms. Qiu Liying between the forced labor camp and the psychiatric hospital in order to force her to renounce Falun Gong. She was locked up in a room with male drug abusers and psychiatric patients, tortured with high-voltage electric needles inserted into her acupuncture points, and injected her with drugs destructive to the central nervous system.

Practitioners From Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, Provide Evidence of Widespread Atrocities and Demand Justice
A compilation of persecution facts in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province provided by witnesses and victims of the persecution in China.
www.faluninfo.net

5:24:25 PM

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Bishop Zen’s trip to Shanghai dictated by China’s fears
An interview with Fr. Gianni Criveller, PIME, of the Holy Spirit Study Center. What importance does Bishop Zen’s trip to China have for the Vatican, the Catholic Church and Hong Kong society? AsiaNews posed this question to an expert living in Hong Kong for 10 years. [more]

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HIV/AIDS SPREADS QUICKLY IN XINJIANG [RFA]
China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang has now become a hot spot for the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus, second only to Yunnan Province near the infamous Golden Triangle drug-producing region, RFA’s Uyghur service reports. According to statistics published by international and Chinese health organizations, the number of patients infected by HIV/AIDS in the predominantly Uyghur region of Xinjiang now sees more than 1,000 new cases a year. [more]
7:49:40 AM

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Hong Kong bishop visits Shanghai as travel ban ends. Taipei Times Online May 5 2004 6:10AM GMT [Moreover - Religion news]
7:27:56 AM

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Tibetan Hunger Strike Ends. "New York, May 3 - The Tibetan Youth Congress called off its indefinite hunger strike at the United Nations on May 3, 2004, following a visit by UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie at the hunger strike venue at 4:30 pm. She assured the hunger strikers that the relevant UN organs would follow up on the concerns expressed by the hunger strikers. " [China Letter : News Human Rights Economy Government]
7:15:15 AM

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China's boys stolen and sold, police ignore problem

. "With startling frequency, little boys who go outside to play here don't come back. They are snatched, spirited across China, sold and resold." According to the linked report, in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province southern China some 215 children have gone missing in the last four years at the hands, it would appear, of organised groups that are kidnapping small boys to "demand" to satisfy [China Letter : News Human Rights Economy Government]
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