Human Rights and Religious Liberty

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 18 "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Info on persecution of Falun Gong in China:

My Slave Labor Experience at Tuanhe Prisoner Dispatch Center and Xin'an Forced Labor Camp in Beijing
(Chen Yin (a practitioner from Beijing, China) [FDIC]

I was imprisoned between November 2000 and November 2001 for refusing to give up Falun Gong practice. During that period of time, I was held in servitude at the Tuanhe Prisoner Dispatch Center and the Xin'an Forced Labor Camp in Beijing. [more]

also:

A Call for Decisive Action to End the Genocide in China [FDIC]

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China Suspends Rights Talks With U.S.. China angrily suspended dialogue on human rights with the United States on Tuesday, one day after Washington said it would seek to criticize the mainland's rights record at a U.N. conference. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
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SRI LANKA: New Report on Torture by the Police in Sri Lanka Released [Asian Human Rights Commission website]
8:40:28 AM

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