Falun Gong practitioners from Nong'an county near Changchun city are facing brutal beatings after being sent back from their appealing in Beijing. Some were hung up and beaten. They were fined 5000 Yuan at the same time. If practitioners could not afford the fine, their houses would be torn apart, and food and furniture would be hauled away. They are being deprived of their basic livelihood.

Image for article Human rights groups Friday called on a U.N. commission ...(Reuters: 3/17/00)

GENEVA (Reuters) - Human rights groups Friday called on a U.N. commission to condemn alleged grave violations, including executions, in China and Chechnya.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urged the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, which begins its annual meeting here Monday, to send investigators to Chechnya to gather evidence of alleged executions, torture and rapes by Russian forces.

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Reuters: Monday March 20

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday that the mood in the U.N. Human Rights Commission has shifted against China in the past year, creating the best chance in years for a vote on China' human rights record.

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