U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos' Letter Urging His Colleagues to Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin

Dear Colleague:

Since 1999, the Chinese Government has engaged in systematic persecution of peaceful Falun Gong practitioners. Chinese citizens who practice Falun Gong are locked away in prison or psychiatric institutions for years on end, and are often tortured in an effort to get them to renounce their beliefs.

Charles Li's Manuscript Details the Inside Situation In Prison (Photos)

Dr. Charles' Li's manuscript is a 109-page neatly handwritten document that he prepared in prison in China. Dr. Li went on hunger strike for eight days to protest jail officials' refusal to allow these documents to leave the prison. Sixty-nine pages of the manuscript were written while his hands were tightly cuffed for three days and nights. This was April, yet he was still wearing the winter clothes that he had been wearing when he was arrested. He had not been allowed to change his clothes for months.

EFGIC: Swedish Government Helps Falun Gong Practitioner in Thailand

After being detained in Thailand for 37 days, Pirjo finally returned with the help of the Swedish Government

LONDON (EFGIC) -- At the time of the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister to Thailand on April 29, a Swedish Falun Gong practitioner, Mrs. Pirjo Svensson, was arrested in her home in Bangkok. Immediately upon her detention, the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok demanded an explanation from the Thai Authorities. Sweden also forwarded an official protest against the detention to the Government of Thailand, demanding Mrs. Svensson's immediate release, and that she should not be expelled but should retain the right to remain in Thailand for the duration of her present visa. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm has also summoned representatives of the Embassy of Thailand to deliver the Swedish demands.

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