Falun Gong Says Members Tortured To Death - No Suicides

Geschrieben von Mr. Burns am 05. Juli 2001 19:54:40:

Als Antwort auf: Falun Gong-Anhänger ermordet (?) geschrieben von Swissman am 05. Juli 2001 14:38:23:

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banned Falun Gong spiritual
movement alleged on Wednesday at least 15 of its followers
were tortured to death in a prison camp in northeastern China
last month and denied reports of a mass suicide.

A local government official denied both accounts and said three
Falun Gong followers at the camp had tried to commit suicide,
but nobody had died.

The Falun Dafa Information Center said in a statement 15
female practitioners were killed and several seriously injured at
Wanjia Labour Camp in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang
province, on around June 20.

However, a Hong Kong human rights group said on Tuesday 16
Falun Gong adherents tried to hang themselves at the camp that
day after their sentences were extended for staging a hunger
strike.

The Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy said
10 people may have died.

The local official told Reuters a report had been submitted to
the Ministry of Justice on the incident. Ministry officials denied
any knowledge of it.

The Falun Dafa Information Center said authorities at the labor
camp claimed the women had all committed suicide despite
24-hour surveillance.

It said provincial and central government officials had gone to
inspect the site and staff at the camp had not been allowed to go
home in an attempt to stop news of the deaths leaking out.

Falun Gong followers overseas say the movement does not
sanction killing of any sort, including suicide.

They say more than 200 Falun Gong adherents have died in
Chinese police custody since Beijing banned the movement in
July 1999.

China says the group is an ``evil cult'' responsible for the deaths
of 1,660 people by suicide or refusing medical treatment. It says
a handful of Falun Gong followers have committed suicide or
died from illnesses while in police custody.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, combines meditation
and exercise with Buddhist and Taoist teachings. The group has
disavowed any political aims.

Solang man mit China prima Geschäfte machen kann interessiert es
die Deutsche Politik nur wenig was in diesem Land alles vorgeht.
Arbeitsplätze sichern und so. Allerdings gehen Lebensplätze vor
Arbeitsplätzen - Der Deutsche Michel braucht sich gar nicht wundern
wenn mit den nächsten chinesischen Großaufträgen gleich ein paar
Millionen Soldaten mitgeliefert werden - Frei Haus sozusagen, für Kost
und Logie werden die Soldaten dann selbst sorgen


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