With assistance and support from the U.S. State Department, Members of Congress and several NGOs, Ms. Weixun Li arrived in the U.S. last week as a UN refugee. Li had fled China where she had been tortured to the brink of death.
The man who helped organize the historic 1985 summit in Geneva between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev had a message for the large rally that assembled on Capitol Hill yesterday: seemingly insurmountable odds are surmountable.
Since July 2002, an international committee consisting of over 100 families, from 16 different countries has been calling for the release of their loved ones who are illegally jailed in China because of their practice of Falun Gong.
With a sweeping vote of 420-0, last night the House passed Concurrent Resolution 188, a comprehensive resolution that addresses the scope and breadth of the persecution in China as well as the illicit activities carried out by agents of the Chinese regime in the United States as they attempt to persecute Falun Gong in America. The resolution also reiterates the peaceful nature of Falun Gong.
Hundreds of practitioners and supporters of Falun Gong gathered outside the U.S. State Department to hold a press conference as the human rights dialogue between senior Chinese delegates and U.S. State Department officials resumed today after two years of stalled talks.
Falun Gong is here today to call for the release of Dr. Chunyan Teng, a 38-year-old permanent resident of the United States, who is now held captive in a Beijing jail, where she reportedly suffers from torture and severe maltreatment. Before her detention, she was a successful doctor of Chinese Medicine, acupuncturist, and teacher in New York. Most importantly, Dr. Teng is a practitioner of Falun Gong.
Falun Gong is here today to call for the release of Dr. Chunyan Teng, a 38-year-old permanent resident of the United States, who is now held captive in a Beijing jail, where she reportedly suffers from torture and severe maltreatment. Before her detention, she was a successful doctor of Chinese Medicine, acupuncturist, and teacher in New York. Most importantly, Dr. Teng is a practitioner of Falun Gong.