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DESCRIPTION:Falun Gong Practitioners Continue to Die from Olympic Arrests\n\n \nSAN 
 FRANCISCO—As the Beijing Olympics approaches, human rights in China is 
 not improving, with Falun Gong practitioners being arrested in the 
 thousands specifically because of the Olympics. A number of them have been 
 killed by the Chinese regime already. \n\nJuly 20 marked the ninth year of 
 the persecution of Falun Gong—in the lead up to the Olympics, this 
 ongoing tragedy, which has claimed at least 3,000 lives (the actual figure 
 could be in the tens of thousands), must not be forgotten. \n\nTo mourn the 
 practitioners who have died in the Olympic arrests, Falun Gong 
 practitioners will be holding a rally at the Chinese Consulate and will 
 have pictures of all those who have died laid out around the consulate. 
 Among the recent deaths is Yu Zhou, a folk musician famous in China. 
 \n\nWHAT: Rally with photo display mourning those who have recently died 
 from persecution\n\nWHERE: 1450 Laguna St. San Francisco \n\nWHEN: 2-4pm, 
 Saturday, July 26, 2008\n\nContact: Dr. Sherry Zhang, 415.845.5295, Huy Lu 
 650.278.0394\n\nWhat is Falun Gong? \n\nFalun Gong, also known as Falun 
 Dafa, is a meditation and exercises from Buddha school, with teachings that 
 emphasize living by three principles: truthfulness, compassion, and 
 tolerance. Practiced in over 70 countries world-wide, Falun Gong has roots 
 in traditional Chinese culture. With government estimates of as many as 100 
 million practicing Falun Gong in China, in July 1999 China’s 
 then-Communist leader launched a nationwide, brutal campaign to 
 “eradicate” the practice. The Falun Dafa Information Center has 
 verified details of 3,168 deaths and over 44,000 cases of torture. Millions 
 have been detained or sent to labor camps without trial.\n\nThe U.S. 
 department of states country reports on human rights has confirmed and 
 condemned the government of China’s wide spread use of arbitrary arrests, 
 imprisonment, torture and execution resulting from torture associated with 
 the 9 years campaign of persecution of the Falun Gong practitioners in 
 China. \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/26/18519953.php
SUMMARY:Falun Gong Practitioners Continue to Die from Olympic Arrests
LOCATION:Chinese Consulate \n1450 Laguna St., San Francisco 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/26/18519953.php
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