Nigerian Times

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - April 11, 2008 Authored by CIPFG Contact: Clive Ansley Chair, Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong China Country Monitor for Lawyers' Rights Watch in Canada 250-334-3586; 250-792-3547 CIPFG IS CALLING ON THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO URGE ATHLETES TO WEAR YELLOW RIBBONS AT THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES IN BEIJING in support of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted in China and other oppressed groups VANCOUVER ISLAND - In light of the recent escalation of the persecution of Falun Gong, including mass arrests amounting to almost 2000 practitioners since January 1, CIPFG has serious concerns about China's on-going oppression of Tibetans and Christians as well as other oppressed groups. "We believe that those human rights abuses are in direct conflict with the Olympic charter and this urgently needs to be addressed before August 2008," said Clive Ansley, chair of CIPFG. "It is becoming clearer that Beijin...

Inhuman Torture in China: the Tip of the Iceberg Full report PDF version . With the Chinese regime's roundup of Falun Gong practitioners in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics , the massacre in Lhasa, Tibet , and the clampdown on the media, the spotlight has been shining ever brighter on China's horrendous human rights abuses. The FLGHRWG wishes to announce that it has sent out millions of emails around the world to alert government officials, NGOs, human rights groups, and many individuals of the inhuman torture going on in China. In order to win the Olympics, China made a promise to improve human rights. Far from keeping its promise, the human rights violations have gotten worse - much worse. The following torture cases of Falun Gong practitioners represent just the tip of the iceberg. They are typical of what tens of thousands have experienced, what hundreds of thousands face, and what millions fear if they dare to place their own belief above belief in the Chinese Communi...