For a report on the European Friends of Falun Gong' seminar recently held in the UK Houses of Parliament, please see http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200309/15032.html.

3 years ago, on 15th December 2000, my younger sister Baolian Zhu was arrested by undercover police in Beijing while she was distributing Falun Gong leaflets.

Baolian started practicing Falun Gong in 1994. She followed the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance and became a more helpful person at home and at work.

On July 20th 1999, the Chinese Government banned Falun Gong and began a brutal campaign of brutal persecution against the practice. Baolian lost her job several times [because she practiced Falun Gong] but refused to renounce her belief.

It took us a long time to find out that she was being detained in the police station of Chaoyang District in Beijing. The police allowed no one to visit unless Baolian signed a "Guarantee Statement"*. Baolian refused.

After 8 months, they took Baolian and other Falun Gong practitioners to court without informing our family. Baolian was given a four-year sentence. After hearing the news, our father became very distressed and ill. He never recovered and in August 2002 our father passed away. The authorities did not allow Baolian to see my father one last time.

Baolian is only one of the thousands of unlawfully detained Falun Gong practitioners in China. The persecution in China continues and the number of deaths from torture increases. The Falun Dafa Information Centre has confirmed that around 780 practitioners have died, over 100,000 have been illegally sent to labor camps, more than 500 Falun Gong practitioners have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 years, and hundreds of thousands of practitioners have been illegally arrested and detained.

In the Preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it says: "The advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people."

The founder of Falun Gong Mr. Li Hongzhi wrote in his statement on 22nd July 1999: "We are calling for governments, international organizations, and people of goodwill worldwide to extend their support and assistance to us in order to resolve the present crisis that is taking place in China."

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that the British Government and people can help me to free my sister and all imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Thank you!
Baosheng Zhu

* A statement to declare that the practitioner is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees never to practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and not to associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners ever again.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200309/15182.html