Falun Gong Adherent Dies While Imprisoned in China for Her Beliefs
Ding Guiying, a female resident of Kunming city, in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, was secretly sentenced to jail for her beliefs in Falun Gong and recently died in detention, according to a Feb. 9 report by Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that tracks the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient Chinese spiritual practice consisting of simple, slow-moving meditation exercises and teachings based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. It grew in popularity during the 1990s, with 70 million to 100 million adherents in China by the end of the decade, according to official estimates at the time.
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An elderly Indian Jesuit priest remains in jail after a special court deferred hearing his bail plea for a fourth time following opposition from the federal probe agency that arrested him two months ago on charges of sedition and links to Maoist rebels.
The bail application of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy came up for hearing on Dec. 14 before the special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) based in Mumbai, capital of western India s Maharashtra state.
The NIA, a federal anti-terror combat unit, asserted that it had gathered serious evidence against the accused and urged the court not to grant bail. It also said granting bail to Father Swamy would adversely affect the probe, which it said was not yet completed.
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Published on: Sunday, December 13, 2020
By: David Thien
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Kota Kinabalu: In conjunction with International Human Rights Day on Dec 10, the Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Cluster on Freedom of Expression (FOE) comprising 12 non governmental organisations (NGOs) held a press conference to release their report on the Human Rights Trend 2020 and to launch a Legal Defence Fund.
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The FOE Cluster called on the Government to halt the harassment and intimidation of its critics and others exercising their right to freedom of expression and to commit to protecting and promoting fundamental human rights.
In a statement, the activists said freedom of expression and access to information is especially important as Malaysia responds to the Covid-19 pandemic.