International lawyer Geoffrey Robertson met with lawyers Chris Nyst and
Jason Murakami on the Gold Coast this week to outline their UN strategy.
The woman, Ms Cui Ying Zhang, 40, a renowned traditional Chinese artist, will
allege to the UN that the Chinese Government tortured her.
Ms Zhang began practising Falun Gong, a form of yoga which bills itself as a
traditional self-cultivation practice to improve the mind, body and spirit.
It is banned in China.
Ms Zhang said she began practising Falun Gong to ease the ‘horrible’ effects
of arthritis.
In a statement to be tendered to the UN human rights court, Ms Zhang said
she went to visit friends in China in late 1999 and had gone to Tiananmen
Square watching a flag-raising ceremony.
“Three plain clothes policemen grabbed my arms and dragged me into a van,”
the statement said.
“They dragged me to a van and found my Falun Gong Zhuan Falun. When they
found my book they beat me with a wooden object, in excess of 50 times.”
Posting date: 11/Aug/2003
Original article date: 9/Aug/2003
Category: Media Report
