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'''Masanjia Labor Camp''' (马三家劳教所) is in ] Town in ] district in the ] province of ].<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=| title=Liaoning Masanjia | format= | work= | '''Masanjia Labor Camp''' (马三家劳教所) is in ] Town in ] district in the ] province of ].
url=http://wordpress.com/tag/liaoning-masanjia/ |accessdate=}}</ref>
It also is called the ''Ideology Education School of Liaoning Province''<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=| title=Liaoning Masanjia Labor Camp | format= | work= | It also is called the ''Ideology Education School of Liaoning Province''<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=| title=Liaoning Masanjia Labor Camp | format= | work= |
url= http://chinaview.wordpress.com/category/social/politics/labor-camp/liaoning-masanjia/ |accessdate=}}</ref> and was opened under China's ], or 'laojiao' policy. It is claimed by Falun Gong supporters that several thousand ] pratictioners were detained at Mansanjia Labor Camp from 1999 to 2007.<ref name="flghrwg.net">{{cite web | author= | year=| url= http://chinaview.wordpress.com/category/social/politics/labor-camp/liaoning-masanjia/ |accessdate=}}</ref> and was opened under China's ], or 'laojiao' policy. Dr. Veron Mei-ying Hung reported to the United States Congressional Executive Commission on China in 2002 that:
title=Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group | format= | work= |
url=http://www.flghrwg.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1330&Itemid=0 |accessdate=}}</ref> Dr. Veron Mei-ying Hung reported to the United States Congressional Executive Commission on China in 2002 that:
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China has not disclosed the exact number of ] followers held in re-education through ]s. But it confirmed in January 2001 that at least 470 followers were held at the Masanjia Education-Through-Labour Education Institution in Liaoning Province and the official media reported in August 2001 that “th camp has also succeeded in `re-educating’ more than 90 per cent of the 1,000 female Falun Gong members housed there.” China has not disclosed the exact number of ] followers held in re-education through ]s. But it confirmed in January 2001 that at least 470 followers were held at the Masanjia Education-Through-Labour Education Institution in Liaoning Province and the official media reported in August 2001 that “th camp has also succeeded in `re-educating’ more than 90 per cent of the 1,000 female Falun Gong members housed there.”
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cecc.gov/pages/roundtables/072602/hung.php#_ftnref45|title=Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Punishment of Minor Crimes in China|publisher=United States Congressional Executive Commission on China |last=Mei-ying Hung|first=Veron|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref></blockquote> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cecc.gov/pages/roundtables/072602/hung.php#_ftnref45|title=Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Punishment of Minor Crimes in China|publisher=United States Congressional Executive Commission on China |last=Mei-ying Hung|first=Veron|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref></blockquote>


On August 23, 2001, spokesman ] of the Chinese embassy in the ] denied a claim that "130 Falun Gong practitioners at the Masanjia Rehabilitation Center in China's Liaoning Province have been on hunger strike for more than 20 days in protest of the so-called extension of their terms".<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title=Falun Gong's Fabrication About Masanjia Will Get Nowhere | work= |
url=http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/zt/ppflg/t36596.htm |accessdate=}}</ref>

The Labor Camp includes a women’s section and the ] they do as part of their sentence is mainly that of textile production.<ref name="flghrwg.net"/> According to Falun Gong websites, the workshops there have mainly processed and produced toxic arts and crafts products for profit, many of them for export, over the past few years<ref>{{cite web | title=Clear Harmony | url=http://clearharmony.net/articles/200710/41707.html |accessdate=}}</ref> and eighteen female practitioners were stripped naked and forced into the cells of male criminals to be repeatedly raped and abused. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title= Falun Dafa | work= |
url=http://www.falundafa-florida.org/Persecution/persecution_china.htm|accessdate=}}</ref>
The directors of Masanjia in 2003 were believed to be Sun Fengwu, Zhang Chaoying and Su Jing. <ref>{{cite web | title=Falun Gong Woman Exhibits Torture Injuries, Dies in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp | url=http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=7667 }}</ref>
According to the ] it is the institution most heavily attacked by ] and his organisation. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=| According to the ] it is the institution most heavily attacked by ] and his organisation. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title=People's Daily | work= | title=People's Daily | work= |
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title=the guardian | work= The Guardian| title=the guardian | work= The Guardian|
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,440270,00.html |accessdate= May 12, 2010| location=London | first=John | last=Gittings | date=February 20, 2001}}</ref> url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,440270,00.html |accessdate= May 12, 2010| location=London | first=John | last=Gittings | date=February 20, 2001}}</ref>

It is near ]. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
⚫ Most Masanjia Labor Camp Falun Gong practitioners have been moved to Sujiatun, another labor camp nearby. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title= Friends of Falun Gong USA | format= | work= |
url=http://www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1266 |accessdate=}}</ref>
''Inmates lead an easy life'' according to the ]. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title= People's Daily | work= |
url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200102/18/eng20010218_62663.html |accessdate=}}</ref>
⚫ Most Masanjia Labor Camp Falun Gong practitioners have been moved to ]. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title= Epoch Times | work= | title= Epoch Times | work= |
url=http://en.epochtimes.com/news/6-3-10/39111.html |accessdate=}}</ref> url=http://en.epochtimes.com/news/6-3-10/39111.html |accessdate=}}</ref>
Masanjia Labor camp has been mentioned in a U.N. Special Rapporteur report.
<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title= Justice for Falun Gong | format= | work= |
url=http://www.flgjustice.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=748&Itemid=1 |accessdate=}}</ref>
It is connected to Masanjia Xinsheng Farm. <ref>{{cite web | author= | year=|
title= laogai.org | work= |
url=http://www.laogai.org/hdbook/liaoning.htm|accessdate=}}</ref>


On December 23, 2012, the Oregonian reported that an American woman found a letter stuffed into a Halloween decoration set she had purchased at a kmart. The letter, whose authenticity has not been verified, said that the set was assembled in unit 8, department 2 of Masanjia forced labor camp. It went on to describe forced labor conditions in the camp, and noted that many of the detainees held there were Falun Gong practitioners held without trial. Under U.S. law, it is illegal to import items manufactured through forced labor. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly looking into the allegations contained in the letter.<ref>{{cite web | author=Rachel Stark, The Oregonian | year=2012| On December 23, 2012, the Oregonian reported that an American woman found a letter, written in English, stuffed into a Halloween decoration set she had purchased at a Kmart. The letter, whose authenticity has not been verified, said that the set was assembled in unit 8, department 2 of Masanjia forced labor camp. It went on to describe forced labor conditions in the camp, and noted that many of the detainees held there were Falun Gong practitioners held without trial. Under U.S. law, it is illegal to import items manufactured through forced labor. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly looking into the allegations contained in the letter.<ref>{{cite web | author=Rachel Stark, The Oregonian | year=2012|
title=Halloween decorations carry haunting message of forced labor | work= | title=Halloween decorations carry haunting message of forced labor | work= |
url=http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2012/12/halloween_decorations_carry_ha.html |accessdate=}}</ref> url=http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2012/12/halloween_decorations_carry_ha.html |accessdate=}}</ref>

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Masanjia Labor Camp (马三家劳教所) is in Masanjia Town in Yuhong district in the Liaoning province of China. It also is called the Ideology Education School of Liaoning Province and was opened under China's re-education through labor, or 'laojiao' policy. Dr. Veron Mei-ying Hung reported to the United States Congressional Executive Commission on China in 2002 that:

China has not disclosed the exact number of Falun Gong followers held in re-education through labor camps. But it confirmed in January 2001 that at least 470 followers were held at the Masanjia Education-Through-Labour Education Institution in Liaoning Province and the official media reported in August 2001 that “th camp has also succeeded in `re-educating’ more than 90 per cent of the 1,000 female Falun Gong members housed there.”

According to the People's Daily it is the institution most heavily attacked by Li Hongzhi and his organisation. The Falun Gong organisation abroad claimed many members of Falun Gong had been tortured.

Most Masanjia Labor Camp Falun Gong practitioners have been moved to Sujiatun, another labor camp nearby.

On December 23, 2012, the Oregonian reported that an American woman found a letter, written in English, stuffed into a Halloween decoration set she had purchased at a Kmart. The letter, whose authenticity has not been verified, said that the set was assembled in unit 8, department 2 of Masanjia forced labor camp. It went on to describe forced labor conditions in the camp, and noted that many of the detainees held there were Falun Gong practitioners held without trial. Under U.S. law, it is illegal to import items manufactured through forced labor. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly looking into the allegations contained in the letter.

References

  1. "Liaoning Masanjia Labor Camp".
  2. Mei-ying Hung, Veron. "Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Punishment of Minor Crimes in China". United States Congressional Executive Commission on China. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  3. "People's Daily".
  4. Gittings, John (February 20, 2001). "the guardian". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  5. "Epoch Times".
  6. Rachel Stark, The Oregonian (2012). "Halloween decorations carry haunting message of forced labor".

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