‘Millions of Families Torn Apart’: Calls for Canberra to Demand CCP Release Prisoners of Conscience

Australian citizen Li Liu couldn’t remember the last time her family was together. In 1999, Ms. Liu’s mother, Yuhua Liu, was arrested when she went to Beijing to appeal for her right to freedom of spiritual belief. Police officers captured the 60-year-old woman, beat her with an electric shock baton, and restrained her on the tiger bench for three days. The tiger bench is a torture method, historically used in China, where a person is tied in a sitting position with their legs straight in front of them resting on another bench. Bricks are then tied to the knees to put downward pressure until they break....