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4/28/2006

White House Heckler or Doctor of Conscience?
Dr. Wenyi Wang to Tell Her Story Dr. Wenyi Wang and Two Eye-witnesses from China to Speak at New York Press Conference

NEW YORK, April 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- News Dissector Danny Schechter to Address Coverage of Dr. Wang’s Story and Media Impact

What: Press Conference

When: Friday, April 28, 2006, 11 a.m.

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel at the United Nations Kensington Room 304 East 42nd Street (Between 1st and 2nd Ave.)

“The Shout Heard Round the World”

On April 20, Wenyi Wang (M.D. Ph.D) cried out at the welcoming ceremony for Chinese leader Hu Jintao on the South Lawn of the White House. Dr. Wang, a medical doctor with press credentials from the Epoch Times, called out to Mr. Hu and Mr. Bush to stop the organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners in China’s labor camps and end the persecution of Falun Gong.

Dr. Wang will talk about her research of Communist China’s wide-spread practice of imprisoning Falun Gong practitioners in concentration camp-like facilities, extracting their organs while they are still alive and then cremating their bodies to destroy the evidence. Dr. Wang says the horrific “organ harvesting” practice is pervasive throughout China and was a key factor that led to her actions on the White House South Lawn.

Joining Dr. Wang will be Annie and Peter, two informed Chinese sources who first broke the news about the harvesting of organs from live Falun Gong practitioners in China. Dr. Wenyi Wang spent a month working with them prior to her protest at the White House.

Dr. Wang will also announce the launch of a new international campaign of medical professionals to stop organ harvesting in China.

Media Channel’s Danny Schechter will be on hand to address Dr. Wang’s appeal as an historic event and the role of media in shaping this powerful story.