Falun Gong Practitioner Near Death in Tianjin Prison

On February 8, Amnesty International issued an urgent call for help on behalf of a Falun Gong practitioner being held at Tianjin prison who is feared to be near death. The practitioner, Zhou Xiangyang (???) , was the subject of a petition signed by over 1,500 of his fellow villagers in August 2011 urging the Chinese to release him.