Original sentence: The Washington Post in August 2001 wrote that the authorities adopted three strategies against Falun Gong: violence against practitioners who refuse to renounce their beliefs; 'brainwashing' to force all known practitioners to abandon Falun Gong and renounce it, and a media campaign to turn public opinion against the practice.Western news organizations disseminated the story as given by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, without the possibility of verifying it independently
Edited sentence: " Another bulletin in December 2000 cited reports of torture, detention and ill-treatment, some ending in death, and condemned the authorities' "callous disregard for the lives of people detained solely for their peaceful activities.Amnesty International called on the Chinese government to stop "...mass arbitrary detentions, unfair trials and other human rights violations resulting from the crackdown on the Falun Gong..." in March 2000; Amnesty expressed concern that Falun Gong practitioners had been "...tortured or subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in detention.The Washington Post in August 2001 wrote that the authorities adopted three strategies to "crush" Falun Gong: violence against practitioners who refuse to renounce their beliefs; 'brainwashing' to force all known practitioners to abandon Falun Gong and renounce it, and a media campaign to turn public opinion against the practice.Western news organizations disseminated the story as given by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, without the possibility of verifying it independently, because the censorship in the People's Republic of China