![Loa Pin Shang Pang [cq], right, a member of the Falun Gong, wipes tears from her face as she sits in the audience as daughters of Chinese Political prisoners testify in front of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call on their release at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2013/12/05/china_20131205_002_s878x584.jpg?a5b1e2118ef4a71690f5f70f063a3a2547c0a191)
Loa Pin Shang Pang [cq], right, a member of the Falun Gong, wipes tears from her face as she sits in the audience as daughters of Chinese Political prisoners testify in front of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call on their release at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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