Persecution Spreads from China to Europe
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Dutch Falun Gong Practitioner Kidnapped in China
2005-06-01
Peter Valk, a 28-year-old Dutch man from Woerden, was kidnapped from his hotel room by 15 Chinese secret agents in the night of the 24th to the 25th of May. He was forced into a car with his head between his knees under a blanket and taken to the local ‘6-10 Office’. After two and a half days of detention, he was put on a plane to Thailand on the 28th of May and told he is prohibited from entering China for the next five years. The only reason for his arrest is that Peter practises Falun Gong, a meditation practice for mind and body. -
Regardless of Pressure from the CCP, German Police Allowed a "Bring Jiang Zemin To Justice" Banner Outside the Chinese Consulate in Munich
2005-05-07
On April the 25th 2005, Munich Falun Dafa practitioners appealed outside the Chinese Consulate to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the April 25th peaceful appeal. The Chinese Consulate attempted to get police to force the practitioners to remove a banner calling for Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice for his crimes against Falun Gong. -
UK Falun Gong Practitioners Urgently Appeal to the Home Office to Grant Jin Hua Asylum
2005-04-26UK practitioner Jin Hua, who has already suffered violence at the hands of the Chinese communist regime, is scheduled for deportation today. We sincerely ask the world’s people to speak out against the UK Government’s plan to deport Jin Hua to China for certain persecution. Please fax or e-mail your support letter to Jin Hua’s lawyer and the UK Home Office. The contact details are in this article. -
United Kingdom: Appealing for the Release of “My Chinese Daughter”
2005-04-06Annie Yang is a 42-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from China. Agnes Wilton, a resident of London, has known Annie (Feng) Yang for 10 years. They are not only business partners but also very close friends. Mrs. Wilton treats Annie as her own daughter. Annie was arrested at a friend’s house in Beijing between 10:00 and 10.30pm (local time) on 1st March 2005 after she went there to give them some Falun Gong materials. After the arrest, Ms Yang’s family members requested to visit her but were refused. No one knows where she is. UK Falun Gong practitioners are calling for the world’s support in finding and rescuing Feng Yang from illegal imprisonment in China. -
Businesswoman Feng Yang was Kidnapped in Beijing; UK Friends are Appealing to Rescue Her
2005-03-14Police in Beijing kidnapped Chinese businesswoman Ms. Feng Yang on the 1st of March. Police kidnapped her in the evening of the 1st of March. She was first brought to the local Shuang Yu Shu Police Station and was subsequently moved to the Hai Dian District Public Security Sub-Bureau. Feng Yang used to study in the UK and has close business links there. Yang’s friends in the UK are making an urgent appeal and calling for her immediate release. -
Finnish TV Reports on the Second Wave of Telephone Propaganda Against Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-03-04TV channel “Nelonen” extensively reported on the second wave of harassment in its evening news on February 25th. A practitioner from the city of Oulu was interviewed in the report and suggested that the reason for this persecution campaign happening in western countries is that Falun Gong practitioners are exposing the CCP’s crimes against human rights to the world. The interviewee also stated that Falun Gong is a righteous practice encouraging high moral standards and the communist officials fear this due to the endemic corruption in China’s official state organs. -
French Human Rights Lawyer submits a Legal Petition requesting a Comprehensive Investigation into the 2004 Paris Incident
2005-02-20
On the afternoon of the 11th of February 2005, on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners, Lawyer Fabrice Orlandi filed a legal petition to the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. The petition requested a comprehensive investigation into the incident on January 2004, in which, bowing to the pressure from the Chinese communist regime, French police harassed Falun Gong practitioners. -
Chinese Communist Party's Telephone Hate Campaign brings Condemnation from Police and Chinese Organisations in Holland
2005-02-19On the 6th and 7th of February 2005, from about 12 noon to ten o’clock at night, Falun Dafa practitioners in Holland were severely harassed by the Chinese Communist Party. Every two minutes they received a recorded message on both landlines and mobiles, consisting of propaganda. The calls were recordings from the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece - the China News Agency - that slandered Falun Gong by spreading lies and hatred against the practice. This is a serious act of harassing Dutch citizens’ basic rights and is a severe attack on freedom of belief. -
Iceland Spokesperson for Falun Gong Intends to File Complaint about Phone Call Hate Campaign
2005-02-18The spokesperson for Falun Gong in Iceland, has contacted the police and intends to press charges after repeated calls to her phone repeating taped propaganda against Falun Gong. Thordis says this propaganda, in English and Chinese, aims to spread hate against the peaceful practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime for the last five years. “These phone calls are unacceptable and spoil the sanctity of one’s private life. Iceland is a free democratic country and to me it is not acceptable to be prone to such attacks from a foreign oppressing power,” said Thordis, who intends to request a police investigation. -
Chinese Communist Regime Increases its Propaganda Campaign Against Falun Gong Outside of China
2005-02-17Between February 6th and 8th, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners received numerous offensive phone calls, which most likely originated from the Chinese Government. Two Falun Gong practitioners revealed how they received over 400 calls that slandered Falun Gong and spread lies about the peaceful qigong exercise practice. In total, practitioners in Finland received close to 1500 calls. This is an alarming example of how the persecution campaign started by Jiang Zemin extends over Chinese borders. -
European and U.S. Governments Take Notice of Harassing Phone Calls Made to Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-02-14During the time of the 2005 Chinese New Year, many Falun Gong practitioners in Asia, Europe, the United States, Australia and other parts of the world received anonymous phone calls. Most of the phone calls could not be traced, but some practitioners' caller ID programs showed the calls originating in Mainland China. At present, police authorities in many countries have commenced an investigation. -
German Practitioners Received Pre-recorded Harassing Phone Calls from the Chinese Communist Party in an Attempt to Incite Hatred Against Falun Gong
2005-02-12Falun Gong practitioners in Germany received pre-recorded phone calls in Chinese and English on February 6th 2005. The content was fake news concocted by the Chinese Communist Government about the Tiananmen self-immolation intending to spread propaganda about Falun Gong. Both German and Chinese practitioners have received the phone calls and others of a similar nature. -
EFGIC: Homes Across Europe and North America Receive Chinese Communist Propaganda Phone Calls
2005-02-08LONDON [EFGIC] – Scores of individuals in the U.S., Canada and at least a dozen countries throughout Europe including the U.K., reported receiving phone calls yesterday with recorded messages unmistakably from China’s Communist regime. The messages contained propaganda demonizing Falun Gong and claiming the Chinese Government is defending “human rights” by “saving” people from the traditional Chinese practice. -
Chinese Consulate Refuses to Extend a Chinese Medical Doctor's Passport in UK
2005-02-02It has been more than three months since I submitted my passport. The Chinese authorities have deprived me of my basic rights as a Chinese citizen without any reason or explanation. My practice of Falun Gong fully complies with the Chinese Constitution, which ensures Chinese citizens the right of freedom of belief. What the Chinese Consulate has done does not conform to Chinese law or international legal regulations. Through this description of what has actually happened to me, I hope they can seriously review what they have done, and not to keep blindly following orders from Jiang’s evil group. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioner Zhu Baosheng's Sister was Released after Four Years of Illegal Detention
2004-12-25Although Baolian has been released, tens of thousands of other Dafa practitioners are still illegally imprisoned in China's forced labour camps and prisons. We would like to urge the Chinese Government to stop the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners and release all practitioners who are imprisoned and brutally tortured for their beliefs.
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