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AP: Falun Gong Lawyer Accuses HK Judge Of Bias In Court
2002-07-17 -
New Zealand Herald: Auckland Airport bows to China's ire
2002-07-17A display promoting the Falun Gong, outlawed in China in 1999, was removed last week after the Chinese Embassy complained. -
Apple Daily: If It Wasn't a Blacklist, What Was It? (Excerpted)
2002-07-17"Before the fifth anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong to China, many visitors were denied entry to Hong Kong. [..] And the randomly selected happened to be all Falun Gong practitioners. How strange!" -
Central News Agency: Falun Gong Claims TV Tapping is Peaceful and Rational Action
2002-07-17 -
NewsMax.com: Labour Unrest Rocks Southern China
2002-07-17"China cut transmission of the BBC's World Service Television channel after it broadcast uncensored footage relating to Falun Gong, which ranks high on China's list of banned media coverage, along with any mention of Taiwan or Tibet in ways that stray from the Communist Party line. " -
Italy: Practitioner Dai Zhizhen Narrates Her Experience of being persecuted on Italian TV
2002-07-15For practising this spiritual cultivation, her husband was killed, and her husbands sister was sent to a forced labour camp. -
Los Angeles Times: Hong Kong's Eroding Rights
2002-07-15 -
Far Eastern Economic Review: "They Will Not Go Away."
2002-07-14 -
The Freedom Times (Taiwan): My Experience of Being Forcibly Repatriated by Hong Kong Police (Excerpt)
2002-07-14 -
AFP: China to allow BBC to resume broadcasting when it fixes "violations"
2002-07-14 -
Reuters: BBC, China in talks to resume satellite broadcasts
2002-07-12"Beijing's sensitivity over Falun Gong was highlighted this week in a propaganda campaign that blamed the group for a series of hijackings of a Chinese satellite signal..in China, where the media is closely guarded as a crucial means of spreading propaganda." -
AFP: Falun Gong circumvent Beijing crackdown with phones, faxes, Internet
2002-07-12 -
Hallandsposten (Swedish newspaper): Chinese mysticism amidst market stalls
2002-07-12 -
CNN: Beijing moves to discredit Falun Gong
2002-07-10 -
Japan Times: Husband frets over fate of wife held in China Falun Gong bust
2002-07-10The Chinese wife of a Japanese man has been detained for more than a month in China after she was arrested for supporting the Falun Gong spiritual movement...