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• Far Eastern Economic Review: Soft on China

  2002-05-23
  Critics say that Beijing is succeeding in its efforts to influence the Hong Kong media
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• PRNewswire : Falun Gong Practitioners Sue New York City Chinese-Language Newspapers For Defamation in State Supreme Court

  2002-05-23
  Residents of New York City, together with the non-profit organization Friends of Falun Gong, have filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court seeking an end to the hate and slander put forth byNew York-area Chinese language newspapers
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• AFP: Falungong slaps fifth top Chinese official with lawsuit

  2002-05-23
  "As propaganda minister of China, Ding is directly responsible for the deadly propaganda, fabrication and lies to grossly distort Falungong's teachings and slander its founder and students with the purpose of bending public opinion to support the government's persecution of Falungong,"
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• Taipei Times: On Hong Kong's self-censorship

  2002-05-22
  "Foreign reporters are under constant surveillance and risk compromising their contacts. That means one begins to avoid tough subjects, like the repression of Falun Gong and its followers."
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• Trinity GSU: Friends of Zhao Ming End Successful Campaign

  2002-05-22
  An Article from the Graduate Students' Union, Trinity College Dublin.
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• VOA: Asia Pacific Falun Gong Voices Outrage Over Members Prison Terms

  2002-05-22
  Ms. Hui Yee-han, spokesperson for the group in Hong Kong, says some Falun Gong followers in China disrupted state television programming because they have no other means to express their beliefs.
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• Toronto Sun:1,700 marchers protest Falun Gong persecution

  2002-05-22
  
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• AP: Falun Gong [practitioners] sentenced to 7-16 years for breaking into cable TV in China

  2002-05-21
  BEIJING - A Chinese court has sentenced four Falun Gong [practitioners] to prison terms ranging from seven to 16 years for [using] a cable television network and broadcasting information about the banned group, state media said.
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• The Age: Four Falun Gong adherents jailed for illegal broadcast

  2002-05-18
  "Another person implicated in the incident had died in police custody since the group was arrested in January, the report said without detailing the circumstances of the death."
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• Wall Street Journal: A Knock on the Door in Hong Kong

  2002-05-18
  "In March, 16 [Falun Gong practitioners] were charged with obstruction after protesting outside Beijing' liaison office. Since then authorities have resorted to more inventive tactics, recently walling off the activists' protest site, using the excuse that it was needed for flowerbeds."
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• FDI: Thousands Around the World Join Celebration of Third Annual World Falun Dafa Day

  2002-05-18
  
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• Press Release: China’s Propaganda Minister, Politburo Member, Deputy Chief of “6-10” Office Served with U.S. Class-Action Lawsuit for Persecution of Falun Gong

  2002-05-18
  Charges against the defendant include “Torture; Genocide, Right to Life, Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to be free of Arbitrary Detention and Arrest, Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religious Belief.”
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• CCTV Programme Slandering Falun Gong Suspended for Three Minutes in Ten Provinces on May 12th 2002

  2002-05-18
  
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• AP: Falun Gong followers celebrated the 10th anniversary of their spiritual movement by marching and meditating in Hong Kong...

  2002-05-15
  
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• Dow Jones Newswires: Falun Gong Members in HK Want China to End Crackdown

  2002-05-15
  
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