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Reuters: China Expels Australian Falun Gong Protesters
2002-03-10 -
PRESS RELEASE -- FALUN GONG INFORMATION CENTRE (UK) PRESS RELEASE
2002-03-08 -
International Association for Human Rights Statement Warns of Jiang Zemin’s Orders to Execute Falun Dafa practitioners
2002-03-08According to Minghui.Net, the Chinese ruling dictator personally gave the order to “Receive the Death Sentence – No stay of Execution!” Additionally, people from this “610 Office” had assembled a list of those Falun Gong followers in the city of Changchun and in Jilin Province in general who are targeted for execution or for lengthy terms of incarceration. -
Washington Post: Falun Gong Seized City's State-Run TV to Broadcast Message
2002-03-08 -
Witness (Reuters): China Holds Western Falun Gong Protesters
2002-03-08"We are voicing the hearts of thousands of practitioners who are illegally detained and tortured in labour camps and mental institutions throughout China to have their freedom restored...," - Australian Falun Gong practitioners -
Reuters: Falun Gong [broadcasts in] China City's TV Airwaves
2002-03-08 -
PRESS RELEASE: Jiang Zemin Orders "Kill Them without Pardon" After Surprise TV Broadcast in China Supports Falun Gong
2002-03-07Following a March 5 evening broadcast of programmes supportive of Falun Gong in North Eastern China, a furious President Jiang Zemin has ordered a series of executions targeting all persons involved and other practitioners of Falun Gong throughout China. Jiang is said to have ordered, "Kill them without pardon" immediately following the event. Other cities and provinces across China have now reportedly compiled, following the President's command, lists of specific Falun Gong practitioners to execute. -
Washington Post: One Corrupt City Reflects Scourge Plaguing China
2002-03-07 -
The Truth About Falun Gong is Broadcast on Chinese Cable Television
2002-03-07At around 8 p.m. on March 5, 2002, eight channels on Changchun's cable television network began broadcasting Falun Gong truth-clarifying programs such as "Falun Dafa Spreads Throughout the World" and "Self-Immolation or Deception?" The broadcast went on uninterrupted for forty to fifty minutes. This incident sent shockwaves throughout Mainland China. -
Chinese Air Force Officer Killed for Practicing Falun Gong
2002-03-07 -
UK Media report: Hell in Far East
2002-03-06 -
AFP: China' human rights record remained poor in 2001: US
2002-03-06The report cited "reliable" reports saying local officials from a city in the eastern province of Shandong "were responsible for beating to death Falungong adherents at the rate of about one per month". -
Reuters: U.S. cites China' crackdown on religion in rights report
2002-03-06The report highlighted China' "harsh and comprehensive" campaign against the Falun Gong spiritual group, which was banned in 1999, and said thousands of Falun Gong followers were serving sentences in labour camps.There have been numerous credible reports of abuse and even killings of Falun Gong practitioners and torture using electric shock, the report said.Various sources reported that since 1997, about 200 or more Falun Gong supporters had died while in police custody and that many of their bodies bore signs of severe beatings or torture or were cremated before relatives could examine them. -
CNN: U.S. report slams China' terrorism war
2002-03-06 -
The Jakarta Post: Police ban Falungong parade at last minute
2002-03-04