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• Terrorist Attacks and PRC National Day: New Excuses for Massive Roundup of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2001-09-24
  Sources say that Beijing has become emboldened about making arrests on such a large scale because it believes that Western countries and international media are currently too preoccupied with the terrorist attacks in the U.S. to notice this human rights abuse.
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• Five More Falun Gong Practitioners Dead as Reign of Terror Continues in China

  2001-09-21
  The deaths are the latest manifestation of heightened measures by communist authorities to "eradicate" Falun Gong in upcoming months. One mid-level government official in China recently interviewed by CNN.com revealed that "The leadership is obsessed with the Falun Gong and have put its eradication as a top priority this year."
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• AFP: Six Falungong followers die in police custody in China

  2001-09-20
  Tens of thousands of Falungong practitioners have been sent to "re-education through labor" centres since the Chinese government banned the group [...] in July 1999. The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, which has been independently verifying the reports, has said it has been able to confirm 156 deaths of Falungong adherents so far.
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• MAIN ECHO: (German newspaper) Falun Gong Practitioners in China in Danger of Losing their Lives

  2001-09-16
  "Some victims were arrested solely on the grounds that they possessed Falun Gong materials or because they passed on information about the persecution"
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• GÖTEBORGS POSTEN NEWSPAPER (extract): Hunger-Strike in Protest of the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2001-09-13
  Swedish newspaper report on the hunger strike by practitioners in Sweden
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• DUNDEE COURIER (UK): Family's desperate plea for support

  2001-09-13
  UK media report on the plight of a Chinese family of practitioners in Scotland and their attempts to raise awareness of the situation in China.
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• DAUPHINEL LIBERE ( France): The Falun Gong Family of Chi Jian Returns to France

  2001-09-13
  French media report on the return of a Chinese family, resident in France, who were detained in China for being Falun Gong practitioners.
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• Prima Sonntag: (German newspaper)Chinese Woman Artist Displays her Work: Zhang Cui-Ying suffered torture in prison

  2001-09-12
  
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• AFP: Falun Gong Members Return to France After Release by China

  2001-09-11
  
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• THE LUTON NEWS [UK]: Trio take pose for thought

  2001-09-10
  
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• AFP: Three Falun Gong Members From France Allowed to Leave China

  2001-09-09
  
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• ÖSTRAN: Falun Gong-followers marched to Stockholm

  2001-09-09
  
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• Gefle Dagblad: Peaceful and happy – and threatening

  2001-09-09
  
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• NERIKES ALLEHANDA(Sweden): Falun Gong is now coming to Örebro

  2001-09-09
  
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• AP: Human Rights Groups Lobby EU Leaders At China Trade Talks

  2001-09-09
  
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