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Broadcast by Radio France Internationale: Former Chinese Police Officer and Diplomat Discuss the CCP's Persecution Against Falun Gong and Human Rights Issues in China (Part 1)
2005-11-12
On October 24th and 25th, RFI (Radio France Internationale) broadcast an interview conducted with former Chinese police officer, Hao Fengjun and former Chinese diplomat, Chen Yonglin regarding the persecution against Falun Gong and human rights issues in China. RFI’s programme “France and Europe”, which was broadcast to Asia on October 24th, covers the first part of the interview. -
Radio Free Asia: German Society Concerned about the Jiang Renzheng Case
2005-11-11"Prior to Hu Jintao’s visit to Germany, the organisation engaged in the rescue of Mr Jiang and his German friends have stepped up their rescue efforts. As to the latest development in this case, according to a German human rights organisation that has long been concerned about Jiang’s situation, they have called on the Chinese authorities concerned to release Jiang and let him and his family members return to Germany as soon as possible, so that Jiang’s case would not affect Hu’s state visit to Germany." -
Report in Belgian Newspaper: Chinese Spies in Europe
2005-11-10
"Falun Gong practitioners held up banners in the street and I found that they were innocent ... At one time, I witnessed a woman over fifty years old taken to the office. She was brutally tormented and beaten by my colleague. Her back was beaten black and blue with his baton. I was petrified because when I talked with that woman, I realised that she was not dangerous at all. I caught a lot of criminals; this woman was not a criminal." -
AFP Report: British Falun Gong supporters seek arrest of Chinese minister
2005-11-09The case against Bo, who is accompanying Chinese President Hu Jintao on a state visit to Britain, was being filed Tuesday with the Bow Street Magistrates Court in London, the group said. The application for an arrest warrant relates to Bo's time as governor of Liaoning province, northeast China, and his alleged promotion of the torture and ill-treatment of Falun Gong practitioners. -
Italian Media Report: Peaceful Meditation Group Undergo Beijing's Brutal Torture
2005-11-07
Recently, an Italian nationwide daily newspaper IL GIORNALE carried an article regarding the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. This newspaper has carried similar reports several times in the past. -
German Newspaper Osnabrücker Sonntagszeitung: Many Goods Come from Countless Labour Camps
2005-11-05"Wei Xiong herself has experienced forced labour lasting ten to fifteen hours a day. The range of torture went from brainwashing sessions to forced upright standing without food, drink or bathroom facilities. The persecution of Falun Gong is the most brutal she has seen in China. In addition, it is very common that free Christians, protesting students, dispossessed homeowners, or farmers who appeal government ordinances are persecuted and tortured." -
Belgium Standaard: Chinese Communist Party's Gestapo-Like 610 Office
2005-11-02On October 19th, 2005, former 610 office1 staff Hao Fengjun and former diplomat of Chinese Consulate in Sydney Chenyong Lin testified at European Parliament. The two both stated that they could not tolerate the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and disclosed the nature of 610 office, an agency which was established by CCP to persecute Falun Gong and is similar to Gestapo in nature. -
Report in the Epoch Times Newspaper: Parade Supporting Five Million People Quitting the CCP Held in London.
2005-11-01
On October 22nd, the UK Saying Goodbye to the CCP Confederation and Service Centre for Quitting the CCP jointly held a press conference from outside the UK Chinese Embassy to commemorate five million withdrawals from the CCP. -
Report on Falun Gong Broadcast as part of the Kosmopolis Documentary on Czech TV
2005-10-28On the evening of Wednesday October 19th, Czech viewers had a chance to watch a ten minute report about the practice of Falun Gong. The practitioners performed the exercises and briefly informed the viewers about Falun Dafa's principles. One of them shared his experience and said that in the past he had many arguments with other people. Since he started the practise of cultivating Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, he changed his behaviour and gets along much better with others. -
Article from Danish Newspaper: The Different Refugee
2005-10-25"While Xuezhi lived in China he did not have any problems practising his faith. But since Falun Gong was banned in China in 1999, the authorities have fiercely attacked many of the movements' members and Xuezhi is sure that he would be arrested if he were to return to China. Giving up his faith is out of the question. For Xuezhi his belief in Falun Gong is connected to the belief in a better world. Its main principles are Truth, Compassion and Tolerance and in Denmark he can meet freely with other Falun Gong practitioners to practise his faith. This is what nourishes his spiritual life while he is waiting to be able to start from scratch in Denmark." -
A Letter to the Editor of The Goteborg Post (Sweden): The National Memorial Day for the Chinese People
2005-10-21
"Before I came to Sweden, I celebrated the National Day because I was glad to have a holiday. However, today, I am deeply sad. On the face of the true history of the CCP, what are we celebrating? The victims in the persecution campaign (1950-1953), in the campaign against the right (1957), in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), in the Tiananmen massacre, or in the persecution of Falun Gong, Tibetan Buddhists and underground churches?" -
Slovak Magazine Publishes Two-Page Article about Falun Gong
2005-10-19
"If you are interested in meditation exercises, enrich your knowledge with an ancient cultivation method for cultivation of mind, body and spirit, Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, which helps to control negative emotions ... The goal is to learn to live a harmonious, unselfish and tolerant life, which is in line with the basic principles of the universe: truth, compassion and forbearance. Falun Gong helps to improve every aspect of human beings: body, mind and spirit." -
Spanish Newspaper Publishes Three-Page Falun Gong Report
2005-10-18
'Almost 2,800 people have been assassinated since 1999, more than 200,000 are currently locked up in extermination camps; and 100 million have been illegally denied freedom of belief. The reason? They believe in Falun Gong, a practice of meditation and exercises that is based on an oriental tradition that improves health and personal values, something that the Chinese Communist Party does not allow for its people.' -
Radio France Internationale: Benevolence and Dignity Exist Simultaneously
2005-10-16The announcement includes two points. For one thing, the announcement warns China’s officials at all levels not to participate in the persecution of Falun Gong. Otherwise, if they travel abroad or if Falun Gong’s miscarriage of justice were reversed, they would be brought to justice. For another, if China’s officials are determined to renounce the evil and join the camp of justice, they could write a letter to Falun Gong’s Minghui.net or their local Falun Gong Association expressing their regret for their previous wrongdoing. -
Italian Media Report: China is the Worst Human Rights Abuser in the World
2005-10-12
This week, Federalism Weekly published twelve pages of articles detailing the human rights violations in China. Entitled “A Free Market and Freedom from Torture”, editor Ms Stefania Piazzo used five pages, including the whole front page, to report the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
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