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Radio France Internationale: The World Psychiatric Association goes to Beijing to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-03-26
'Mr. Zhang Jianping, spokesperson for Falun Gong in Paris, has faxed us the news that a delegation from the World Psychiatric Association will depart for Beijing on the 4th of April 2004 to investigate the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners inside China’s psychiatric hospitals. The persecution allegedly takes place under the directives of Chinese officials.' -
Report from Swiss Newspaper Le Nouvelliste: From Sitting in Meditation to Action
2004-03-25'Lee Kye Ya listed litigation against the former Chinese state chairman, Jiang Zemin, and his accomplices to confirm what she said. Her face became serious, and then became bright, as she believes the atrocities will end some day. “The prosecutor in Paris just accepted a criminal lawsuit against the Chinese Culture Minister, who is accused of cruel sentences and stirring up hatred through the media.”' -
EFGIC: An Open Letter from Women in China Who Practise Falun Gong
2004-03-24"We follow the teachings of Falun Dafa [Falun Gong], (website) which expound upon the universal characteristics of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance, and practise gentle exercises and meditation to maintain our health. On July 20th, 1999, the former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin launched a campaign to eliminate Falun Dafa. We have been deprived of our basic human rights ever since, and have been physically and mentally tortured in many ways." -
Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong practitioners Appeal for More Effective Action to Immediately Stop the Persecution
2004-03-24'Last weekend, Falun Gong practitioners and other citizens around the world who are aware of the situation of human rights came to the Geneva UN building and took part in different activities around the city. Mrs. Zheng Zhihong from Berlin was interviewed and gave some details about Falun gong practitioners from around the world as well as Germany’s thoughts on Falun gong practitioners and the human rights situation.' -
New Tang Dynasty TV Interviews Zhao Ming at the Annual Irish Students’ Human Rights Conference
2004-03-23The second annual Irish Students’ Human Rights Conference was held in Dublin at the end of February. Guest speakers included human rights officials, activists, and researchers from England and Ireland, as well as UN human rights officials. Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for human rights, made a speech at the conference. Zhao Ming is a Falun Gong practitioner who recently obtained his MSc in Computer Science from Trinity College in Dublin. As a victim of human rights violations rescued from China, he was invited to make a speech in the conference. He also accepted an interview with NTDTV reporters. -
Report from Geneva Newspaper Le Courrier: The Falun Gong Association Appeal in Geneva Regarding Persecution in China
2004-03-23'Over 50,000 Falun Gong practitioners are still being held in labour camps. However, Amnesty International does not emphasise these figures because they do not have detailed data about these victims. It is necessary to point out that as one of the twenty-five members of the U.N. Human Rights Committee, China has not yet ratified the U.N. Human Rights Charter.' -
Radio Free Asia: UNHRC Meeting Opens; Falun Gong Practitioners Call for a Dialogue Concerning the Persecution
2004-03-21The annual UNHRC meeting has opened in Geneva. Nearly a thousand Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world, together with human rights groups from various countries, assembled at the United Nations building to call for a dialogue concerning the issue of human rights in China and for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Government. -
Amnesty International Press Release: "Pleasant words are insufficient; they must be accompanied by substantive actions."
2004-03-20Amnesty International observed that in fulfilling its responsibilities towards international human rights, China’s record is still appalling. The article also pointed out the misfortune encountered by Hua Huiqi in Beijing Fengtai region’s police station and requested that China allow respective workgroups in the UN to conduct investigations into this matter. -
Radio France Internationale: Falun Gong Will Become a Major Focus During the Annual Meeting of the UN’s Human Rights Commission
2004-03-19'The Central News Agency says that the demonstration activities conducted by worldwide Falun Gong practitioners outside the conference hall will become a major focus. Information shows that there will be more than one thousand Falun Gong practitioners attending the demonstration in Geneva on Monday. Among them, more than one hundred practitioners are from Taiwan.' -
EFGIC: A Call for Decisive Action to End the Genocide in China
2004-03-18As the United Nation's Commission on Human Rights convenes in Geneva this week, the European Falun Gong Information Centre (EFGIC) joins the growing chorus of voices urging the Commission to censure China for the horrific and widespread abuses of human rights against Falun Gong practitioners throughout China. As the U.S. State Department “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003” says, the situation in China has been “backsliding” in the past year, and the persecution against Falun Gong has been “particularly harsh.” -
Danish Newspaper MetroXpress: Falun Gong Protests at UN in Geneva
2004-03-18
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Article from The Epoch Times: Enslaved Falun Gong Practitioners Make Wigs Sold Worldwide
2004-03-15Labour camps such as Shibalihe and Xuchang buy Falun Gong practitioners from other labour camps for 800 RMB each (almost $100 US), and force them to work day and night. Many have been tortured to death as part of a "reeducation" program that aims to crush their spiritual beliefs. The labour camps are located in Henan Province, where hair products are the number one export. Henan Rebecca describes itself as "the largest hair product company in China and one of the biggest in the world," including the U.S. -
Radio France Internationale: World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong is Investigating Chen Zhili
2004-03-14'According to the Falun Dafa Information Centre, the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong just issued an investigative report into the illegal actions of government official Chen Zhili who works in the educational field in China.' -
Article from Voice of America: Powell - US Likely To Criticize China Human Rights At UN Meeting
2004-03-14'Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed China's human rights record in a telephone talk Friday with his Chinese counterpart foreign minister Li Zhaoxing. U.S. officials say Mr. Powell told him the United States is all but certain to sponsor a resolution critical of China at next week's meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva.' -
Media Article from Germany: Activity Held for Human Rights - Collecting Signatures in Downtown Uelzen
2004-03-12'B.G. and other supporters hope to raise the public’s attention to the human rights violations occurring in China. The facts of the persecution in China are unimaginable; people are persecuted because of their beliefs. Petition signatures were collected in this activity, which will be passed onto the Human Rights Committee of the German Parliament.'
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