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The German Wuerzburg Post: Compassion and Brutal Persecution
2003-04-17
'The Falun Gong photo exhibition held in the Wuerzburg Adult University portrays a vivid contrast between peaceful exercises and barbarous persecution...The Chairman of the Adult University in Wuerzburg emphasized that “Looking for a path to peace is particularly important in the modern world. Falun Gong reveals to us a righteous path to internal and external peace.”' -
EFGIC: Cover-ups, Torture, Brainwashing and Death: News of 14 More Falun Gong Dead from Police Atrocities in China
2003-04-16Reports of the deaths of fourteen Falun Gong practitioners have recently been confirmed. Many of these cases repeat a chilling pattern: physical and psychological torture inflicted by corrupt police, followed by “release” of the practitioners from custody just days or even hours before they die from their injuries as the police attempt to shirk responsibility for the deaths. -
Finnish Newspaper Reports on Falun Dafa Exercise Demonstration (picture)
2003-04-16On April 7 2003, Finnish newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat published an article entitled “Cultivation of Mind and Body”, which was about a Falun Dafa exercise demonstration. The article included a brief description of the practice and also talked about the persecution in China. -
Villabverne (Danish Newspaper): Daily Protest Against Chinese Oppression
2003-04-14'What Falun Gong lacks in numbers it makes up in sheer determination. Since 28 April 2002, Poul Andersen and his kindred spirits have been in front of the embassy virtually every day. Regardless of the rain, sleet, snow or wind, the banner has been unfolded, and between 10 and 11.15am, they have all tenaciously done what they can to create awareness of the monstrosities and persecution they believe is happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China.' -
EFGIC: European Parliament expresses "serious concern" that anti-subversion law in Hong Kong will curb civil liberties
2003-04-12'The E.U. assembly said it had "serious concern with regard to several aspects of the proposed...legislation," particularly the banning of organisations like the Falun Gong spiritual movement. It added that the bill "must not undermine existing human rights and civil and religious liberties."' -
UK: Weekly Report from University’s Falun Dafa Radio Show
2003-04-12The listeners heard that this is not only a persecution of Falun Dafa and the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, but also a persecution of those who try to be good people. That’s why all good people around the world should stand up and try to end the human rights violations in China as soon as possible. -
Radio Free Asia: German Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Press Conference
2003-04-11German Falun Gong practitioners have filed lawsuits against the German Federal government for infringing upon Falun Gong practitioners’ basic right to peacefully hold demonstrations and appeals during Jiang Zemin’s visit to Germany last April. Here is a transcript of a report about this from Radio Free Asia. -
Manchester Evening News (UK): A Chinese student is appealing for help from the government to persuade authorities in his homeland to free his imprisoned fiancée
2003-04-10'A Chinese student is appealing for help from the government to persuade authorities in his homeland to free his imprisoned fiancée. Wei Guo, a student at UMIST, fears he will never see girlfriend Yong Jie again after she was arrested in Beijing as part of a crackdown on the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong.' -
DJ (Dow Jones International News): EU Parliament Concerned About HK Anti-Subversion Bill
2003-04-09'The E.U. assembly said it had "serious concern with regard to several aspects of the proposed...legislation," particularly the banning of organizations like the Falun Gong spiritual movement which is already outlawed in mainland China. It added that the bill "must not undermine existing human rights and civil and religious liberties."' -
Poisk (Ukraine Newspaper): Ukraine Falun Gong Practitioner Opposes Jiang Zemin in Geneva
2003-04-08
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EFGIC: U.S. State Department Reports Continued Severe Human Rights Abuses against Falun Gong in China
2003-04-07The U.S. report highlighted the widespread practice of torturing Falun Gong practitioners in police custody, which often leads to severe injuries or death. “Several hundred Falun Gong adherents reportedly have died in detention due to torture, abuse,” the report said. The report later added, “…many of their bodies reportedly bore signs of severe beatings or torture or were cremated before relatives could examine them.” -
EFGIC: Reports of 10 More Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Emerge from China
2003-04-06As the Falun Gong death count continues its rapid ascent, ten more innocent practitioners have been confirmed dead in provinces all over China, largely due to physical and psychological torture inflicted in detention centres and labour camps. The current total of confirmed deaths now stands at 644. -
Radio Free Asia: European Union Representatives Show Concern for the Widespread Violation of Human Rights in China
2003-04-06Representatives of the European Union have expressed their concern for the broad violations of human rights occurring in China. The Greek Ambassador stated that the death penalty, brutal corporal punishment and cruel torture are still being used by the Chinese authorities to repress people. -
Establishing Justice and Standing Up for Human Dignity
2003-04-05Dafa practitioners of various nationalities are planning to file lawsuits during the coming days against the German states of Lower Saxonia, Brandenburg and Saxonia Proper. Their goal is to establish the facts of human rights violations against their persons during Jiang's visit in April 2002 in the hope that these lawsuits will prevent such acts in the future. -
Dresden News (Germany): Lawsuit for Infractions during Jiang Zemin’s State Visit to Dresden in 2002
2003-04-05'Many people protested against China’s human rights abuses during Jiang’s visit last year. Saxonian police earned criticism for their handling of the protesters. Among other complaints, police manhandled a 40-year-old woman outside the Taschenberg Palais/Hotel Kempinski because she had shouted the name of Falun Gong, a meditation system outlawed in China.'
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