Press Releases and Media Reports
TV and Radio | Publications | Press Releases
-
EFGIC Press Release: For the First Time in Europe, A Chinese Leader Has Been Charged With Human Rights Abuses
2003-02-08
-
Asia Times: China's GDP figures: Are they bogus?
2003-02-07'"Local statistical offices are heavily influenced by local political leadership," the editors write, "and when career advancement depends on performance related to assigned targets, the targets tend to become self-fulfilling."' -
Flushing Times, NY: Falun Gong parade march in Flushing goes smoothly
2003-02-07'..threatened with an investigation by the city's Commission on Human Rights, parade organizers at last Thursday's meeting decided to allow the group to march...Falun Gong practitioners contend that as their movement has shifted to the United States, persecution has followed them, and they point to the parade controversy as an example of such discrimination.' -
AFP (Agence France-Presse): Hong Kong government "fixed subversion law consultation results"
2003-02-06Democracy Party Chairman 'Yeung accused the government of "political calculation" to show that those who agreed with the legislation outnumbered those against the laws, which rights groups fear could curtail basic freedoms. "I think this is unacceptable," he told local radio.' -
Digital Freedom Network: China blocks blog again
2003-02-03Chinese users who went to dweb.blogspot.com were automatically redirected to a nonworking I.P. address. The address formerly belonged to http://falundafa.ca, the site of a Canadian-registered organization that promotes Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that the Chinese government has labeled a threat to national security. Since the Canadian Falun Gong site is blocked in China, DynaWeb speculated that the redirecting was being done to discredit Falun Gong by making unsuspecting users think that Falun Gong had hijacked the sites being redirected. -
Australian Financial Review: Hong Kong Sees Red
2003-02-03New laws are to be introduced that threaten to radically change the way of life in Hong Kong, the way business is done and the protection of personal liberties. The government is proposing to widen its powers to act in cases of treason, secession, subversion and sedition, including theft of state secrets. -
FDI: Dr. Charles Li’s Friends and Family Appeal for His Immediate Release
2003-02-02Dr. Li's fiancée, Ms. Yeong-ching Foo, appealed for his unconditional release. "Charles is a loving and caring person." Ms. Foo said. "He was going to spend the Chinese New Year with his parents." His so-called "crime" is that he happens to practise Falun Gong. -
Please Help Rescue My Fiancé, American Dr. Charles Li
2003-02-02I cannot believe that the Chinese government would want to arrest such a kind and honest person. Of course, I worry for Charles’ safety. I care for him very much. But I know he has done nothing wrong, and I believe he will come home soon. -
Fa Guang Radio Station: Falun Gong Broadcasts a Video in a North-eastern Chinese City about the Truth behind the “Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation”
2003-02-02'The programme lasted over thirty minutes and covered all the channels on the local cable TV...The report was broadcast to Mainland China as well as to the Chinese community in Paris.' -
Dow Jones: Sydney Women Says Chinese Police Treated Her Like "A Spy"
2003-02-02"They treated me as if I was a high-level spy," Chen told The Associated Press over the phone. "I was not allowed to leave the hotel room or to make any phone calls. They confiscated all my stuff." -
ABC (Australia): Australian Accuses Chinese Police of Harassment
2003-02-02Ms Chen, a member of the Falun Gong spiritual group [...] says eight undercover police followed her everywhere she went in Chengdu...[later] she was then held at her hotel after she tried to book a flight back to Sydney via Hong Kong. -
Press Release (Ireland): Happy Chinese New Year!
2003-02-01"The Chinese spring festival is a traditional family celebration in the Chinese Year. Similarly to the Irish Christmas period it is when family and friends come together...celebrate the coming of the New Year...Yet due to Jiang Zemins persecution of Falun Dafa in China many happy families have ben broken up and many family reunions will be incomplete. In Ireland there are many tragic examples." -
EFIC: 15 Falun Gong Practitioners Dead in China from Police Brutality, Torture or Forced Labour
2003-02-01On January 12th, 2003, the Municipal Procuratorate forced Qunying’s family members to sign the autopsy report. The report did not list the time of death, the cause of death, or the time or steps taken to rescue her. Caidian District judiciary branches and the legislative committee of Caidian District demanded that Qunying's whole family admit that she committed suicide. -
DPA: China frees Australian Falun Gong member, detains American
2003-02-01China has allowed an Australian member of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement to leave the country but has detained a U.S. citizen reportedly linked to the group, embassy officials said on Thursday. -
AFP: Australian [..] held for weeks in China, then expelled
2003-02-01"I was treated like a criminal by them," said Chen, adding she was repeatedly asked who sent for her, what she was doing in Chengdu and whom she was meeting..."They also questioned me about my trip to Chengdu two years ago," she said. She had then met local Falungong practitioners.
New Jingwen
-
Our Practice and the Term “Religion” 2024-12-01
-
Why This World Is a Realm of Unknowing 2024-09-30
more ...
World
Falun Dafa Day
Falun Dafa Day
Newsletter
Photo Exhibition
Papers from Europe
Fa conferences
Fa conferences
Special Topics
Press Releases