Persecution Spreads from China to Europe
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Jiangs Regime Persecutes a Dafa Practitioner in the Netherlands
2003-04-20Today, in order to force me to give up practising Falun Gong, the Chinese Embassy confiscated my passport. The Embassy's actions are inhumane. Looking at it from another angle, Chinese citizens have the freedom of belief, which is guaranteed by the Chinese Basic Law. What is the Chinese Embassys excuse for interfering with citizens right to believe, particularly when they are outside of China? -
Irish Practitioners Start Letter Writing Campaign to Rescue 2 Dublin Students Detained in China
2003-04-18Irish Falun Dafa Practitioners are appealing to all kind-hearted people to help their fellow practitioners who have been detained in China, by asking them to sign a petition letter and send it to the Chinese Embassy and the Irish Government. Here are some background details on their cases, and the petition letter. -
Rescue the Illegally Detained Students Liu Feng and Yang Fang (pictures)
2003-04-15In 2002, Liu Feng was illegally kidnapped in China, prior to his return to Ireland. He was then sent to Yaojia Labour Camp in Dalian. His current whereabouts is unknown. In the same year, Yang Fang was illegally prevented from boarding a plane returning to Ireland. She was forcefully taken back to her hometown in Shenyang Province. At present, the Irish government is paying close attention to the situation of Liu Feng and Yang Fang. -
Ireland: Campaign to Rescue Students Feng and Fang: A Letter to an Irish Minister
2003-04-09"Can you support our efforts to rescue these two students by writing to the Chinese Embassy in Ireland and urging them to release them, and also urging the Irish Embassy in China to let authorities there know the Irish people want them released?..With the support of the Irish government these two young students can be back in Ireland very soon." -
Epoch Times: Chinese Government Interference Leads to Challenges for New Tang Dynasty TV's Press Permit Application For Geneva Human Rights Conference (photo)
2003-03-17The reason given was that NTD TV is a non-profit organization. A spokeswoman said, "This reason cannot be accepted, as AP and VOA are also non-profit organizations. Both of them have obtained permission. Based on our investigation, some UN officials disclosed that the Chinese Government had exerted pressure and is not happy with the New Tang Dynasty TV's reports on Falun Gong." -
SOS Rescue Effort Launched Around Germany to Rescue Lin Wenrong
2003-03-04Ms. Lin Wenrong, who is studying in Düsseldorf, Germany, went back to her hometown of Wuhan to visit her family and relatives before the Chinese Spring Festival. She was arrested because she is a Falun Gong practitioner and has been imprisoned in China since then. -
Urgent Action Needed to Rescue Lin Wenrong from Detention in China
2003-03-03Ms. Lin Wenrong returned to Wuhan from Germany on January 17 2003, to celebrate Spring Festival with her family. A few days later, she was arrested when she went to Tiananmen Square alone. She was then sent to a labour camp where Falun Gong practitioners are persecuted and brainwashed. -
Radio Broadcast Document: Emergency Rescue of German Falun Gong Practitioner Lin Wenrong
2003-03-03'Our information source reported that an internal document circulating in the Committee of Politics and Legislature of Wuhan City and the Chinese Public Security Bureau stated, everyone in Wuhan City who has practised Falun Gong should be registered and asked to write a Statement of Repentance. Those who do not deliver the statement will be sent to a brainwashing unit for forced reform.' -
UK: Online Petition Created to Rescue Bao-lian, Yongjie and Xujun
2003-02-26An online petition for the release of UK practitioners' family and friends persecuted in China has been created. The three victims include the sister of a UK practitioner, Ms. Zhu Baolian who was jailed for 4 years in Bejing simply for handing out leaflets which explained the truth about Falun Gong, and Zhu Yongjie, the fiancee of another practitioner, who was arrested in November 2002. -
Swiss Falun Dafa Association: "The Long Arm of the Jiang Regime Stretches into Switzerland"
2003-02-24"Everyone knows that Falun Gong’s appeals are peaceful. As a result, these events particularly deserve our consideration. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners illustrates that the Chinese government is attempting to impose its will on other countries. From this we can see that the Chinese leaders have no respect for the basic human rights of freedom of expression and belief." -
SOS Urgent Appeal: Rescue Lin Wenrong who is Illegally Detained in China
2003-02-24Lin Wenrong now lives in Germany. On 17 January 2003, she went to Wuhan to visit her family. She had originally arranged to come back to Germany in February, but she has not yet returned. According to inside information, Lin Wenrong has been detained and jailed by local police. Her place of detention is still unknown. -
Holland Chinese Embassy Stages Exhibition to Defame Falun Gong (photo)
2003-02-16The Embassy wanted to make use of the lion dance celebrations to hold an exhibition denigrating Falun Gong and put the blame on the overseas Chinese who took part in the event. By doing so, the Embassy could escape punishment for their actions and also attempt to create conflicts between Falun Gong practitioners and overseas Chinese people. -
Israel Branch of Amnesty International writes to the Israeli Foreign Minister: Help Rescue Xiong Wei
2003-02-13"Given the evidence we have presented to you, we believe that Wei Xiong is a prisoner of conscience who was arrested only [because she is a Falun Gong practitioner], and as it appears, has not received a fair trail. We are concerned for her well-being, and are afraid that she is subjected to severe torture that might claim her life." -
Heidenheimer Wochenblatt (German newspaper): Support Action in our 'Amnesty International' Series (pictures)
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UK Chinese Embassy Staff Discovered Videotaping Falun Gong Practitioners' Peaceful Appeal
2003-01-19During the many peaceful appeal activities over the past three years, the Chinese Embassy has often used various means to attempt to interfere with our press conferences, such as using loudspeakers to blast so-called "songs of revolution". Now, the embassy staff seem to be resorting to more underhanded methods against practitioners.