Persecution Spreads from China to Europe
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Presses China to Release Zhao Ming
2001-11-12[Mary Robinson] raised allegations that detained Falun Gong members are "suffering widespread violations of their human rights", including the alleged exposure of women members to sexual abuse.Robinson pressed China to release ailing democracy activist Xu Wenli and Zhao Ming, a jailed Falun Gong member whose sentence was extended by 10 months .. -
Must European Businessmen give up their Beliefs in order to do Business in China?
2001-11-09 -
Encounter with Zhao Ming in the Labour Camp
2001-11-07"Zhao Ming is great," the people who once tried to brainwash him said, "although we brainwashed him in turn, he always replied, 'I'll never waver in my belief no matter what trick you use.'" -
Persecution Stories: Myself [part 2] by a Practitioner in Ireland
2001-11-02All these [health] problems were gone without a trace after I began to practise Falun Gong exercises, and following the principles of Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance. I became full of energy all the time, and more caring, kind and peaceful. What a helpful practice! -
Persecution Stories: My family [Part 1] by a Practitioner in Ireland
2001-11-01The guards brainwashed my two sisters, and made my sisters think that Falun Gong and Mr Li Hongzhi deceived them despite the fact that both of the sisters had gained great benefits from practising Falun Gong. They were both cured from severe diseases and achieved so much better health, and their moral values also improved tremendously. -
Irish Parliamentarians Raise Questions regarding Zhao Ming
2001-10-23 -
Press Release: SOS Urgent Rescue Zhao Ming Campaign Team
2001-10-22After a visit to China over the holidays in the winter of 1999-2000, Ming was prevented from returning to Ireland, and was subsequently detained without trial and tortured repeatedly because his involvement in the banned Falun Gong practice. Immediately after his detention, several local groups, including Amnesty International, the Graduate Students' Union at Trinity College and Falun Gong got involved in advocating for his release. -
Message of support from Green MEP, Patricia McKenna
2001-10-22 -
Speech by Ms Mary Lawlor [Head of Irish NGO}
2001-10-22Director of FrontlineThe International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders -
Speech by Frank Jennings from Amnesty International [Ireland]
2001-10-22 -
Irelands Dublin City Council Passed Emergency Motion Calling for the Immediate Release of Trinity Student Zhao Ming
2001-10-20Dublin City Council expresses its strong wish that the Government of China would intensify efforts to improve human rights in that country and in particular calls for the immediate release of the Trinity student, Zhao Ming. -
Hunger Strike Exposes Chinese embassy’s Interference in Ukraine
2001-10-19 -
An Update on Zhao Ming's Situation 09/20/2001
2001-09-20Zhao Ming is often forced to stand for long periods of time and denied sleep. They sometimes force him to sit in a water basin or stuff him under a bed. He was once beaten to the point where he could not stand up. -
One Woman's Battle: My Sister was Jailed for Keeping Fit
2001-09-16A Falun Gong practitioner's struggle to free her sister from a Chinese labour camp -
Belgian Police Pressurized to Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners during the EU-China summit
2001-09-15"The freedom of thought, of expression and of belief is something to be cherished, and it cannot be replaced by any kind of material benefit. We hope that European countries can remain clearheaded when facing the pressure from the Chinese Government and be firm in their stance against the violation of human rights in China."