Voices of Support
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Scotsman: Meditating on peaceful resolution
2002-08-20 -
Germany: Bonn's Leading Newspaper Reports on a Journey of Appeal on Bicycle from the Neckar to the Rhine
2002-08-20It was reported that four Falun Gong practitioners cycled from Heidelberg to Bonn. Along the way, they collected signatures protesting the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
International Association for Human Rights Press Release: China extends Falun Gong Persecution to Hong Kong
2002-08-19This guilty verdict does not merely recognize and affirm the persecution in Mainland China, but has extended it to Hong Kong, thereby effectively and dramatically worsening the human rights situation in China itself. -
Statement from Lord Moyne Following the Unjust Conviction of 16 Practitioners in Hong Kong
2002-08-19"This case showed that the distinction between Hong Kong and Mainland China agreed in 1997 is a sham...It is to be feared that this will be the start of many tragedies as, step by step, Hong Kong is absorbed into the evil system of tyranny under which thousands of religious people are imprisoned, tortured, and sometimes murdered." -
Human Rights Watch: The Falun Gong: New Targets of Psychiatric Abuse [Excerpt]
2002-08-18 -
UK: Former Deputy Under Secretary of State, Lord Thurlow, Condemns the Unjust Verdict in Hong Kong
2002-08-17"The verdict showed that Hong Kong no longer has the freedom and rights that were ensured by the Hong Kong Basic Laws signed by both China and United Kingdom in 1997. It showed that the Hong Kong government received pressure from Jiangs regime and sacrificed its people's human rights to submit to this pressure." -
BBC Interview: China Abuses Mental Hospitals
2002-08-17 -
UK: Strong Public Support As Practitioners Call for Concern about Hong Kongs Politicized Prosecution
2002-08-17In London, the passers-by at Chinese Embassy in UK asked for materials in droves. They also signed their names to support Falun Gong practitioners. Some of them even practiced sitting meditation along practitioners. -
UK: Speech of European Friends of Falun Gong at London Press Conference
2002-08-16"Hong Kong must not be allowed to go down the same path of persecution which has so blighted life in China over the last three years. Hong Kong must stand up to Jiang Zemin and his murderous treachery. Hong Kong, you must release these 16 innocent practitioners in the name of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance" -
European Parliamentarians Express That They Will Do Their Utmost To Stop The Persecution
2002-08-15 -
Letter from a Representative of the U.N. Freedom of Religion Association to Falun Gong Practitioners in Switzerland
2002-08-15 -
BBC: Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners on Hunger Strike to Protest the Trial (Photo)
2002-08-15The banner reads, "Strongly Condemn Jiang Zemin for Coercing Hong Kong Government to Persecute and Wrongfully Accuse Falun Gong Practitioners" -
UK: Greater London Assembly Member Signs Petition Against Politically-Motivated Sham Trial in Hong Kong
2002-08-14 -
Times online: China holds rebels in Soviet-style asylums
2002-08-14The WPA (World Psychiatric Association) delegates should adopt a strong resolution in Yokohama calling on China to cease these abuses and to fully co-operate with a WPA investigation, Robert van Voren, General-Secretary of the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry, said. A WPA-led delegation should visit the asylums, carry out independent medical examinations and monitor conditions and treatment, especially in the police-run asylums. -
The Guardian: China 'sending dissidents to mental hospitals'
2002-08-14