Voices of Support
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The Irish Times: "Irishman held over Beijing protest"
2001-11-22Mr Brian Trought (23), from Cork city, a physics student at UCC, was among a group of Falun Gong practitioners from 10 countries, who staged the peaceful protest against the Chinese government's persecution of the spiritual group. Mr Trought has been a Falun Gong practitioner for two years. -
www.online.ie: Irishman arrested in pro-Falun Gong protest & Irish to be expelled after Beijing protest
2001-11-22"Police in China have arrested an Irishman who was part of an anti-government [Note from the Editor: Falun Gong Practitioners are not anti-government, they only wish for a peaceful end to the tragic persecution] demonstration in Tiananmen Square in Beijing today. The group of around 30 Westerners was arrested after allegedly unfurling a banner and chanting slogans in support of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement." -
The Times Reports On Arrest of London Falun Gong Practitioner
2001-11-22 -
Swedish Foreign Minister Criticizes Arrests on Swedish Radio
2001-11-21 -
Friends of Falun Gong Europe Make a Heartfelt Plea to Chinese Premier to End the Persecution
2001-11-21We, the Friends of Falun Gong Europe, make a heartfelt appeal to you to make a humanitarian judgment on this issue. We are going to stand shoulder to shoulder with Falun Gong practitioners in and outside China to the very end, and we believe it is our obligation to continue this humanitarian effort to help to bring about an end to the persecution. Any human being with a human heart should and must stop this persecution now. -
Letter from Swedish MEP to the Swedish Foreign Minister Regarding the Tiananmen Square demonstration
2001-11-21Todays event is extraordinarily serious and demands a forceful statement from the Swedish government saying that Sweden does not in anyway accept the way in which the Chinese regime handles peaceful demonstrators. The fact that it is also innocent Swedish citizens who have lost their freedom and have been beaten makes the question even more serious. -
MEP's Statement of Support for the Actions in Tiananmen Square
2001-11-21Our thanks, as well as our concrete solidarity and support, to the friends and sympathisers of the Falun Gong who demonstrated today in Beijing in favour of their companions who have been arrested and tortured by the Communist regime of Jang Zemin. -
Guardian (UK newspaper) Reports on Arrest of Western Practitioners
2001-11-21 -
An MEP's Letters of Concern About Arrests of Westerners
2001-11-21 -
UK MEP of EU Foreign Affairs Committee writes to Chinese Ambassador Expressing Concern at the Arrest of Westerners
2001-11-21"It would also appear that the arrest of these peaceful demonstrators constitutes a violation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which China is a signatory." -
Collecting Signatures during the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the French Branch of Amnesty International [AI] in Belgium
2001-11-19We collected so many signatures that day. The AI head said that she would co-operate with local practitioners and tried to achieve more for Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in Mainland China. -
Russia: Support for Falun Gong Practitioners from Moscow News Workers
2001-11-19 -
UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee report urges UK Government to toughen its stance on human rights in China
2001-11-13 -
Croatian newspaper, Jutarnji list, reports on Falun Gong
2001-11-12 -
All People With Righteous Thoughts are Also Standing Up Against The Persecution of Falun Gong – Stories in Front of the Chinese Embassy, London, UK
2001-11-12