Voices of Support

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• Irish MEP Ms Patricia Mckenna Urge the Chinese Ambassador in Belgium to Release the Detained Western Falun Gong Practitioners Immediately

  2001-11-24
  I was very concerned to hear that one of the practitioners was injured by police during arrest. These practitioners are being held by the authorities solely because of their expression of their beliefs. I know that in the past many Falun Gong detainee's have reportedly been tortured and in some cases deaths are said to have occurred because of torture and ill treatment by the police. China signed up to the UN Convention Against Torture in 1988 and is therefore obliged to investigate all allegations of torture and bring those responsible to justice.
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• France: Supporting Letter from Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Mayor of the City of Yerres

  2001-11-24
  
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• RTÉ News: "Falun Gong supporters ordered out of China"

  2001-11-22
  "Police detained the protesters after they unfurled a banner in English and Chinese in the middle of the square. Those involved are from ten different countries including Ireland."
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• The Irish Times: "Irishman held over Beijing protest"

  2001-11-22
  Mr 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.
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• 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."
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• The Times Reports On Arrest of London Falun Gong Practitioner

  2001-11-22
  
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• Swedish Foreign Minister Criticizes Arrests on Swedish Radio

  2001-11-21
  
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• Friends of Falun Gong Europe Make a Heartfelt Plea to Chinese Premier to End the Persecution

  2001-11-21
  We, 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.
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• Letter from Swedish MEP to the Swedish Foreign Minister Regarding the Tiananmen Square demonstration

  2001-11-21
  Today’s 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.
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• MEP's Statement of Support for the Actions in Tiananmen Square

  2001-11-21
  Our 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.
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• Guardian (UK newspaper) Reports on Arrest of Western Practitioners

  2001-11-21
  
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• An MEP's Letters of Concern About Arrests of Westerners

  2001-11-21
  
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• 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."
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• Collecting Signatures during the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the French Branch of Amnesty International [AI] in Belgium

  2001-11-19
  We 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.
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• Russia: Support for Falun Gong Practitioners from Moscow News Workers

  2001-11-19
  
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