Voices of Support, Awards and Recognition
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Irish Parliamentary Questions About Falun Gong and the Detention of Two Ireland-Based Practitioners
2003-05-30"[The Irish] Government takes seriously concerns about human rights in China, including those of Falun Gong members. Both the Taoiseach and I have raised this issue on a number of occasions with the Chinese Government. We will continue to raise human rights issues in our bilateral contacts." -
World Psychiatric Association Members Strongly Condemn China's Abuses of Psychiatry to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-05-29"Despite the resolution of the WPA at the 12th WPA conference in Yokohama Japan...there have been new cases of abuse and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in mental hospitals, some concluded in death, after almost four years of persecution the torture and killing of the practitioners continue. Over 1000 practitioners have been involuntarily detained in mental hospitals at least 91 hospitals have been identified for being engaged in this psychiatric abuse of the practise. Today the number of normal healthy Falun Gong practitioners incarcerated and abused in mental hospitals way way way exceeds one thousand." -
At International Meeting of Psychiatrists, UK Researcher Exposes Jiang's Use of Psychiatric Hospitals to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-05-26"Many reports provide evidence that detained Falun Gong practitioners are forcibly locked in mental hospitals. They are obviously mentally healthy but are forced to receive psychiatric treatments and are mistreated or beaten. None of this is treatment; it is persecution. It is very clear that over the past nearly three years, there have been a few hundred of these kinds of cases, each of which has reliable evidence." -
Austrian Foreign Ministry Writes to the French Falun Gong Association about Human Rights of Practitioners in China
2003-05-25"The Austrian Foreign Ministry is very clear about the seriousness of the situation of Falun Gong practitioners in China, and we share your concern on this matter." -
Letter from Member of European Parliament to Thailand Ambassador
2003-05-24"The world knows that the Chinese government hid the truth of SARS and this has severely contributed to the current worldwide disaster. This incident shows again the attitude of the Chinese regime. What the Swedish citizen Mrs. Pirjo Svensson was holding was material that told the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong in China and the human rights abuses there...I am truly concerned, not only for my countryman Mrs. Pirjo Svensson but also for the people and the government of Thailand. The longer this situation continues, the more it is unworthy of an independent and democratically ruled Kingdom." -
Letter from Front Line Human Rights Defenders to Thai Prime Minister regarding the Illegal Detention of Pirjo Svensson
2003-05-23"It seems that Mrs Svensson has been given no explanation or reason for her arrest and detention but it would seem to be in connection with her Falun Gong activities. If this is so then her continuing detention is a violation of her rights to freedom of belief and expression. We therefore call for her immediate and unconditional release." -
Letter from a UK MEP to the Thailand Ambassador about Illegally Detained Swedish Practitioner
2003-05-22"Thailand is supposed to be a democratic and independent country but it seems that the Thai authorities are violating both national and international laws and human rights. Two weeks ago a diplomatic note was issued by the Swedish Embassy in Thailand to the Thailand authorities, but there has been no reply as yet. I am extremely concerned about the situation of Mrs Svensson and other Falun Gong practitioners." -
French Mayor Writes to Guadeloupe Falun Dafa Association
2003-05-22"Thank you for letting me know about the persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners in China. I have noted your concerns. Please trust me that I will pay full attention to this human rights issue. My support team working in the Parliament, along with myself, will provide assistance to you at any time." -
A Letter from Lord Moyne to the Ambassador of Thailand
2003-05-21"There is widespread and increasing disgust in many countries of the world at the unprovoked and inhuman persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist authorities; and your Governments action in collaborating with this persecution is disappointing in that it appears to show that it is to curry favour with its large neighbour. Such action can only diminish the respect with which your country is regarded in the rest of the world and lead to doubts as to the genuineness of its sovereign independence." -
Letter of Support from a German Mayoress
2003-05-20A German practitioner wrote to a Mayoress, who swiftly penned a reply encouraging practitioners To have formidable courage, firm belief and brave hearts to advance the efforts of all those people who are working tirelessly to end the repression of Falun Gong in China. -
Swedish Newspaper: "Swedish Practitioner in Thailand to Appeal Against Deportation Threat"
2003-05-18Her friend in Sweden says that the arrest of Mrs. Svensson by the Thai government is a clear indication of the pressure that the Chinese authorities have actively imposed on other countries. A representative of the Swedish Falun Gong Information Centre commented, The most obvious probability is that her name has been included on the Chinese governments blacklist. -
Report from Spanish Newspaper - "World Health Organization Criticizes China Again for Manipulation of SARS-Infected Population"
2003-05-16The World Health Organization has published a straightforward condemnation of the Communist regime in China. The WHO also firmly indicated that the Chinese authorities continue to cover up the facts, and manipulate the SARS-infected population so that the world is kept from panic. -
Switzerland: Grandfather Writes to an MP Calling for Action to End the Persecution
2003-05-13After reading the latest information about the persecution of Falun Gong in a newspaper, the grandfather decided to help practitioners in China. He wrote a letter to a superintendent in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is also an MP, appealing for help stop the brutal persecution of Falun Gong. He cannot understand why this practice, which brings so many benefits to his grandson, has been banned and brutally persecuted in China. -
Office of the EU Commissioner on Foreign Affairs Expresses Concern Over Article 23 Legislation in Hong Kong
2003-05-13"..the EU also underlined that the proscription mechanism, as well as the broad definition of sedition offences, remain specific areas of concern to the EU. It reiterated that the handling of the Article 23 legislation would be an important test for the One country, two systems principle and called on the Hong Kong authorities to go on upholding the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Basic Law. -
Letter to the Irish Falun Dafa Association from the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister)
2003-05-12"..both the Minister for Foreign Affairs and I together with our EU partners, continue to raise these issues with the Chinese authorities. We view with concern the human rights situation in China, including that of Falun Gong, and our Embassy in Beijing is monitoring these issues carefully."