Voices of Support, Awards and Recognition

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• Speech from Friends of Falun Gong Europe on World Human Rights Day Calls for Release of Zhao Ming

  2001-12-13
  This persecution goes against all the principles of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance, which are followed by all Falun Gong practitioners, and which should be at the heart of all human existence and thought.The persecution must stop immediately.
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• La Liberté [Swiss newspaper]: Fribourg welcomed Falun Gong for its first national day

  2001-12-12
  
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• Greater London Assembly Member’s Speech at Falun Gong Press Conference in the UK

  2001-12-11
  
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• Letter from the Office of the President of Czech Republic [excerpt]

  2001-12-07
  
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• French Mayor’s Letter of Support

  2001-12-07
  
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• UK Foreign Ministry: We will continue to take a close interest in the protection of all the rights and freedoms of the Hong Kong people.

  2001-12-06
  
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• BBC Monitoring : RSF [Reporters Sans Frontieres] says foreign journalists still persecuted for covering Falun Gong

  2001-12-05
  Since the eradication campaign against Falun Gong was launched by the authorities, foreign journalists have systematically been hindered in their work on this topic. Foreign photographers and cameramen are prevented from working on and around Tiananmen Square where hundreds of Falun Gong followers have demonstrated for the passed years. According to Reporters Without Borders' estimations, at least 50 representatives of international media have been questioned. Some of them have been beaten by the police. The correspondents who have tried to cover the banned movement's activities have been harassed by the security services. Finally, many Falun Gong followers have been jailed for being interviewed by foreign journalists.
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• “PRIMA-SUNDAY” (German newspaper): Out of the Clutches of Incarceration

  2001-12-05
  "The police attacked us and then grabbed the banner. What stood out was the brutal, aggressive way the police officers treated the females in the group,” said Mr. Uhl disgustedly. “The women were kicked and dragged by their hair."
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• AARGAUER ZEITUNG [Swiss newspaper]: PROTEST IN CHINA – What four Falun Gong practitioners experienced in Beijing

  2001-12-03
  “We had no intention of becoming martyrs or heroes there,” said Fernandez.“ It was important to us to demonstrate [to the world] that in China, human rights are trampled on. And we also wanted to show the Falun Gong practitioners in China that they are not alone.” That message, the Swiss are certain, has been sent loud and clear.
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• Mrs Mary Robinson Invites Swiss Practitioners to Attend Briefing Session Prior to Her Departure for China

  2001-11-29
  Mrs. Robinson was moved by the account of the practitioner who had been thrown out of the window and she recalled the case of Zhao Ming. She explained to us that throughout her last visits to China she always spoke of Falun Gong ...
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• NRC [Dutch newspaper]: Falun Gong Followers Caught

  2001-11-29
  
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• VOA News: Chinese Police Physically Abuse Swedish Falun Gong Practitioners, Sweden Protested to the Chinese Foreign Ministry

  2001-11-28
  
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• POLITIKEN [Danish newspaper]: Followers of Falun Gong Mistreated

  2001-11-26
  A Swedish demonstrator [..] managed to make a call from the police station using his cell phone. He said, “I was subjected to brutal mistreatment in the van. They punched, kicked and stomped on me. My arm is bleeding.” Moreover, he said that several of the women were dragged by their hair.“We are not against any government. We promote tolerance and kindness,” said[..], another detainee.
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• THE STAR [Irish newspaper]: Student Arrested in Chinese Demo

  2001-11-26
  In just eight years since its [Falun Gong's] public introduction in 1992, it has grown to become the most popular form of body and mind meditation ever in Chinese history.It emphasises physical cultivation and the cultivation of one’s moral character in daily life, according to the principles of Falun Gong’s founder, Li Hongzhi.Falun Gong’s effectiveness in improving health has quickly made it popular throughout the entire world and has largely been spread by word of mouth.
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• LE COURIER [Swiss newspaper]: FALUN GONG : 35 Westerners Defy Beijing

  2001-11-26
  What made these Westerners drop their jobs and their families to go and confront the Chinese police, whose reputation freezes the blood of the Chinese? The four from Zurich explained their action on a diskette they sent to friends. More than two years of attempts by numerous Governments and humanitarian organizations have had no effect on China. The massive persecution of Falun Gong has even worsened since the attacks of 11 September have monopolized international attention: 311 proven deaths (probably 1,000), 50,000 persons held in gulags, 1,000 in mental institutions, thousands of rapes and sadistic torture … in all, 70 million practitioners risk being denounced, being fined, losing their jobs, their homes, their family life or their freedom.
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