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• Press Statement of World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong Regarding the Tiananmen "Self-Immolation"

  2003-05-24
  Since its establishment, WOIPFG has received reports from various sources regarding the self-immolation incident. According to reliable information from inside the Chinese government and the Police Bureau, the "self-immolation" was staged to frame Falun Gong. The incident occurred after 18 months of Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong, which was consuming huge amounts of state resources. At the time, Jiang was isolated and there was increasing criticism of him inside inner Party circles. Jiang was the primary beneficiary of the incident.
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• Online Journalism Review: Chinese Learn True Scope of SARS From the Internet

  2003-05-24
  "The turning point came for me in early April," he said. "I felt the media were lying, and that they were intentionally suppressing news about SARS. I saw the April 7 press conference by Health Minister Zhang Wenkang, and I thought his lies were really outrageous. Because we work with the Internet, we have long felt that news in mainstream media is routinely manipulated. They just tell you want they want you to think."
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• Radio Free Asia: Interviewing European Practitioners about Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Europe

  2003-05-24
  What are the purposes of holding these activities? One is that we can tell everyone about the goodness and the beauty of Falun Gong. Another is that we all know that the Jiang Zemin regime’s persecution of Falun Gong is completely based on lies. One important way to stop this persecution is to tell people, in a peaceful way, what Falun Gong really is and about the lies that the Jiang regime have been using, so that all the Chinese people and western people can understand what is actually happening.”
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• 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."
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• France: European Practitioners in Strasbourg Call on the Council of Europe for Help to Stop the Persecution

  2003-05-23
  A few days earlier, some practitioners had visited representatives from 15 European countries in Strasbourg. They delivered a copy of some documents on the genocide lawsuit filed against Jiang Zemin. They also requested help in rescuing Ms. Xiong Wei, a student from Berlin Technical University, who is currently illegally imprisoned in China.
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• Reuters: Chinese doctor gagged for revealing SARS cover-up

  2003-05-23
  "He began working at the military hospital in 1957, but was branded a "counter-revolutionary" in 1968 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He was banished to feed horses at a military-run ranch in the northwestern province of Qinghai. In 1999, the 10th anniversary of the army crackdown on student-led democracy demonstrations, Jiang accused authorities of lying when they claimed not a single protester was killed on Tiananmen Square. Jiang said then several protesters he treated died of gunshot wounds."
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• SCMP (South China Morning Post): Ambushes on the information highway

  2003-05-23
  By sending messages to various internet forums, researchers were able to determine that certain pornographic or politically sensitive terms, such as "June 4" (the date of the Tiananmen Square crackdown), "human rights", "Taiwan independence" and " Falun Gong" are banned. Messages containing these words are automatically screened out. Messages that do not contain banned words normally appear but, if their content is considered sensitive, they are soon removed.
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• 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."
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• 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."
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• EFGIC: Father and Son Falun Gong Practitioners Die from Torture in Chinese Labour Camp

  2003-05-22
  "Eyewitnesses say the elder Mr. Zhang was physically dragged to meals because he had lost the ability to walk after prolonged torture and abuse. Mr. Zhang defecated pus and blood, his body was covered with scabies, and he became dangerously thin, these eyewitnesses say. On January 2nd, 2003 Mr. Zhang was beaten to death. At the time of his father’s death, Qifa was also in critical condition. The skin all over his body was discolored and covered with scars, boils and bruises. His legs were so badly injured he could not walk. He also had difficulty breathing."
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• UK: Weekly Report from a University Radio Broadcast

  2003-05-22
  Falun Dafa practitioners run a weekly radio show in a UK university. The show allows many people to find out about Falun Gong and the positive changes that the practice has brought to countless people. The radio show is also a good chance for people to learn more about the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Dafa and of the basic values, morality and justice of Chinese society. This week’s broadcast looked at the potential capabilities of the Human body.
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• Human Rights Watch Press Release: Hong Kong Should Reject Subversion Bill

  2003-05-22
  "The clock is ticking on civil liberties in Hong Kong," said Brad Adams, executive director of the Asia division at Human Rights Watch. "If enacted in its present form, this bill will introduce Chinese legal standards through the back door and could forever erode the civil liberties and civil society that today distinguish Hong Kong from China."
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• RFI (Radio France Internationale): Hong Kong Branch of WOIPFG Established

  2003-05-22
  'According to the Falun Dafa Information Centre, the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong founded a branch in Hong Kong on the 16th of May. Today, Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in front of a Chinese Embassy in the United States to protest about the unreasonable detention of Falun Gong practitioner Charles Li, a US citizen who has been arrested in China. They also appealed for his rescue.'
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• BBC: Chinese censor online chat

  2003-05-22
  "Messages critical of the Chinese Government either never appear or are purged from popular chat rooms, a study by the free speech pressure group has revealed. The study also found that Chinese law enforcement agencies regularly track down and even jail the authors of the critical messages. Reporters Without Borders estimates that China employs 30,000 people to watch what its people are doing online."
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• 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 Government’s 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."
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