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The Experiences of a 76-Year-Old Who Was Viciously Beaten by Beijing Police
2003-03-04Because I did not report my name, they beat me severely. I was repeatedly struck and had black eyes and a swollen forehead. It was hard to catch my breath due to the police agents' roughly kicking me in my side with their heavy boots. I was 73 at that time. I was detained for more than 10 days in such a vicious environment. -
Guelph Mercury (Canada): Religious freedom still not complete here
2003-03-04'Chinese Falun Gong practitioners now face the worst kind of persecution. Practicing in China is treated as a crime of the highest degree resulting in arrest and torture, (often resulting in death.) But this is not a problem that simply ends at the Chinese border. Globalization has ensured that the long arm of the Chinese government affects the freedom of Canadian citizens as well.' -
Welcome Note from the Hungarian Clearharmony Website
2003-03-03The Hungarian Clearharmony website is published voluntarily by Falun Gong practitioners. Its aim is to reveal the facts about Falun Gong, to give our readers first hand information about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, to display the voices of support for Falun Gong from all over the world, and to let our readers know the efforts made by Falun Gong practitioners to stop this persecution. -
Urgent Action Needed to Rescue Lin Wenrong from Detention in China
2003-03-03Ms. Lin Wenrong returned to Wuhan from Germany on January 17 2003, to celebrate Spring Festival with her family. A few days later, she was arrested when she went to Tiananmen Square alone. She was then sent to a labour camp where Falun Gong practitioners are persecuted and brainwashed. -
Italy: Spreading the Fa in Padova
2003-03-03More and more Italian citizens are establishing positive understandings about Falun Gong. There are less and less people being fooled by Jiang Zemins lies in Italy. The practitioners commented that they would hold similar activities on a regular basis in the future. -
Radio Broadcast Document: Emergency Rescue of German Falun Gong Practitioner Lin Wenrong
2003-03-03'Our information source reported that an internal document circulating in the Committee of Politics and Legislature of Wuhan City and the Chinese Public Security Bureau stated, everyone in Wuhan City who has practised Falun Gong should be registered and asked to write a Statement of Repentance. Those who do not deliver the statement will be sent to a brainwashing unit for forced reform.' -
Letter from Friends and Practitioners in Germany Asking the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong to Look Into the Case of Lin Wenrong
2003-03-02"In view of the holocaust that is happening in China, we are urgently calling on you to investigate those involved in the torturing and murdering of Falun Gong practitioners in Wuhan, such as their commanders, criminals and responsible units. We hope that those who have committed crimes against Falun Gong will be sent for trial. The criminals have committed murder, torture, genocide and crimes against humanity." -
The Whole-hearted Sincerity of a Swiss Western Practitioner Towards Chinese People
2003-03-02A middle-aged Swiss practitioner wrote a long letter to the Chinese people to explain the truth about Falun Gong. She had never learnt Chinese before but willingly spent eleven days imitating the letter according to Chinese translation, carefully creating each character stroke by stroke. -
Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Explain the Truth of the Persecution at a Summit on Freedom of Religion and Belief
2003-03-02After the summit, the students surrounded the practitioners and asked for Dafa materials as well as the persecution video. The philosophy teacher who organised this summit asked to learn the exercises. Those who attended the summit expressed the wish to help more people come to realise the facts of this persecution. -
Epoch Times: First and Second Readings of Article 23 Pass Council - Members from Democratic Groups Walk Out of Meeting in Protest
2003-03-02'More than 20 council members from the Democratic Party, the Civil Human Rights Front, and the Employee Union left the meeting before the first reading [and] burned a mockup of the Blue Bill in the parking lot outside the Legislative Council building.' -
Sweden: Article 23 Helps a Tyrant to do Evil
2003-03-02On the morning of the 26 February 2003, some Falun Gong practitioners from Stockholm gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden to protest against the Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong. -
Fax: To Rescue German Falun Gong practitioner Lin Wenrong Imprisoned in China
2003-03-01Based on information provided by people who know about her recent situation, the police arrested and detained her just before the Spring Festival, upon her arrival in Wuhan. Currently, no-one knows her whereabouts. The reason for her detention is that she is a Falun Gong practitioner. -
Sweden: Falun Gong practitioners Appealed Against Article 23 at the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg
2003-03-01Because the Chinese Consulate is situated in an industrial area, many cars and trucks passed us. On passing, the drivers kindly showed their support by giving the thumbs up sign, waving in a friendly manner and beeping their car horns. -
Belgium: Practitioners Appeal Against Article 23 at the Chinese Embassy
2003-03-01On February 26th 2003, practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Belgium to peacefully appeal against the horrifying Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong. -
Reply Letter from the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm to a Swedish Falun Gong practitioner regarding Charles Li
2003-03-01"The United States government shares your concern about the arrest of Charles Li in China."