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Finland: Practitioners meet with the Foreign Minister in Parliament

2003-02-25

One of the Finnish practitioners talked about the urgent need for this meeting, outlining the recent of spate of deaths of practitioners in China at the hands of the Jiang regime, as well as the unwillingness of the Chinese government officials to accept worldwide appeals to end this persecution.

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Spain: Information Day on the Island of Tenerife

2003-02-25

By noon we had unexpectedly handed out all the leaflets, so we hurried to have more printed. We gave out over 2,000 leaflets in a single day. Many residents asked about the local practice sites where they can learn the exercises for free, and some of them even learned the exercises on the spot.

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One Visit Leads to Another

2003-02-25

I was invited to my local Amnesty International group in Mönsterås in the southeast of Sweden, to tell them about Falun Gong. There were eight ladies of different ages in the group and they told me that they had heard and read some things about Falun Gong, and now they wanted to find out the true facts.

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North Holland Daily: Falun Gong Practitioners Show Exercises in Victory Park

2003-02-25

This article was written on the day when a practicing site was established in Victory Park. This is the first time that Falun Gong practitioners have practised in the park. The author happened to pass by without being notified beforehand. He decided to write this article soon after he saw the scene. A photographer was sent there last Saturday to take photos to complete this article.

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Ming Bao (Hong Kong): 80% of Middle Class Citizens Surveyed Concerned About Article 23 Legislation

2003-02-25

'Results of the survey showed that over 80% think that if the Article 23 legislation passes, their confidence in freedom and rule of law in Hong Kong will be reduced. Seventy percent of the participants said that they have considered leaving Hong Kong and emigrating because of Article 23.'

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Apple Daily Commentary (Hong Kong): Article 23 Draft Alarming

2003-02-25

'Article 23 of the Basic Law is a law that will affect the important rights and freedom of seven million Hong Kong citizens...the recently proposed draft is filled with different types of traps and the government even squeezed in things like secret trials. How can such a law not worry the people, and how will Hong Kong's people be able to sleep at night?'

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Swiss Falun Dafa Association: "The Long Arm of the Jiang Regime Stretches into Switzerland"

2003-02-24

"Everyone knows that Falun Gong’s appeals are peaceful. As a result, these events particularly deserve our consideration. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners illustrates that the Chinese government is attempting to impose its will on other countries. From this we can see that the Chinese leaders have no respect for the basic human rights of freedom of expression and belief."

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Letter from the Office of Václav Havel, the President of the Czech Republic

2003-02-24

"Please aware that the President is strongly concerned about the state of human rights in China. Therefore he keeps himself informed about the events in China on a regular basis. The human rights should be understood as universal and the violation of them condemned wherever it may occur."

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SOS Urgent Appeal: Rescue Lin Wenrong who is Illegally Detained in China

2003-02-24

Lin Wenrong now lives in Germany. On 17 January 2003, she went to Wuhan to visit her family. She had originally arranged to come back to Germany in February, but she has not yet returned. According to inside information, Lin Wenrong has been detained and jailed by local police. Her place of detention is still unknown.

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Chronicle Washington Bureau: Democrats demand China free Li

2003-02-24

'Eighty-two members of Congress, led by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Atherton, have asked the Chinese government for the immediate release of Charles Li, a Menlo Park man China suspects of sabotage but who the American officials say is being persecuted because he is a Falun Gong follower.'

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Taiwan News: MAC protests Hong Kong's mistreatment of Falun Gong members

2003-02-24

'All of the Taiwan Falun Gong followers were forcefully repatriated back to the island last evening, even though they had valid Hong Kong visas. According to the MAC, Hong Kong immigration officials even rudely treated some Taiwan followers, tying them up in anti-riot blankets and forcing then on Taiwan-bound aircraft. "We protest this kind of mistreatment of our citizens," the MAC said in the statement.'

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A Letter from the Spanish President's Office: “The main task of our foreign policy is to defend human rights”

2003-02-23

"I have received your letter to the President dated 9th Dec. 2002 regarding the legislation of Article 23 in Hong Kong that has damaged basic human rights. We are very concerned about this and have studied it carefully."

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Amnesty International Statement Regarding Dr. Charles Li

2003-02-23

"Amnesty International is investigating the recent detention of Dr. Charles Li, a U.S. citizen, by Chinese authorities...Amnesty International is also concerned about Dr. Li's health and is seeking assurances from the Chinese government that he is not being ill-treated."

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Ukraine: An Israeli Practitioner’s Experiences During a Stay in Ukraine

2003-02-23

At the airport, when I was reading Zhuan Falun, someone approached me and asked, “What is this? Falun Dafa?” I replied that it was and showed him that it said Falun Dafa on my coat. He called his wife and told her with much excitement, “Look, look, Falun Dafa!”

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China Post: MAC protests 'brutal' treatment of Falun Gong members in HK

2003-02-23

'The Mainland Affairs Council yesterday protested what it called the "brutal" treatment dozens of Falun Gong members from Taiwan received in Hong Kong as they were denied entry into the former British colony and sent back with six of them being tied up. "Some of the (ROC) nationals were even tied up and carried onto the plane. We strongly protest the brutal treatment by the Hong Kong government," the council said about the Friday incident at the Hong Kong airport.'

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