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• Ireland: Letter from a Practitioner to a Member of Irish Parliament

  2003-02-12
  "The Chinese government’s policy towards Falun Gong is one of genocide - all means are being used to eradicate Falun Gong and its adherents. In March 2002, a direct order was given to ‘Kill them without mercy’. This is an extremely urgent matter."
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• AFP (Agence France-Presse): Hong Kong activists stopped in protest against anti-subversion law

  2003-02-12
  'A group of angry activists tried to storm into Hong Kong government office headquarters on Tuesday to protest against proposed anti-subversion laws..."We are petitioning the government to stop legislating the law without proper consultation," said Leung Kwok-hung, who led the protest.'
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• The Emory Wheel (USA): SGA demands release of Falun Gong [practitioners]

  2003-02-12
  "It is important for SGA to put pressure on the government when necessary," said SGA President Chris Richardson. "Helping a fellow Atlanta resident reunite with his wife after such atrocities is simply the right thing to do."
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• Ireland: Letter from a Practitioner to an Irish MP

  2003-02-11
  "In July 1999, the Chairman of China’s Communist Party declared Falun Gong illegal and initiated a campaign to annihilate the practice and its adherents within 3 months. Now almost 4 years later the confirmed death toll stands at 572. Hundreds of thousands are detained in labour camps without trial; reports of systemic torture and brainwashing are well documented by human rights groups such as Amnesty International."
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• Austria: Letter from a Practitioner to the American Ambassador concerning American Citizen Charles Li who is Imprisoned in China

  2003-02-11
  "With great concern, I have come to learn about the imprisonment of Dr. Charles Li, a US Citizen, who was detained after arriving at Guangzhou Airport on January 22 this year. He is facing a sentence of up to 15 years in a Chinese prison on dubious charges and is only allowed 30 minutes per month of contact with the US Embassy."
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• AFP (Agence France Presse): HK democrat slams govt 'distortion' of public views on [anti-subversion] laws

  2003-02-11
  'Democratic Party leader Yeung Sum on Sunday accused the Hong Kong government of engaging in "distortion" of public views submitted over controversial proposed national [anti-subversion] laws..."The government has gone from wrong to wrong, from proposing to introduce such draconian laws in the first place, to outright distortion of public opinion and manipulation of public consensus when public opinion is not on the government's side," Yeung said.'
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• FDI: Senior Engineer in China's Space Program Gains Early Release from Forced Labor Camp

  2003-02-11
  "I just thank the efforts of the Canadian government and those who have participated in this international campaign to rescue our family members from illegal imprisonment and torture. I owe my mother's release to these efforts."
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• Spain: More People Are getting to Know the Truth

  2003-02-10
  As Chinese people passed the display boards, they stopped to look at the photos and were surprised to see so many people practising Falun Gong in nearly 60 countries. They were also amazed to know that Falun Gong had won so many international awards and earned high acclaim in several Health Expos in China.
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• Italy: Stories of Practitioners Revealing the Truth during the Spring Festival Celebrations in Milan

  2003-02-10
  After the performance was over, some Chinese people stayed at the square. Upon seeing a practitioner, one of them stepped forward and said eagerly, “Please give me a VCD. I have been looking for this! Falun Gong is very good!” All of them listened to the practitioner attentively and asked questions. When the practitioner asked them why they stayed there after the performance was over, one of them said, “We are waiting to have a chat with you.”
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• Lord Thurlow’s Speech before the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Rally

  2003-02-10
  "The freedom of the press is threatened; the business world has fears for the conditions that have made Hong Kong a foremost financial centre and channel of capital to China’s rapid development; the Catholics and other churches are apprehensive; and at the centre of the storm are the practitioners of Falun Gong, the peaceful and non-violent group that has become the victim for the most massive persecution in human history."
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• Speech from Vice-Chairman of European Friends of Falun Gong given before the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Rally

  2003-02-10
  "Chinese people throughout the world are currently celebrating the Chinese New Year in the time-honoured fashion, with dancing displays, parades, and the customary culinary delights, which the Chinese nation is renowned for. However for the millions of Falun Gong practitioners in China, these New Year celebrations have been tainted with fear and trepidation, as they have been for the previous three years since the government began its brutal persecution of Falun Gong."
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• Letter from the Bishop of Oxford Supporting the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Rally in London

  2003-02-10
  "I am totally opposed to the introduction of Article 23 legislation of the Basic Law of Hong Kong. I believe that this would violate the basic rights and freedoms which we value so much in this country and which are fundamental to any civilised society."
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• Statement from Nick Palmer MP Supporting the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Rally in London

  2003-02-10
  "Britain's transfer of Hong Kong was agreed on the basis of continuation of traditional rights of residents to basic freedoms, and like many MPs I'm very concerned about the reports on these proposals."
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• Germany: The Ministry of Domestic Affairs in Berlin Apologises to Falun Gong Practitioners for Over-reacting in April 2002

  2003-02-09
  When Jiang Zemin visited Berlin, from April 8 to 11 2002, the German police over-reacted and forced Falun Gong practitioners away from certain areas, searched through their belongings, and confiscated their yellow T-shirts. The Chief Officer of the Police Station and the Ministry of Domestic Affairs recently expressed their sincerest apologies for the fact that they "over-reacted in certain details" during these events.
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• UK: Chinese New Year in the North of England

  2003-02-09
  As practitioners began to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises, the strong righteous field attracted the attention of many Chinese and western people immediately. They stood in front of the practitioners and, in the meantime, they asked other practitioners who were distributing materials for further information about Falun Dafa. At one point, several Chinese children were competing for the materials until every one of them had got one.
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