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• DPA: China frees Australian Falun Gong member, detains American

  2003-02-01
  China has allowed an Australian member of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement to leave the country but has detained a U.S. citizen reportedly linked to the group, embassy officials said on Thursday.
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• AFP: Australian [..] held for weeks in China, then expelled

  2003-02-01
  "I was treated like a criminal by them," said Chen, adding she was repeatedly asked who sent for her, what she was doing in Chengdu and whom she was meeting..."They also questioned me about my trip to Chengdu two years ago," she said. She had then met local Falungong practitioners.
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• UK: Jiang’s Atrocities Astound the Western World - UK People Actively Join the Campaign to Rescue Baolian and Yongjie

  2003-01-31
  Zhu Baolian, sister of UK resident Zhu Baosheng, and Zhu Yongjie, the fiancée of overseas student Dr. Xie Weiguo, have been illegally sentenced and imprisoned in China because they practise Falun Gong. Baolian and Yongjie’s stories have not only touched the hearts of the UK people, but also moved the Chinese people who have been able to see through the Jiang regime’s lies. All kind-hearted people are awakening and seeing the truth behind the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
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• France: Overseas Chinese Communities Celebrate Chinese Spring Festival and Send Best Wishes to Falun Gong Practitioners Being Persecuted in China

  2003-01-31
  Each of the guests was given a yellow ribbon. It symbolised that, as well as enjoying the celebration, they expressed their concerns and best wishes for those democracy supporters and Falun Gong practitioners who are suffering persecution and have been imprisoned for their belief in China.
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• Netherlands: Letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Falun Gong Foundation

  2003-01-31
  "The European Union has, because of the insistence of The Netherlands and others, insisted, in dialogues with the authorities of Hong Kong SAR and in a public statement, on a secure safeguarding of the civil and political freedoms."
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• VOA: China Detains American Falun Gong Member

  2003-01-31
  'Falun Gong spokeswoman Sophie Xiao in Hong Kong expresses dismay over Mr. Lee's detention. Ms. Xiao said the charges against Mr. Lee could carry a penalty of 15 years in prison. "We really feel shocked because this persecution is not only being applied to Chinese citizens," she said. "Now the persecution against the Falun Gong has extended to foreign nationals."'
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• ABC (Australia): Australian released in China after embassy move

  2003-01-31
  'Ms Chen disappeared last week while visiting her parents in the city of Chengdu in south-west province of Sichuan. The embassy sent two consular officials to Chengdu yesterday after confirmation she had been detained by police. Chinese officials have made no public statement about her arrest.'
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• Reuters: China Detains U.S. [Falun Gong Practitioner], Frees Australian

  2003-01-31
  'China has detained an American follower of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, accusing him of sabotaging television and radio broadcasting systems on the mainland, the U.S. embassy said Thursday...He denied the charges but could be jailed for up to 15 years if found guilty of hijacking the airwaves and cables to broadcast Falun Gong material.'
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• Question from MEP to European Commission on Effect of Article 23 on Dafa Practitioners

  2003-01-30
  "What is the opinion of the Commission on the introduction of the controversial Article 23 legislation of anti-subversion law, and is the Commission concerned about the threat to the ability of those who wish to peacefully practise Falun Gong activites either in Hong Kong or in the rest of China to practise their beliefs unimpeded or without threat of arbitrary arrest?"
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• Letter from an Austrian Practitioner to the Chinese People during the Chinese New Year

  2003-01-30
  "Perhaps you might have noted that all of the incarcerated Falun Gong practitioners in China are peaceful, upright citizens. They don’t hit back when they are beaten, they do not talk back when scolded; that in itself ought to be food for thought."
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• Letter from Irish Falun Dafa Association to the Burma Minister of Foreign Affairs

  2003-01-30
  "We believe that it was under the pressure from Jiang Zemin that Mr. Chan Wing-yuen was imprisoned by the Myanmar police, which really represents a case of injustice to human rights and does harm to the international image of Myanmar. You might not be aware that Jiang Zemin is creating human rights atrocities and has been charged in an American court with Genocide. This is not the first time the Jiang regime has tried to influence foreign states to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners."
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• DJ (Dow Jones International News): Hong Kong Activists Slam Planned Anti-Subversion Law

  2003-01-30
  'Critics fear the government's proposal will subject Hong Kong to mainland-style tactics. Some say the Falun Gong [group], outlawed in mainland China […] although it remains legal in Hong Kong, could be targeted.'
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• SCMP (South China Morning Post): Concessions granted on security laws - The government tries to ease the public's worries about freedoms but its critics seek more changes

  2003-01-30
  'The Bar Association and the Journalists Association said their previous concerns about the protection on human rights and media freedom had not been addressed. The Falun Gong said the proposal remained a threat to its operations in Hong Kong. Democratic Party leader Yeung Sum dismissed the amendments as superficial.'
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• FDI: U.S. Citizen Held in China for Practice of Falun Gong

  2003-01-30
  Charles Li, a U.S. Citizen was detained at Guangzhou Airport shortly after landing there on January 22, 2003. He was then transferred approximately 1,000 miles away to the Yangzhou Detention Centre in Jiangsu Province...Two days later, Chinese authorities officially notified the U.S. consulate that Charles will be charged with sabotaging T.V. and/or radio equipment -- a charge that, according to a U.S. official in Shanghai, could mean up to 15 years in prison.
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• ABC (Australia): Australian woman detained in China & Embassy confirms Australian detained in China

  2003-01-30
  'Two Australian embassy officials in Beijing have been dispatched to southwest China to investigate the detention of an Australian woman...Ms Chen was supposed to be visiting relatives, but rang her mother last week to say she had been kidnapped, before the phone dropped out.'
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