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• French Mayor: “I Salute You for your Efforts to Respect Human Rights and Safeguard Democratic Values”

  2003-02-01
  "I paid close attention and fully understand the document, which is about the Falun Gong practitioners who are victims and are being persecuted in the People’s Republic of China...Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. I salute you for your efforts to respect human rights and safeguard democratic values."
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• Letter from the Swiss Falun Gong Association to the Burma Consulate in Geneva

  2003-02-01
  "We, who are citizens of Switzerland with its long tradition of human rights, find situations of this kind quite incomprehensible and totally unacceptable...How is it possible that in your country, which is currently making efforts to return to the international stage, displaying the words “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” can put an elderly man in prison for seven years? It is quite simply absurd and truly scandalous."
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• Letter from the Irish Falun Dafa Association to the Ireland Minister for Foreign Affairs

  2003-02-01
  "According to the media the Foreign Affairs Minister of Myanmar has been issued a special visa (despite sanctions) to travel to Belgium for the ASEAN-EU joint meeting. Can the Minister for Foreign Affairs use this opportunity to question Myanmar's Foreign Minister Win Aung on the case of Chan Wing-yuen?"
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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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