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French International Radio Station Broadcasts News about the Founding of the “World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong”
2003-01-24
This is a report from the Chinese program of the French International Radio Station, which broadcasts to Mainland China and the Greater Paris area. -
Dafa Practitioners Perform at Chinese Students' New Year Celebrations
2003-01-23
UK Falun Dafa practitioners performed at a Chinese Students' New Year celebration party. The number of people attending was estimated to be in the region of 600...After the event, many people took VCDs and other material revealing the truth about the Jiang regime's persecution of practitioners in China. -
Amnesty International Magazine Reports on Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-01-23'Tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested. Several dozen have been convicted and imprisoned after unfair trials. Thousands have been assigned, without any judicial process, to 're-education through labour'. And several hundred may have died as a result of torture.' -
UK: Practitioners Collect Signatures in Cambridge to Rescue Family Members Persecuted in China
2003-01-22
During the signature drive, people from many different walks of life signed their names. Some asked us if we would continue the signature drive at the same place the next day because they wanted to bring their friends and relatives to sign. Some of them wrote down our address or took a blank form home or to their office to let others sign their names. -
AFP (Agence France-Presse): Trade unions say Hong Kong's new security laws threaten rights
2003-01-22'More than 1,000 trade unionists from around the world have sent e-mails to Hong Kong's chief warning that planned security laws threaten political and civil rights, labour groups said. Meanwhile, Bill Rammell, British parliamentary under-secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said he had told Chinese officials during a recent visit to Beijing that international confidence in Hong Kong would be undermined if the issue were mishandled.' -
British FCO Minister Comments on Article 23 of the Basic Law, "The Devil is in the Details"
2003-01-21The Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister, Mr. Bill Rammell strongly expressed ..that the British government hopes the special district government will conduct a thorough and wide consultation and proceed with caution on the enactment process; otherwise the international community will have less confidence in Hong Kong, which would have negative impact on Hong Kong. -
Germany: Activities at the Health Exhibition in Tubingen
2003-01-21“I had a feeling that I was seeking something for many years, but I didn’t know what it was. At the beginning, I thought that it was a fitness method relating to my physical condition, but afterwards I found that it was not so. I tried to learn Tai Chi, qigong and yoga - however, they were not what I wanted. After attending the Falun Gong class once, I immediately realised that this was what I had been looking for.” -
AFP reports on Public Relations Tactics by the Chinese Government aiding the Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-01-21A Human Rights Watch World Report issued on Tuesday January 14th stated that in 2002 China is still moving to limit freedom of expression, censorship of news publications and is cracking down on dissidents. -
BBC: Nearly One Thousand Labour Unions Oppose Legislation on Anti-subversion Law (Photo)
2003-01-21'People worry that Hong Kong's judiciary would be damaged by legislation of the anti-subversion law' -
United Kingdom: "Falun Dafa in Great Britain Poster Exhibition" Is Held at the Cambridge Central Library
2003-01-20
The Cambridge Central Library is always very supportive of Falun Gong. It has conducted a number of exhibitions related to Falun Gong, including the "Journey of Falun Dafa Photo Exhibition" and the "Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day Photo Exhibition". -
Finland: An Appeal to End the Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy
2003-01-20
People passing by took information about the practice and persecution, and one man came and conducted an interview for a local radio. He wanted to help to stop the persecution and let more Finnish people know the truth nature of Falun Gong. -
Reuters Reports on China's Human Rights in 2002
2003-01-20'China has implemented "highly repressive policies" in 2002, using the global war on terror and a pivotal Communist Party Congress as excuses to violate human rights, a U.S.-based rights watchdog said on Tuesday.' -
Daily Times:Report about Article 23 in Hong Kong
2003-01-20'Heated exchanges between the authorities and opponents of the laws led many to believe that the devil is, indeed, in the details. What has emerged is an almost unanimous demand that the Tung government publish a detailed draft of the laws for one more round of consultation. The government, under intense pressure from Beijing to enact the blessed version, calls this unnecessary.' -
UK Chinese Embassy Staff Discovered Videotaping Falun Gong Practitioners' Peaceful Appeal
2003-01-19
During the many peaceful appeal activities over the past three years, the Chinese Embassy has often used various means to attempt to interfere with our press conferences, such as using loudspeakers to blast so-called "songs of revolution". Now, the embassy staff seem to be resorting to more underhanded methods against practitioners. -
Human Rights Watch World Report 2002 --China (Excerpt)
2003-01-19'Falungong spokespersons reported that, as in previous years, practitioners died in custody in 2002. (As of November 12, spokespersons claimed that since the start of the [persecution] in 1999, 513 practitioners had died in custody.) Followers from abroad detained in China, upon returning home, recounted tales of beatings and torture. Courts continued to sentence [practitioners] to long prison terms; public security officials sent others directly to reeducation camps. In December, a Beijing court sentenced six academics to terms of up to twelve years for distributing Falungong materials.'
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