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ABC(AP): China Sentences Four Falun Gong [Practitioners]
2003-01-09
Four Falun Gong [practitioners] have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for [tapping] into cable television systems in western China. -
Prominent UK Politicians continue to show Concern over Article 23 Legislation in Hong Kong
2003-01-08Ex-Chancellor Mr Kenneth Clark expressed his doubts about the Hong Kong authority’s claims regarding the proposed proscription mechanism. He said, "The Hong Kong Secretary of State claims that the proposals are not aimed at particular groups, but we must all await the actual draft of the Bill's wording before we can rest assured on this immensely important part of it." -
Switzerland: A Christmas Present from a Teacher
2003-01-08A teacher in Switzerland learned about Falun Gong and the persecution in China through a local practitioner. This teacher invited us to his class to present a report. This was his Christmas present to his grade 8 students. Everyone in the class, including the teacher and his friends, practised the exercises together. -
Central News Agency: Mainland Case Of Mental Hospital Confinement Draws World Media Attention
2003-01-08'In July 1998, Zhang's superiors at the nursery school at which she was employed decided to have her declared mentally ill after a prolonged dispute regarding mainland China's child birth regulations, leading to her confinement to a mental hospital...During her period of confinement, Zhang said, she has met more than 30 other normal 'patients' who have been forced into the mental hospital.' -
CNN: China jails Falun Gong TV [Tappers]
2003-01-08'Falun Gong's U.S.-based information center said in a statement eight other practitioners were recently given sentences of up to 13 years in prison for tapping into local television and radio signals in the eastern province of Anhui.' -
URGENT APPEAL: Henan Agriculture University Graduate Suffering Severe Torture, Near Death
2003-01-07Reports from China indicate that 29-year-old Xu Song is currently being detained and tortured at the First Detention Centre in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, because he is a practitioner of Falun Gong. To protest the brutality, Mr. Song went on a hunger strike that, as of January 3, has lasted more than 50 days. -
Manchester News: Student's fiancée jailed in China
2003-01-07'My fiancée was arrested in Beijing on the 4 November and now I do not know where she is. Chinese security services went to see her parents, but would not say where she is... My dream is that she can come to the UK and we can marry, but that is a long way away. I am hoping that the British government will put pressure on the Chinese government to free her.' -
The Straits Times: [Proposed] law in HK under scrutiny
2003-01-07'Church leaders, academics, culture groups, bankers, lawyers, librarians, teachers, journalists, foreign businessmen, college students and others have spoken out against many of its vague provisions on treason, secession, subversion, sedition and theft of state secrets.' -
Jiang Regime's Persecution Against European Residents (Part 27) - Four Swiss Citizens Wrongly Arrested and Violently Treated in Hong Kong (1)
2003-01-06On average, there were 4 policemen for each practitioner. The practitioners reported that during the forceful arrest, they felt nausea, dizziness and shortness of breath. Nine practitioners, including one Swiss, were denied medical treatment afterwards. During the event, most of the practitioners were still sitting in a meditation position, with both legs folded on top of one another. -
On January 1st 2003, Belgian and the Dutch practitioners respectfully wish Teacher a Happy New Year
2003-01-06 -
Austrian Dafa Practitioners Respectfully Wish Master Li a Happy New Year
2003-01-06Teacher: Happy New Year! In the New Year, we will do better. We, along with all other Dafa practitioners in the world, will do everything with righteous thoughts and righteous actions! -
Jiang Regime's Persecution Against European Residents (Part 26) - Sister of UK practitioner detained in Labour Camp
2003-01-05Because of Miss Liang's detention, her mother became very distressed and ill. She was taken to a hospital in March 2000. In May her illness became critical. Miss Liang's sister wrote to the Chinese authority asking them to release her sister so that she could see her mother in the UK but did not receive a reply. Their mother died on 7 June 2000. -
French Alsace News: Falun Dafa Defend Human Rights
2003-01-05'They urge MEPs to speak out against legislation in Hong Kong [called Article 23; an anti-subversion law which is being used by the Jiang regime against Falun Gong], which would jeopardize its freedom of speech.' -
Video: New Year's Greetings from German Dafa practitioners
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Hungary: Spreading the Fa in Budapest (photos)
2003-01-04Some Hungarian people talked to us for as long as 30 minutes. There were others who were outraged upon hearing about the persecution of Dafa practitioners. One person took many leaflets and petition sheets, saying that he would tell everyone he knows about the persecution, arrange media contacts for us and urge people to sign our petition. Another person took several Chinese flyers and VCDs to give to his Chinese neighbours.
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