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Switzerland: Practitioners Reveal the Truth with a Bulletin Board
2003-01-09
Practitioners hope that it will allow more people to learn about the practice of Falun Dafa that has already benefited 100 million in almost 60 countries. The board also reveals how Jiang's regime have persecuted Falun Gong, brutally murdering over 540 practitioners and beating and torturing thousands more. -
Germany: Practitioners Share Cultivation Experiences Over the Holiday Season
2003-01-09
Hundreds of German Dafa practitioners gathered in the scenic forest region of Erbach in the middle of Germany, to hold the annual new-year activity of group experience sharing and studying the Fa [teachings of Falun Dafa]. This has taken place every year since 1998 and the number of practitioners who join the activity increases every year. -
Statement from the French Tibetan Association regarding Article 23 in Hong Kong
2003-01-09
"Supporters of the Tibetan cause wholeheartedly join the demonstration against this “anti-subversion law” in Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, basic liberties have been constantly decreased; freedom of thought, freedom of association, freedom of belief...movements like Falun Gong are being repressed more and more...this is why we support all initiatives that defend people’s fundamental right of freedom." -
Reference Article: The Chinese Discovered America, Author Claims
2003-01-09Author Gavin Menzies has written a book claiming that an enormous Chinese fleet discovered America in 1421, 70 years before Columbus. He says that they mapped the world and created settlements in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, across the Pacific and in the Indian Ocean. Here is a radio interview with the author. -
Helsingin Sanomat (Finnish newspaper): Hong Kong is Preparing Security Laws that will Slate Human Rights
2003-01-09'“The law proposal is not in line with international human rights principles. It would turn Hong Kong into a police state”, human rights expert Frances D’Souza said in a meeting of the Journalist Alliance in Hong Kong at the beginning of December. According to her, the Anti-subversion law would make possible for one to commit treason without even being aware of it.' -
ABC(AP): China Sentences Four Falun Gong [Practitioners]
2003-01-09Four 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
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