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Sweden: Falun Gong TV Program Broadcasts on Stockholm Channel
2002-12-15
Practitioners hope that by showing these television programs, they can help more people to recognise the horrific human rights abuses occurring against Falun Gong practitioners in China today. If all people in the world can stand up and condemn the Jiang regime’s brutal terror tactics against innocent Chinese people, then this persecution will no longer be able to continue. -
Letter from Member of European Parliament to European Friends of Falun Gong
2002-12-15'Thanks you for your letter on the Hong Kong authority’s introduction of Article 23 legislation and the implications for the Falun Gong...I have raised this issue in a letter to Chris Pattern, now the EU’s Commissioner for External Relations, and whom I know takes these issues very seriously.' -
UK: Demonstrating the Dafa Exercises in Harlow Town Centre
2002-12-15The practitioners spoke to the owner of a Chinese herbal medicine shop who had a lot of negative ideas about Falun Dafa. They realised that this is because the man has been affected by the government-controlled media in China, which is used to slander Dafa and spread lies to conceal Jiang Zemin’s horrific crimes against humanity. After the practitioners told this man the facts, he changed his initial misconceptions and in the end agreed that human rights in China is in a terrible situation. -
Letter from Friends of Falun Gong Ireland to the Hong Kong government Concerning Article 23
2002-12-15If the Hong Kong government wishes to continue to be seen as a democratic, open and free society then it must abandon the implementation of this proposed law. Not to do so threatens all those who live and work in Hong Kong, including those of its citizens who wish to practice Falun Gong, and those who wish to defend the right of others to do so. -
AFP: International press group slams China's jailing of journalists
2002-12-15'"We observe that journalists and other advocates of free expression continue to be harassed, arrested and jailed and that more than 30 are currently in prison," Balding told the propaganda officials.' -
The Main News (Germany): The Main News: A Picture of the Peaceful Journey
2002-12-15On December 4,2002, The Main News (Germany) reported that a photo exhibition held in Veitshchheim attracted many people’s attention to Falun Gong, a traditional Chinese meditation practice. They also reported that it raised awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, which has already caused the murder of over 500 innocent practitioners. -
Video: Free Zhao Ming
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Video: World Human Rights Day in London
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Ireland: Speeches at the International Human Rights Day in Dublin, December 12
2002-12-14'My name is David Norris. I’m a member of the upper house of the Irish Parliament and I’m standing here today outside the Irish Parliament and protesting about the treatment of Falun Dafa practitioners within China and the infringement of their human rights.' -
Reuters: Survey shows rising anxiety over freedoms in HK
2002-12-14Under the proposed law, people found guilty of acts of treason, sedition, secession from, or subversion against the mainland government could be imprisoned for life. Rights activists and legal experts worry the law may roll back civil liberties and could be exploited by Hong Kong and Beijing authorities to target anyone they do not like. -
Wall Street Journal: Examining Asia: Tung Chee Hwa, “Friend of Democracy”
2002-12-14This is an ominous sign given the fact new anti-subversion laws are under consideration which will give the central government a mechanism to push the Hong Kong government to ban groups like the Falun Gong which are outlawed on the mainland. -
Lithuania: Falun Gong Practitioners Spread and Appeal for Dafa in the 5th International Science Conference of Spiritual Healing
2002-12-13When we demonstrated the 5 sets of exercises on the stage, the audience was moved by the practitioners’ calm and compassionate field. Everyone who was there testified that there was indeed a strong energy field at that time. Later, some of the visitors asked for some information from us, and discussed with us the possibility of holding Falun Gong introduction meetings in other areas. -
Poland: Peaceful Appeal in Front of Chinese Embassy in Warsaw
2002-12-13
The appealers wanted to tell people about the brutal persecution of Dafa practitioners in China and how over 70 million innocent people face torture, incarceration and even death because they want to live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. -
UK: Clarifying the Truth to Amnesty International’s Branch in Glasgow University
2002-12-13I especially paid attention to the student from Mainland China. I gave him some Chinese-version VCDs and newspapers. He told me that he was from Beijing and both of his parents are government officials. When asking him to mail the VCDs to his parents, he said that they have understood the real situation of Falun Gong. He also said that his mother once told him about the situation China’s past President Liu Shaoqi encountered in the time of the Great Cultural Revolution. -
Rapid Dispatch: World Human Rights Lawyers Hold Press Conference in Paris Regarding Filing Lawsuit against Li Lanqing, the Chief of the 610 Office
2002-12-13
The lawyers said that they are full of confidence that the court will [affirm] Li Lanqing's crime. He said that China has been warned. Those who perform or give orders to perform torture will be tried, no matter where they come from and where they are found.
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