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Radio Free Europe (Czech Republic): US Report On Global Religious Freedom Sees Troubling Trends
2002-10-10"Unapproved religious and spiritual groups remain under scrutiny and, in some cases, harsh repression. The government continues its harsh treatment of Falun Gong." -
Baltic News Service: Estonian Legal Chancellor Censors Wide Interpretation Of Public Meeting
2002-10-10"The Estonian legal chancellor said that the detention in Estonia of four Falun Gong practitioners during the visit of the president of China in June was illegal, because the police gave too wide an interpretation to the term of public meeting." -
AFP: US slams China's continued 'poor' record on religious freedom
2002-10-10"The United States has long been vocal on the issue. During a visit to Beijing in February, President George W. Bush used a nationally-televised speech to express a "prayer" for freedom of worship for China's people." -
Dow Jones International News: CHINA WATCH: Taiwan's Falun Leader Frets China Collapse
2002-10-10"Last month, Beijing hurled more accusations against the Falun Gong. China alleged a Taiwan-based broadcast outfit was used by Falun Gong to hack into China's top television satellite systems. Taiwan officials are looking into the matter, but one said such possibilities are "farfetched."" -
Denmark: Chinese Agents Fail in their Attempts to Disrupt Falun Gong Press Conference
2002-10-09From September 18th through the 24th, governments from around the world participated in a series of international conferences that took place in Copenhagen. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) also held many activities. Falun Gong held a press conference on the afternoon of September 21st. Agents of Jiang's regime tried their hardest to ruin the conference by shouting and causing trouble. -
Taipei Times (Taiwan): Letters - The Wrong Side of History
2002-10-09"Nobody knows when or how it will come to an end, but it most certainly will. The PRC's continued suppression of the Falun Gong and its ethnic minorities, its censorship of the Internet and its lies will eventually prove too much for Beijing to bear." -
China Post: U.S. report slams PRC human rights record
2002-10-09Government controls on the dissemination of information also remains "strict," states the report. While reporting of official corruption has been permitted as part of the government's attempt to crack down on corruption, direct criticism of the Communist Party is prohibited. Limits are imposed on topics deemed sensitive, including workers' protests, rural unrest, Taiwan independence, Falun Gong, corruption at high levels and the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. -
Daily Texan: Falun Gong practitioners ask President for assistance (Photo)
2002-10-09Jane Zhizhen Dai and her 2-year-old daughter, Fadu, were left behind when her husband, Chenyong, was arrested, tortured and eventually killed. She now travels worldwide to tell her story. "I'm only one of thousands of families who suffer, and they don't have a chance to speak for themselves. I speak for them from my heart," Dai said. -
Holland: Taiwanese and Dutch Practitioners Receive Great Media Coverage as they Reveal the Truth about Falun Dafa
2002-10-08Taiwanese practitioners visited Holland for three days to assist the Dutch practitioners in clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. The next day a beautiful picture was published on the front page of a regional newspaper. Several other newspapers also published a picture. In the centre of the picture was a badge that read, I support Falun Dafa. -
France: Practitioners in France Host Mid-Autumn Festival Party in the Paris Chinese Culture and Education Centre
2002-10-08On September 29 2002, during the traditional Chinese mid-Autumn Festival celebration, the French Falun Dafa Association hosted a celebration party at the Paris Chinese Culture and Education Center. Over 200 guests from all walks of society came to the event. -
Report From Falun Gong - Iceland Dialogue Committee (Part III)
2002-10-08In addition to setting a precedent for future dialogues between Falun Gong practitioners and a government, these practitioners also demonstrated their great kindness and steadfast belief. At the same time, practitioners took advantage of the dialogue to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to more Icelandic people, government officials and non-governmental organisations. -
Globe and Mail: China stifling dissent on Internet
2002-10-08"BEIJING -- The illicit e-mail seemed tantalizingly close, glowing quietly in a Hotmail inbox in Beijing. But a click on it produces nothing except an ominous beep and an error message. And then the entire inbox seizes up, freezing helplessly until the computer is rebooted." -
Taipei Times: MAC (Mainland Affairs Council) hopes Hong Kong can retain its freedoms
2002-10-08"The anti-sedition legislation has sparked concern about freedom of speech since the power to interpret the law is vested in the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress...Some have said that, under such laws, China might designate Falun Gong as a national security threat. The spiritual group is still legal in Hong Kong." -
Letter Sent to UK Dignitaries by European Friends of Falun Gong
2002-10-08"If Article 23 becomes law, it would mean the complete end of the Hong Kong peoples freedoms of speech, belief and expression. The adoption of an anti-subversion law based on Article 23 will do nothing more than extend the ability of Jiang Zemins regime to violate human rights as well as persecute Falun Gong and other peaceful democratic groups in Hong Kong." -
Taipei Times: Time to protest HK's subversion law is now
2002-10-08"The document further stipulates that the secretary for security has the power to outlaw Hong Kong groups affiliated with "proscribed organizations" in China that "endanger national security," or those which "organize or support the activities of proscribed organizations." This article is aimed at the Falun Gong."