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• South China Morning Post: Article 23 to test Hong Kong's autonomy

  2002-09-29
  [The Secretary for Security] admitted the government would have no way to challenge a decision to ban a group over national security...it is inconceivable the Falun Gong will still be able to operate freely in the SAR if it is categorised a threat to national security on the mainland.
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• EU Foreign Minister: “We will follow the developments in Hong Kong very closely”

  2002-09-28
  MEP Olivier Dupuis put forward a written question to the European Commission in August, regarding the political trial and false conviction of 16 Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong. Here is the reply that he received from the EU's Foreign Affairs Commissioner Mr Chris Patten.
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• Introducing Falun Dafa in a Ukraine School

  2002-09-28
  Recently, practitioners held a Falun Dafa introductory class at a school in Ukraine, which attracted great interest from both students and teachers. All of the attending students wanted to learn the Falun Gong exercises.
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• European Falun Dafa Association urges Japanese Prime Minister to Secure Release of Mrs. Yoko Kaneko from Chinese Labour Camp

  2002-09-28
  "We call on you to raise the case of Mrs. Yoko Kaneko with the Beijing authority during your visit to China. Your help would be invaluable to the campaign for her personal freedom and adds to the international standing of Japan as a liberal and democratic society."
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• Wall Street Journal: Beijing Takes Complete Control Over Hong Kong

  2002-09-28
  "The honeymoon is over. Beijing's patience is running out. "Hong Kong's recently re-appointed chief executive, Tung Chee Hwa, is about to install the necessary legal mechanisms to enable Beijing to suppress the free press and dissident groups in Hong Kong."
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• South China Morning Post: China Reportedly Using More Sophisticated Software to Censor Internet

  2002-09-28
  "...for search engine requests for " Falun Gong" or even national leaders - the engine may stop when it turns up a search result that is too controversial."
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• Wall Street Journal: The Coming Crackdown In Hong Kong

  2002-09-28
  "Naturally, Hong Kong people are now asking whether this could be used to prevent the kind of support they gave to the students in 1989; or to outlaw peaceful groups like the Falun Gong, which operates in Hong Kong […]. The government says no, but the real answer to all these is probably yes."
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• Presenting the True Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong to the Business Community

  2002-09-27
  During the Europe Asia Business Forum in Denmark, practitioners distributed "business packages", which contained facts about how the persecution of Falun Gong affected business in China.
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• Falun Gong Woman Who Exposed Human Rights Abuses on Chinese Cable TV Dies from Police Brutality

  2002-09-27
  (25 Sep, 2002 European Falun Gong Information Centre)20th Wrongful Death Confirmed in 21 Days
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• “Anti-Subversion Law” in Hong Kong Paves the Way for Jiang Zemin’s Tyranny

  2002-09-27
  (25 Sep, 2002, Falun Dafa Information Centre)The so-called "anti-subversion law" is neither necessary nor appropriate. We believe the Hong Kong people will use peaceful and rational means to reject any laws that serve only the will of Jiang Zemin, and we urge them to stop these policies, which, if implemented, will lead to Hong Kong’s destruction as a free society.
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• VOA News: EU Concerned about Human Rights in China

  2002-09-27
  "On the sidelines of the Asia-Europe meeting in Copenhagen, EU leaders told China's Prime Minister Zhu Rongji they are concerned about China's use of the death penalty, torture and its treatment of ethnic minorities."
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• Taipei Times (Taiwan): China's Web Censorship Has Lessons for Taiwan

  2002-09-27
  "In the latest development, e-mail users who applied for Yahoo and Hotmail addresses from within China are prevented from opening their mail boxes whenever they receive an e-mail containing "sensitive" words"
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• Taipei Times (Taiwan): Editorial - The Power of Free Expression

  2002-09-27
  "The real problem rests in the fact that the minds of Beijing's officials have long been hijacked by pre-programmed hostility and are no longer receptive to what Falun Gong members have to say."
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• UK: Falun Gong Student Society Takes Part in University Fresher’s Fair

  2002-09-26
  I spoke to a girl from China who was very surprised to hear that I (a westerner) practise Falun Gong. She said “you would be arrested in China, aren’t you frightened?” I told her that we are free to practice in peace in the UK and the rest of the world. I did my best to kindly explain to her that the media reports about Falun Gong in China are not true.
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• Press Release: Chinese Labour Camp Detainees Forced to Write Letters to UN’s Kofi Annan

  2002-09-26
  European Falun Gong Information Centre - September 19 2002Jiang Regime Relies on Coercion and Threats of Torture to Create the Illusion of Support for Its Falun Gong Policy
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