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Letter to Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002-09-15"If we go along with Jiang Zemins leadership approach we are guilty of helping to create a dangerous situation for the future of the democratic countries. As you are aware of, Chinese officials are already pressing European governments to infringe upon the rights of Falun Gong practitioners in Europe. There are many such examples. This situation is extremely serious." -
FDI: Toronto Residents Mourn Friend's Death in China with Candlelight Vigil (Photo)
2002-09-14Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered for a candlelight vigil outside the Chinese consulate to honor their friend, Mr. Chan, recently tortured to death by authorities in China. -
The Guardian: Google is back in China but don't try asking any difficult questions
2002-09-14China's web censors have lifted their ban on access to the popular international Google search engine - but they have ways of making sure no one asks the wrong question. -
Croatia: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong at the Meeting of Conventional and Frontier Medicines (photos)
2002-09-14On June 29, 2002, Swedish and Austrian Dafa practitioners were invited to introduce Falun Gong at the collaboration meeting of Croatian conventional and frontier medicines. This meeting was held in Zagreb. Many medical doctors and physicians attended the meeting. -
AP: Hong Kong justice chief: Time has come for subversion law
2002-09-14After five years as part of China, Hong Kong must soon enact an anti-subversion law, the justice secretary said Friday in an announcement critics have been dreading ever since the handover. -
The Houston Chronicle: CHINA'S DISSIDENTS; Must open mental wards for honest examinations
2002-09-14China continues to deny long-standing accusations that it silences political dissidents and [practitioners] of the Falun Gong spiritual [movement] by imprisoning them in mental hospitals, where they are subjected to mind-altering psychiatric drugs and electric shock treatments. -
Reuters: China still blocking some Google links
2002-09-14China is once again allowing its citizens to use the popular search engine Google, but is still blocking Internet users from content it deems politically taboo as part of a media crackdown ahead of November's pivotal Communist Party congress. -
Foreign Affairs: China's Governance Crisis (Part II of Two Parts Series)
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Letter from European Friends of Falun Gong to the President of Ukraine
2002-09-13"We would further urge the Ukrainian authorities not to be influenced in its decisions by pressure from China, and to stand fast against a brutal regime, which has shown no mercy in its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in its own country, and which is now worryingly trying to widen its evil influence by persuading other countries to act likewise." -
CNN: China gags media ahead of party gathering
2002-09-12 -
CNN: Google searching again in China
2002-09-12 -
SCMP: Spy sacked over e-mail
2002-09-12 -
European Parliament resolution: "Extremely concerned" with China Human Rights
2002-09-12The resolution "Urges the [European] Commission and [EU] member states to exert a more effective control on products coming from China, making clear to the Chinese authorities that the EU can in no way accept products coming from forced labour camps; calls on China to end to this practice." -
UK: Video of Falun Dafa at the Edinburgh Festival
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Los Angeles Times: The Great Firewall of China
2002-09-12"While Chinese citizens are fighting against Internet censorship, the reaction from some leading international high-tech corporations has been shameful..The growing Internet rights movement is at the forefront of using Internet technology to open Chinese society. International corporations can and should facilitate this goal by refusing to abide by domestic Internet regulations that violate China's international obligations."