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AFP: China winning Internet war against dissidents for now
2002-08-30 -
EFIC: Beijing Compels Ukraine to Persecute Local Falun Gong
2002-08-29As the Falun Gong practitioners were taken into custody, witnesses say police cited pressure from Beijing as the cause, stating China is huge and powerful compared with a developing country like Ukraine and that Ukraine cant afford trouble with China relations. According to the detained practitioners, police also mentioned that Chinese officials had struck a deal with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to stop Falun Gong activities in Ukraine. -
Letter to the Prime Minister of Ukraine from the European Falun Dafa Association
2002-08-29"It is appalling that Jiang Zemin can dictate the actions of an independent state like Ukraine and that Ukrainian authorities would be subject to decrees from as far away as Beijing. Through a series of recent events, we are witnessing a systematic expansion of Jiangs persecution of Falun Gong in Europe..If Ukraine wishes to aspire to the best European standards, then upholding the freedom of belief and association will be one of the basic building blocks." -
UK: Letter to the Ukraine Ambassador from the Falun Gong Association (UK)
2002-08-29"This detention, that reminds us of the practices of the red terror to which citizens of your own country were subjected not that long ago that are still in our memory, should never have occurred, and could not and would not have occurred in any democracy around the world. The facts of this case are clear: the Ukrainian police were acting under pressure from Jiang's regime." -
AP: Cambodian police admit deporting Falun Gong members, but say they were unaware of U.N. protection
2002-08-29 -
Ukraine: Practitioners Incarcerated After Meeting in Park for a Group Photograph
2002-08-29A police officer indicated that the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being pressurised by the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine to be much tougher on innocent Falun Gong practitioners. The Embassy is using the economic relationship between Ukraine and China as a pressure point. -
EFIC: World Psychiatric Association To Investigate Abuses in China's Mental Hospitals
2002-08-29The use of mental hospitals and medical personnel in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners..violates the UN Human Rights Declaration, and the Madrid Declaration established by the WPA in 1996. This abuse of psychiatry revolts our conscience, and horrifies our understanding. -
Iceland Media Reports: Spokesmen of Falun Gong Visiting Iceland
2002-08-28 -
Deutsche Presse-Agentur(DPA): Hong Kong officials accused of trying to ban Falun Gong brochure
2002-08-28 -
AP: Rand: China Uses Web Vs. Activists
2002-08-28 -
South China Morning Post: Editorial: The wrong picture
2002-08-28 -
AP: Rights activist criticizes Hong Kong official for interfering with Falun Gong painter's exhibition
2002-08-28 -
HRIC: Barred Falun Gong artist considers lawsuit against government
2002-08-28 -
Fairfield Advance: First meeting was here
2002-08-28 -
Letter from Belgian Falun Gong Association to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2002-08-27"Mr. High Commissioner, we appeal to you to urge Cambodia to assure the safety and other basic rights of these two people and others who practice their belief in Truth-Compassion-Tolerance and face the danger there. We appeal to you to condemn the Chinese governments wrongdoing and ask the Chinese government to release Mr. Li and his wife who are now detained in China."