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Photo report: Vigil Outside UN in Geneva
2002-03-28"Tears of compassion filled the eyes of many of the 200 practioners in Geneva who had gathered outside the UN for the candle-lit vigil on hearing of the 5000 arrests in Changchun."
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Photo Report from Geneva: Jiang Regime's Spies Fear Being Exposed
2002-03-28 -
South China Morning Post: Breathing space to heal old wounds
2002-03-28Despite obtaining police permission, the marchers found their way blocked and consent suddenly withdrawn after Indonesian authorities were contacted by the Chinese Embassy.
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AP: Falun Gong Urges UN to Stop Persecution in China
2002-03-28 -
Irish Examiner: Student Tortured In Chinese Camp for Being Falun Gong [Practitioner]
2002-03-28 -
Irish Independent: Freed student tells of camp torture
2002-03-27In May 2000, Mr Zhao- himself a Falun Gong practitioner - was sent to a labour camp on the outskirts of Beijing and held there without trial for a year and 10 months in which, he said, he endured physical and mental torture at the hands of officers charged with getting Falun Gong supporters to renounce their beliefs.
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The Irish Times: Labour camp victim wants China to be pressured to improve rights
2002-03-27Mr Ming said it was "really hard and painful to recall those memories" but said he felt he must "say something of the truth", about the labour camp.
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Trinity College welcomes Return of Mr Zhao Ming
2002-03-27 -
Graduate Students' Union Welcomes Zhao Ming back to Ireland
2002-03-27"Lots of people in Trinity have been looking forward to this day since we first learned of Ming's arrest in January 2000. We are so happy to see him safely returned to Dublin."
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Washington Post: Europe and Human Rights
2002-03-26"...this year will be a reflection of how seriously the Europeans are willing to press human rights on governments that are capable of fighting back. [...] now European governments have six weeks to show what their values are."
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Time: Falun Gong Finds Free Cable
2002-03-26 -
AFP: Falungong claims 5,000 members detained in northeast China sweep
2002-03-26 -
Press Statement from Amnesty International Dublin Central Group: Zhao Ming returns to Dublin
2002-03-26All we can say is how truly wonderful it is to have Zhao Ming back with us again, hopefully he will recover soon from his dreadful experience and return to normal life again.
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PRESS RELEASE: 5,000 Detained, Dozens Dead As Chinese Police Go On Rampage against Falun Gong in Changchun
2002-03-26"Local sources say killings have occurred every day since the broadcast, and police in the Changchun detention and re-education centres have been given orders to cremate all dead bodies immediately. Other reports state that police have been given quotas to round up five Falun Gong practitioners per day and are conducting on-the-spot searches of citizens."
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Canberra Times: Falun Gong practitioners wear their message on T-shirts outside the Chinese Embassy yesterday
2002-03-26