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An MEP's Letters of Concern About Arrests of Westerners

2001-11-21

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Guardian (UK newspaper) Reports on Arrest of Western Practitioners

2001-11-21

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33 Western Falun Gong Practitioners Stage a Peaceful Appeal on Tiananmen Square and Are Currently Being Detained

2001-11-20

(Clearwisdom.net) November 20, 2001 -- About 2pm Beijing Time, 33 Western Falun Gong practitioners displayed a banner stating "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" and staged a peaceful appeal for Falun Gong on Tiananmen Square. A few minutes later, they were all arrested by Chinese police.

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EUROPEAN FALUN GONG INFORMATION CENTRE PRESS RELEASE - 20 NOVEMBER 2001

2001-11-20

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Western Falun Gong Practitioners' Statement From Beijing

2001-11-20

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Maltese Media Clearly Know Why the Chinese Government Does Not Want Its Officials to Know the Truth about the Persecution of Falun Gong

2001-11-19

This is exactly as the news reporters have commented: “what your leaders are scared of the most is to let the government officials know the truth about the persecution of the people. They can only govern the people through blocking the news to brainwash them, because they know very well that what they have done can not be known by the people, however, the truth will be known one day”.

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FREE PRESS [German media report]: Under Way in Saxonia for Human rights

2001-11-19

The young Chinese hope to create awareness about this situation with their walk. Human rights abuses include torture, incarceration in mental facilities and brutal abuse in re-education-through-forced-labour-camps. Up until now the persecution has cost 309 Falun Gong members their lives.

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Collecting Signatures during the Fortieth Anniversary of the Founding of the French Branch of Amnesty International [AI] in Belgium

2001-11-19

We collected so many signatures that day. The AI head said that she would co-operate with local practitioners and tried to achieve more for Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in Mainland China.

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Russia: Practitioners in St. Petersburg Clarify the Truth with Compassion

2001-11-19

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Falun Gong Reaches Chinese People in Greece

2001-11-19

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Russia: Support for Falun Gong Practitioners from Moscow News Workers

2001-11-19

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Moscow: Accounts of the Exhibition of Zhang Cuiying's Paintings

2001-11-19

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Italy: Telling the Truth in Milan's Chinatown

2001-11-19

At the end of the day, the two policemen from the Milan Police Department also said that they would like to know more about Falun Dafa. Their presence helped us carry out the activities smoothly. It also checked the conduct of those with evil intentions. Here we are sincerely grateful for their work in promoting justice.

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GERMANY: More than an exhibition

2001-11-18

Zhang Cuiying had to endure eight months of incarceration and torture in various Chinese prisons. She was freed, with the help of her husband and the aid of the Australian government. Mrs. Zhang is an Australian citizen. After regaining her freedom, she and her art have traveled around the world, to bring attention to the plight of the practitioners in China.

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Leipzig People’s News: On foot from the City of Borna to the City of Chemnitz, Germany

2001-11-18

At their arrival in Borna, the young Chinese became even more aware of the differences between their home country and Germany. While they would prudently avoid contact with any security personnel in their land, they turned to the police in Grimmaer Street for information and assistance. The police officers referred them to a pastor couple, Elisabeth and Martin Roth, who arranged for an overnight stay for the walkers with young people of their congregation.

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