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European Parliament officials Greet the SOS Walkers in Brussels
2001-09-25Vice-Chairperson of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Greets Practitioners as They Complete the London to Brussels SOS RescueWalk -
Falun Gong Woman Tortured to Death by Beijing Police
2001-09-24Ms. Li Xifang's death brings the number of documented deaths to 282, with government sources inside China disclosing that the actual number exceeds 1,000. -
Terrorist Attacks and PRC National Day: New Excuses for Massive Roundup of Falun Gong Practitioners
2001-09-24Sources say that Beijing has become emboldened about making arrests on such a large scale because it believes that Western countries and international media are currently too preoccupied with the terrorist attacks in the U.S. to notice this human rights abuse. -
Photo Report: Practitioners from Russia on SOS! Global Rescue Bike Tour
2001-09-24Practitioners from Russia gather together for the SOS! Global Rescue Bike Tour to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China and to appeal to all kind-hearted people to save them. -
Letter to the Friends of Falun Gong from a Member of the British Public
2001-09-23Not nearly enough space is being given in the media to the atrocities being committed against the members of Falun Gong.The government of China is mouthing empty words about the free access to the country that will be given during the Olympics there, but we all know that no such freedom will be given, and that persecution of the Falun Gong is likely to increase as the time for the Olympics draws nearer. -
Falun Dafa Press Conference in Slovenia
2001-09-22Positive support for Falun Gong shown from Slovenian media -
Photo Report: Swiss Practitioners Continue Hunger Strikes
2001-09-22Photo Report: Swiss Practitioners Continue Hunger Strikes in front of the UN and Chinese Consulate of Zurich (September 13 to 15) to Urgently Rescue Practitioners Persecuted in China -
An article from Lidove Noviny Czech Republic newspaper
2001-09-22By Meditation They Bring Attention to the Abuse of Rights in China. -
Photo Report: SOS Urgent Rescue Information Day in Salzburg, Austria
2001-09-22Images of the SOS Urgent Rescue march and information day in Salzburg, Austria -
Photo Report: SOS! Global Rescue Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-22On September 9, the practitioners arrived at the Grand Place of Lille, the capital of Nord Province, where they received a warm welcome from more than 60 practitioners from Paris. It was also the Liberation Day of Lille and the city held a big ceremony. Many citizens got an opportunity to learn about Falun Dafa. Over 5000 flyers were distributed. Paris practitioners hired a tour bus in order to join the ceremony, and a double-rainbow accompanied them all the way there. -
Five More Falun Gong Practitioners Dead as Reign of Terror Continues in China
2001-09-21The deaths are the latest manifestation of heightened measures by communist authorities to "eradicate" Falun Gong in upcoming months. One mid-level government official in China recently interviewed by CNN.com revealed that "The leadership is obsessed with the Falun Gong and have put its eradication as a top priority this year." -
Comment from Irish media on human rights in China
2001-09-21There cant be many world leaders who could squeeze a laugh out of a question about the imprisonment and torture of their own citizens. -
IRISH EXAMINER: Human rights abuse is no joke
2001-09-20Are we happy to laugh in the face of intense human suffering and degradation and pay homage to the Chinese Premier in order to increase our coffers? -
Two British Practitioners Complete the 415-kilometre walk (258 miles) SOS Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-20On the morning of September 13, two British members of the European Parliament received us in person outside the parliament building. Both parliament members clearly expressed their support for us, and hoped they could help us further in depth. Another Belgian parliament member arranged a room in the Parliament for us to have a press conference. She clearly stated that she helped to host the meeting because she supports Mr. Li Hongzhi, a candidate for the 2001 Sakharov Prize and the efforts to rescue the Falun Gong practitioners who are persecuted in China. -
AFP: Six Falungong followers die in police custody in China
2001-09-20Tens of thousands of Falungong practitioners have been sent to "re-education through labor" centres since the Chinese government banned the group [...] in July 1999. The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, which has been independently verifying the reports, has said it has been able to confirm 156 deaths of Falungong adherents so far.