Government Statements

• Support Letters from UK Government Officials for April 25 Appeal Commemoration

  2024-04-21
  Government officials in the highest offices of the United Kingdom have expressed their support for efforts to end the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) in China. The office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the office of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf, and several members of the British House of Lords and House of Commons sent letters to express their support for an April 20, 2024 event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the April 25 appeal..
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• Danish Government Responds to Human Rights Violation Against Falun Dafa Practitioners in China

  2022-01-23
  The Falun Dafa Association in Denmark received an email from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament on December 20, 2021. The email indicated the Committee had published on its website correspondence between the Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the persecution of Falun Dafa in China.
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• EU, UK, US and Canada Join Together to Sanction Human Rights Perpetrators in Xinjiang, China

  2021-04-22
  This is the first time that the EU and the UK have joined forces to sanction Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for human rights violations. Both EU and UK, as well as Canada, have decided to sanction all four officials mentioned above. The U.S. announced that it will sanction Chen Mingguo and Wang Junzheng.
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• 27 EU Nations to Adopt “Magnitsky Act” Styled Framework to Sanction Human Rights Violators

  2020-12-11
  This is the first time that the EU has set up such a sanction system to prioritise the protection of human rights in its foreign policies.
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• Iceland: Foreign Affairs Minister Apologises to Falun Gong Practitioners

  2011-06-11
  Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently apologised on behalf of the Icelandic Government for the treatment that Falun Gong practitioners endured in relation with the Chinese president's visit to Iceland in the summer of 2002.
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• Spanish Foreign Ministry: Administration Does not Interfere with Judiciary

  2009-12-01
  The Spanish National Court recently indicted five high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on charges of genocide and torture of Falun Gong practitioners. Spokeswoman María Salcedo of Spain's General Department of Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, said on November 27, 2009 that Spain is a democratic country and the administration does not interfere with the judiciary.
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• UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Publishes 2007 Human Rights Annual Report

  2008-04-01
  Regarding the human rights situations in China, the report stated that the UK Government has “ongoing concerns” about “the scope of the death penalty and lack of transparency in its use; torture; the lack of an independent judiciary; obstacles to fair trials; arbitrary detention, including reeducation through labour (RTL); unsatisfactory prison conditions and ill treatment of prisoners; failure to protect human rights defenders; harassment of religious practitioners; restrictive regimes in Xinjiang and Tibet; and limitations on freedom of expression and association.”
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• The UK Government is Concerned about Human Organ Harvesting in China

  2006-04-09
  “The UK Government is concerned about the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners subject to the death penalty in China and reports of illegal trafficking of organs. We understand that some 600,000 people in China each year require organ transplants and that there is a great shortage of organs due to social taboos about transplants. We also understand that the Chinese Government has acknowledged the practice of organ harvesting from these prisoners and the trade in their organs.”
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• Sweden: Foreign Ministry Expresses Support for Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2005-11-14
  "Thank you for your letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated May 2nd...As you might know, human rights issues in China are frequently brought up in discussions with our Chinese counterparts, during our many contacts, both from Sweden and from the EU. For example, every sixth months we have within the EU a special human rights dialogue with China, where we go through an extensive agenda and bring up all the areas where we feel a strong concern regarding how human rights issues are handled in China."
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• Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Questioned about Progress in Ending the Persecution Against Falun Gong

  2005-05-17
  "The EU-China human rights dialogue, established in 1996, is the agreed formal framework through which the EU raises its concerns about individual human rights cases, including those of Falun Gong practitioners and more general issues, such as the protection of freedom of religion and expression, which have a particular impact on practitioners of Falun Gong. The 19th round of the EU-China human rights dialogue took place in Luxembourg on 24th and 25th February 2005. At that meeting, the EU raised strong concerns about the persecution of persons on the grounds of their peaceful expression of belief, in particular members of Falun Gong. The EU also raised the cases of a number of Falun Gong practitioners with the Chinese representatives."
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• UK Government 2004 Human Rights Report is Critical of China’s Human Rights Practice and Treatment of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2004-12-02
  The UK Government published its 2004 Human Rights Report on the 10th of November. The Report stated, “The UK Government continues to have serious concerns about basic human rights in China…Our on-going concerns include: the extensive use of the death penalty; the use of torture; the continuing harassment of political dissidents, religious practitioners and adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual movement; the situation in Tibet and Xinjiang; and severe restrictions on basic freedoms of speech, association and religion.”
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• The U.S. Department of State's Sixth Annual Report on International Religious Freedom Condemns the Violations of Citizen's Religious Liberty in China

  2004-09-18
  On September the 15th, the U.S. Department of State issued its sixth annual Report on International Religious Freedom. Country by country, this report documents the conditions of religious freedom around the world. Because of its persecution of Falun Gong and other religious groups, China has once again been identified as one of the Countries of Particular Concern by the U.S. Department of States. This label refers to governments that engage in or tolerate gross infringements of religious freedom.
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• UK MP raises a Question about the Misuse of Article 23 against Falun Gong in Hong Kong

  2003-10-02
  On the 1st of September, 2003, UK MP Mr. Gregory Barker raised a question in the House of Commons to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been made to assess the Chinese Government's use of Article 23 against the practise of Falun Gong in Hong Kong.
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• UK Foreign Ministry 2003 Human Rights Report criticises China’s Record and Attitude towards Human Rights

  2003-09-24
  “China stated at the UN Commission on Human Rights in April 2003 that international concern over human rights in China was “unimportant, meaningless and irrelevant”. This has led to concerns among both other governments and in the NGO community as to the value China places on human rights dialogue.”
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• UK Foreign Office Minister welcomes Significant Amendments to Hong Kong National Security Legislation

  2003-07-26
  "We witnessed on 1 July the largest demonstration in Hong Kong since the handover with the estimated participation of up to 500,000 people from all sectors of society. It is a tribute to the people of Hong Kong that so large a demonstration could take place in such a peaceful manner. The march clearly showed the desire of Hong Kong people to retain the rights and freedoms they have long enjoyed."
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