Politicians

• UK Parliament Concerned about Persecution in China Against Falun Gong Practitioners

  2002-11-28
  "..Religious beliefs, freedom of association and of expression and the media are routinely restricted. The crackdown on activists in the China Democracy party and the Falun Gong continues, and Falun Gong [practitioners] have been handed harsh sentences..."
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• France: Government Officials are Concerned about Dafa Practitioners Suffering in China

  2002-11-25
  It was said in the letters that France and the European Union have made efforts to improve human rights in China. Every six months they bring up with the Chinese Government issues such as violations of human rights, the freedom of speech for individuals and for groups, and the freedom to express ones’ opinion.
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• France: Foreign Minister Expresses His Concern over the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2002-11-19
  France is paying attention to the human rights violations in which Falun Gong [practitioners] are victims...[and] has anxiously taken note of the numerous allegations of torture surrounding this 3-year campaign.
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• Two UK Parliamentarians Question the UK government Regarding Article 23 in Hong Kong

  2002-11-13
  Two members of the UK House of Lords, Lord Hylton and Lord Avebury, have tabled written questions to question the UK government regarding Article 23 in Hong Kong, which poses an enormous threat to the fundamental freedoms as well as the autonomy of the territory.
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• UK MP Raises Concern to UK Foreign Ministry and HK Govt over Article 23

  2002-11-10
  UK Foreign Ministry: “These important principles [rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms] must not be compromised.”
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• France: Letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Expresses Concern About Missing Falun Gong Practitioners in Cambodia

  2002-11-10
  "The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Mary Robinson, made her concern regarding this issue known to the Cambodian authorities during her visit to that country at the end of August."
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• Japan: "The Committee of Global Action in Rescuing Family Members" Report on Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in China

  2002-11-08
  She has been held at the People's Hospital (mental hospital), Hefei City. She was forced to take injections and drugs and was electrically shocked. After the injections and drugs, she now remains in a lethargic sleep and her consciousness has become numb. She feels uneasy no matter how she sits, stands or sleeps. She has a constant headache, vomits..Due to her weakened condition, she sometimes will pass out three to four times in a single day. Her life is in danger!...The police even inserted the electric baton into her vagina and tortured her. It resulted in massive hemorrhaging for more than one month. She had difficulties in eating and walking, and could only move slowly by holding the wall, lest she fall down.
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• French Presidential Office Express Concern over the Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2002-11-01
  France and her European partners have been attentively following [details of the persecution of Falun Gong] since 1999..France seizes each high-level bilateral meeting to address the issue of human rights, as during the recent visit to France by the Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Zhu Rongji
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• UK: M.P. Writes to Hong Kong Government to Express His Concerns over the Consultation of Article 23

  2002-10-30
  It is of particular concern to me when states respond to threats, whether perceived or real, without due process. When states use their power to oppress and persecute in this way, it becomes almost impossible for individuals to protect themselves and for independent observers to get to the truth of the matter.
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• Statement of Support from Danish Member of Parliament

  2002-10-10
  "We have during the recent period experienced how the Danish authorities, in what can hardly be seen as anything other than obliging the Chinese authorities, have limited peaceful demonstrators protesting the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners...We strongly protest this. If we start to lose our democratic rights then the terrorists -- whether they are individuals or states -- have won."
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• France: MP and former Cabinet Member Jack Lang Expresses His Full Support to Falun Gong

  2002-10-01
  Mr. Lang met Falun Gong practitioners who were promoting Dafa in front of the Bastille Opera House and made the statement. They expressed sincere appreciation for Mr. Lang’s righteous actions. He said humbly that it was the least he could do. He felt very relieved that Zhao Ming eventually regained his freedom.
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• Letter to Practitioner from Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  2002-09-15
  "The Irish Government takes the human rights concerns of Falun Gong members in China very seriously. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister have raised the issue on a number of occasions with the Chinese authorities."
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• UK: Statement by Member of Parliament Glenda Jackson

  2002-09-09
  "I remain deeply concerned with the treatment of Falun Gong leaders and adherents in China. Such treatment is in direct contravention of provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, signed by China in October 1999, but which it is yet to ratify."
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• UK Foreign Ministry raise Falun Gong issue with the new Chinese Ambassador

  2002-09-06
  In recent months, many UK politicians have voiced strong disapproval of the Chinese Embassy's propaganda and its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the UK. In August, the UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Denis MacShane, met the new Chinese Ambassador in London and raised the issue of Falun Gong.
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• Cambodian Parliament Opposition Leader Offers Support to Practitioners

  2002-09-03
  "To the followers of Falun Gong,Cambodian Democrats give you their enduring support, they will do their maximum to ensure that you have freedom of thought, freedom of association, and the freedom to peacefully practice any physical or spiritual exercises emanating from your beliefs or philosophy."
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