TV and Radio
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UK: Weekly Report from Universitys Falun Dafa Radio Show
2003-04-12The listeners heard that this is not only a persecution of Falun Dafa and the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, but also a persecution of those who try to be good people. Thats why all good people around the world should stand up and try to end the human rights violations in China as soon as possible. -
Radio Free Asia: German Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Press Conference
2003-04-11German Falun Gong practitioners have filed lawsuits against the German Federal government for infringing upon Falun Gong practitioners basic right to peacefully hold demonstrations and appeals during Jiang Zemins visit to Germany last April. Here is a transcript of a report about this from Radio Free Asia. -
Radio Free Asia: European Union Representatives Show Concern for the Widespread Violation of Human Rights in China
2003-04-06Representatives of the European Union have expressed their concern for the broad violations of human rights occurring in China. The Greek Ambassador stated that the death penalty, brutal corporal punishment and cruel torture are still being used by the Chinese authorities to repress people. -
TV Interview: The Two Faces of Chinas Economy
2003-04-05"A habit of depending on the governments expansionary economic policy has formed and this certainly is not a good sign. One more point is that banks in China have seriously bad debt problems, and they are still providing high-risk loans to state-owned enterprises without these debts being written off. That could initiate a financial crisis and will thus threaten the economy in the future." -
UK: This Weeks University Radio Broadcast Featured the Beautiful Sounds of Falun Dafa
2003-04-04Falun Dafa practitioners run a weekly radio show in a UK university. The show allows many students and other people in the surrounding area to learn more about Falun Dafa and the truth about the persecution happening in China today. Here is a brief report on the contents of this week's show. -
Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal for the Release of Lin Wenrong in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Bonn
2003-04-01The reporter saw that many German citizens signed the petition immediately after they learned the facts about the treatment of Lin Wenrong. They also expressed their support for this activity...the activities to rescue Lin Wenrong will last from on 3 to 6 March, and will then move to the front of the Chinese Embassy in the German capital, Berlin. -
Radio Free Asia Reports on Photo Exhibition in the City of Wartburg
2003-03-31Wartburg Citys Cultural Bureau and the School of Further Education for Adults held the Way to Peace-- Falun Gong Photo Exhibition. The objective of this event was to introduce the worldwide popularity of Falun Gong, and tell the people of Wartburg about the persecution in China. The following is an English translation of the report on this event. -
Radio Free Asia Reports on Geneva NGO Track Impunity Always Launching a Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin
2003-03-27'On Thursday, an RFA correspondent interviewed Ms. Zheng Zhihong, who rushed to Geneva from Germany simply because of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Zheng Zhihong graduated from Zhejiang University in China, and is now one of the leading figures of a German task force dedicated to the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners and their families. She outlined the situation inside and outside the U.N. building during the last two days...' -
RFI (Radio France International): EU will Express Deep Concern over Human Rights in China During UN Commission on Human Rights
2003-03-26'The European Council agrees to express deep concerns over the appalling violations of human rights in Mainland China and the pathetic promotion of human rights in some regions. Torture, execution, Falun Gong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and the Strike Hard in fighting crime campaign have been emphasised in particular by EU Foreign Affairs Ministers.' -
UK: Report from a Universitys Weekly Falun Dafa Radio Program
2003-03-21This weeks show featured two articles written by practitioners, which gave an account of the dramatic health improvements they achieved through practising Falun Dafa. The listeners were also told about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China and how they could help bring justice in China by writing to their MPs etc. -
RFI (Radio France Internationale): French Falun Gong Practitioners hold an Art and Literature Celebration to Thank their Supporters
2003-03-19On Tuesday evening, the French Falun Gong Association staged a special event, including music, song and dance, in an auditorium in the 7th sector in Paris...Between 600 and 700 Chinese and French people came to enjoy the show. -
RFI (Radio France Internationale): Practitioners Call On German Government to Press China to Release Lin Wenrong
2003-03-11We have just heard of the arrest of Lin Wenrong. We are very shocked by the news. She was arrested and sent to a forced brainwashing class just because she practises Falun Gong...There practitioners are subjected to mental persecution or even torturing. After hearing the news, practitioners in Germany and other countries around the world are urgently calling for her immediate release. -
BBC Monitoring: Taiwan protests against Hong Kong entry bar to Falun Gong practitioners
2003-03-04'In a news conference called to denounce the Hong Kong authorities' deportation of 80 Taiwanese Falun Gong followers on 20 February and 21 February, [Vice-President Annette] Lu said the former British colony has rapidly lost its shine as the Pearl of the Orient and a "beacon of freedom" since it was handed back to Beijing in 1997.' -
German International Criminal Law Scholar: Those who persecute Falun Gong will face trial on Criminal Charges
2003-02-19Radio Free Asia interviewed Ms. Zheng, who is from Zhejiang University in China and is a scholar specialising in the research of international criminal law. Ms. Zheng stressed that the international community is paying more and more attention to the crimes and violations of basic human rights and freedom. -
Fa Guang Radio Station: Falun Gong Broadcasts a Video in a North-eastern Chinese City about the Truth behind the Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation
2003-02-02'The programme lasted over thirty minutes and covered all the channels on the local cable TV...The report was broadcast to Mainland China as well as to the Chinese community in Paris.'