Publications

Poisk (Ukraine Newspaper): Ukraine Falun Gong Practitioner Opposes Jiang Zemin in Geneva

2003-04-08

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Dresden News (Germany): Lawsuit for Infractions during Jiang Zemin’s State Visit to Dresden in 2002

2003-04-05

'Many people protested against China’s human rights abuses during Jiang’s visit last year. Saxonian police earned criticism for their handling of the protesters. Among other complaints, police manhandled a 40-year-old woman outside the Taschenberg Palais/Hotel Kempinski because she had shouted the name of Falun Gong, a meditation system outlawed in China.'

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AFP (Agence-France Presse): No Let-up in Harsh Chinese Line on Falun Gong: US rights Report

2003-04-03

"Police often used excessive force when detaining peaceful (Falun Gong) protesters, including some who were elderly or who were accompanied by small children," the report said. "During the year, there were numerous credible reports of abuse and even killings of ... practitioners by the police and other security personnel."

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Article from London Student Newspaper: Falun Gong Petition

2003-04-03

Over 15,000 students and professors have signed a petition in support of Chinese students who are Falun Gong followers persecuted by the Chinese authorities for their spiritual beliefs.

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SCMP (South China Morning Post): US says HK Press Falun Gong

2003-04-03

'The US State Department has voiced concern over what it perceives as pressure on Hong Kong from the mainland to restrict Falun Gong criticism of Beijing's policies on the banned spiritual group. The report, issued on Monday, said a series of developments in 2001 sparked worries about pressures on the special administrative region (SAR) to suppress the group's freedom of expression, despite its legal existence in Hong Kong.'

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South China Morning Post: EU Tipped to Air Article 23 Concerns

2003-04-02

'The European Union is considering using its next summit meeting with mainland officials to raise concerns over Hong Kong's enactment of new national security laws, according to the special administrative region's (SAR) Democratic Party...The move to legislate against subversion and other state security crimes under Basic Law Article 23 prompted the European Parliament to pass a resolution in December expressing concerns over the possible threat to civil liberties within the proposed legislation...'

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Reuters: U.S. Accuses China of Broad Human Rights Abuses

2003-04-01

'The United States accused China of a broad array of human rights violations on Monday including summary executions, torture, forced confessions, suppressing political dissent and denying religious freedom..."Abuses included instances of extrajudicial killings, torture and mistreatment of prisoners, forced confessions, arbitrary arrest and detention, lengthy incommunicado detention and denial of due process," the report said.'

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South China Morning Post: Europe urges HK to protect freedoms

2003-03-29

'He stressed that the details of the Article 23 legislation were "something about which we wanted to express particular concern". The report said the anti-subversion legislation could undermine existing human rights and civil liberties in Hong Kong and could be used against anyone the central or Hong Kong government objected to, including political dissidents and religious or spiritual groups such as Falun Gong.'

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Reuters: China Convicts, Expels U.S. Falun Gong [Practitioner]

2003-03-22

'"China's legal system is just another tool utilized to persecute Falun Gong practitioners," the Web site quoted Li's fiancee, Yeong-ching Foo, as saying. "Choosing a lawyer would only serve to legitimize this show trial," Foo added.'

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U.S. Newswire: Scholars Send Letter to Bush in Support of Charles Li

2003-03-21

'Authorities in China say that he will be charged with interfering with satellite communications, and could face up to 15 years imprisonment. Dr. Li is a medical doctor and lacks the technical skills to perform such acts and was not even in China when they took place. He adamantly denies the charges. The only reason for the arrest is that Dr. Li is a Falun Gong practitioner, which China treats as a crime.'

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AFP: EU notes 'deep concern' over human rights in China

2003-03-20

'EU foreign ministers agreed late Tuesday to express the bloc's "deep concern over the serious violations of human rights in China and the lack of progress in a number of areas", according to conclusions released on the first day of a two-day ministerial meeting.'

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AFP (Agence France Presse): Falun Gong followers protest as UN rights forum opens

2003-03-19

'More than a thousand members of the banned Chinese Falun Gong spiritual movement on Monday staged a protest here against repression in China, as delegates opened the annual session of the UN's top human rights forum. The followers, who according to one member came from 50 countries, staged a silent sit-down protest in front of the UN's European headquarters.'

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AP: (Associated Press): Report on European Union Criticising China over Human Rights

2003-03-19

The EU foreign ministers issued a declaration expressing concern about "the lack of respect for human rights" in China, citing use of the death penalty, torture and arbitrary detention.

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AP: Photo Report on Practitioners Outside United Nations

2003-03-18

Swiss followers of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned in mainland China, in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 17, 2003, prior to the opening of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Commission.

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The Times of London: Bar stands up to the might of China

2003-03-06

'But it is the coming power to proscribe organisations "subordinate" to those banned in the mainland that most worries Gladys Li, the chairman of Hong Kong "Justice". The Government has not explained why it needs to augment existing proscription powers under national security and anti-terrorism legislation, especially since Article 23 does not even require it. Falun Gong is an obvious target.'

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