Publications

• Jersusalem Post: “Israeli arrested in Tiananmen Square [due to] Falun Gong protest”

  2001-11-24
  JERUSALEM (November 21) - Leeshai Lemish, an Israeli Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested yesterday in Beijing's Tiananmen Square as part of a group of 36 protesting Chinese persecution of the group. It was the first Falun Gong protest to involve Westerners exclusively
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• IC Wales Network (UK): China expels British protestors

  2001-11-24
  
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• Detained Practitioner Recounts Police Brutality on Tiananmen Square: Excerpts from Two Swedish Newspapers

  2001-11-24
  
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• Franconia Post: “A CITY HALL WELCOME FOR FALUN GONG MARCHERS”

  2001-11-23
  Since September 22, groups of Falun Gong practitioners from China are on the road, to raise awareness among the European populace to their precarious situation in their native country.
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• Taunus Newspaper [German Newspaper]: “SOS Foot-march from city hall to city hall”

  2001-11-23
  Practitioners of the Falun Gong system who live outside of China began a walk on September 22, which will lead through countries as diverse as the USA, Australia, Ireland and many European countries. They are on foot carrying heavy back packs to seek out the mayors in the many small towns and cities to raise awareness about the oppression of innocent Falun Gong practitioners at the hands of a few Chinese individuals in high levels of the government’s power structure.
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• Viernheim Daily News, November 20, 2001: “March against Dictatorship and Duress”

  2001-11-23
  VIERNHEIM – This past weekend five Chinese female Falun Gong practitioners raised awareness about their concerns as they participated in the worldwide march to rescue the Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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• ABC News Online: "China deports Falun Gong supporters"

  2001-11-22
  "Authorities in China have begun deporting dozens of foreign nationals caught protesting against an official ban on the Falun Gong spiritual movement."
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• South China Morning Post: "China tells 35 to go."

  2001-11-22
  A group of 35 overseas Falun Gong followers were told to leave the mainland after staging a protest in Tiananmen Square yesterday.
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• South China Morning Post Reports on Hong Kong Police’s Harrassment of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2001-11-22
  Democrat legislator James To Kun-sun said: "This is an abuse of police power by inciting complaints and hatred against a minority. It's shameful."
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• Asian Wall Street Journal Reports on the Political Pressure Being Put on Hong Kong Police to Curtail the Freedoms of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2001-11-22
  "In other words, the right to dissent is now secondary to the sensitivities of mainland officials like the ones who work in the Liaison Office. It's hard to have much sympathy for the police if they bend easily to the desires of their political masters to limit the civil liberties of the Hong Kong people."
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• The Jerusalem Post:Israeli arrested in Tiananmen Square Falun Gong protest

  2001-11-21
  In a statement formulated before his arrest, Lemish described the persecution of the Falun Gong as a direct assault on human morality. "The persecution of Falun Gong directly concerns each and every one of us," he said. Leeshai described the issue as a confrontation between those who promote violent oppression and those who seek to become more peaceful and kind, between a government which lies to its people and those who refuse to lie, even if it means being tortured. "Neutrality does not exist. If you are being silent, you are siding with the perpetrators," he said.
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• FREE PRESS [German media report]: Under Way in Saxonia for Human rights

  2001-11-19
  The young Chinese hope to create awareness about this situation with their walk. Human rights abuses include torture, incarceration in mental facilities and brutal abuse in re-education-through-forced-labour-camps. Up until now the persecution has cost 309 Falun Gong members their lives.
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• Leipzig People’s News: On foot from the City of Borna to the City of Chemnitz, Germany

  2001-11-18
  At their arrival in Borna, the young Chinese became even more aware of the differences between their home country and Germany. While they would prudently avoid contact with any security personnel in their land, they turned to the police in Grimmaer Street for information and assistance. The police officers referred them to a pastor couple, Elisabeth and Martin Roth, who arranged for an overnight stay for the walkers with young people of their congregation.
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• Times of Central Asia Reports on Zhao Ming’s Case Being Raised by Mary Robinson in Human Rights Talks in China

  2001-11-16
  Another case highlighted was Zhao Ming, 31, a jailed follower of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement who once studied at Dublin University in Ireland, Robinson's alma mater. China's crackdown on Falun Gong ..had led to widespread violations of freedoms of speech and association, Robinson said.
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• SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Broken promises?

  2001-11-16
  [Police officers] seized material from the Falun Gong supporters, including banners, billboards and photographs. These photos showed atrocities committed against Falun Gong practitioners on the mainland. Some Falun Gong followers were hurt in the ensuing scuffles.
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