Publications, Press Releases
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South China Morning Post: Elderly Christians face eviction- Police order closure of care home in Beijing Township after raid on religious meeting
2002-02-26 -
The Australian: China ignores faith in liberty
2002-02-26Yang Guizhi, who with her husband Chen Zhongxing looks after the elderly Christians in their six-room home, said police who conducted Thursday's raid accused the group of being affiliated with the Falun Gong movement which has been banned and suppressed since mid-1999. -
Freed "Prisoner of Conscience" Arrives Home to Canada
2002-02-26 -
The Sunday Telegraph [London]: China's Christians called to prayer by mobile phone
2002-02-25At least 123 people have been sentenced to death, mainly for association with the Falun Gong movement. Roman Catholic bishops have spent decades in jail, Protestant evangelicals have found themselves on death row and thousands of Falun Gong members have been sent to mental asylums.Leaked government memos show that undercover agents have been deployed to root out Falun Gong members and underground Catholics, in addition to anyone participating in banned religious gatherings. -
Chicago Tribune: China's battle leaps borders
2002-02-24 -
The Far Eastern Economic Review: China Briefing
2002-02-24 -
Stuttgart News: German Falun Gong Followers Tell of their Deportation – 24 Students Incarcerated
2002-02-23 -
Reuters: China Alumni Plead to Bush Over Falun Gong
2002-02-23 -
China Times: Human Rights Organization Calls on President Bush to Show Concern for Persecuted Tsinghua University Students
2002-02-23 -
Aftonbladet/TT [Swedish media]: Falun Gong-Swedes denied contact with the Embassy in Beijing
2002-02-22“Nobody told us why we were arrested, we were pulled into a car, rather violently and brought to a place where we were interrogated,” says Christian Nilsson from Lund.”I was pushed down to the floor and then they trampled on me. Others amongst us were beaten.” -
Barometern Oskarshamns-tidningen (Swedish newspaper): Free from detention in China
2002-02-22 -
BN-de Stem [Dutch newspaper]: Falun Gong adherent from Breda sent out of China
2002-02-22 -
AP: Falun Gong Followers Cite Beatings
2002-02-22 -
AFP: China and WE tussle over religious freedom
2002-02-22 -
National Review: Bush's China Moment
2002-02-22