Publications, Press Releases
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Czech Newspaper Rovnost: Falun Gong Practitioners in Znojmo Inform the Public about the Violent Persecution
2005-02-09People who were passing through the centre of Znojmo today witnessed an uncommon scene. Three men in meditation positions were performing the Chinese practice of Falun Gong. This silent protest was to raise awareness about the brutal persecution of practitioners of this method in distant China. Their fellow practitioners were distributing material informing the public about and describing the shocking methods of torture that the Chinese police utilise against Falun Gong practitioners. -
EFGIC: Homes Across Europe and North America Receive Chinese Communist Propaganda Phone Calls
2005-02-08LONDON [EFGIC] – Scores of individuals in the U.S., Canada and at least a dozen countries throughout Europe including the U.K., reported receiving phone calls yesterday with recorded messages unmistakably from China’s Communist regime. The messages contained propaganda demonizing Falun Gong and claiming the Chinese Government is defending “human rights” by “saving” people from the traditional Chinese practice. -
The Epoch Times: Wave of Harassing Phone Calls with Communist Propaganda
2005-02-07Across Europe and North America, people received coordinated waves of pre-recorded phone calls on Sunday. The content defames Falun Gong, in both English and Chinese language. “This is harassment, it’s a provocative act,” said Falun Dafa Infocenter spokesperson Erping Zhang, who personally received six of the calls. The Epoch Times first learned of the calls in Europe. People in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland all reported the calls. -
Article from German Newspaper "The Sächsische": Rescued from a Forced Labour Camp
2005-02-06While she suffered, German friends and acquaintances had mounted a rescue effort. They collected signatures demanding her freedom and distributed postcards, asking that people send them directly to the slave labour camp. On January 4th 2004, Xiong Wei gained her freedom. She is now in Germany. -
Media in Brno Continue to Report on the Persecution Against Falun Gong
2005-01-24In the centre of Brno, a several-hour-long activity was held to show the kind of torture being waged against people who practise Falun Gong in China. Organisers of this event wanted to raise awareness about the inhuman torture Falun Gong practitioners in China are exposed to and also introduce the Falun Gong practice to the public. -
EFGIC: 140 Falun Gong Deaths in China Reported in Two Months despite On-going Cover-up
2005-01-23LONDON [EFGIC]– In November and December 2004, sources inside China confirmed the deaths of another 140 Falun Gong practitioners from state persecution. Former Chinese Communist leader Jiang Zemin initiated the campaign against the peaceful practice in 1999, declaring that, “The Communist Party must defeat Falun Gong.” The 140 cases collected during the two-month period are of Falun Gong practitioners who were killed over several years. Due to China’s information blockade, however, their stories were only revealed recently. -
EFGIC: Chinese Communist Propaganda Continues to Find an Unwitting Audience in the West
2005-01-22LONDON– This Sunday, January 23, 2005, will mark four years since five individuals allegedly set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Beginning just hours after the incident and continuing to this day, China's Ministry of Propaganda has produced an onslaught of hate propaganda claiming the immolators were Falun Gong practitioners – all in an attempt to justify the violent suppression of the practice started in July 1999 by then-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. -
Spanish Newspaper "The State" Reports on Falun Gong Anti-Torture Exhibition
2005-01-21On January 9th, “The State” newspaper published a photo showing the anti-torture exhibition demonstrated by Falun Gong practitioners. The report revealed the practitioners displayed and exposed the various torture methods inflicted on their fellow practitioners in China. According to their introduction, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have died of torture in Chinese prisons and labour camps. -
Spanish Newspaper "Europa Press" Reports on an Anti-torture Exhibition in Madrid
2005-01-19On the morning of January the 8th, Spanish Falun Gong practitioners at Puerto del Sol in the centre of Madrid acted out the torture methods which have been commonly employed by the Chinese Jiang group to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in prisons and forced labour camps since it started to implement its policy of genocide against Falun Gong in 1999. -
EFGIC: Class-action Lawsuit against Chinese T.V. Director Targets Use of Media for Aiding and Abetting Torture and Genocide
2005-01-18LONDON [EFGIC] – In a recent court filing for a class-action lawsuit against Zhao Zhizhen - the director of a Chinese television station - the defendant claims free speech laws in the U.S. should protect him. Zhao’s defence, however, is not supported by the facts and diverts attention away from the central issues of the lawsuit – torture and genocide. -
EFGIC: Press Conference & 20 European Countries Parade in London to Raise Awareness of Persecution Against Falun Gong
2005-01-14LONDON [EFGIC] – On Saturday 15th January, Falun Gong practitioners from 20 European countries including Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Israel, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK will gather for a rally and press conference at Whitehall Place SW1 at 9.30 am. The aim of this event is to increase awareness of the severe continued genocide in China against innocent people, who are persecuted for their belief in Falun Gong. -
The Media Reports on a Famous Beijing Lawyer’s Appeal for Falun Gong
2005-01-10Hong Kong's Ming Bao reported that Mr. Gao wrote an open letter to Chairman Wu Bangguo of the Chinese People's Congress. He said in the letter that he had received many appeals and letters from Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured in prisons or labour camps. Mr. Gao pointed out that the local government abused Falun Gong practitioners by imprisoning them in labour camps. He said that he "felt extreme sorrow" in his letter to Wu Bangguo. -
German Newspaper Reports on Practitioner’s Two Year Ordeal in a Chinese Forced Labour Camp
2005-01-03Encounters with the “Re-education staff” were the worst. They beat, abused and cursed her. She was forced to listen to the indoctrination while squatting for long periods. She told us that she had to endure this without being charged with anything and without due legal process. She was ordered to sign a document, promising to renounce this spiritual practice. She did not relent and wrote, “Falun Gong is good.” -
Sweden: Swedish Media Report on Practitioners' Activities to Expose Torture by Jiang Zemin and Other Chinese Officials
2005-01-01Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden exposed the crimes of China's former Head of State, Jiang Zemin, by re-enacting some of the torture methods used by his regime against Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China. This attracted the attention of several Swedish newspapers. -
The Epoch Times: 700 Days in a Nanjing Jail: Woman Works to Free American Fiance
2004-12-30Charles Lee sits unmoving on a wooden stool. His heart is beating fast, his breath is short, his back is straight, and his eyes look straight ahead at the television. He is not allowed to move. After seven hours or longer, he may be taken into a room to make Christmas tree lights for export. For Lee, this is another holiday season away from his fiancée as a prisoner of conscience in China.