Publications, Press Releases
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AFP: Hong Kong journalists slam "chilling" proposed security laws
2003-06-12
'"The changes fail to tackle the fundamental threats to freedom of expression," she said. "They merely tinker with the legislation and thus the amendments will make little difference to how the law is implemented or the chilling effect it will have on the media."' -
Reuters: China Seen Tightening Control Over Internet Cafes (Excerpt)
2003-06-12'"By setting up chains of Internet cafes, it will be easier to verify what is being looked at or posted over the Internet," said Nathan Midler, a senior analyst at IDC Asia Pacific...He said licensed firms must enforce rules about registering user names and citizenship numbers, which can later be used to determine who posted a sensitive message on the Internet.' -
EFGIC: Chinese Police Rape Female Graduate Student
2003-06-11'According to witnesses, on the evening of May 13th, several policemen took Wei to a cell in Baihelin Detention Centre of Shapingba District. There, witnesses say the police officers forced two female inmates to strip her, and one of the uniformed policemen pushed her to the ground and raped her as the other inmates watched. When Ms. Wei engaged in a hunger strike to protest her treatment, police botched a violent forced-feeding attempt, seriously injuring both her trachea and esophagus, leaving her unable to speak.' -
Financial Times: Sars takes heavy toll at China Southern
2003-06-11'China Southern Airlines suffered an 85 per cent slump in passenger numbers in May as the country's largest carrier succumbed to the impact of Sars on regional travel...A senior China Southern official admitted that Sars had begun affecting passenger loads in March, had had a major impact in April and that by May numbers were down 85 per cent year-on-year.' -
EFGIC: Swedish Government Helps Falun Gong Practitioner in Thailand
2003-06-10"No matter how I have been suffering during my detention here, I know that it is nothing compared to how terribly my friends in China are suffering in detention in labour camps. I wish that more people will know the true facts about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. I am even more determined now to help my fellow practitioners in China to the best of my abilities. I hope we all together can stop this senseless persecution soon." -- Pirjo Svennson. -
Report from The Epoch Times: UK MP Patsy Calton Supports a Chinese Scholar in Rescuing His Fiancée
2003-06-08
On June 2nd 2003, UK Member of Parliament Mrs. Patsy Calton invited Mr. Weiguo Xie, a Chinese scholar who practises Falun Gong, to her office in the London’s Houses of Parliament, and offered her full support in his efforts to rescue his fiancée, Miss Yongjie Zhu, who is now suffering in a labour camp in China. -
Report from Netherlands Newspaper Dagblud de Limberger: Chinese Interference with Falun Gong Goes Far
2003-06-07'A few days ago the Chinese government tried to stop a performance by Dutch Falun Gong practitioners at the theme park Mondo Verde in Landgraaf. This incident does not stand alone. Chinese authorities are trying to block the movement more and more outside of China.' -
Respekt (Czech newspaper): All Alone on Tiananmen Square
2003-06-07'Whilst living in Australia, Zhang didn't have any problems practising the Falun Gong exercises, but she knew that since 1999 millions of practitioners in China have been forbidden from practising. The Chinese dictatorship cracked down on the practice of Falun Gong when they felt that it had become too popular. Over 100,000 people have been imprisoned in labour camps or mental hospitals. Many have died from torture.' -
Report from Finnish Newspaper 'Kaleva': China Covers Up Information and puts Pressures on Other Countries
2003-06-07'By covering up the facts about the SARS-epidemic, for example, China has already caused great economic damage to itself and to the countries that it has trade relations with. Indirectly, the entire world may have to suffer from SARS because the cover up has led to its rapid spread outside of China. The media has an important role to play in telling the facts about this matter. Nothing should be able prevent this.' -
Irish Press Release: SARS is Just the Tip of the Iceberg in Terms of What Jiang Zemin is Hiding - Irish Student Among Thousands still Detained without Cause
2003-06-06“Nobody should be maltreated as a result of their belief – this is stated in the United Nations Declarations of Human Rights” states Mr Brian Trought, a spokesperson for the Irish Falun Gong Information Centre. “But this is exactly what has happened to Feng Liu. He must be released – immediately and unconditionally.” -
EFGIC: American Beaten and Force-Fed in Chinese Prison
2003-06-05“Dr. Li is now being subjected to some of the very same human rights violations that Chinese officials allege he was “preparing” to expose, as they use a ‘show trial’ to imprison him, isolation to try to break his will and pressure tactics to force him to give up his beliefs,” says UK Falun Gong Information Centre spokesman, Mr. Peter Jauhal. -
New York Times: Beijing aims to kill free speech in Hong Kong
2003-06-05'During nearly six years under Chinese rule, Hong Kong has withstood threats as varied as the Asian financial crisis and the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Now, however, Hong Kong's free society is about to encounter the most dangerous attack yet, and this one - like SARS - has its genesis in China.' -
U.S. Newswire (press release): Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Labels Jiang Zemin Greatest Threat to American Security, Urges Exposing Corrupt Officials
2003-06-05'Ambassador Palmer discussed the accountability of the Jiang regime in the persecution of Falun Gong, and the corruption of the Party's elite, who have brought vast sums of money out of China into the United States and other countries.' -
South China Morning Post: Bill poses a global press threat, says Martin Lee
2003-06-05The former chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, Martin Lee Chu-ming, warned American policymakers yesterday that the national security bill could damage not only Hong Kong, but the rest of the world, because of its impact on the freedom of the press in the city. -
UK Press Release: First Anniversary of 24 Hour Vigil by Falun Gong practitioners outside the Chinese Embassy
2003-06-04'For one year, UK Falun Gong practitioners have maintained a twenty-four hour peaceful protest opposite the Chinese Embassy to protest at the evil and inhumane treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China by the Chinese regime. Since the start of the 24 hour vigil there have been over 215 death cases that we have been able to verify – the true death total is much higher.'
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