Publications, Press Releases
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Reuters Photo: Falun Gong Practitioners [Appeal] outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council
2003-01-12
Falun Gong followers meditate behind a barrier during [an appeal] outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council January 9, 2003. The spiritual movement [..] is worried that the proposed anti-subversion law in the territory could seriously undermine the 'basic civil liberties that Hong Kong has traditionally enjoyed. -
Navakal .Com: Amnesty condemns executions in China
2003-01-12
"We appeal to the Chinese Government to immediately stop executions and review the extensive use of the death penalty in China," the organization added saying that China continues to go against the world trend towards abolition of the death penalty." -
Östgöta Korrenspondenten (Swedish Newspaper): Message to the Chinese Ambassador: “Falun Gong is not a threat!
2003-01-11
“We are not against the Chinese Government, or any other political party or religion.. But we are protesting against the fact that 100 million people risk their lives in China for choosing to practise Falun Gong." -
SCMP: Falun Gong launches international appeal for three held on mainland
2003-01-11'Spokesman for the local Falun Gong group, Kan Hung-cheung, said they were launching a worldwide campaign, which involved the US-based group Human Rights International raising the trio's plight in Beijing next month. He said they would also make a submission to the Human Rights Commission during its conference in Geneva in March and request that Amnesty International in Britain list the trio as prisoners of conscience.' -
The Guardian: Clampdown marks the end of Hong Kong's honeymoon (extract)
2003-01-11'The most immediate object of such laws might be the banned Falun Gong [spiritual movement], but there are other possible victims. For Martin Lee, the veteran Hong Kong democrat who led the Democratic party until recently, this is "the evil of all evils". He believes the new laws show that "the honeymoon is over... they're going to suppress Hong Kong more and more".' -
Helsingin Sanomat (Finnish newspaper): Hong Kong is Preparing Security Laws that will Slate Human Rights
2003-01-09'“The law proposal is not in line with international human rights principles. It would turn Hong Kong into a police state”, human rights expert Frances D’Souza said in a meeting of the Journalist Alliance in Hong Kong at the beginning of December. According to her, the Anti-subversion law would make possible for one to commit treason without even being aware of it.' -
ABC(AP): China Sentences Four Falun Gong [Practitioners]
2003-01-09Four Falun Gong [practitioners] have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for [tapping] into cable television systems in western China. -
Central News Agency: Mainland Case Of Mental Hospital Confinement Draws World Media Attention
2003-01-08'In July 1998, Zhang's superiors at the nursery school at which she was employed decided to have her declared mentally ill after a prolonged dispute regarding mainland China's child birth regulations, leading to her confinement to a mental hospital...During her period of confinement, Zhang said, she has met more than 30 other normal 'patients' who have been forced into the mental hospital.' -
CNN: China jails Falun Gong TV [Tappers]
2003-01-08'Falun Gong's U.S.-based information center said in a statement eight other practitioners were recently given sentences of up to 13 years in prison for tapping into local television and radio signals in the eastern province of Anhui.' -
URGENT APPEAL: Henan Agriculture University Graduate Suffering Severe Torture, Near Death
2003-01-07Reports from China indicate that 29-year-old Xu Song is currently being detained and tortured at the First Detention Centre in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, because he is a practitioner of Falun Gong. To protest the brutality, Mr. Song went on a hunger strike that, as of January 3, has lasted more than 50 days. -
The Straits Times: [Proposed] law in HK under scrutiny
2003-01-07'Church leaders, academics, culture groups, bankers, lawyers, librarians, teachers, journalists, foreign businessmen, college students and others have spoken out against many of its vague provisions on treason, secession, subversion, sedition and theft of state secrets.' -
Washington Post: Defense Lawyers In China Find State Is Judge and Jury
2003-01-03'The case that haunts him most is a murder investigation in a town in Hebei province called Renqiu, where police seeking confessions allegedly hung his clients from the wall by their wrists, shoved electric cattle prods into their mouths, squeezed their flesh with pliers and beat their legs as they squatted.' -
WSJ: Just Another Chinese City
2003-01-01'The subversion law directly contravenes the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the pre-handover treaty guaranteeing all Hong Kong's freedoms -- including press freedom, religious freedom, and freedom of association -- would continue for 50 years, not a mere five. But the Chinese government has been clever: the spotlight once on Hong Kong has shifted, and few outside the territory have reacted to the subversion law with appropriate alarm.' -
EFIC: 25 Falun Gong Deaths from Police Torture and Abuse Reported in the Past Month
2002-12-31Police called Huajiang's 15-year old son from the labour camp at approximately 1:00 AM to take his father home...When his son arrived at the labour camp, however, Huajiang was dead. Huajiang's son says there were strangulation marks around his throat and other signs of torture. Huajiang's body has been transferred to a different location for cremation. -
Reuters: Germany's Schroeder plugs rights and Internet in China (excerpt)
2002-12-31'German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told Chinese students on Monday that basic human rights and free speech were fundamental to a healthy economy.'
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