Press Releases
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EFGIC: Cover-ups, Torture, Brainwashing and Death: News of 14 More Falun Gong Dead from Police Atrocities in China
2003-04-16
Reports of the deaths of fourteen Falun Gong practitioners have recently been confirmed. Many of these cases repeat a chilling pattern: physical and psychological torture inflicted by corrupt police, followed by “release” of the practitioners from custody just days or even hours before they die from their injuries as the police attempt to shirk responsibility for the deaths. -
EFGIC: European Parliament expresses "serious concern" that anti-subversion law in Hong Kong will curb civil liberties
2003-04-12'The E.U. assembly said it had "serious concern with regard to several aspects of the proposed...legislation," particularly the banning of organisations like the Falun Gong spiritual movement. It added that the bill "must not undermine existing human rights and civil and religious liberties."' -
EFGIC: U.S. State Department Reports Continued Severe Human Rights Abuses against Falun Gong in China
2003-04-07The U.S. report highlighted the widespread practice of torturing Falun Gong practitioners in police custody, which often leads to severe injuries or death. “Several hundred Falun Gong adherents reportedly have died in detention due to torture, abuse,” the report said. The report later added, “…many of their bodies reportedly bore signs of severe beatings or torture or were cremated before relatives could examine them.” -
EFGIC: Reports of 10 More Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Emerge from China
2003-04-06As the Falun Gong death count continues its rapid ascent, ten more innocent practitioners have been confirmed dead in provinces all over China, largely due to physical and psychological torture inflicted in detention centres and labour camps. The current total of confirmed deaths now stands at 644. -
Establishing Justice and Standing Up for Human Dignity
2003-04-05Dafa practitioners of various nationalities are planning to file lawsuits during the coming days against the German states of Lower Saxonia, Brandenburg and Saxonia Proper. Their goal is to establish the facts of human rights violations against their persons during Jiang's visit in April 2002 in the hope that these lawsuits will prevent such acts in the future. -
EFGIC: Chinese Agents Use Violence Against Guests at a Picture Exhibition
2003-04-02'On March 31, 2003 a famous Chinese painter, Ms. Zhang CuiYing of Australia was holding an exhibition of her paintings at the Art Galleries of “Teatrul Foarte Mic” Theatre in Bucharest, Romania when Chinese agents entered the exhibition; attacked the organisers; and forced the closure of the exhibition. Ms Zhang CuiYing had held similar picture exhibitions in over 20 countries all over the world. The theme of the exhibition was “Interior beauty and peace in the art of Zhang Cuiying”.' -
FDI: Rescuing Dr. Charles Li is a Matter of Morality and Justice
2003-03-30Jiang Zemin's regime is severely persecuting Falun Gong in China with the intent of "Destroying the reputation of Falun Gong completely, exhausting Falun Gong practitioners financially, and eradicating Falun Gong..." Yet, during the past nearly four years, Falun Gong practitioners around the world have always used non-violent means to oppose the persecution. -
URGENT APPEAL: Women on the Brink of Death in Harbin City’s Chamber of Horrors
2003-03-2940 female Falun Gong practitioners are now facing extreme horrors – what many are calling a “slow execution” – in the Harbin “Drug Rehabilitation” Centre...Physical humiliation, brainwashing, extreme sleep deprivation, electric shock, and rape have all been utilised in attempts to break the will of those incarcerated there... -
EFGIC: 6 More Die in Jiang Zemin’s Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-03-25'Since March 1st, the deaths of 53 Falun Gong practitioners from torture and mistreatment in the hands of Chinese authorities have been reported. This is the largest number of confirmed deaths to be reported in a three-week time period since the persecution began in July 1999.' -
EFGIC: Chinese "Show Trial" Slaps American with 3-Year Sentence
2003-03-23After more than 50 days of isolated detention, American citizen Dr. Charles Li was hurried through a show trial by China's "high court". The Intermediate People's Court in Yangzhou announced its anticipated "guilty" verdict late yesterday, March 21. "This show trial of an American makes a mockery of the so-called 'rule of law' in China". -
EFGIC: International Coalition Prepares Lawsuits in Multiple Countries Against Former Chinese Leader, Jiang Zemin
2003-03-22On March 18th, during the United Nations 59th Human Rights meeting, a Swiss attorney announced plans to launch a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin for torture, crimes against humanity and genocide if the former Chinese leader ever visits Switzerland...And that, the Swiss attorney says, is just the beginning. -
FDI: Members of U.S. Congress Demand China Release American Falun Gong Practitioner
2003-03-22
In a joint letter addressed to the U.S. Ambassador in Beijing, Congressman Lantos and Congresswoman Eshoo called for the immediate release of Dr. Charles Li, an American Falun Gong practitioner from California. -
EFGIC: News of Seven Falun Gong Deaths Breaks Through Jiang Regime’s Information Blockade
2003-03-20'For more than three years, the European Falun Gong Information Centre has received -- on a daily basis -- dozens of reports of arbitrary detention, forced-labour, extortion, torture, death and other forms of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China...This release presents what has been confirmed in the last few days about seven more Falun Gong practitioners who have lost their lives in this persecution.' -
FDI: Tortured to Death in China: Six Falun Gong Practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province
2003-03-20'The deaths of six Falun Gong practitioners from Huludao City, Liaoning Province have recently been confirmed. All six died from abuse and torture suffered in various labour camps and detention centres in Liaoning Province, home of the notorious Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, where dozens of Falun Gong practitioners have lost their lives.' -
Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor Press Release: An Assessment of Article 23
2003-03-16'We remain of the view that the Bill is not needed to catch any genuinely criminal organisation or activities, as these are amply catered for under existing law, and that some of its provisions are still open to misuse in future to persecute those who are unpopular with the Mainland authorities but are merely exercising their rights of free speech, freedom of association and freedom of assembly in Hong Kong.'
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