Press Releases
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EFIC: Swedish Businesswoman Denied Entry into Hong Kong
2002-11-20She was previously denied entry into Hong Kong in June 2001 when Jiang Zemin visited the territory. This time she was denied entry again for no reason other than because she is a Falun Gong practitioner and is therefore blacklisted from the country. -
FDI: Survivor of Chinas Wanjia Labour Camp Lands in Canada Today After Emergency Rescue Effort
2002-11-14"Ms. Wangs case demonstrates just how far Jiangs persecution of Falun Gong extends around the world. It is truly a global campaign." -- Ms. Cindy Gu, Canadian Falun Dafa Information Centre Spokeswoman -
FDI: Fourth Family Member Gains Early Release During the Global "Rescue Our Family Members" Campaign
2002-11-10"Overseas pressure is crucial for improving Falun Gong practitioners' situation in China...We hope all governments step forward to help stop this persecution and urge Jiang's regime to release our family members and millions of other innocent Falun Gong practitioners from torture in China. There are so many without family ties overseas who are suffering brutal persecution." -
FDI: Jiang Zemins Legacy Claims More Lives - Thirteen Falun Gong Practitioners Reported Dead After Abuse Under Jiangs Regime
2002-11-07to torture Liao without leaving marks, the policemen beat her chest, causing broken ribs and serious internal injuries, injected drugs to poison her, and caused her gums to fester by force-feeding her. Finally, on the night of October 3rd, Liaos body began to suffer from shock and she was sent to the hospital where she died shortly afterwards. -
FDI: Husband of New York City Resident Sentenced to Ten Years in Chinese Prison for Authoring Pro-Falun Gong Articles
2002-11-06Ms. Wang says that recent news from Mr. Zhang's lawyer, however, confirms that Mr. Zhang had actually been secretly sentenced to ten years in prison...[and] that he has been suffering "long term torture" that she says their lawyer describes as "beyond imagination." -
FDI: Husband Disappears in China after Wife Files Lawsuit with UN against Jiang Zemin
2002-11-02Mrs. Zeng said: "Given that my husband is not a Falun Gong practitioner, I can imagine no other reason for his arrest except for the purpose to keep him as a hostage to threaten me. I would like to ask: if this is not terrorism, what is?" -
Special Report: Jiang Zemin's Personal Crusade Against Falun Gong
2002-10-25The special report takes an in-depth look at Jiang Zemin's personal motives for engaging China's resources to persecute Falun Gong. -
1200 Falun Gong Practitioners Peacefully Appeal in Chicago; Seven Practitioners Launch Lawsuit Against Chinese Communist Party Chief for State Terrorism
2002-10-24The day before the Chinese Communist Party head came to Chicago, about 1200 Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world gathered in Chicago for large scale exercises and a press conference to protest the regime's persecution of Falun Gong. -
Press Release: Citizens from Six Countries Submit Legal Case Against Chinese Leader to United Nations
2002-10-23Violation of all 33 UN Human Rights Declarations CitedPlaintiffs include one Hong Kong man and one Beijing man currently in Chinese Custody -
Press Release: Jiang's Hard-line Arrives in Houston
2002-10-23-Practitioners' Hotel Reservations Cancelled-"Welcome Team" Requires Participants to Surrender Their First Amendment Rights-Jiang's Agents Arrive Early to Disseminate Propaganda-Want to Report in the U.S.? Please Apply at the Chinese Consulate -
Press Release: European Falun Gong Practitioners to Hold Large-Scale Activities During Jiang Zemin's Visit to the U.S
2002-10-21LONDON, October 20, 2002 (European Falun Gong Information Centre) During Jiang Zemin's personal visit to the United States, Falun Gong practitioners will hold large-scale appeal activities in Chicago and Houston. In support of these activities Falun Gong practitioners will also hold activities in front of Chinese Embassies and consulates throughout Europe. These appeals are being made because Jiang is the chief human rights criminal and instigator of the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Press Release: Chinese Officials Attack on U.S. Officials, Citizens
2002-10-18"The Chinese government, not content with persecuting the Falun Gong in China, has [urged] local U.S. officials to shun or even persecute them right here in America. The approach... tends to combine gross disinformation with scare tactics and, in some cases, slyly implied diplomatic and commercial pressure." -- The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 21, 2002 -
63-Year-old Woman Left to Die on the Street by Chinese Police
2002-10-12Witnesses say that a local egg seller found Ms. Guo Xiumei kneeling on the pavement on the Southwest Road of Huaiyang County Xiguan Health Bureau in the early morning hours of September 23rd. Doubled over from pain, her face black and blue with one eye punctured, she clutched her stomach. The egg seller called for the police. -
Falun Gong Woman Who Exposed Human Rights Abuses on Chinese Cable TV Dies from Police Brutality
2002-09-27(25 Sep, 2002 European Falun Gong Information Centre)20th Wrongful Death Confirmed in 21 Days -
Anti-Subversion Law in Hong Kong Paves the Way for Jiang Zemins Tyranny
2002-09-27(25 Sep, 2002, Falun Dafa Information Centre)The so-called "anti-subversion law" is neither necessary nor appropriate. We believe the Hong Kong people will use peaceful and rational means to reject any laws that serve only the will of Jiang Zemin, and we urge them to stop these policies, which, if implemented, will lead to Hong Kongs destruction as a free society.