Press Releases
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Press Release: Chinese Labour Camp Detainees Forced to Write Letters to UNs Kofi Annan
2002-09-26European Falun Gong Information Centre - September 19 2002Jiang Regime Relies on Coercion and Threats of Torture to Create the Illusion of Support for Its Falun Gong Policy -
Press Release: Falun Gong Remains Determined to Resolve Open Issues in Iceland
2002-09-22Icelandic authorities would neither confirm nor deny that the Chinese government is the source. They also officially cleared that the source of the list was not Interpol. -
Press Release: Falsified Reports, Immediate Cremation Used to Conceal Those Tortured to Death
2002-09-21European Falun Gong Information Centre - September 19 200212 Falun Gong Deaths in 14 Days -
Press Release: A Mockery of Justice
2002-09-20European Falun Gong Information Centre - September 19 200215 Falun Gong Practitioners on Trial for Broadcasting TV Programmes Exposing Human Rights Abuses -
Press Release: Inside a Chinese Forced Labour Camp
2002-09-17"His screams and cries from the torture made us feel that we were living in hell." -- Labour Camp Detainee -
FDI: Toronto Residents Mourn Friend's Death in China with Candlelight Vigil (Photo)
2002-09-14Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered for a candlelight vigil outside the Chinese consulate to honor their friend, Mr. Chan, recently tortured to death by authorities in China. -
European Falun Gong Information Centre: Falun Gong TV Programmes Broadcast for 70 Minutes Around Baoding City and Beijing
2002-09-07Falun Gong practitioners in China have once again turned the tables on one of the Chinese leaders most potent weapons for spreading propaganda about Falun Gong state-run television. -
FDI: Young Man Dies from Torture Suffered at Hospital and Detention Centre Seven More Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2002-09-03 -
EFIC: Beijing Compels Ukraine to Persecute Local Falun Gong
2002-08-29As the Falun Gong practitioners were taken into custody, witnesses say police cited pressure from Beijing as the cause, stating China is huge and powerful compared with a developing country like Ukraine and that Ukraine cant afford trouble with China relations. According to the detained practitioners, police also mentioned that Chinese officials had struck a deal with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to stop Falun Gong activities in Ukraine. -
EFIC: World Psychiatric Association To Investigate Abuses in China's Mental Hospitals
2002-08-29The use of mental hospitals and medical personnel in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners..violates the UN Human Rights Declaration, and the Madrid Declaration established by the WPA in 1996. This abuse of psychiatry revolts our conscience, and horrifies our understanding. -
Press Release: Falun Gong Practitioners Request Conclusive Dialogue with Icelandic Government
2002-08-27Practitioners of Falun Gong from Europe and North America intend to meet with top Icelandic government officials to resolve concerns remaining from the June ban on practitioners entering Iceland. -
FDI PRESS RELEASE: Noted Chinese-Australian Artist Zhang Cuiying Denied Entry into Hong Kong for Painting Exhibition
2002-08-25Ms. Zhang Cuiying, a Chinese-Australian artist and also a Falun Gong practitioner, came to Hong Kong to hold an individual art exhibition sponsored by a media company, yet she was refused entry by Hong Kong authorities without justification. -
PRESS RELEASE: Mother of Teenager Died After a Year of Torture in Chinese Detention Centre
2002-08-24(European Falun Gong Information Centre) With festering scars on her body and severe oedema in her abdomen, Ms. Lingxia Wu was released from a Chinese detention centre where she had been held and severely tortured for the past year. She died three weeks later from her injuries. Ms. Wu was 37 years old. -
EFIC Press Release: UN Refugees in Cambodia Forced into Hiding after Chinese Embassy Instigate Deportation of Refugee Couple to China
2002-08-21 -
UNHCR Statement: Cambodia: UNHCR protest on deportations and disappearance
2002-08-21