Press Releases
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FDI: Thousands Rally in Over 30 Cities Around the World As Falun Gong Holds Worldwide 3-Day Vigil
2002-01-11Twenty Reports of Killings in the Past Twenty-Two Days Falun Gong Practitioners Expose Criminals' Names and Phone Numbers to the Public; Call for Support -
FDI: Police Assault and Kill Falun Gong Man on Roadside As He Posts Flyers Exposing Human Rights Abuses
2002-01-11 -
Chinese Officials Become Entangled in their Own Web of Deceit
2002-01-05The first reports, released on December 12, claimed Qiu had gone to the Laocheng Police Substation the night before the murder, of his own initiative, to turn in his Falun Gong books and materials to police and "confess" that he had practised Falun Gong since 1994. Yet multiple reports claimed the "evidence" of Qiu practising Falun Gong was his Falun Gong books, found in his home after the murder. -
Judgment Against High-Ranking Chinese Official Handed Down by U.S. Court
2001-12-25" Terri Marsh, a Falun Gong practitioner, and co-counsel for the plaintiff, stated "The defendant's attempts to circumvent the legal complaint not only by a campaign of propaganda in the Chinese state-controlled media, but by arresting and torturing the plaintiff, is a cowardly and brutally inhuman response to these serious charges. Today, the Chinese Government's persecution of Falun Dafa in violation of international law has been acknowledged in the United States District Court. The defendant cannot deny this judgement." -
"Golden Age of Human Rights" in China Leaves Four More Tortured to Death by Chinese Authorities
2001-12-22 Death Count Exceeds 1,600; Over 100,000 Detained; Over 20,000 Sent to Labour Camps without Trial Fearful of Jiang's Persecution Campaign, Chinese Officials Tell Reporters, "Please Don't Ask" About Falun Gong -
CHINA'S STATE MEDIA USES MURDER CASE TO INCITE HATRED AGAINST FALUN GONG
2001-12-20FDI issued a release early Sunday, December 16th (see website), to alert the media and the public of the upcoming propaganda blitz. This latest media blitz comes just days after the conclusion of a national conference on religion in China, in which, according to the South China Morning Post, President Jiang "tacitly acknowledged international criticism on the issue [of Falun Gong], telling the meeting that China should 'strengthen propaganda'" surrounding Falun Gong. -
Press statement from the Austrian Falun Dafa Association on the Occasion of International Human Rights Day
2001-12-10 -
Falun Gong Woman Murdered in Police Car Within One Hour of Arrest: Hundreds from Her Village Appeal for Justice
2001-11-27Falun Dafa Information Center spokesperson, Mr. Adam Montanaro, noted that the appeal carried out by Ms. Liao's village is no surprise: "Falun Gong is deeply rooted in traditional Chinese culture and really exhibits the best of China's ancient and rich history. So, President Jiang's persecution campaign against Falun Gong is really an act of waging war on the people and culture of China, and those who can see through the PRC's propaganda know this. I think that is why the people from Ms. Liao's village won't look the other way when a Falun Gong practitioner is murdered by the police." -
Seven More Falun Gong Practitioners Die Tragically at the Hands of Chinese Police
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IGFM: China intensifies Persecution of Falun Gong
2001-11-23Eight German citizens were arrested today at around 6:20 A.M. (4:20 P.M. Beijing time) on Tinanamen Square and taken away in a bus. They had participated in a peaceful demonstration for freedom of religious practices in the peoples republic of China, relates the IGFM (Internationale Gesellschaft fuer Menschenrechte: International Association for Human Rights; translator). in Frankfurt. -
Statement from German Human Rights Organisation IGFM
2001-11-23 -
33 Western Falun Gong Practitioners Stage a Peaceful Appeal on Tiananmen Square and Are Currently Being Detained
2001-11-20(Clearwisdom.net) November 20, 2001 -- About 2pm Beijing Time, 33 Western Falun Gong practitioners displayed a banner stating "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" and staged a peaceful appeal for Falun Gong on Tiananmen Square. A few minutes later, they were all arrested by Chinese police. -
EUROPEAN FALUN GONG INFORMATION CENTRE PRESS RELEASE - 20 NOVEMBER 2001
2001-11-20 -
Western Falun Gong Practitioners' Statement From Beijing
2001-11-20 -
Graduate of "China's MIT" Tortured to Death for His Beliefs
2001-11-15According to reliable sources inside China, any deaths due to abuse in custody are to be "counted as suicide," the bodies are to "cremated immediately" and the persecutors will not be penalized.