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Email from a European Businesswoman who refuses to buy Chinese Goods until the Persecution of Falun Gong Stops
2002-01-25 -
Academy Award Winning Actress Celeste Holm Appeals for the Freedom of Teng Chunyan
2002-01-25 -
IRISH TIMES: Falun Gong detainee to be freed in March
2002-01-24Falun Gong members have claimed that Mr Zhao was tortured while in detention, beaten by guards with electric batons and allowed only two hours' sleep a day. They further claim that on one occasion guards tried to force him to write anti-Falun Gong material and that he was beaten to the brink of death when he refused. -
A Dutch General says: ”Falun Gong is so good!”
2002-01-24 -
BBC Monitoring Service: China expels Canadian Falun Gong protester
2002-01-24 -
Wired: A Human Rights Site? In China?
2002-01-24Amnesty International was not impressed. It has reported that 1,511 death sentences were passed in 2000 and at least 1,000 executions were carried out. Amnesty officials believe this represents only a fraction of the true figures, as death penalty statistics remain a state secret in China. -
Irish Times: Cowen to discuss human rights during China visit
2002-01-21The Minister is likely to raise the issue of the jailed Falun Gong practitioner and Trinity College student, Mr Zhao Ming, during planned meetings with the Chinese Premier, Mr Zhu Rongji -
UK Lords Give Speeches In Support Of Falun Gong
2002-01-17 -
Righteous Dutch Policeman: How Could One Be a Policeman Were He Not Able to Distinguish Between the Good and the Evil?
2002-01-11We thanked the Dutch policemen sincerely for their understanding, sympathy and support. They said, ‘you are welcome. To support Falun Gong is righteous. Despite the brutal persecution by China we hope that the Falun Gong practitioners will continue their campaign till victory!’ -
Irish Times: HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
2001-12-19 -
Guardian UK Newspaper Calls Chinese Government’s Attempt to Frame Falun Gong as “a breathtaking act of spindoctoring”
2001-12-17 -
La Liberté [Swiss newspaper]: Fribourg welcomed Falun Gong for its first national day
2001-12-12 -
BBC Monitoring : RSF [Reporters Sans Frontieres] says foreign journalists still persecuted for covering Falun Gong
2001-12-05Since the eradication campaign against Falun Gong was launched by the authorities, foreign journalists have systematically been hindered in their work on this topic. Foreign photographers and cameramen are prevented from working on and around Tiananmen Square where hundreds of Falun Gong followers have demonstrated for the passed years. According to Reporters Without Borders' estimations, at least 50 representatives of international media have been questioned. Some of them have been beaten by the police. The correspondents who have tried to cover the banned movement's activities have been harassed by the security services. Finally, many Falun Gong followers have been jailed for being interviewed by foreign journalists. -
“PRIMA-SUNDAY” (German newspaper): Out of the Clutches of Incarceration
2001-12-05"The police attacked us and then grabbed the banner. What stood out was the brutal, aggressive way the police officers treated the females in the group,” said Mr. Uhl disgustedly. “The women were kicked and dragged by their hair." -
AARGAUER ZEITUNG [Swiss newspaper]: PROTEST IN CHINA – What four Falun Gong practitioners experienced in Beijing
2001-12-03“We had no intention of becoming martyrs or heroes there,” said Fernandez.“ It was important to us to demonstrate [to the world] that in China, human rights are trampled on. And we also wanted to show the Falun Gong practitioners in China that they are not alone.” That message, the Swiss are certain, has been sent loud and clear.