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Persecution against European Residents Part 3 (Chinese Nationals in Germany)
2002-11-12Mr. Hongxia Wu worked in a Chinese restaurant in the City of Freiburg. He returned to China when his work permit expired. Presently he is in the Huangjiawan Forced Labour Camp in Hengyiang City. He has been threatened with three years of incarceration if he refuses to give up Falun Dafa. -
Associated Press: ANALYSIS: False face on China's Communist congress
2002-11-12"At least one foreign reporter has been detained by police. Overseas television broadcasters have had outgoing stories cut by censors. And the world has been denied any real glimpse into the inner workings of the weeklong meeting, expected to produce the next leaders of the world's most populous country." -
Red Herring Online Magazine: Up Against the Firewall
2002-11-12"Why are American corporations, which have labored hard to present positive global images, providing censorship and surveillance technologies to what many see as China's Big Brother Internet?" -
The Times: The great firewall of China
2002-11-12"As the chinese regime changes, censorship of the internet is intensifying." -
UK: Judge Exposes the Jiang regimes Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2002-11-11"..Trials are rare. Torture occurs in accounts of interrogation and police detention, including accounts of the treatment of foreign nationals. There are numerous reports of deaths in custody of Falun Gong adherents." -
Spanish Ambassor to UN critical of Jiang regime human rights atrocities
2002-11-11Speaking on behalf of the European Union at the 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, the Ambassador stated; "The persecution of...Falun Gong practitioners is particularly harsh and has led to a great number of cases of torture and deaths in custody." -
Politiken (Danish Newspaper): Let Falun Gong dance
2002-11-11"DISGRACEFUL. Nothing else can be said about the decision to exclude the Chinese meditation movement Falun Gongs prized dance performance from the festival Asian Comments that started yesterday in Copenhagen...the crux of the matter is that they have allowed considerations for a oppressive dictatorship to decide, who can perform in Copenhagen." -
Persecution against European Residents Part 2 (Chinese National in Denmark)
2002-11-11The Chinese embassy called and said that her sons name could not be added to her passport, since they did not accept her marriage. After investigating Chinese marriage law and civil law, Ms. Wu found that although they may not accept her marriage, the relationship between her and her son could not be denied...When Ms. Wu presented this information to the embassy, they sneered What is marriage law! and stated that they have their own regulations. -
AP: China partially blacks out CNN, BBC
2002-11-11Authorities blocked CNN file footage of an interview with dissident Fang Jue and a brief mention of Falun Gong, banned by the government in 1999 [...] during a feature about the search among Chinese for spiritual solace amid the country's mad rush for material wealth, said CNN's Beijing bureau chief, Jai FlorCruz. -
AP: Hong Kong lawyers call proposed subversion law throwback to 18th century
2002-11-11Many have questioned whether the law could be used against Falun Gong, the meditation [exercise] which is outlawed in mainland China [...], but frequently [appeal] in Hong Kong against Beijing's often deadly crackdown on its followers in the mainland. -
UK MP Raises Concern to UK Foreign Ministry and HK Govt over Article 23
2002-11-10UK Foreign Ministry: These important principles [rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms] must not be compromised. -
France: Letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Expresses Concern About Missing Falun Gong Practitioners in Cambodia
2002-11-10"The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Mary Robinson, made her concern regarding this issue known to the Cambodian authorities during her visit to that country at the end of August." -
Persecution against European Residents Part 1 (Chinese National in Ireland)
2002-11-10I was subjected to a very severe beating during the first month in the labour camp by 10 inmates, who later told me they had done this on the instructions of the guards. I was kicked and punched on my thighs and body. My thighs were afterwards black with bruises and I was unable to walk for 2 weeks..." - Zhao Ming (Ireland) -
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." -
VOA: US Concerned About China's Internet Censorship
2002-11-09"The reason people do this is to prohibit the spread of knowledge and ideas and information, which is one of the greatest weapons against oppression and intolerance." [Carol Guthrie, spokeswoman for Democratic Senator Ron Wyden]