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Brussels: Practitioners Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy (Part 2)
2002-11-08In the early morning of Oct. 26, Dafa practitioners from European countries held a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy in Belgium. -
AP: Opponents Say Proposed HK Subversion Law Goes Too Far
2002-11-08Many have questioned whether the law could be used against Falun Gong, the meditation [practice] which is outlawed in mainland China [..] but frequently protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's often deadly crackdown on its followers in the mainland. -
Reuters: HK rights group lobbies world against subversion law
2002-11-08"These proposals represent the end of Hong Kong as a free society and the creation of a repressive state where people are punished for their beliefs," Human Rights Monitor director Law Yuk-kai told Reuters. "These proposals are shameful and should be withdrawn." -
Reuters: Finance industry starts to fear HK anti-subversion law
2002-11-08"What happens when we issue a recommendation or express a view about a China policy that turns out to be bad for the investing community? Will that be subversive?" said a fund manager of a major Hong Kong bank. If we exercise a judgement or a view and that ends up bringing the markets down in Hong Kong and China, that will bring immense instability both economically and socially. They can take a literal approach and say we have caused instability, they can just lock me away!" -
Oracle Corporation Challenged in Shareholder Resolution on Human Rights in China
2002-11-08Is Oracles software being used to identify, jail, torture and execute advocates of democracy in China? -
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. -
Far Eastern Economic Review: Nothing More To Lose
2002-11-07"It isn't surprising that the urban masses in the ruined industrial heartland are angry with the health service in tatters and education in decline...Despair over unemployment angers many and official corruption helps to fuel their rage, especially when it involves unpaid wages or being cheated on redundancy agreements." -
WSJ: Hackers May Get U.S. Funds To Fight China's Web Curbs [Excerpt]
2002-11-07According to a recent study by the Rand Corp. think tank, China has about 46 million Internet users, while at least 25 people have been arrested in the past two years for online activities. And after a deadly fire in an Internet cafe in Beijing earlier this year, the authorities closed thousands of Internet cafes and demanded that those allowed to reopen install surveillance and firewall software to block [...] Web sites [that Jiangs regime dislikes]. -
Switzerland: Falun Dafa Information Booth in Berne Telling People the Facts about the Persecution in China
2002-11-06It really was a wonderful day, considering the good weather, which made the location of the booth even more pleasant and ideal. We were not assigned a place, as we usually were, in the shopping centre, but at the hub of the bus and tram stations. That way, many people saw us performing the exercises and readily accepted a flyer. -
Russia: Activities During Chinese Dictator's visit to the US
2002-11-06From October 20 to 28 during Jiang's visit to the US, practitioners from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States did Fa Zheng Nian [Using powerful pure thoughts to purify the surrounding environment.] at each top of the hour. -
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." -
Reuters: CHINA: Key facts about China
2002-11-06"These are key facts about China, set for a sweeping leadership change during its 16th Communist Party Congress that opens on November 8." -
AWSJ (The Asian Wall Street Journal): Notable & Quotable
2002-11-06Related anti-subversion laws under Article 23 directly affect the freedom of expression and civil liberties of those who live in, work in or visit Hong Kong. They also risk permanently undermining confidence in the place, say critics [of the law]. -
Austria: Practitioners Meet Chancellor during Election Campaign and Tell Him About Falun Gong
2002-11-05Spontaneously, the Chancellor walked towards a practitioner, shook her hand and inquired about the Falun Gong information materials folder that she had previously been holding. His assistant informed him that he is already in possession of the folder. The Chancellor smiled. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Parade Through the City of Goslar
2002-11-05