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BusinessWeek: In Hong Kong, Security or Suffocation?
2002-11-01"It's almost as if officials are deliberately setting out to subvert Hong Kong's international image. Why does the government want to accelerate the process if, as it professes, the proposed new laws will be rarely utilized, and there's no immediate plan to use them? It's almost as if Ip and her crowd are trying to scare investors away from Hong Kong." -
AFP: China arrests husband of Falungong [practitioner] who sued Jiang
2002-11-01"Given that my husband is not a Falungong practitioner, I can imagine no other reason for his arrest except for the purpose to keep him as a hostage to threaten me. I would like to ask: If this is not terrorism, what is?" Zeng said -
SCMP: Japanese demands China free wife held as Falun Gong devotee
2002-11-01"Kaneko said he visited his wife, Yoko, in August in a Chinese labour camp where she is serving an 18-month term. "Not only has she lost weight, but I could see she was suffering mentally," he said..."She was slow and quiet, not even able to fix her eyes on me," Kaneko said. "I could not help wondering if she could survive the 18 months' labour camp life and come back to Japan alive."" -
Czech Republic: Practitioners introduce Falun Gong at an Esoteric Health Festival
2002-10-31There were many people who had already learnt about Falun Dafa either from the TV or while we were practising the exercises in different Czech cities. Some were very happy when they heard that they could learn the exercises at a seminar that was to take place on the afternoon of the same day. -
Finland: Clarifying the Truth of the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy in Finland
2002-10-31Last week, during Jiang Zemins visit to the United States and Mexico, practitioners in Helsinki, Finland gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy every day to Fa Zheng Nian [rough translation - send forth righteous thoughts. This can be understood as a type of meditation.] and clarify the truth to passers by. -
France: Activities Outside the Chinese Embassy in France
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Ireland: Photo Report of Activities Outside the Chinese Embassy in Dublin
2002-10-31From the 26th to the 28th, Falun Gong practitioners in Ireland went to the Chinese Embassy in Dublin to appeal against the persecution andto Fa Zheng Nian [rough translation - Send Righteous Thoughts. This can be understood as a type of meditation]. -
Belgium: European Falun Dafa Practitioners Clarify Truth in Brussels
2002-10-31In order to support the recent truth clarification activities in the US, European practitioners promoted Dafa and clarified the truth in Brussels, Belgium. -
French Radio Station Report: 64 US House Representatives Co-signed a letter to President Bush urging him to raise Falun Gong Issues When Meeting with the Head of PRC.
2002-10-31[The website] indicated that Falun Gong practitioner Mei Yu-lan was tortured to death by stuffing food through her mouth in No. 607 ward in Chao-Yang Detention Centre after she had been on a hunger strike [to protest her illegal detention]. -
Daily Times: Letters to the Editor - Don't forget China as threat to U.S.
2002-10-31"Ever since Falun Gong has become popular in the U.S. for its positive effects to health and well being, there has been detailed documentation about how Jiang has interfered with all levels of government, through the long arm of his embassies and consulates. Defamatory letters and phone calls have been placed, or personal visits have been made, incorporating vicious propaganda. Scare tactics have implied diplomatic and economic pressure." -
Fort Wayne News Sentinel: Protest greets Chinese leader in stopover
2002-10-31"About 100 people, mostly followers of the spiritual movement Falun Gong, protested at the airport with banners appealing for the government to end persecution of its followers..Followers of the spiritual movement participated in meditative exercises at the airport and in front of the consulate building in a show of solidarity." -
UK: M.P. Writes to Hong Kong Government to Express His Concerns over the Consultation of Article 23
2002-10-30It is of particular concern to me when states respond to threats, whether perceived or real, without due process. When states use their power to oppress and persecute in this way, it becomes almost impossible for individuals to protect themselves and for independent observers to get to the truth of the matter. -
Germany: Report regarding peaceful sit-in protest as a reaction to passage of Article 23 of Hong Kongs Basic Law
2002-10-30As a reaction to the latest developments in Hong Kong, Frankfurt practitioners staged a sit-in protest last week in front of various offices representing Hong Kong interests, to point out the endangering passage of Article 23, an addition to Hong Kongs Basic Law...[see main text] -
Washington Post: China Walls Out the News
2002-10-30"It's a fundamentally lopsided arrangement that denies the Chinese people access to news and views from the outside world -- which they want and which Americans need them to hear. We can't allow the world's most populous nation to be kept in the dark about who we are, what we stand for, and why they should be on our side in the fight against terror." -
Radio France International:700 Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Demonstration in Front of Chinas Consulate in Chicago
2002-10-30On Oct. 22, 2002, Radio France International reported in its Chinese broadcasting program, which was aired to Mainland China and Paris Metropolitan area, that according to a report from AFP, there were more than seven hundred Falun Gong practitioners holding a demonstration in front of the Chinese consulate in Chicago against the persecution of Faun Gong by [Jiangs] government.