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Viernheim Daily News, November 20, 2001: March against Dictatorship and Duress
2001-11-23VIERNHEIM This past weekend five Chinese female Falun Gong practitioners raised awareness about their concerns as they participated in the worldwide march to rescue the Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Statement from German Human Rights Organisation IGFM
2001-11-23 -
RTÉ News: "Falun Gong supporters ordered out of China"
2001-11-22"Police detained the protesters after they unfurled a banner in English and Chinese in the middle of the square. Those involved are from ten different countries including Ireland." -
Frankfurter Allgemeine [German newspaper]: "German Members of Falun Gong Arrested"
2001-11-22"Group members gathered in the center of the Chinese capital with banners bearing the Falun Gong motto -- "Truth,Benevolence and Forbearance" -- to protest China's persecution of their movement." -
ABC News Online: "China deports Falun Gong supporters"
2001-11-22"Authorities in China have begun deporting dozens of foreign nationals caught protesting against an official ban on the Falun Gong spiritual movement." -
The Irish Times: "Irishman held over Beijing protest"
2001-11-22Mr Brian Trought (23), from Cork city, a physics student at UCC, was among a group of Falun Gong practitioners from 10 countries, who staged the peaceful protest against the Chinese government's persecution of the spiritual group. Mr Trought has been a Falun Gong practitioner for two years. -
South China Morning Post: "China tells 35 to go."
2001-11-22A group of 35 overseas Falun Gong followers were told to leave the mainland after staging a protest in Tiananmen Square yesterday. -
www.online.ie: Irishman arrested in pro-Falun Gong protest & Irish to be expelled after Beijing protest
2001-11-22"Police in China have arrested an Irishman who was part of an anti-government [Note from the Editor: Falun Gong Practitioners are not anti-government, they only wish for a peaceful end to the tragic persecution] demonstration in Tiananmen Square in Beijing today. The group of around 30 Westerners was arrested after allegedly unfurling a banner and chanting slogans in support of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement." -
Belgian Practitioners Peacefully Appeal in Front of The Chinese Embassy
2001-11-22On Monday 19th of November 2001, practitioners in Belgium practiced the five Falun Gong exercices in front of the Chinese Embassy in Brussels, in order to protest over the escalating persecution against Falun Gong in the Changchun region of China. -
Journey of Truth: Notes from Greece
2001-11-22A practitioner recounts the activities in Greece -
South China Morning Post Reports on Hong Kong Polices Harrassment of Falun Gong Practitioners
2001-11-22Democrat legislator James To Kun-sun said: "This is an abuse of police power by inciting complaints and hatred against a minority. It's shameful." -
Asian Wall Street Journal Reports on the Political Pressure Being Put on Hong Kong Police to Curtail the Freedoms of Falun Gong Practitioners
2001-11-22"In other words, the right to dissent is now secondary to the sensitivities of mainland officials like the ones who work in the Liaison Office. It's hard to have much sympathy for the police if they bend easily to the desires of their political masters to limit the civil liberties of the Hong Kong people." -
Chinese Government Violates Human Rights in Germany
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The Times Reports On Arrest of London Falun Gong Practitioner
2001-11-22 -
Swedish Foreign Minister Criticizes Arrests on Swedish Radio
2001-11-21