Voices of Support, Awards and Recognition
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Iceland Media Reports: Spokesmen of Falun Gong Visiting Iceland
2002-08-28 -
The Scotsman: Falun Gong in city centre protest march
2002-08-27 -
Dagbladet (Norwegian daily newspaper): The opposition in mental hospitals
2002-08-27 -
UK: Words From a Non-Practitioner: Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong and Falun Gong Practitioners.
2002-08-25Jiang Zemin's Regime is in blatant breach of human rights. The Chinese government has ordered the arrest and torture of its own citizens; people whos only crime is the wish to meditate and read a book that helps them to become more tolerant and kind. -
Positive Health : FALUN GONG: A SPIRITUAL FORM OF QIGONG
2002-08-23 -
Ireland: British Embassy in Dublin Replies to Letter from Irish Falun Dafa Association
2002-08-22"We do have serious concerns about human rights abuses against Falun Gong adherents in China. We have made it clear to the Chinese that their actions contravene the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which China has signed but not yet ratified." -
Sweden: Newspapers Report on Hong Kong Trial Result
2002-08-20We felt surprised at the verdict of the judge, said Sharon Xu, we would definitely urge him to change his wrong sentence and we are going to appeal until our innocence is affirmed. To Hong Kong, this was a black day. -
BBC: UN's Robinson "concerned" over China
2002-08-20 -
BBC: Falun Gong to appeal HK convictions
2002-08-20 -
Scotsman: Meditating on peaceful resolution
2002-08-20 -
Germany: Bonn's Leading Newspaper Reports on a Journey of Appeal on Bicycle from the Neckar to the Rhine
2002-08-20It was reported that four Falun Gong practitioners cycled from Heidelberg to Bonn. Along the way, they collected signatures protesting the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
International Association for Human Rights Press Release: China extends Falun Gong Persecution to Hong Kong
2002-08-19This guilty verdict does not merely recognize and affirm the persecution in Mainland China, but has extended it to Hong Kong, thereby effectively and dramatically worsening the human rights situation in China itself. -
Statement from Lord Moyne Following the Unjust Conviction of 16 Practitioners in Hong Kong
2002-08-19"This case showed that the distinction between Hong Kong and Mainland China agreed in 1997 is a sham...It is to be feared that this will be the start of many tragedies as, step by step, Hong Kong is absorbed into the evil system of tyranny under which thousands of religious people are imprisoned, tortured, and sometimes murdered." -
Human Rights Watch: The Falun Gong: New Targets of Psychiatric Abuse [Excerpt]
2002-08-18 -
UK: Former Deputy Under Secretary of State, Lord Thurlow, Condemns the Unjust Verdict in Hong Kong
2002-08-17"The verdict showed that Hong Kong no longer has the freedom and rights that were ensured by the Hong Kong Basic Laws signed by both China and United Kingdom in 1997. It showed that the Hong Kong government received pressure from Jiangs regime and sacrificed its people's human rights to submit to this pressure."