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BBC Monitoring: Hong Kong grants permission for Falun Gong show
2002-10-17The government has granted permission for Falun Gong [practitioners] to hold a variety show at the Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun town halls despite repeated applications from the group being rejected since last year. They have also been allowed to hold a photo exhibition at one of the venues. -
SCMP: Regina Ip slugs it out with critics at rowdy forum
2002-10-17Secretary for Security Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee was drawn into a [heated discussion] yesterday at a forum on the proposed anti-subversion law, during which she endured a 90-minute barrage of criticism. -
The Standard: University Librarians In Subversion Law Plea
2002-10-17[If Article 23 were passed] police [would] be granted the power to enter and search libraries if they are suspected to have publications which are seen as seditious. Librarians fear this may infringe academic freedom and the freedom of information. -
Houston Chronicle: Falun Gong plans Texas protest
2002-10-17About 50 Falun Gong [practitioners] demonstrating outside the Chinese Embassy on Monday plan to carry their protest to Texas next week for President Bush's meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin. -
AFP (Agence France-Presse): China's Jiang to visit Chicago, Houston, San Francisco on US trip
2002-10-17Chinese President Jiang Zemin will visit the US cities of Chicago, Houston and San Francisco as well as President George W. Bush's Texas ranch on a trip from next week, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. -
Poland: Week Long Vigil Held in Front of the Chinese Embassy
2002-10-16At the start of the vigil, the weather changed and became quite stormy. But despite this, practitioners remained resolute. It was this resilience and pure heart that touched the passers-by. -
France Digipresse: Zhu Rongji Faces Human Rights Issue in Paris
2002-10-16"..What Zhao Ming has gone through is quite different to what any other students of his age have gone through. Solely for his faith [in Falun Dafa], he was tormented by cruel torture in a labor camp in China." -
South China Morning Post: Draconian measures threaten HK freedoms
2002-10-16Margaret Ng, a legislator representing the legal profession in Hong Kong, wrote in the SCMP, "A careful reading of the consultation paper reveals numerous draconian measures and serious pitfalls. These proposals surrender to the central authorities a fundamentally important part of the autonomy provided under the Basic Law." She supports the call for a white bill for further consultation. -
Ireland: Falun Gong practitioners letter to the Ukraine Ministry of Education
2002-10-15But there are deeper benefits, which I have come to experience. I have found that by applying the principles of Falun Gong; Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, students come to have a respect for my moral standpoint and this then sets them a standard by which they must adhere to in my class. -
SCMP: Article 23: let us debate the language of the law (Excerpt)
2002-10-15The proposed legislation states; "we should defer to the decision of the central authorities based on the comprehensive information it possesses". [...]That means if the Chinese government proscribes Falun Gong on national security grounds, Hong Kong will follow suit, since Beijing knows best what is a threat to its national security. -
Catholic News Service: President Bush urged to press China on religious, human rights
2002-10-15A coalition of human and religious rights advocates called on President Bush to make human rights a top agenda item in meetings with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in late October. -
Orange County Register: Chinese leadership feels pressure from many directions (Excerpt)
2002-10-15President George W. Bush is expected to express his concerns about [..] repression when he hosts Chinese leader Jiang Zemin at his Texas ranch this month... -
Chicago Tribune: Grass-roots war heats up against government Web blocks (Excerpt)
2002-10-15Google's main site is no longer blocked by China, although search requests are being filtered. The words "Falun Gong," for example, [...] do not return search results. -
France: Mayor of Versailles Meets Zhao Ming and Toulouse Media Report Falun Gong
2002-10-14On October 1 2002, Zhao Ming, a practitioner who endured almost 2 years in a Chinese labour camp for his faith in Falun Dafa, met with the Mayor of Versailles Mr. Pinte MP. Mr. Pinte was very pleased at Zhao Ming's release. He expressed his admiration for Zhao Ming's courage in prison and his strong beliefs. -
UK: Activities at the UK's largest Contemporary Biennial Arts Festival in Liverpool
2002-10-14Practitioners were graced with a fine day and demonstrated the exercises outside in the heart of the city centre, often attracting a large audience of passers-by. Members of the public were transfixed by the simplicity and serenity of the Falun Gong exercises and were eager to take leaflets; 2000 leaflets were distributed to the public in the space of a few short hours.