Publications, Press Releases
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Swiss News Agency: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal on the Federal Square of Bern City
2003-07-19
On July 12th, over 50 Falun Gong practitioners gathered on Federal Square of Bern City to protest the persecution of their fellow practitioners by the Chinese government. The Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the appeal put a big wreath at the Federal Square to mourn for the victims of the persecution. In silence they then approached the Chinese embassy. -
Article from Danish newspaper Villabyerne: “Falun Gong Returns to the Chinese Embassy”
2003-07-18“The embassy is trying to harass us in all kind of ways. Earlier on they [falsely] accused us of using a megaphone, and during our meditation, they turn on a big motorised garden machine in order to cause disturbance. This latest complaint to the police in Gentofte is another case of harassment”, says Marco Hsu, Chairman of the Falun Gong Association in Denmark. -
The Shorthorn, Texas: Rallying Point
2003-07-18'Dr. Wu, 35, has completed a 2,000-mile trek across the country to bring attention to the imprisonment of practitioners of Falun Dafa, a yoga-like exercise also know as Falun Gong, in China. Among the many imprisoned is Wu's mother, Lingwen Zeng.' -
EFGIC: Rat Poison at China’s Xinhua “News” Agency
2003-07-17LONDON (EFGIC) – On July 2, Xinhua News Agency reported in Wenzhou City in Zhenjiang province “16 Beggars Poisoned: the Suspect is a Falun Gong Member.” However, the Xinhua account is contradicted by the first report on this story in a local newspaper. A follow-up investigation uncovered more discrepancies and demonstrated there was no connection between the alleged murder cases and Falun Gong. -
Article from Luxembourg Newspaper La Voix: “They Came to Defend Falun Gong”
2003-07-16
'Sitting cross-legged on a small carpet and dressed in yellow T-shirts, several Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated in front of the Chinese embassy in Luxembourg yesterday, to protest against the persecution of the practitioners of this spiritual practice in China, now practised in more then 60 countries all over the world and by almost 100 million people.' -
Report from Luxemburger Wort: Demonstration Against the Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-07-15
On Friday 11th July, Falun Gong practitioners held a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy in Luxembourg to draw the public’s attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in China and to appeal to the government of Beijing to stop this persecution. The practitioners came from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. -
FDI: Woman Kidnapped and Beaten to Death as Chinese Police Attempt to Force Her to Renounce Falun Gong
2003-07-13Sources say Ms. Li was kidnapped by police officers from the No. 1 Division of Fushun City Police Department because she practices Falun Gong. She was immediately taken to the local police station where she was beaten to death on the same day by four police officers in an attempt to extract a “confession” – a Chinese police term for renouncing Falun Gong. -
BBC: Hong Kong Protests Spread (excerpt)
2003-07-11
Thousands of Hong Kong people protested on Wednesday against the government's handling of a controversial anti-subversion bill. The protest followed a 1 July rally when 500,000 people marched to denounce the anti-subversion bill, the biggest protest in the territory since the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing in June 1989. -
FDI: Reports of 5 Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners Emerge from Jilin Province, China
2003-07-10'To date, 92 confirmed death cases have been reported from Jilin Provinced, the second highest reported of any other province, following Heilongjiang Province. The current total of confirmed deaths now stands at 750, although according to Chinese government sources, the true death toll is in the thousands.' -
Guardian: The Marchers Make Democracy Work - and Throw Hong Kong into Crisis
2003-07-09'The climbdown marks a victory for the 500,000 residents who took to the streets last week in the biggest demonstration in the territory since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests - and challenges the communist party to show whether it has changed since the murderous crackdown that followed...Despite last Tuesday's massive demonstration of 7% of Hong Kong's population and criticism from Britain, the United States and the European Union, [the territory's leader] Mr Tung continued to push the legislation.' -
Epoch Times: Hand in Hand, Canadians Support the Hong Kong People Against the Draconian Legislation of Article 23
2003-07-09
On July 5, the Global Coalition Against Article 23 Legislation, Toronto Falun Gong practitioners and Toronto residents held a "Hand in Hand Against the Evil Legislation" activity beside the Hong Kong Economy and Trade Office in Toronto and Cthe hinese consulate in Toronto to support Hong Kong residents' July 1 grand march. -
AFP (Agence France-Presse): Fears Grow for Missing Beijing-based Falun Gong Practitioner
2003-07-08Fears over the whereabouts of a Beijing-based member of the Falun Gong spiritual movement grew Sunday after she was reportedly arrested by mainland Chinese State security, a Falun Gong spokeswoman said. Haiying Xiao, 31, was detained at Beijing airport on July 2 shortly after returning to the Chinese capital after a four-day trip to Hong Kong. -
FDI: Falun Gong Practitioners Win Court Appeal
2003-07-07Last Friday, a Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a decision of the lower court and reinstated the Falun Gong practitioner's prosecution for Contempt of Court Charges. The Montreal Chinese Newspaper "Les Presses Chinoises" and the author Bing He now face two lawsuits for ignoring a safeguard order of the Quebec Superior Court and for their hate propaganda against Falun Gong. -
Dow Jones: HK Falun Gong Spokeswoman Says Sister Detained In Beijing
2003-07-07'Xiao said it was her sister's first trip to Hong Kong. When the sister flew back to Beijing on Wednesday, her husband was alarmed when he couldn't find her at the airport. Security officials later informed the husband that his wife had been arrested, Xiao said. Xiao said the authorities also are looking for her mother, who has been arrested seven times for Falun Gong activities and now is in hiding in the mainland. Xiao said that when authorities told her brother-in-law his wife had been arrested, they asked about the mother's whereabouts.' -
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland newspaper): Hong Kong filled with Demonstrators
2003-07-06
'It was impossible to measure the size of the crowd that were dwelling for several hours in the downtown area, but the estimates were between 200,000 and 500,000. The protest were the biggest since 1989 when Hong Kong's people supported students who got massacred on Tiananmen square in Beijing.'
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