Month: September 2002

China’s Economic Clout Squashes Australian Citizens’ Rights

19 September 2002, (Australian Falun Dafa Information Centre) There was no demonstration against Li Peng by Falun Gong practitioners, only the regular appeal that has been on-going since May 2001 across from the Embassy to make people aware of the brutal persecution of practitioners by the Jiang regime in China.

Reuters: Chinese Internet Users Rerouted Away From Google

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Internet users trying to access the blocked search engine Google are being routed to an array of similar sites in China, the latest sign of an escalating media clampdown ahead of November’s Communist Party congress.

AFP: Falun Gong members protest at Earth Summit

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 1 (AFP) – Members of the spiritual group Falun Gong staged a protest at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg Sunday to call for the release of practitioners held in Chinese jails.