SCMP: Pressure seen for HK to rein in Falun Gong
The US State Department has voiced concern over what it perceives as
pressure on Hong Kong from the mainland to restrict Falun Gong criticism
of
Beijing’s policies on the banned spiritual group.
Month: April 2003
Excerpts Relating to Falun Gong from the US Department of State’s Human Rights Report
The Government continued its crackdown against the Falun Gong (FLG) spiritual movement. Thousands of practitioners were incarcerated in prisons, extrajudicial reeducation-through-labor camps, psychiatric facilities or special deprogramming centers.
Baby Almost Dies from Hunger in Jail as Entire Family of Dafa Practitioners Is Persecuted
In February 2000 (lunar calendar), my entire family and I were detained at the Town Judicial Department. My husband, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law and his wife were all severely beaten; my brother-in-law’s wife didn’t recover until a month later, and she had to be led by the arm in order to use the bathroom.
Reincarnation: Some People Are Being Punished In This Lifetime For Their Persecution of Christians In Ancient Rome
It’s a great misfortune to have a disability or an incurable disease. While seeing that others are healthy and full of energy, these people can only endure excruciating pain brought about by their illness. People often complain to the heavens for the injustice they seem to suffer. They ask: “Why do I have to suffer misfortune?”
AP: More Asian Nations Adopt Quarantines
CNN satellite feed to an apartment compound
housing
foreigners in Beijing went black during a report on the illness –
something
that has happened in the past when the news network reports about the
banned
Falun Gong spiritual movement or other stories that make the communist
government uneasy.
SMH – A billion-sun blast (Photo)
Anyone watching the sky late on Saturday night could have witnessed one of nature’s most violent events since the Big Bang 13 billion years ago.
Chinese Agents Use Violence Against Guests at an Australian Artisit’s Painting Exhibition
On March 27th, the organisers placed an advertisement in the newspaper “Romania libera”. Very soon after the paper came out, at around 10:00 am on March 27th, the organisers received a phone call from a Mr. Chen (or Chan) who introduced himself as a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Bucharest and who told them that “the Chinese government does not allow such an activity” and told them to cancel the event.
Ukraine: Great Media Interest in Australian Practitioner’s Painting Exhibition (Photos)
Between March 21 and 27 2003, Mrs. Zhang Cuiying’s painting exhibition was successfully held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Many spectators appreciated Mrs. Zhang’s outstanding traditional Chinese paintings and came to understand her experiences of practising Falun Gong.
AFP: No let-up in harsh Chinese line on Falungong: US rights report
“Police often used excessive force when detaining peaceful
(Falungong) protesters, including some who were elderly or who were
accompanied by small children,” the report said.
Music from Swedish Group Yellow Express: “Stop the Persecution”
During my three trips to China (1996 to 1999) I met many Chinese Falun Gong practitioners. Their pure minds and unselfish behaviour made a very strong impression on me. After the persecution of Falun Gong started I often wondered what happened to the friends that I’d met. Have they suffered from torture? Are they still alive?