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Falungong claims 5,000 members detained in northeast China sweep 3/26/2002
NEW YORK, March 25 (AFP) - China's banned Falungong spiritual group charged the communist authorities Monday with rounding up 5,000 of its members in a police sweep in northeast China and in which it claimed up to 100 practitioners were killed.

BBC: The dark side of China. Police often do not want their actions reported 3/17/2002
If you stroll down to the Starbucks near my flat in Beijing you will invariably find it packed with well-dressed young Chinese happily sipping their mochas and cappuccinos. Just across the street rise the familiar golden arches of Macdonald's. Its all very comforting... But then something happens that brings you shuddering back down to earth with a bump.

China's judiciary vows tough campaign against "terrorists", Falungong 3/11/2002
BEIJING, March 11 (AFP) - China's top judicial officials vowed Monday to step up a tough crackdown against "terrorists", separatists and the banned Falungong spiritual movement, sentiments likely to worry human rights activists abroad.

LA Times: Chinese edit Bush comments on freedom, religion for transcript 2/25/2002
BEIJING -- The Chinese government responded to President Bush's call for religious tolerance Friday by promptly editing out his remarks on freedom and faith in its transcript of a speech that Bush delivered on live national television.

AFP: Over 40 foreign Falungong followers held for Beijing protest 2/14/2002
BEIJING, Feb 14 (AFP) - More than 40 foreign followers of the banned Falungong group were arrested Thursday for protesting in Tiananmen Square, with some maltreated by police, witnesses and state media said.

AFP: British Falungong member 'brutally' arrested in China: group 2/14/2002
BEIJING, Feb 14 (AFP) - Chinese police "brutally" dragged a British female Falungong follower by her hair out of a Beijing hotel room on Thursday during a series of arrests ahead of a protest by the banned group, the organisation said.

Japan Times: Falun Gong practitioner deported from China 1/6/2002
A Japanese Falun Gong follower has said that he was deported from China after protesting Beijing's ban on the group.

Europe

Europe Headlines

AP: United Kingdom Voices Concerns about Hong Kong Government's Stance On Protests 7/26/2002

Irish Times: Former student prisoner joins Falun Gong march 7/19/2002

Irish Times: Former student prisoner joins Falun Gong march 7/18/2002

Irish Examiner: China persecutes Falun Gong woman 7/17/2002

Reuters: BBC, China in talks to resume satellite broadcasts 7/12/2002

China to allow BBC to resume broadcasting when it fixes "violations" 7/11/2002

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Germany Points Out at UN: China Must End Persecution of Members of the Falun Gong Spiritual Movement 3/21/2002
Excerpt from AP's report: Germany criticizes China, Russia for 'serious' rights violations
March 20, 2002: Germany said Wednesday that the United Nations' top human rights body must attack "serious violations" in China and Russia.

Imprisoned Falun Gong student freed in China 3/13/2002
The Trinity College postgraduate student held in a camp in China for the last two years for "re-education through labour" because of his membership of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement was released yesterday.

Falun Gong breaks onto China's airwaves 3/8/2002
China's banned Falun Gong spiritual movement has managed to make an uncut TV transmission to the northeast of the country.
Viewers in Changchun city in the province of Jilin told Reuters news agency the broadcast went out on Tuesday evening on cable TV channels.

Irish Times (Home News Section): Cowen to Discuss Human Rights During China Visit 1/18/2002
Irish Times - The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Cowen, is expected to discuss human rights issues when he meets Chinese leaders during a visit to Beijing next week.

BBC: RSF says foreign journalists still persecuted for covering Falun Gong 12/5/2001
International media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has asked the Chinese government to stop intimidating foreign journalists attempting to report on the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which is banned in China. Since China has promised to let journalists work freely during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, RSF Secretary-General Robert Menard said the authorities should stop arresting foreign correspondents. Before the next session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, RSF said it will appeal to the special rapporteur for free expression to denounce the Chinese authorities' attitude towards foreign journalists.

Australia

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Australia Headlines

Canberra Sunday Times: Anger Over Move To End Embassy Protest 3/17/2002
The Federal Government sent police to silence the Falun Gong demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy late yesterday, sparking an angry rebuke from the ACT Labor Government.

Anger over move to end embassy protest 3/17/2002
CANBERRA TIMES - THE Federal Government sent police to silence the Falun Gong demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy late yesterday, sparking an angry rebuke from the ACT Labor Government.

The Australian: Family Pride in Falun Gong Protest 3/14/2002
THE mother of a Melbourne woman arrested in China for demonstrating against the ban on the Falun Gong movement in Tiananmen Square was "proud and supportive" of her daughter's decision.

Fed: Falun Gong widow says thanks for returning husband's body 3/11/2002
(CANBERRA) The widow of a Falun Gong practitioner murdered in China has thanked the Australian government for bringing home his ashes.

Age: Artist Donates Exhibition Proceeds to Bushfire Appeal 1/11/2002
A Falun Gong artist has announced she'll donate all the proceeds from her exhibition in Sydney to the NSW Bushfire Relief Fund.

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