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2010/05/13
May 13, 2010: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* May 13: Millions Worldwide Celebrate * FDIC: Shanghai Expo Fuels Falun Gong Crackdown, Over 120 Abductions * FDIC: Personal Stories Behind the Shanghai Expo Crackdown * FDIC: Eighth Falun Gong Practitioner Involved in Changchun TV Broadcasts Dies in Custody * Associated Press: 2 China rights lawyers slapped with lifetime ban * New York Times: Chinese Rights Lawyer Disappears Again * FDIC: Human Rights Dialog with Chinese Officials Must Raise Falun Gong Publicly * Washington Post: The Mystery of Falun Gong * The Epoch Times: World Falun Dafa Day Celebrations Begin
2009/12/20
Dec. 21, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: Argentine Judge Orders Arrest of Top Chinese Communist Party Officials for Crimes Against Humanity • FDIC: Under “Rule of Law” Veneer, Hundreds of Falun Gong Practitioners Illegally Sent to Prison Camps for Up to 18 Years • The Epoch Times: Eyewitness Recounts Forced Organ Removal in China • FDIC: “Pioneering Lawyers in China Defend Falun Gong and Human Rights,” op-ed for International Human Rights Day by Levi Browde, FDIC Executive Director • Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Study finds Chinese regime’s restrictions on religious freedom 4th most repressive in the world, including because of Falun Gong persecution • Deutsch Presse Agenteur: Falun Gong sues Chinese official in Taiwan court • Examiner.com: Protection of religious minorities is major theme of 2009 Human Rights Day News Conference • Taipei Times: “China rights violators should be tried: DPP”
2009/12/10
Dec. 10, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* FDIC: Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Defending Falun Gong * Amnesty International Urgent Action: Lawyer jailed for defending human rights * Amnesty International: “Blog: My life inside a Chinese labor camp” by former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei * AFP: Chinese ex-president sought in Spanish probe: lawyer * Epoch Times: Recognition, and Ignorance, Around Spanish Court’s Genocide Indictment * Globe and Mail: Letter to the Editor: Canada and the Middle Kingdom * Washington Post Editorial: Twitter This
2009/10/28
Oct. 28, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: Large Numbers of Falun Gong Practitioners Targeted for Persecution and Arrest in 2009, Says Congressional-Executive Commission on China • FDIC: During New York Visit, Chinese Forced Labor Camp Director Sued by Local Refugees for Torture • Los Angeles Times: My mother and sister, prisoners of China's Communist Party • NTDTV: Falun Gong Practitioner Dies After Years of Persecution; Husband still jailed for Meeting with European Union Representative • Epoch Times: Daughter Surprised at 10-Year Sentence of Mother in China
2009/10/08
Oct. 8, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “Falun Gong Practitioner Dies from Psychiatric Torture in Southeast China” • Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group: “Psychiatric Torture in China” • Urgent Action Case Sent to the United Nations: Mr. Li Feng in Critical Condition • Epoch Times: “Mass Arrests of Falun Gong Prior to Communist Anniversary” • FDIC: Press Statement for Rally in Front of United Nations Headquarters in New York City • Jerusalem Post & Ha’aretz: Israeli court rules Tel Aviv University bowed to Chinese pressure over Falun Gong art exhibition • NTDTV: “Falun Gong Founder Awarded for ‘Outstanding Spiritual Leadership’”
2009/09/24
Sept. 28, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: 53-year-old Woman Dies from Torture Six Days after Arrest • Cases of Two Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners in Danger Submitted to the United Nations for Urgent Appeal • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: Debarred Lawyer Tortured and Arrested in Northeastern China for Defending Falun Gong • FDIC: Attorneys Sue National Security Team in Wuhou for Denying them the Right to Meet their Falun Gong Client • The New Republic: “Hacking the Regime: How the Falun Gong empowered the Iranian uprising” • 23 Members of U.S. Congress Urge South Korean President Not to Deport Falun Gong Refugees to China • Taiwanese Falun Gong criticize Hong Kong court ruling • Italian MP Issues Statement Condemning the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong
2009/08/25
Aug. 25, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC Eyewitness Account: “Memories of Mr. Li Min, a Fellow Practitioner Who Was Persecuted to Death” • FDIC: “Falun Dafa Information Center Urges Korean President to Protect Falun Gong Refugees” • Chinascope: University Admission Policies Reveal Systematic Discrimination against Falun Gong Practitioners • Reporters Without Borders: “Cyber-dissident Zhang Lin released on completing five-year jail term” • NTDTV: “A Picture Tells a Thousand Words” • Event notice: Screening of film Sandstorm in Los Angeles/New York
2009/08/12
Aug. 12, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “Falun Gong Practitioner Killed within Days of Arrest” • U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture: Falun Gong One of Largest Groups in Labor Camps, Chinese Regime Ignores Request for Organ Transplant Information • Taipei Times: “Falun Gong Practitioner Home After China Ordeal” • Epoch Times: “South Korea Deports Falun Gong Refugees” • Providence Journal: “Falun Gong Survives Assault by China” • FDIC: “Falun Gong Practitioner Killed within Days of Arrest”
2009/08/06
Aug. 6, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “Urgent Appeal: Dozens of Lives at Risk in Daqing Prison as Authorities Systematically Starve Falun Gong Prisoners of Conscience” • FDIC: “Urgent Appeal: Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner Abducted in China, at Risk of Torture” • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: “Three Lawyers Detained for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners” • The Prague Post: “Woman tells of life in Chinese labor camp: Jailed for joining Falun Gong, forced to pack 8,000 chopsticks daily” • Taipei Times: “Editorial: The need to defend one’s own”
2009/04/15
April 15, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “Dozens of Falun Gong Adherents Sentenced to Up to 14 Years Since September 2008” • FDIC: “Urgent Appeal: Retired Professor Faces Imminent Long Sentencing for Practicing Falun Gong” • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: “Beijing Lawyer Cheng Hai Assaulted by Officials for Representing Falun Going Practitioner” • Epoch Times: “Confidential Documents Portray Persecution of Falun Gong; 'Not guilty' verdicts banned” • The Star: “Fears grow over Chinese lawyer’s disappearance” • Freedom House: Internet freedom study finds Falun Gong among most systematically censored topics