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Lawyers and Rights Defenders
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”
2009/11/20
Nov. 20, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* FDIC: “Spanish Court Indicts Top Communist Party Officials for Torture, Genocide of Falun Gong” * FDIC: “10 Things President Obama Should Know For His Visit to China” * FDIC: 41-year-old farmer serving 10-year prison “sentence” dies from prolonged abuse in custody * Freedom House: Falun Gong practitioner included on list of prisoners for President Obama to raise * The Canadian Press: New book by former Canadian diplomat and prominent attorney says Falun Gong prisoners in China still being used as organ sources * The Epoch Times: Falun Gong Practitioner Returns to U.S. After 10-Year Ordeal
2009/11/10
Nov. 10, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: Mr. Huang Lizhong Tortured to Death in Panjin City Prison • NTDTV: Shanghai Falun Gong Practitioner Sues Police for Torture • The Washington Times: Chinese lawyers want Obama to push for Beijing rights • Canada Leads with New Parliamentary Falun Gong Friendship Group • Amnesty International USA: Open Letter to President Obama Highlights Religious Persecution • U.S. State Department: Religious Freedom Report 2009 Cites Arrests and Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners [move to news from inside china since the core of the posting is a list of practitioner cases?] • Taipei Times: “Activists Call for Release of Falun Gong Practitioners”
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
2009/06/15
June 15, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “‘China’s Gestapo’ Marks a Decade” • Christian Science Monitor: “China guts budding civil rights movement” • Human Rights in China: “Chinese Rights Defense Lawyers Under All-Out Attack by the Authorities” • Boston Globe: “China’s ‘socialist road’ to misery” • Amnesty International Annual Report: Falun Gong among most harshly persecuted groups • Jakarta Post: Ancient Meditation Takes to the Streets • Epoch Times: Thousands of Falun Gong Adherents Parade Through New York City (Photo Essay)
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
2009/03/08
March 9, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC Urgent Appeal: “Elderly Tianjin Resident Sentenced to Labor Camp for Distributing Falun Gong Leaflets, at Risk of Torture” • FDIC Falun Gong Death Case Alert, Feb 15 – 21 • South China Morning Post: ‘Project 6521’—nationwide taskforces set up to crackdown on Falun Gong, among others • The Comment Factory: “The story of William Huang, Falun Gong and human rights activist, imprisoned and tortured” • Ottawa Citizen and Epoch Times: Supporters Call for Release of Missing Activist Gao Zhisheng • Weekly Standard: “The Administration Kowtows: Are the Chinese people alone now?”
2009/02/19
February 19, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC Annual Report: “Fueled by Olympics, Falun Gong Persecution Escalated Sharply in 2008” • FDIC: “Brutal Torture and Disappearance of Renowned Attorney Demands a Clear International Response” • Nottingham Evening Post: “Sister Freed from Chinese Labour Camp” • Bloomberg: “China Vows Crackdown on Falun Gong, Tibet Separatists This Year” • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: Report on “Re-education Through Labor” Cites Falun Gong as One of Largest Groups in Camps • FDIC: “UN Review Must Address China’s Largest Population of Prisoners of Conscience”