A member of the banned Falun Gong meditation group defiantly holds a meditation pose as police round up other followers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday April 23, 2000. A group of 11 women and one child held a brief protest before police detained them.
[Si-chuan Province] Recent Intensified Persecutions
Recently, all levels of governments and police departments of Si-chuan Province have intensified persecutions against Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners have had their homes ransacked. Many practitioners have been sent to police stations, detention centers or labor camps for force-labor "education".
Daily press briefing
04/26/2000
M2 Presswire
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QUESTION: Do you have anything to say about the latest arrests in China of Falun Gong?
MR. RUBIN: Yes. With respect to the Chinese arrests, let me say that we continue to see the arrest and detention of persons peacefully expressing spiritual beliefs as a matter that profoundly disturbs us. Such detentions are in direct contravention of internationally recognized standards of human rights that are enshrined in international human rights instruments, to ...
04/26/2000
When considering the ongoing questions of what policies to adopt toward China, and whether Taiwan and eventually the entire Pacific Rim would be worth defending against Chinese aggression, policymakers should keep in mind an absolutely chilling feature story that ran in The Wall Street Journal last week.
04/26/2000
The Toronto Star
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BEIJING - A year after a protest that prompted an official crackdown, the Falun Dafa meditation sect showed it was still a force yesterday with a demonstration by more than 100 members in the heart of Beijing.
REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial)
04/26/2000
The Wall Street Journal
Page A27
More than 100 followers of the Falun Dafa school of meditation gathered yesterday in Beijing' Tiananmen Square to peacefully protest the brutal suppression of their faith. As they sat cross-legged or unfurled banners, they were beaten by police and dragged away to waiting vans. They may receive long sentences of hard labor for the "crime" of asking for the freedom to follow their religious beliefs, a freedom ...
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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