Denial of an Overseas Student's Passport Receives Public Attention

Recently, local Los Angeles media, including The World Journal, reported a case in which the passport of University of Southern California overseas student and Falun Gong practitioner Michael Ke Ye was denied. This case has received wide public attention. ...We call upon the Chinese Consulate to resist the persecution of Falun Gong and rectify its various means of harrassing and persecuting overseas Falun Gong practitioners.

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published March 02, 2002

March 02, 2002

Falun Gong Practitioner Feng Guoguang from Hebei Province Tortured to Death in Baoding Forced Labor Camp

Because Feng Guoguang remained steadfast in his belief in Falun Dafa, the guards of Baoding Forced Labor Camp tortured him to death. Even while he was on his death bed in the hospital, the police turned away all visitors, denying his family the chance to see him one last time.

Toronto Star: Falun Dafa [Practitioner] out of labour camp - Relieved to be in Canada

March 1, 2002

Freedom of speech has not come easily for Shenli Lin.

After two years of imprisonment in Chinese labour camps for espousing his spiritual beliefs, the 48-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner was finally released after pressure from Amnesty International, the Canadian government and a determined Canadian wife.

Taiwan's Falun Gong Learning Camps for Middle and Elementary School Teachers

(Clearwisdom.net) The most successful and comprehensive Fa [Law and principles] promotion activity in Taiwan is probably the Falun Gong Learning Camp for Middle and Elementary School Teachers. From January 2001 to January 2002 we have held over 30 Study and Practice Camps in every single city and county in Taiwan. About 3,000 to 4,000 schoolteachers have benefited from the seminars.