Report from the UK: SOS Sit-in in Front of the Chinese Embassy in London (Part 1)

To protest against the Chinese government's two-year-old crackdown on Falun Gong, London practitioner Fan Yanyu started a sit-in in front of the Chinese Embassy in London on July 19th.

Impressed by Yanyu's action, many people offered their support. A young man brought her a bottle of ice water. The General Manager in the building behind the petition point told Yanyu respectfully, "We are willing to help any time and under any circumstances!"

Chinese Officials Extend Violence into Canada

TORONTO, August 11 - At a news conference in Toronto on Friday, local Falun Gong practitioners called on the Canadian Government to remove from Canada visiting Chinese official Dong Yiming, Department Chief of the Beijing Appeals Office, who is responsible for the illegal detention, torture and murder of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Ms. Haiying Liu, was reportedly grabbed and dragged as soon as she identified herself as a Falun Gong practitioner. A reporter with the Sing Tao Daily Chinese newspaper took photos of the attack. This reporter was later physically pushed by the Chinese Vice-Consular General, Xu Jinzhong. The reporter and Xu had a short confrontation. The reporter was eventually forced out of the room, as reported Friday in Chinese newspapers.

Vancouver Sun: Falun Gong vigil at Chinese embassy protests Chinese arrests, violence

Saturday 11 August 2001

OTTAWA (CP) - Buoyed by the kindness of friends and strangers, Jingyu Li has kept an often lonely vigil since July 25 across a busy street from the Chinese embassy here.

BBC Monitoring: China asks Russia to ban Moscow briefing by [group]

08/11/2001

Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS

Moscow, 11 August: The Chinese embassy has sent a request to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs to prohibit representatives of the Falun Gong religious [group] from holding a news conference in Moscow on Monday [13 August], the ITAR-TASS correspondent was told by the Russian ministry.

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