Image for article AP Pictures: police round up practitioners in Tiananmen Square on April 23, 2000

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.

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[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".

Image for article M2 Presswire: US Department of State Spokesman James Rubin on Falun Gong Arrest in China

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 ...

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