Falun Gong Information Centre [UK]

LONDON (FGIC-UK) -- Since last Sunday, British citizens, such as retirees Joan and Daryl Sherry from Stockport, Cheshire, have been bombarded with messages recorded in both Chinese and English containing Chinese Communist propaganda. At one point, the messages were coming through every 5 minutes. Mr. Sherry said that the messages were "chilling, strange and bizarre with military music playing in them". This is the latest tactic in the campaign of the Chinese authorities to extend its persecution of the peaceful and popular Chinese practice of Falun Gong abroad and is aimed at intimidating overseas practitioners and their families. Homes across Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia and even Sri Lanka have been targeted.

This tele-hating campaign, organized by the Chinese state propaganda machine, used material written by Associated Press - Beijing published last week, which was based on anti-Falun Gong propaganda derived directly from the Chinese state source itself. The manipulation of this material into an organised telephone propaganda tool clearly shows the dangers of the media using Chinese state propaganda.

The regime has worked tirelessly for years to discredit and demonize Falun Gong, hoping to bend public opinion. Encouraged by the lack of coverage in the western media of the 5 and a half year brutal persecution of 100 million Falun Gong practitioners in China and the tepid approach of Western countries to its human rights abuses, the Chinese Communist Party now feels openly confident and unchallenged to mock the sovereign laws and boundaries of the U.K. and other democratic countries to export its lies and bullying tactics.

The anti-Falun Gong propaganda has distracted Western media from reporting the huge scale of the persecution of millions of Falun Gong practitioners in China. 100,000+ people are illegally detained in camps, prisons and mental hospitals without trial. Cases of on-going state sanctioned torture and killing of practitioners still remain unreported.

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NEWS -- Feb. 10, 2005
Falun Gong Information Centre (UK), More contacts. www.clearharmony.net

Background

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa (about), is a practice of meditation and exercises with teachings based on the universal principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." Practised in over 60 countries world-wide, Falun Gong has roots in traditional Chinese culture. With government estimates of as many as 100 million practising Falun Gong in China, China's then-Communist leader, Jiang Zemin, outlawed the peaceful practice in July 1999 (report). Since that time, Jiang's regime has intensified its propaganda campaign to turn public opinion against the practice while imprisoning, torturing and even murdering those who practise it. The European Falun Gong Information Centre has verified details of 1353 deaths (reports) since the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999. In October 2001, however, Government officials inside China reported that the actual death toll was well over 1,600. Expert sources now estimate that figure to be much higher. Hundreds of thousands have been detained, with more than 100,000 being sentenced to forced labour camps, typically without trial.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN GONG INFORMATION CENTRE [UK] -- Peter Jauhal + 44 (0) 7739 172 452, Helen Chantry +44 (0) 7761 808057
More contacts. www.clearharmony.net Email: europe@falungonginfo.net

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