Hong Kong and Swiss Practitioners Start 54 Hour Hunger Strike Appeal (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net)

Hong Kong practitioners and some practitioners from other countries started a 54-hour hunger strike appeal at 2 P.M. August 12 2002 to protest the extension of the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners into Hong Kong. The extended persecution has damaged human rights, the justice system and Hong Kong people's future under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. They called on kind-hearted people from all walks of life in the international community to be aware of this issue. The hunger strike appeal will last until 8 P.M. Wednesday.

Cambodian Police Violate U.N. Refugee Laws; Deport Two Falun Gong Refugees to China

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 12, 2002[ http://www.faluninfo.net/ ]

NEW YORK, August 12, 2002 (Falun Dafa Information Center) -- Cambodian police, under pressure from the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, have deported a Chinese couple who were living and working in Phnom Penh with U.N. Refugee Certificates, sources in Phnom Penh say.

Hunger Strike Statement from Falun Gong Practitioners in Hong Kong

August 12, 2002

Falun Gong is practiced freely in more than fifty countries around the world. However the practice is being subjected to a brutal ban in its birthplace--Mainland China. Yet, the Jiang Zemin Regime not only has not accepted the undeniable fact that Falun Gong is beneficial to people and welcomed by different societies, it has become fearful that the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" is being spread wide and far. The regime has tried very hard to expand its persecution of Falun Gong to other societies.

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