Congressman Chris Smith: "latest in China's brutal persecution of Falun Gong" and an "affront to the rule of law in Hong Kong"

August 15, 2002

Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, sixteen Falun Gong practitioners, who were holding a peaceful hunger strike at the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong last March, were convicted of causing "obstruction" on trumped-up charges.

Member of Irish Parliament Writes to Hong Kong CEO

Joe Higgins T.D.

Member of Parliament, the Republic of Ireland

Socialist Party

14th August 2002

The Honourable Tung Chee Hwa

Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR

Re: Trial of Falun Dafa Practitioners

Friends of Falun Gong: "Hong Kong: Failing The Litmus Test for Freedom"

Friends of Falun Gong, USA

Tel: 866-FG-Friend (343-7436)

Email: info@fofg.org

--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-- 8/15/02

Hong Kong: Failing The Litmus Test for Freedom

TENAFLY, NEW JERSEY, USA -- Friends of Falun Gong USA is horrified at the gross misrepresentation of justice carried out in the Hong Kong courts today as sixteen human rights advocates from Switzerland and Hong Kong were found guilty in a show trial that has made a mockery of democracy. The sixteen were arrested several months ago on March 14 while demonstrating for the rights of Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China.

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