Human Rights Watch World Report 2002 --China (Excerpt)

Falungong spokespersons reported that, as in previous years, practitioners died in custody in 2002. (As of November 12, spokespersons claimed that since the start of the [persecution] in 1999, 513 practitioners had died in custody.) Followers from abroad detained in China, upon returning home, recounted tales of beatings and torture. Courts continued to sentence [practitioners] to long prison terms; public security officials sent others directly to reeducation camps. In December, a Beijing court sentenced six academics to terms of up to twelve years for distributing Falungong materials.

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Today’s Articles — January 16, 2003

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Norway: Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold 3-day Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy to Demand an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners (Photos)

Norway: Falun Gong practitioners Appeal in Front of the Chinese Embassy

(Clearwisdom.net)

On the 13 and 14 of January, Falun Gong practitioners appealed in front of the Chinese Embassy in Oslo to stop the persecution of Falun Gong by the Jiang regime.

Spain: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy for an End to the Atrocities Committed by the Jiang Regime Against Falun Gong (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioners in Spain held peaceful candlelight vigils for the last 3 days outside the Chinese Embassy to call for an end to the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong. They also called upon the international community to stand up together to demand an end to the atrocities being committed against Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Denmark and Sweden: Practitioners Hold a Candlelight Vigil Outside the Chinese Embassy (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) After having peacefully appealed outside the Chinese Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 12, 2003, Dafa practitioners in Denmark and Sweden held a two-day candlelight vigil outside the Chinese Embassy on January 13-14 to commemorate the 43 fellow practitioners in China whose deaths from torture have been recently reported and to protest the killing of Dafa practitioners by the Jiang/Luo regime.