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Tuesday February 7, 2012
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The Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco has written an official letter addressed to members of the city council of Seattle, Washington, dismissing a performance of a Falun Gong-related dance group and asking him not to attend, nor to congratulate the group. Naturally nobody takes him seriously.
Monday May 23, 2011
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Cisco, the maker of Internet routing gear, customized its technology to help China track members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by members of the movement. The lawsuit is based on the Alien Torts Statute, a federal law that permits foreign nationals to bring lawsuits in United States federal court claiming violations of international law
Thursday May 13, 2010
Falun Gong: A Falun Gong-linked group that promotes internet freedom says the US state department has offered it $1.5m, in a move condemned by Chinese officials. Falun Gong, which combines meditation with Buddhist-inspired philosophy, has been banned in China since 1999 for carrying out “illegal activities”.
Thursday March 18, 2010
Falun Gong: China on Thursday lashed out at a US House of Representatives resolution that urged Beijing to end its “persecution” of Falun Gong — a religious movement China has outlawed as a religious cult. The House voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to call on China to free thousands of members of the movement who are said to be imprisoned and to abolish a government office tasked with fighting the movement.
Wednesday December 23, 2009
Falun Gong: An Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of China’s former President Jiang Zemin and another top official for “crimes against humanity” in the alleged persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Falun Gong hailed it as a historic human rights ruling on Tuesday, although a lawyer for the group acknowledged it is largely symbolic.
Monday August 11, 2008
Falun Gong: Members of the Falun Gong sect protested outside the congress of the International Congress of the Transplantation Society.The sect members claim that China kills its followers in order to illegally harvest their organs.
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Falun Gong: BEIJING -- Russian expert in sect studies Professor Alexander Dvorkin has tagged Falun Gong as an international cult at a forum in Beijing and said all healthy and righteous forces in the world should unite to combat cults.
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