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International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group Falun Gong
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Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 |
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News Summaries: February 16-28, 2002
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Group: Falun Gong,
Research Society of Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa |
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Founder: Li Hongzhi |
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Category: Religious: eastern |
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Topic: government |
Falun Gong
Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time
A state TV station signal in Changchun, China was "hijacked" by the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect in early March, another sign of defiance to tough measures taken against it over the past three years. The hijackers screened a film of the sect's spiritual master, Li Hongzhi, the leader of what Beijing calls an "evil cult."
"There was a brief blackout and then there was Li Hongzhi speaking, and banners saying Falun Dafa [another name for the sect] is good," a viewer told Reuters in Beijing. The viewer said that the interruption lasted for 50 minutes, but according to the local cable Company there was only a 10-minute break in normal transmission. (John Gittings, The Guardian,
3/8/02, Internet)
Hong Kong Charges Falun Gong Protesters
Hong Kong authorities took their first legal action against Falun Gong on March 15, filing charges accusing 16 sect members [and four Swiss followers who joined them] of obstruction during a protest outside China's liaison office that ended in a scuffle with police.
The charges have set off a debate over whether the government is trying to silence the meditation sect and erode Hong Kong's freedoms, as members and civil rights activists fear, or if it is simply having police enforce the law against overzealous demonstrators, as the government says.
Sect supporters accuse Hong Kong of acting under pressure from China to crack down on the group. Hong Kong denies the charge, even though it has gradually adopted language similar to Beijing's, calling Falun Gong a "cult'' that bears close scrutiny. But the Security Bureau says that as long as Falun Gong abides by the law in Hong Kong, the government will not intervene
in its activities, despite the fact that it has been banned in mainland China.'' (AP, 3/15/02, Internet)
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International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group Falun Gong
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Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 |
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| News Summaries |
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News Summaries: February 16-28, 2002
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Group: Falun Gong,
Research Society of Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa |
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Founder: Li Hongzhi |
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Category: Religious: eastern |
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Topic: government |
Falun Gong
Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time
A state TV station signal in Changchun, China was "hijacked" by the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect in early March, another sign of defiance to tough measures taken against it over the past three years. The hijackers screened a film of the sect's spiritual master, Li Hongzhi, the leader of what Beijing calls an "evil cult."
"There was a brief blackout and then there was Li Hongzhi speaking, and banners saying Falun Dafa [another name for the sect] is good," a viewer told Reuters in Beijing. The viewer said that the interruption lasted for 50 minutes, but according to the local cable Company there was only a 10-minute break in normal transmission. (John Gittings, The Guardian,
3/8/02, Internet)
Hong Kong Charges Falun Gong Protesters
Hong Kong authorities took their first legal action against Falun Gong on March 15, filing charges accusing 16 sect members [and four Swiss followers who joined them] of obstruction during a protest outside China's liaison office that ended in a scuffle with police.
The charges have set off a debate over whether the government is trying to silence the meditation sect and erode Hong Kong's freedoms, as members and civil rights activists fear, or if it is simply having police enforce the law against overzealous demonstrators, as the government says.
Sect supporters accuse Hong Kong of acting under pressure from China to crack down on the group. Hong Kong denies the charge, even though it has gradually adopted language similar to Beijing's, calling Falun Gong a "cult'' that bears close scrutiny. But the Security Bureau says that as long as Falun Gong abides by the law in Hong Kong, the government will not intervene
in its activities, despite the fact that it has been banned in mainland China.'' (AP, 3/15/02, Internet)
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International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group Falun Gong
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Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 |
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| _______________________________________________ |
| News Summaries |
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News Summaries: February 16-28, 2002
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Group: Falun Gong,
Research Society of Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa |
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Founder: Li Hongzhi |
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Category: Religious: eastern |
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Topic: government |
Falun Gong
Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time
A state TV station signal in Changchun, China was "hijacked" by the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect in early March, another sign of defiance to tough measures taken against it over the past three years. The hijackers screened a film of the sect's spiritual master, Li Hongzhi, the leader of what Beijing calls an "evil cult."
"There was a brief blackout and then there was Li Hongzhi speaking, and banners saying Falun Dafa [another name for the sect] is good," a viewer told Reuters in Beijing. The viewer said that the interruption lasted for 50 minutes, but according to the local cable Company there was only a 10-minute break in normal transmission. (John Gittings, The Guardian,
3/8/02, Internet)
Hong Kong Charges Falun Gong Protesters
Hong Kong authorities took their first legal action against Falun Gong on March 15, filing charges accusing 16 sect members [and four Swiss followers who joined them] of obstruction during a protest outside China's liaison office that ended in a scuffle with police.
The charges have set off a debate over whether the government is trying to silence the meditation sect and erode Hong Kong's freedoms, as members and civil rights activists fear, or if it is simply having police enforce the law against overzealous demonstrators, as the government says.
Sect supporters accuse Hong Kong of acting under pressure from China to crack down on the group. Hong Kong denies the charge, even though it has gradually adopted language similar to Beijing's, calling Falun Gong a "cult'' that bears close scrutiny. But the Security Bureau says that as long as Falun Gong abides by the law in Hong Kong, the government will not intervene
in its activities, despite the fact that it has been banned in mainland China.'' (AP, 3/15/02, Internet)
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