Image for article Press Statement: WHAT'S THE REAL STORY?

It is a tragedy that those who originally set fire to themselves had been driven to such a desperate act, whether because they were so disenfranchised by Chinese society or because they had been set up by the Chinese regime. In either case, it gives us pause as to what China has come to that such a grisly incident could have occurred.

Image for article Hong Kong iMail: Spokesman denies Xinhua claims of group suicide attempt

January 31, 2001 A SPOKESMAN for the Falun Gong qigong movement in Hong Kong said yesterday the stories carried by Xinhua News Agency about an attempted group suicide in Tiananmen Square in Beijing last week were "fabricated'' Kan Hung-cheung also urged an independent body to investigate the alleged attempted suicides. "Falun Dafa explicitly requests followers not to kill. Real followers will not engage in such behaviour,'' Mr Kan said. "They are not Falun Gong followers, no matter what the government ...

Image for article CNN: Mr. Li Hongzhi Nominated for 2001 Nobel Peace Prize

January 30, 2001

The deadline for submitting nominations for this year' Nobel Peace Prize recipient is due to close.

According to CNN report, among the nominees for the 100th Nobel Peace Prize are Li Hongzhi, the founder of China' banned Falun Gong spiritual movement Nominations for the annual prize, first awarded in 1901, have to be postmarked before February 1 to qualify.

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