UNITED STATES: MORE THAN 1,500 FALON GONG MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS GATHER IN LOS ANGELES FOR PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CHINESE PERSECUTION

Record ID: 337933

  • Title: UNITED STATES: MORE THAN 1,500 FALON GONG MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS GATHER IN LOS ANGELES FOR PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CHINESE PERSECUTION
  • Date: 17th February 2001
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 17, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. SLV DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING BANNERS; MV DEMONSTRATORS AND POLICE / DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNER (4 SHOTS) 0.33 2. PAN: FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS LISTENING TO GUEST SPEAKERS (2 SHOTS) 0.52 3. SCU/ PAN: FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS MEDITATING 1.08 4. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) UCLA PROFESSOR YING MIAN WU "I think there are two purposes for this conference. The first one is for practitioners to share their experience of practicing Falun Gong. And the second purpose is to draw public attention to the ongoing persecution of the Chinese practitioners in the mainland of China. And we appeal to the public to continue to support the human rights of the practitioners in China." 1.33 5. ZOOM IN: WOMAN MEDITATING 1.40 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE] (English) DANNY SCHECHTER, AUTHOR "FALUN GONG'S CHALLENGE TO CHINA "What's been happening since the crackdown is that more than fifty thousand people have been detained in China. Thousands have been put in labour camps. Others have been put in mental hospitals. One hundred and forty-three people have died in police custody. It's a serious human rights problem and all the human rights groups which have spoken out against it have documented this (and) China has denied it all." 2.02 7. SV/LV/SV/PAN: DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING AND HOLDING BANNER SAYING 'FALUN DAFA - WALK FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS'; DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING AND HOLDING WREATHS WITH NAMES OF VICTIMS (4 SHOTS) 2.27 8. VARIOUS: MARCHING DEMONSTRATORS; DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING AND HOLDING BANNERS; MARCHING DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS; CLOSING SHOTS OF DEMONSTRATORS (5 SHOTS) 3.02 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th March 2001 12:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAA2889O3ETJXVQ9VLXEB07CIXP
  • Story Text: More than 1,500 practitioners and supporters of Falun
    Gong, gathered in Los Angeles, California on Saturday for a
    peaceful demonstration and march to protest against the
    persecution of Falun Gong members in China.



    Members and supporters of Falun Gong gathered on
    Saturday (February 17) as part of a weekend conference to
    report the escalating violence against practitioners in China
    and other human rights violations by the Chinese government.

    Falun Gong, described as a spiritual practice, was brought
    to public attention in 1992 by Master Li and continued to gain
    popularity throughout the nineties.

    In 1999, the Chinese government began a crackdown, seeing
    the Falun Gong movement as a threat to communist ideology and
    rule.

    Guest speaker Danny Schecter reveals the human rights
    violations in his recent book "Falun Gong's Challenge to China".

    "What's been happening since the crackdown is that more
    the fifty thousand people have been detained in China.

    Thousands has been put in labour camps. Others have been put
    in mental hospitals. One hundred and forty-three people have
    died in police custody. It's a serious human rights problem,"
    Scheter told Reuters.

    Hundreds of demonstrators paraded holding wreaths of Falun
    Gong members who have been killed by the Chinese government.

    Others carried banners in an appeal for peace.


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