Chapter1ShutUpAllofYou! Issueonfreedomofspeech PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 ÿw ww.fineprint.com.cn FalunGong'sAttitudesonFreedomofSpeech,PublicInterestsandHumanRights PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 ÿw ww.fineprint.com.cn Chapter1ShutUpAllofYou! Over10,000FalunGongpractitionerssurroundedatthegateof TianjinEducationalCollegefromApril19toApril23,1999.Thiseventwas causedbyanarticlewrittenbyHeZuoxiu,aphysicalscientistandaca- demicianoftheChineseAcademyofSciences.Thearticle ,whichwaspublishedinthecollege publication ,citedacasethataPhDstudent ofProf.HewasobsessedbyLiHongzhi'stheorywhichledhimto schizophrenia.Theattacklastedfourdays. FalunGongpractitionersillegallybesiegedTianjinEducationalCollege. ThiswasthecasewiththeunprecedentednumberofFalunGong practitionersbesettingthemedia.Afterthemediareportedforthefirst timethecasesofdeathandlunacyoftheFalunGongpractitionersin 1994,dozensofmediaorganizationscameunderorganizedattacksby FalunGongpractitioners. Thesemediaorganizationsincluded: BeijingTVStation ShenyangTVStation ChinaYouthDaily NanfangDaily NanfangMetropolisNews XiamenDaily QianjiangEveningNews QiluEveningNews HealthNewsDigest WestChinaCityDaily - 3 - PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 ÿw ww.fineprint.com.cn FalunGong'sAttitudesonFreedomofSpeech,PublicInterestsandHumanRights NanfangRuralNewsHebeiPoliticsandLawNews XinjiangEconomicNews ChongqingEveningNews WujinDaily QiantangWeekendofZhejiangDaily ChineseBusinessView Allthesemediaorganizationsarelocatedalloverthecountry. FromJune 1to3,1998,ShandongQiluEveningNewspressoffice wasillegallybesiegedbymorethan2,000FalunGongpractitionersbe- causeithadpublishedanarticleentitled onApril1. OnMay24,1998,BeijingTVreported acaseoflunacysufferedfrom practicingFalunGong.ItwasbesiegedbythousandsofFalunGongprac- titioners.BeijingTVwasthenforcedtofireoneofitseditors. Followingthisevent,LiHongzhireleasedawell-knownarticle whichwascalledlectionbyFalunGong,mentioningthat, "somenewspapers,radiostationsandTVstationsinvariouspartsofthe countryhaveharmedourDafa...ThiswasdeliberatelyharmingDafaand cannotbeignored...DafadisciplesinBeijingadoptedaspecialapproach toaskthosepeopletostopharmingDafa 要thisactuallywasnotwrong." Inthesamearticle,LiHongzhiwarnedthepractitionerswhohadn't participatedinthebesetment,"AtthecrucialmomentwhenIaskedyouto breakawayfromhumanness,youdidnotfollowme.Eachopportunitywill notoccuragain." ※ HeZuoxiu,anacademicianoftheChineseAcademyofSciences andphysicalscientist,wasdenigratedbyLiHongzhias"scienceruffian" andwasthreatenedandmolestedbyFalunGongdisciplesbecausehe oftendiscloseddaylightontheabnormaldeathcasesofFalunGongprac- titionersandcriticizedFalunGongtheory. - 4 - PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 www.fineprint.com.cn Chapter1ShutUpAllofYou! Thearticleentitled byHeZuoxiu waspublishedinVolume4,1999ofthemagazine . ※ DaoShuren,vicechairmanoftheBuddhistAssociationofChina, oncepointedoutthattheBuddhistcirclewasagainsttheactivitiesinfring- inguponhumanrightsinthenameofreligion.Thisbroughthimlettersof threatfromtheFalunGong. LettersofthreatDaoShurenreceivedfromtheFalunGong. ※ AhostoftheChinaCentralTelevisionnewsprogrampresented a reportcriticizingFalunGong,thusreceivinglettersofinsultandthreat fromtheFalunGong. FalunGongfollowersresidingatWesterncountriesprotecteditsben- - 5 - PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 www.fineprint.com.cn FalunGong'sAttitudesonFreedomofSpeech,PublicInterestsandHumanRights efitsbymeansofstagingmobbishbesiegesandlodgingexcessivelaw- suitsagainstothers,neverfeelingashamed. InNovember1998,theBBCWorldreleased areportbyCorrespon- dentJamesMilesaboutFalunGong.ThereportpointedoutthatFalun Gongis"No.1Cult"inChinaandwarnedpeoplethatFalunGongwould leadto"CollectiveSuicide."FalunGongsupporterswrotetoCEOofBBC, theBritishAmbassadortoChinaandtheBritishPrimeMinisterrespec- tively,demandingforBBC'spublicapology."Thereactionwasquiteex- traordinary,"saidMileslater,"MoreresponsethantoanyarticleI'veever writteninmyentirecareer." OnNovember3,2001,the publishedanarticle criticizingFalunGong.Thearticleisaself-statementbyaformerfemale FalunGongfollowernamedHeBing.AnumberofFalunGongsupporters lodged alawsuitagainstthenewspaperforits"libel."OnDecember7, 2005,theSupremeCourtofQuebecofCanadacametothefinalverdict ofthecaseafterfouryears:theplaintiffFalunGonglostthelawsuit.The verdictpointedout,"FalunGongisacontroversialmovement,whichdoes notacceptcriticism." InDecember2003,theAustralian publishedadeclara- tionbyChineseEmbassyinAustraliaagainstFalunGong.InMay2004, FalunGonglodgedalawsuitattheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales againstthenewspaperforits"libel."Afterwards,FalunGongmadeuseof itsownmediatowidelyattackthe andmadepersonalat- - 6 - PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 www.fineprint.com.cn Chapter1ShutUpAllofYou! tacksonthenewspaper'seditor-in-chiefandothereditors.OnApril5, 2006,theSupremeCourtofNSWofAustraliaruledthatFalunGonglost thelawsuitwhile won. OnJanuary21,2005,theAssociatedPresspublishedanarticleenti- tled ,whichobjectivelyreported thestatusquooftheparticipantsoftheTian'anmenSquareself-immola- tionincidentontheChineseNewYear'sEveandtheirreflectionsonFalun Gong.OnthemorningofJanuary25,FalunGongorganizedagroupof peopletodemonstratebeforetheofficebuildingwheretheAssociated PressheadquarterswaslocatedinManhattanofNewYork,demanding thattheAPwithdrawthereport.OnFebruary11, ,ofFalun Gong,publishedanarticlecallingtheAP"down-to-earthsmallbastard." TheGreatWallPlatformcooperatedwithRogersCompanyin scrupulouslyselecting9representativechannelsfrom17channelsofthe AmericanGreatWallPlatform.TheRogersCableagentislefttoapply withtheCRTCfortheentitlementtotheprogramtrans-broadcasting. Such alocalChineseculturalandrecreationalaffairwasobstructedby FalunGongbyeverymeans.BetweenMarchandJuneof2006,Falun Gongorganizeditsmembersformanytimestodemonstratebeforethe Rogers'headquartersinToronto,whichseverelyaffectedthenormalrun- ningofRogersCompany.OnDecember22,2006,theGreatWallPlat- formgainedpermissiontoopenitsbusinessinCanada. FalunGonggroupedthefollowerstodemonstratebeforetheRogersCable HeadquartersinToronto. - 7 - PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 www.fineprint.com.cn FalunGong'sAttitudesonFreedomofSpeech,PublicInterestsandHumanRights OnFebruary6,2008,theNewYorkTimespublishedafeature entitled . Afterwards,overdozenarticleswerereleasedonthewebsiteofFalun GongtoattackandframeNewYorkTimesandtheauthorofthearticle EricKonigberg.ThearticlesclaimedthatEricKonigsbergwaswellknown byhisillreputation...andwasabsolutelyinhuman. - 8 - PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 ÿw ww.fineprint.com.cn Chapter2HarassmentGoesEverywhere InfringementofpublicinterestsbyFalunGong PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 ÿw ww.fineprint.com.cn FalunGong'sAttitudesonFreedomofSpeech,PublicInterestsandHumanRights PDF 文件使用 "pdfFactory Pro" 试用版本创建 ÿw ww.fineprint.com.cn