Friends of Falun Gong USA- News/Media Reports

1. Friends of Falun Gong USA: THE IOC SHOULD INVESTIGATE CHINA’S SECRET ESPIONAGE DIRECTIVE 06.04.07: On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Friends of Falun Gong USA calls upon the IOC to investigate and hold China accountable to its pledges and to the spirit of the Games.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1398

2. Friends of Falun Gong's letter to the Olympic Committee 06.03.07: On behalf of millions of Falun Gong adherents and their supporters worldwide, I am writing to bring your immediate attention to a secret directive recently issued by China’s Ministry of Public Security to bar or investigate certain individuals and groups from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1399

3. Letter to the World Medical Association 04.15.07: Dr. Abraham Halpern, FoFG Boad member and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, New York Medical College calls upon the World Medical Adssociation to take urgent action to investigate chargest of Chinese medical doctors' participation in organ harvesting atrocities commited against Falun Gong practitioners
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1391

4. Friends of Falun Gong USA overview 02.20.07: Friends of Falun Gong USA (FoFG USA) is a U.S.-based nonprofit human rights organization founded in the year 2000 by Americans concerned about the persecution of Falun Gong. Our mission is to support the freedom of belief of persons who practice Falun Gong. FoFG's efforts include large-scale rallies in Washington DC, lawsuits aginst the architects of the persecution, and smaller, targeted projects counteracting the Chinese government’s massive propaganda campaign. For more information about what we do, please visit Our Work
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=568

5. FRIENDS OF FALUN GONG ESTABLISHES LEGAL DEFENSE FUND FOR JAILED CHINESE ATTORNEY 09.15.06: “As increasing numbers of Chinese citizens assert their constitutional rights, the Chinese Communist Party becomes more and more repressive. The arrest of Gao Zhisheng is an act of desperation and we want to do all that we can to secure his release."
--Alan Adler, Executive Director, Friends of Falun Gong USA
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1323

6. Chinese Influence Extends Persecution beyond the Mainland 09.05.06: As the government of Singapore displays its hostility toward Falun Gong, FoFG notes that although the practice is not illegal outside of China, troubling instances have taken place in Thailand, France, Iceland, Germany and elsewhere since 1999. Each nation has demonstrated a willingness to bend its laws or international law to mollify the Chinese.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1319

7. APA Recognized 06.02.06: FoFG's Executive director thanks the American Psychiatric Association for its efforts to stop the abuse of psychiatry targeting healthy Falun Gong practitioners in China.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1296

8. The Friends of Falun Gong Report 05.08.06: Rally at the White House, April 2006
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1289

9. Human Rights Group: Chinese Organ Extraction Scheme Part of Larger Campaign to Eradicate Falun Gong 04.25.06: Fears of a genocide now occurring in labor and concentration camps across China were brought into international focus by a protest at a DC press conference on April 20 by Dr. Wenyi Wang. Friends of Falun Gong USA (FoFG) affirms the urgent need to investigate this atrocity -- a frenzied attempt to extract organs from live Falun Gong practitioners, destroy evidence and make money before new regulations take effect.
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1283

10. An Open Letter to Hu Jintao 04.19.06: FoFG asks Hu Jintao to bring an end to the persecution of Falun Gong
www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1274