Reporters Without Borders Press Release - "European Satellite Operator Eutelsat Suppresses Independent Chinese-language TV Station NTDTV to Satisfy Beijing"
Previously unpublished conversation by Eutelsat employee confirms move was politically motivated
10 July 2008
Reporters Without Borders calls on Giuliano Berretta, the CEO of the European satellite company Eutelsat, to quickly reverse its decision to suspend independent Chinese-language broadcaster NTDTV's use of Eutelsat's W5 satellite to broadcast to Asia.
Eutelsat claims it was forced to suspend NTDTV (New Tang Dynasty Television) on 16 June because of a technical problem but a recorded conversation with an employee of Eutelsat show it was a premeditated, politically-motivated decision violating the free flow of information and the convention under which Eutelsat operates.
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Austria: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Vienna and Salzburg
On May 10, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners celebrated World Falun Dafa Day in Vienna and Salzburg.
May is the busy tour season in Austria. While celebrating the World Falun Dafa Day, practitioners clarified the truth about the 9-year persecution of Falun Gong, to local residents and tourists from all over the world. After learning the facts, many signed a petition to condemn the persecution. Some people also expressed an interest in learning the Falun Gong exercises.
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Announcement Regarding Investigations of the Mass Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners in China in the Run up to the Olympics
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has conducted a genocidal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, arresting, detaining, and torturing them and causing severe injuries and death since July 1999. In 2001, the CCP won the privilege of hosting the Beijing Olympics. The persecution has only gotten worse since then. The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) posted an "Urgent Announcement to Investigate the Mass Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners in Beijing, Which Is Using the Olympics as an Excuse" on March 1, 2008. The facts now show that the arrests are reaching far beyond Beijing in a new round of escalation of the persecution all over China, including 29 provinces, cities (four at the provincial level), and autonomous regions.
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