Wednesday, February 13, 2002

TORONTO -- A Barrie-area engineering student who was arrested in Beijing's Tiananmen Square while holding a peaceful demonstration is back in Canada.

Twenty-two-year-old Jason Loftus was arrested Monday along with an American while unfurling a banner in support of the banned Falun Gong movement.

Loftus arrived at Toronto's Pearson Airport last night.

He says the past few days have shown him how severe the persecution of Falun Gong supporters is.

Monday's protest was the third in Tiananmen Square by Western [Falun Gong] followers.

Thirty-five were expelled in November, and a Canadian woman was expelled last month after staging a lone protest.

[...] http://www.canada.com/search/site/story.asp?id=CA5CF05D-A0F6-49C4-9A6C-19AF63CE055F

Posting date: 2/14/2002
Original article date: 2/13/2002
Category: News & Media Reports

 Yearly Archive  Printer Version

_____Related Articles_____ Falun Gong Practitioners Stage Large International Appeal on Tiananmen Square to End Persecution in China [2/14/2002] Reuters: China Detains Some 40 Western Falun Gong Protesters  [2/14/2002] Europe: International Appeal on Tiananmen Square to End Persecution of Falun Gong in China [2/14/2002] Japan Today: China detains 20 Western Falun Gong protesters  [2/14/2002] BBC: China arrests foreign Falun Gong activists  [2/14/2002] Irish Times: Police detain Falun Gong protesters in China  [2/14/2002] CNN: China detains 40 Western Falun Gong activists  [2/14/2002] Falun Dafa Information Center Responds to Violent Arrests of 40 Western Practitioners in China [2/14/2002] AP: 40 Falun Gong Members Detained & Reuters: China Detains Some 40 Western Falun Gong Protesters  [2/14/2002] CTVnews: China detains Canadian Falun Gong Protester [2/13/2002]