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DESCRIPTION:Urgent Appeal: Local Falun Gong Group Asks South Korean Government to Stop 
 Deportation\n\nYoung couple in South Korea facing imminent deportation,\n50 
 other Falun Gong asylum seekers at risk\n\n\nSAN FRANCISCO—On the eve of 
 South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak’s visit to the United States, Falun 
 Gong practitioners will hold an appeal and press conference to ask the 
 Korean government to stop the deportation of Falun Gong refugees back to 
 China, in particular Jin Jingzhe, his wife Ma Yue, and Shen Xianzhi, who 
 are in imminent danger.\n\nSince 2009, Falun Dafa practitioners have been 
 systematically denied asylum in South Korea which has sent at least 10 
 Falun Gong refugees back to China, where Falun Gong practitioners routinely 
 face persecution, torture, and even death at the hands of the ruling 
 regime.\n\nThe 10 practitioners South Korea has deported to China since 
 2009 have disappeared.\n\nAn additional 56 Falun Gong students residing in 
 Korea have been denied asylum. If detained by the police, they too risk 
 deportation to mainland China. \n\nCalifornia Congressman Dana Rohrabacher 
 and Congressman John Garamendi have written letters to urge President Lee 
 not to deport Falun Gong practitioners to China.\n\nFalun Gong 
 practitioners are calling on the government of the Republic of Korea to 
 honor its commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Status of 
 Refugees and the Convention Against Torture.\n\nBackground:\n\nIn July of 
 1999, China’s autocratic Communist Party launched an unlawful campaign of 
 arrests, violence, and propaganda with the intent of “eradicating” 
 Falun Gong; it is believed certain leaders feared the influence of the 
 practice’s 100 million adherents. The Falun Gong Information Center has 
 verified details of over 3,000 deaths and over 63,000 cases of torture in 
 custody, though actual numbers are believed to be much greater.\n\nIn 
 recent years, 23 members of the U.S. Congress have written to the 
 government of the Republic of Korea seeking their help in protecting Falun 
 Gong practitioners on humanitarian grounds, but the repatriations have 
 continued.\n http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/20/18690777.php
SUMMARY:Urgent Appeal: Local Falun Gong Group Asks South Korean Government to Stop Deportation
LOCATION:Consulate General of Korea, 3500 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
URL:http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/20/18690777.php
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