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Detained Thailand Falun Gong Refugees Find Freedom in Norway; Human Rights Commission Continues Investigation

Detained Thailand Falun Gong Refugees Find Freedom in Norway; Human Rights Commission Continues Investigation
TO FREEDOM IN NORWAY: Li Jianhui and his wife Dai Ying show their newly acquired asylum visas to Norway to the press, prior to flying to Oslo from Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok in the early morning of Jan. 24, 2005. The Epoch Times
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
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BANGKOK—Four Falun Gong refugees incarcerated by Thai authorities for the past month for protesting the persecution of their peers in China took an early morning flight to Norway on Tuesday, January 24. Wang Yajun, Liu Ying, Li Jianhui, and Miao Miao, accompanied by four family members including two children, flew to freedom and permanent asylum in the Scandinavian country.

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials confirmed the arrival of the eight in Norway. Currently they are en-route to Melbu Refugee Center, near Stokmarknes, in the far north of the country. They will arrive mid-Wednesday, said Melbu Refugee Worker Inger Ajer.

Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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