Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent shocking and tragic death of a person (details supplied); if the Irish Government can ask the Chinese Government to investigate this person's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23692/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have learned with regret of the death of Ms Gao Rong Rong, a Falun Dafa practitioner, who, according to reports, died on 16 June 2005. I have asked my officials to request the EU Presidency to raise the case of Ms Gao Rong Rong and the circumstances of her death with the Chinese authorities at the next session of the EU-China human rights dialogue which is due to take place in September. The EU-China human rights dialogue, established in 1996, is the formal framework through which the EU raises its concerns about individual human rights cases, including those of Falun Dafa practitioners and more general issues, such as the protection of freedom of religion and expression, which have a particular impact on practitioners of Falun Dafa.