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  • UK: Wen Jiabao Arrives in the UK and Bo Xilai is Sued

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in the UK on May 9th. Aside from high-level political and trade talks, the issue of Hong Kong will be a focal point. Bo Xilai, the visiting Chinese Minister of Commerce, has been sued by UK Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: Clarifying the Facts in the Town of Ansbach

    On May 8th, German Falun Gong practitioners held Falun Gong activities in the small town of Ansbach in southern Germany. Practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises for passers-by and collected signatures calling for the release of unlawfully imprisoned practitioners in China. Many people stopped to take a look and asked questions about Falun Gong.
  • UK: During Wen Jiabao's Visit, Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal to Bring the Prime Culprits to Justice

    The UK is the fourth stop of Wen Jiabao’s European visit. Just before the visit, UK practitioners filed a lawsuit against Bo Xilai for his crimes of torture and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners and requested his arrest upon arrival in the UK. The Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard considered the formal allegations made against him.
  • Belgium Appeal Activities During Wen Jiabao's Visit

    When we arrived, many media organsiations were at the scene to cover this event. Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, France, Holland and Belgium unfurled banners and demonstrated the five sets of exercises. The embassy officials were all watching us, as were persons from local student associations and the media organisations dispatched by China.
  • Switzerland: Zhang Cuiying’s Art Exhibition in Switzerland

    After Zhang Cuiying’s art exhibition in Brugg, Switzerland, came to an end on May 3rd, another exhibition opened in Switzerland at Fribourg University. The Freiburger Nachrichten newspaper took the lead in reporting details of the art exhibition and the story of Ms Zhang, a Falun Gong practitioner who was persecuted in China by Jiang Zemin's political regime.
  • UK: Appeal to Welcome Wen Jiabao and bring Bo Xilai to Justice

    On Sunday the 9th of May 2004, UK Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy in London. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in England this weekend and Falun Gong practitioners held an appeal with banners displaying 3 important messages: "UK Falun Gong Practitioners Welcome Wen Jiabao", "Bring Jiang to Justice" and "Falun Gong is Good".
  • Norway: "Human Rights in China" Seminar Tour began in the University of Oslo

    On May 6th, 2004, the Chinese Human Rights Speech Tour began its journey at Auslu University. This speech tour has a group of lecturers including a famous Canadian lawyer and the chairpeople of Asia Research Association in America and the Labour Studies Fund Association, as well as Falun Gong practitioners that have been persecuted.
  • Spain: Clarifying the Truth at the Contemporary Human Rights Forum at Comillas University

    The Falun Gong practitioners’ statement shocked.the participants a great deal. A law school professor said, “Although I have heard about the human rights conditions in China, I did not realise that it was so bad.” Another participant added, “Such a major event has occurred in China, but we didn’t know. We hope that we can provide help."
  • UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Filed a Lawsuit Against Bo Xilai

    After a lawsuit filed by American Falun Gong practitioners against Bo Xilai for the crime of genocide, torture and crimes against humanity, UK Falun Gong practitioners also entrusted an attorney recently to file a lawsuit against Bo Xilai for crimes of torture against fellow Falun Gong practitioners in China. The Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard accepted the formal allegation made against Bo Xilai for serious crimes and a request for his arrest upon arrival in the UK by issuing a Crime Number.
  • Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Peacefully Appeal and Request the Trial of Jiang Zemin and Bo Xilai

    The practitioners pointed out to the EU officials, the Belgian Government, the media and the public, that Bo Xilai, one of the Chinese delegation taking part in this visit is presently being sued in Germany and the US for Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide and Crimes of Torture. While he was in office in Dalian and Liaoning province, he actively participated in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, resulting in Liaoning being one of the provinces where the persecution of practitioners is the most severe.
  • UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Take Legal Action Against Bo Xilai

    UK Falun Gong practitioners entrusted an attorney recently to file a lawsuit against Bo Xilai for the crimes of Torture against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Although the case was rejected on the grounds of diplomatic immunity, the significance of filing this legal complaint should not be overlooked. It is an opportunity for the relevant UK authorities and legal structures to become more familiar with the nature of the persecution of Falun Gong, and to raise the profile of a correct interpretation of diplomatic immunity. Regardless of the immediate outcome, all this serves to lay the foundation for future legal actions against those who persecute Falun Gong.
  • Belgium: Dafa Practitioners Release a Statement regarding Wen Jiabao's Visit

    "We hope that the Belgian Prime Minister will make use of this opportunity to express clearly to Mr. Wen Jiabao and the Chinese people, the great concern of the Belgian government and its people towards the persecution of Falun Gong in China. We hope Premier Wen Jiabao will treat bringing an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and the trial of the culprits in this persecution as the top mission in the Chinese Government's agenda."
  • Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal Outside the Sheraton Hotel in Brussels

    On the 5th of May, practitioners from Belgium, Holland, France and Germany came to the Sheraton Hotel in Brussels where Wen Jiabao and his entourage were staying. They carried out a peaceful appeal, calling for the “Prosecution of Jiang Zemin and Bo Xilai”. Practitioners displayed banners and practised the exercises.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Bring Peace and Harmony to a Conference of the International Federation of Professional Aroma-Therapists

    On the afternoon of May the 1st, nearly forty pharmacists and alternative medicine experts, mainly from Germany, attentively watched Falun Gong practitioners demonstrating Falun Gong exercises at the front of the hall. They earnestly learned the slow-moving and gentle movements, while Falun Gong music gently resounded around the hall.
  • Interview with German Fashion Designer, Gao Meirong

    Gao Meirong, from Taiwan, came to study in Germany in 1995. In 2001, she obtained the Fa in Belgium, during a stay there with her German husband. Her husband also began to cultivate Falun Dafa in 2002. Meirong used to be a professional fashion designer in Taiwan. To better understand her, I interviewed her over the telephone as follows...