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France: Dafa Practitioners Hold a Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate Practitioners who Lost their Lives
2004-08-01On the evening of July the 23rd 2004, French Dafa practitioners held a candlelight vigil in the Human Rights Square opposite the Eiffel Tower to commemorate those who have been tortured to death in China for practising Falun Gong, and to call upon kind-hearted people all over the world to come together to stop this persecution. -
Denmark: Commemorating Five Years of Persecution
2004-08-01On the 20th of July, Danish Dafa practitioners held a series of activities with the theme “Against the persecution, Against terrorism, Explain the Facts” in Copenhagen. The practitioners made special banners and used photographs of the torture to call for people’s concern over the genocide happening in China now. -
Germany: Practitioners Protest Against Five Years of Persecution at the Chinese Embassy in Munich
2004-08-01Falun Gong practitioners held an exhibition of the brutal facts of the persecution and demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises at the Munich Chinese Embassy. Many onlookers or passers-by came to ask for leaflets and newspapers. As usual, the embassy staff monitored the whole activity using a video camera. -
“The Society for Threatened People, will take measures to ensure that leading Chinese politicians who have ordered the annihilation of Falun Gong will suffer the legal consequences of their acts.”
2004-07-31"Five years after the start of the persecution of Falun Gong, the repression of Falun Gong is escalating in China...The Society for Threatened People accuses the People’s Republic of China of blatant disregard for their constitutional guarantees of freedom of belief and for purposely criminalising a peaceful spiritual practice." -
Germany: Appeal at the South African Honorary Consulate in Dortmund
2004-07-31On July 16th, practitioners from Dortmund went to the city’s South African Honorary Consulate to appeal to the South African Government and people, asking them to pay attention to the shooting incident which took place in South Africa recently. -
Russia: Practitioners Hold a Parade and Anti-Torture Exhibition to Expose the Persecution
2004-07-31Falun Gong practitioners in Russia held activities on July 20th, including a parade, and an anti-torture exhibition, to protest against the five year-long persecution of Falun Gong in China. All activities took place in a peaceful atmosphere, which obtained high praise from the police as well as human rights organisations. -
Sweden: Fifth Anniversary of the Persecution Commemorated with an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Gothenburg
2004-07-31Falun Gong practitioners from Gothenburg and nearby places carried out activities in downtown Gothenburg three days in row. After exhibiting a live anti-torture presentation on July the 20th, which caught the attention of the public, practitioners continued with the activities on July the 21st and 22nd. -
Hungary: Exposing Five Years of Persecution in China
2004-07-31Last week, Hungarian, German, Ukrainian and Australian Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Hungary’s capital city, Budapest. The activities included a peaceful appeal and press conference at the Chinese Embassy, promoting Falun Gong, and visiting various media outlets, Embassies and Members of Parliament. -
EFGIC: Canadian Court Directs Garnishment of Chinese Vice Consul General’s Bank Account
2004-07-30LONDON [EFGIC]– The Ontario Superior Court directed the Bank of China to seize applicable assets from the Vice Consul General of China, Pan Xinchun’s bank account for refusing to follow a court order to pay damages when he was found liable for defamation last February in an unprecedented case. -
Sweden: Anti-Torture Exhibition Shocked People, Making them Sad and Angry
2004-07-30On July 19th, practitioners came to Selgelstorg Square in Stockholm, displaying to Swedish people and tourists Falun Gong practitioners’ compassion and tolerance despite the illegal persecution, as well as exposing the persecution of people who believe in ‘Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance’, instigated by Jiang Zemin on 20th July. -
Radio France Internationale: Three Thousand Falun Gong Practitioners Make a 'Great Wall of Courage'
2004-07-30A report from Radio France Internationale's Chinese language broadcasting programme to the Asia Pacific area on the evening of Friday 23rd July 2004: According to news from Agence France Presse, several hundred Falun Gong practitioners held a demonstration yesterday in Washington DC to expose the crimes of the Beijing authorities in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Organisers of this demonstration hoped that the 3000 participants would build a “Great Wall of Courage”. -
Germany: Practitioners Hold an Anti-Torture Photo Exhibition in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Bonn
2004-07-30On July 20th, a group of German Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Bonn. They displayed pictures of nine torture methods that Chinese police use to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China, photos and a name list of Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death in China. -
Finland: Anti-Torture Exhibition Shocks the People of Helsinki
2004-07-29On July the 18th, practitioners from Finland, Denmark and Sweden gathered in Helsinki to hold activities that included a press conference, anti-torture exhibition, picture exhibition and a petition signature collection to commemorate the peaceful appeal against persecution that Falun Gong practitioners have staged for the past five years. -
UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Candlelit Vigil at the Chinese Embassy to Commemorate Fellow Practitioners who Lost their Lives
2004-07-29On the evening of July 23rd, UK Falun Gong practitioners held candlelit vigils in front of the Chinese Embassy in London and the Chinese Consulates in Manchester and Edinburgh to commemorate fellow Falun Gong practitioners who have been tortured to death in Mainland China, and to call upon kind-hearted people to come together to stop this persecution. -
Ukraine: Practitioners Gather at the Chinese Embassy to Appeal for an End to the Five Year Persecution
2004-07-29On July 20th 2004, practitioners from Kiev and Ukraine gathered at the city’s Chinese Embassy for a peaceful appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners exhibited several detailed pictures, which illustrated the brutal torture methods used to force practitioners in China to give up their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.