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• Czech Newspapers Report on Falun Gong Activities to Raise Awareness about the Genocide in China

  2005-06-05
  Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance – these are the main principles of an ancient Chinese cultivation way called Falun Gong. There are about 100 million practitioners of this cultivation method worldwide, but in China they are persecuted, jailed and tortured by the Chinese Communist Regime.
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• Radio Free Asia: Practitioners Invited to Demonstrate Falun Gong Exercises at Berlin Gymnastics Festival

  2005-06-04
  The six-day Berlin Gymnastics Festival, which has just been held in the capital of Germany with 120,000 participants, has a history of one hundred and forty-five years. Its goal is to improve the physical and mental health of children and adults. Four German words represent its motto: originality, piety, happiness, and freedom. Under the principle of this motto, the Berlin Gymnastics Festival invited Falun Gong practitioners in Germany to participate in the performance.
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• Interview with a German Newspaper about Falun Gong Appeals and Cultivation

  2005-05-29
  Because of its popularity in China and the exercises were practised by many people in the parks, the Chinese Ministry of Health surveyed it and found that at that time this practice was the most beneficial qigong practice in China. Gong is actually called cultivation energy. It affects positively the cultivation of one’s body. One also lives by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. The exercises are useless if one does not cultivate one’s heart at the same time.
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• German Newspaper Report: Deported to China from Wurzburg then Sentenced to Forced Labour Camp for Practising Falun Gong

  2005-05-26
  This article is based on an April 12th report by German newspaper The Main Post. Phone calls from China said that Jiang Renzheng, who was deported to China from Wurzburg, was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. The only reason for his detention is that he participated in Falun Gong activities in Germany, which are forbidden in China.
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• Finnish Falun Gong Practitioner Appears in National TV Programme

  2005-05-25
  The Finnish practitioner has been the target of the Chinese Communist Party’s threat campaign. He received several hundred harassing phone calls, where English tape recordings were played defaming Falun Gong. Like other Finish Falun Gong practitioners who received the same type of calls, he sent crime investigation reports about the case to the local police and also had an opportunity to report about the harassment on the TV programme. Many people who had watched the programme told practitioners that they condemned the dirty tricks used by the Chinese Government and expressed support for Falun Gong.
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• Article from Islington Gazette (UK): Antique dealer's fears as Chinese 'daughter' jailed

  2005-05-25
  An honest and kind businesswoman who stayed regularly in Islington has been jailed for two years in a Beijing labour camp for practising Falun Gong, a faith that is [banned and persecuted] in China. Friends are campaigning for the release of single mother Feng Yang (also known as Annie), 42, amid fears she may be suffering torture and ill treatment in the Tiantanghe labour camp.
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• Radio Free Asia: Support from Germany for the Appeal to Rescue Jiang Renzheng

  2005-05-24
  Because he took part in Falun Gong activities in Germany, Mr. Jiang Renzheng, who was deported to China’s Liaoning Province in early March, was persecuted at once and was put in prison on the 8th of April. It is over a month since the incident occurred, which has been drawing the understanding and attention of more and more people in Germany.
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• Media Report: Practitioner from Germany Sentenced to a Forced Labour Camp for Three Years after being Deported to China

  2005-05-18
  Being suspected of wanting to stay in Germany by using the name of Falun Gong, Wuerzburg Administrative Court refused Mr. Jiang and his family’s application, which was submitted with Falun Gong practitioners’ verification of their identity. The German Falun Dafa Association reminded the German Government of the persecution situation against Falun Gong practitioners in China before the repatriation decision was made known. At present, the association is doing its utmost to rescue Jiang and his family back to Germany.
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• Swiss and Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners Win Appeal: Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Revokes Conviction

  2005-05-17
  On May 5th 2005, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal made a ruling on the accusation against Swiss and Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners for obstructing and assaulting the police three years ago. The court ruling overturns the conviction made by a lower court. The summary of the verdict said peaceful demonstration is a constitutional right. Since peaceful demonstration and appeals are protected by the law, the arrest becomes illegal.
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• Article from Czech Newspaper: Falun Gong on the Streets of Karvina

  2005-05-12
  During the activities, passers-by could learn about the torture methods and other Chinese Government atrocities used against Falun Gong practitioners and they could also sign a petition condemning the persecution. “The petition will be presented to the Czech Parliament Petition Committee and a copy will be given to the UN office,” added the organiser, who said that people can also sign the petition on the Falun Gong website.
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• The Largest TV Station in Turkey Broadcasts Falun Gong Information to the Whole Country

  2005-05-11
  In the morning, the reporter from SHOWTV interviewed Falun Gong practitioners who were doing the exercises in a park and the interview programme was broadcast in the news in the evening of the same day. In the programme, some practitioners talked about practising Falun Gong and introduced the five sets of exercises.
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• German Falun Gong Information Centre: Deported to China then Imprisoned in a Slave Labour Camp

  2005-05-05
  On March 7th 2005, a young married Chinese couple and their two infants were deported to their homeland, China. On Saturday, the husband was taken to a slave labour camp. They had applied for asylum, because they practised Falun Gong. Regrettably, the authorities believed it to be an invalid application. They believed that the young couple wanted to stay in Germany.
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• Ukraine Newspaper Reports on the “Journey of Compassion” Painting Exhibition Tour

  2005-05-04
  Based on the report, from April 15th to 17th 2005, practitioners held the “Journey of Compassion” painting exhibition in the Краматорск city History Museum. Traditional Chinese paintings by the Australia-based artist Zhang Cuiying were put on display. The famous painter was imprisoned in China for six months just because of her belief in Falun Gong.
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• The Italian Asia News Agency Discloses the CCP's New Wave of Persecution Against Falun Gong

  2005-05-03
  According to a report by the Italian Asia News Agency of the 26th of April, the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) has adopted the largest-scale police action since 1999 to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The CPP has arrested many Falun Gong practitioners in Shandong, Jiangxi, Xichuan provinces and inner Mongolia. According to the report, Amnesty International revealed the situation to the outside world while supporting Falun Gong.
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• The International Society for Human Rights (IGFM): Deportation from Germany followed by three years in a labour camp

  2005-05-01
  On Saturday April 9th 2005, Mr. Jiang Renzheng, who was deported from Germany on March 7th, was taken to a forced labour camp in Benxi, which is located close to the large urban centre of Shenyang. He had been sentenced to three years of re-education by forced labour because of “endangering public security”. This happened without a trial or legal counsel. The International Society for Human Rights reports that even in today’s People’s Republic of China, people are still being imprisoned in the Laogai labour camp system without the benefit of a proper legal system.
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