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  • Ukraine TV Station Covers the Film Free China: The Courage to Believe

    On October 10, 2013, the VIKKA TV station in Cherkasy, Ukraine, ran a special 6 o'clock news segment on the award-winning documentary, Free China: The Courage to Believe . Viewers were invited to attend a free local screening of the popular film.
  • Ukraine's TRK TV Reports on Falun Gong Activity

    On August 1, 2013, Ukraine's Crimea TRK-555 TV reported on a Falun Gong activity held in the seaside resort city of Elushita. Practitioners there introduced Falun Dafa to both locals and tourists.
  • Italian Media: Free China Film “A Human Rights 'Bomb'”

    On June 8, 2013, the Italian newspaper, La Stampa , published an article titled, “A Human Rights 'Bomb' at US China Summit,” written by reporter Paolo Mastrolilli. The article is about the documentary, Free China , which highlights the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong and the issue of organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Italian Regional Television Program Focuses on the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

  • Introducing Falun Dafa on a Radio Station in Croatia

    On February 22, 2013, the “Sova” radio station in Croatia aired a 13-minute show about Falun Dafa during which a practitioner spoke about the practice, its benefits and the ongoing persecution in China.
  • Spanish Radio Programme Focuses on Chinese Forced Labour Camps

  • Bulgaria: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong on National Television

    Practitioners in Bulgaria were invited to introduce Falun Gong on a popular daytime TV show earlier this month. The programme was broadcast on Sunday afternoon, June 10, 2012, on the highly rated, state-owned channel, Bulgarian National Television.
  • Press Release: Fair Trial for Falun Gong and Rule of Law in Russia

    For several years, the Russian authorities have been trying to suppress law-obeying Falun Gong practitioners in Russia under the request and pressure of the Chinese regime, which illegally persecutes Falun Gong (a peaceful Chinese traditional meditation practice) since July 1999.
  • The Irish Times: Falun Gong Practitioners Call for an End to the Persecution

    According to The Irish Times on February 20, about 50 Falun Gong practitioners on February 19 called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, saying that “practitioners have been tortured, been imprisoned, and had their organs harvested since 1999.”
  • The Epoch Times: Chinese Embassy Interfering with Performance at London Theatre

    Shen Yun Performing Arts has graced many of the world’s most prestigious stages over the last several years, captivating audiences and earning a reputation as the world’s pre-eminent Chinese performing arts company. But Shen Yun’s mission to revive the 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture of China has brought with it pressure and interference from the regime in China with diplomats using various methods to try to derail performances. London is the latest place for this interference, where the local promoters say that the Chinese Embassy has been putting pressure on the upper management of the theatre.
  • FDIC: Dozens of Falun Gong Practitioners Killed in First Third of 2011

    Over two dozen Falun Gong practitioners have died due to abuse in custody since January 1, 2011, according to reports received by the Falun Dafa Information Centre and published on Thursday. In a feature particular to the campaign against Falun Gong, several of the victims died after being held in makeshift "brainwashing centres" where torture and ingestion of unknown drugs were used to force people to renounce their practice of Falun Gong.
  • Princess Michael: Shen Yun a ‘Marvellous Evening’

    HRH Princess Michael of Kent was among the special guests at the opening night of Shen Yun Performing Arts at The London Coliseum, on April 5. At a reception after the show, the Princess briefly addressed the audience of around 180 guests, saying it was a “great honour and a pleasure” to be there and that she was “completely obsessed” with Chinese culture.
  • London's West End Welcomes Shen Yun

    Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company opened its run of West End performances to a delighted audience in London on Tuesday, April 5. Actor Jamie Cho said that the performances were fantastic and the dances beautiful. “The dancers were great. The two singers were amazing—the tenor and the soprano.” He was also particularly taken by the performance on the two stringed erhu.
  • Local Media in Germany Spread the Facts about Falun Gong

    Cham is the east gate of the Bavarian Forest in southern Germany, and the locals are very sincere and honest. Falun Gong practitioners often visited local newspaper offices to clarify the facts about Falun Gong. The newspapers who learned about the true situation made efforts to spread the facts about Falun Gong.
  • Persecution of Falun Gong Exposed In Depth Over the Years by Dutch Media

    In 1999 the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong, following which Falun Gong practitioners began to disseminate the facts and oppose the persecution. In Holland, after many of the media realized the true situation, they began to to expose the crimes of the CCP and its lies, and to make the truth of how Falun Gong has been persecuted known to many.