Voices of Support, Awards and Recognition

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• Slovenian Ministry of Defence: "China should stop the senseless persecution of members of the Falun Gong movement"

  2004-08-07
  "We principally agree with the Concurrent Resolution 188 of the US Congress, which states that the government of the Republic of China should stop the senseless persecution of members of the Falun Gong movement – a traditional practice of mind and body improvement. Also, because that philosophy is based on truthfulness, goodness and mutual tolerance, without a doubt it positively influences the contentment of people, as well as the spiritual and physical health."
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• “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."
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• French MP: "Safeguarding Human Rights Should Precede Economic Interest"

  2004-07-21
  In January 2004, influenced by propaganda and under pressure from the Jiang regime, Paris police mistreated Falun Gong practitioners during Hu Jintao's visit to France. After the incident, practitioners clarified the facts to people at all levels in France, demanding that the relevant persons should take legal responsibility and make an apology. Recently, French MP Frank Marlin wrote back to practitioners. His complete reply is reproduced here.
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• The First Secretary of the French Socialist Party Expresses Concern about the Mistreatment by the French Police Towards Falun Gong Practitioners

  2004-07-20
  In January 2004, influenced by the slanderous propaganda and under pressure from the Jiang regime, Paris police who were not aware of the facts mistreated Falun Gong practitioners. Recently, the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party and MP Mr Francois Hollande wrote to practitioners, saying that the Chairman of the Parliamentary Socialist Party has asked the MP responsible for Rights and Legal Affairs to take a look at this incident.
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• Members of European Parliament Respond to Letters about the South Africa Shooting Incident

  2004-07-19
  “I completely sympathise with you and understand your concerns regarding the treatment of David Liang. I have written to the South African High Commissioner, Linidiwe Mabuza, emphasising my concerns and I have called for a full investigation into the matter. I will be sure to keep you updated on future developments.”
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• Danish MEP Morgens Camre Condemns the Shooting Incident in South Africa

  2004-07-15
  "...right now, what western society can do is keep exerting pressure on the Chinese government, spread information as often as possible, call on all world organisations like the UN and all democratic countries, to criticise and to slam the persecution and those who are behind it. We could explain to China that the leaders are digging their own graves by resorting to violence."
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• Letter from the President of the International Association for Human Rights to the Chinese Ambassador in Vienna

  2004-07-14
  "The car carrying the gunman did not stop. Liang, an Australian Falun Gong practitioner of Chinese decent was the only one shot at. He was the only one in the car wearing a jacket with the words “Falun Dafa.” This points to the conclusion that the shooting was a premeditated action against Falun Gong during the two officials’ visit. Zeng, Bo, and other high officials who have given orders in China that have resulted and still result in torture and death."
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• Statement of Support from Mr Petr Pleva, Member of Parliament of the Czech Republic

  2004-07-13
  On the 26th of June 2004, United Nations International Day in Support of Torture Victims, Falun Gong practitioners in the Czech Republic held a press conference at Krizovnicke Square in Prague, to call for an end to the brutal campaign of torture waged against Falun Gong practitioners in China. The following is a statement of support sent to the press conference by Czech Member of Parliament Mr Petr Pleva.
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• Statement from the Chairman of Olympic Watch on the United Nations International Day to Support Torture Victims

  2004-07-11
  On the International Day against Torture, June 26th, Olympic Watch calls on the government of the People’s Republic of China to stop the abhorrent practises of torture and ill-treatment throughout the PRC. We commemorate the victims of torture by the communist authorities in China, be it Falun Gong practitioners, political prisoners, or other people. Torture can never be excused and the People’s Republic of China has pledged to eradicate it by its ratification of the Convention against torture.
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• Statement of Support by Member of Czech Parliament Jaroslav Zverina

  2004-07-10
  "The tragedy is that people don’t deal with their real enemies but are cruel to others who don’t harm them and are in fact just the opposite: those who believe in truthfulness, kindness and rational contemplation. Among such tragic manifestations is the persecution and torture of Falun Gong practitioners by the present Chinese Communist regime. I have come to understand the teachings of this movement, I think quite well, and I can hardly imagine what has caused the ruling regime’s hatred."
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• Statement of Support from Czech Senator Daniel Kroupa at a Falun Gong Rally on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

  2004-07-06
  "On this occasion I want to express my support to persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China, I want to praise their bravery and endurance. I also want to express my hope that the constant pressure by the world’s public opinion will finally force the representatives of the Chinese government to apply their Human Rights policy in accordance with the United Nations’ stipulations."
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• Letter from the Interprofessional Workers’ Association to the Chinese Ambassador in Austria

  2004-07-04
  "For several long years now, the Chinese Government has undertaken a series of measures to put an end to the development of this practise. Even worse, President Jiang Zemin, head of Government at that time, was to make the decision to prohibit Falun Gong and to persecute its practitioners. From different reports, therefore, mainly from human rights organisations, it appears that there are hundreds of people who have been arrested and imprisoned, and who still remain locked up in forced labour camps."
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• Speech by Ms. Terezia Stoisits, Chairperson of the Austrian Parliament Human Rights Committee

  2004-07-03
  "I felt the need to give and show my support to those who were victims of the persecution and torture, especially those who have suffered such tragedy in China...There are hundred of thousands that suffer hardship because of this...I’m here today to show my support and solidarity with those who publicise worldwide the torture and persecution of the Falun Gong practitioners in China."
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• Special Investigation by the Newly Appointed French Minister of Internal Affairs into the Mistreatment of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2004-07-03
  On March 31st 2004, French senator Bernard Joly wrote a letter to the newly-appointed Minister of Internal Affairs Mr Dominique De Villepin about the mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners by French policemen during the period of the Chinese chairman Hu Jintao’s visit on January the 26th 2004. In his response, Mr De Villepin promises to carry out a special investigation into the case.
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• Speech at a UK Press Conference by European Friends of Falun Gong

  2004-07-01
  "On Monday this week, a Falun Gong practitioner, David Liang, was driving from Johannesburg to Pretoria in South Africa, when his car came under gunfire from hitmen hired by Chinese officials eager to counteract the serving of legal papers against the two Chinese government officials, Vice President Zeng Qinghong, and Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai."
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