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• Amnesty International: Serbia, Release Detained Human Rights Activists

  2014-12-17
  Amnesty International is concerned about reports on the arrest and detention of nine Bulgarian nationals, a Slovak and a Finnish national by the Serbian authorities, in what appears to be attempts to prevent the holding of peaceful demonstrations.
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• European Parliament Passes Resolution Condemning Forced Organ Harvesting in China

  2013-12-13
  Global condemnation of forced organ harvesting in China is on the rise, and the international community has paid considerable attention to the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China. Lawmakers around the world have been pushing forward the effort to stop this heinous practice.
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• Full Resolution: European Parliament Condemn Organ Harvesting in China

  2013-12-13
  European parliament passed with absolute majority the resolution condemning state sanctioned organ harvesting on Falun Gong practitioners in China. The resolution was initiated by 56 MEPs from 4 parties, EPP, the liberals, the conservatives ECR and the Greens.
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• Press Release: European Parliament Challenges Chinese Regime over Organ Harvesting Atrocities

  2013-12-13
  The European Parliament passed a resolution yesterday condemning "systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from...prisoners of conscience in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners." The resolution calls upon member states to publicly condemn the gruesome practice, and ensure that all of those involved are prosecuted.
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• 1.5 Million Signatures Delivered to the UN Call for Action Against Organ Harvesting in China

  2013-12-13
  International Human Rights Day falls on the 10th of December each year, and a significant event set the stage for the occasion at the United Nations. A petition bearing a remarkable 1.5 million signatures was delivered to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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• Switzerland: Falun Gong Practitioners Attend UN Human Rights Seminar and Call Attention to Persecution in China

  2013-11-20
  The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held an Open House Day on September 14. Falun Gong practitioners from Geneva, Switzerland and other areas attended the event to raise awareness about the persecution in China.
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• Vice President of the European Parliament Meets Rescued Falun Gong Practitioners in US Capital

  2013-03-18
  When Vice President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott attended a hearing on human rights in China in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013, he met with Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhang Lianying and her family. Very active over the past few years in the effort to rescue this family, he was excited to see them in DC and made the comment that the persecution in China “would not last much longer.”
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• On World Human Rights Day, Finland Amnesty International Called for Release of Zhenping Chen

  2013-01-11
  On December 10, 2012, Amnesty International in Helsinki, Finland, celebrated World Human Rights Day by calling for the immediate release of Ms. Zhenping Chen, a Falun Dafa practitioner currently imprisoned in Zhengzhou City, China. The human rights organization also launched a national online petition to help secure her release.
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• United Kingdom: Leeds City Council Hears the Facts about Falun Gong

  2012-08-07
  On July 11, 2012, at a General Assembly of the Leeds City Government, UK Falun Gong practitioners recounted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong to the Mayor of Leeds, nearly 100 councilors, and a dozen senior officials of the municipal government. They asked the Leeds Council to make a public statement calling for an end to the CCP persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Italy: Florence Provincial Council Adopts Resolution Calling for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2012-07-24
  The Provincial Council of Florence, Italy unanimously passed a resolution on the protection of religious freedom in China on June 27, 2012. It calls for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, and an investigation into the disturbing reports of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. The resolution was drafted by Massimo Lensi, member of the People of Freedom Party.
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• Czech Senate Human Rights Committee Resolution: Stop Persecuting Falun Gong

  2012-06-26
  On May 23, the Czech Senate Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights, and Petitions reached a unanimous agreement to call for a stop to the persecution of Falun Gong in China, and passed a resolution.
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• Amnesty International in the Czech Republic Calls for Releasing Illegally Detained Falun Gong Practitioners

  2012-05-26
  Ms. Jin Zhaoyu said that her mother's ordeal embodies the experiences of tens of thousands of illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners in China. She said, “I hope the governments and the media in all countries will pay attention to the case of my mother, help rescue my mother, release all Falun Gong practitioners, stop the persecution, and restore Falun Gong's good name.”
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• Flemish MP Notifies South Korean President of His Support for Falun Gong Practitioners Seeking Asylum in South Korea

  2011-10-25
  Mr. Ward Kennes, Flemish MP and the Mayor of Kasterlee, a community in Belgium, sent a letter to the President of South Korea in support of persecuted Chinese Falun Gong practitioners seeking asylum in South Korea. A copy of the letter will also be sent to Ambassador Ho-Young AHN of the South Korean embassy in Belgium (Korean mission to the EU).
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• Member of European Parliament Calls on South Korea to Stop the Repatriation of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2011-09-16
  “I understand that recently around a hundred Falun Gong members of Chinese origin have applied for asylum in South Korea and been refused asylum, while ten of them have been forcibly repatriated to China. On the face of it, this, if true, would appear to put the republic of Korea in breach of its obligations under international treaties, given the strong possibility that these persons when repatriated to China would be seriously mistreated."
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• European Members of Parliament Write to Support Falun Gong

  2011-07-26
  The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has lasted 12 years since it started on July 20, 1999. On July 20, Members of the European Parliament, Zuzana Roithova and Ana Gomes, wrote letters to Falun Gong practitioners to condemn the CCP's persecution and express their support to Falun Gong practitioners.
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