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• Swedish Party Leader’s Speech Focuses on Persecution of Falun Gong

  2004-02-12
  On the 5th of February 2004, Lars Lejonborg, leader of the People’s Party in Sweden, held a lecture in the Gothenburg Business University. During his lecture, Lars Lejonborg expressed a strong dissatisfaction with the human rights situation in China. He specifically mentioned that Falun Gong is suffering serious persecution in China. A Falun Gong practitioner attending the lecture handed over some information to Lars Lejonborg about the recent serious incidents in Paris, where Falun Gong practitioners were arrested because of pressure from the Chinese regime.
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• Nordic Falun Dafa Association Writes to the President of France

  2004-02-12
  "We are deeply alarmed by reports that the French police have harassed and detained at least 50 Falun Gong practitioners in the Champs-Elysées area during the Chinese New Year celebrations in Paris this year for peacefully distributing Falun Gong information material, or merely for wearing yellow clothes...We are also shocked to learn that some of those people had been handcuffed like criminals. No proper reason was given for their arrest only irrational remarks like, “yellow is forbidden today.” The unreasonable action by the French authorities violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms."
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• Norway: Practitioners Appeal in front of the French Embassy

  2004-02-11
  On Friday 6th February, they assembled outside the French Embassy in Oslo to distribute flyers, perform the Falun Gong exercises and deliver a letter to the embassy. A Norwegian practitioner was among those unjustly arrested in Paris, so she delivered a statement about her arrest. On the following day, the practitioners distributed flyers in front of Stortinget (the Parliament).
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• France: Falun Gong Practitioners Announce that they will File a Complaint Regarding the “Arbitrary Arrest and Illegal Violence” in Paris

  2004-02-10
  Recently, China utilized economic interests to induce members of the French government to bribe the French police to unreasonably arrest and violently treat peaceful Falun Dafa practitioners. This behaviour violated Falun Gong practitioners’ legal rights and, in reality, it conspired to reinforce the Jiang’s regime’s inhuman persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Successful Chinese Art Exhibition was held during the Stockholm International Conference on “Genocide in the New Era”

  2004-02-10
  During the International Conference on "Genocide in the New Era", renowned Chinese artist Zhang Cuiying held an exhibition of her paintings in a gallery near the conference venue. Conference participants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America visited the exhibition. A Swedish national TV station produced an interesting report on the painting exhibition.
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• Russia: Falun Gong practitioners Participate in the Moscow City Health Fair

  2004-02-10
  In the lobby of the city hall, various forms of health care and recovery were exhibited. Falun Gong practitioners displayed information boards about Falun Dafa, and enthusiastically shared their personal experiences and the benefits they have received from practising with the visitors. They also answered questions and distributed Dafa leaflets, CDs and home-made calendars.
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• Sweden: Photo Report - Swedish Practitioners Appeal at the French Embassy and call on the French Government to Uphold Human Rights

  2004-02-10
  On February the 6th 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners staged a peaceful demonstration at the French Embassy in Sweden, calling on the French government to immediately investigate the facts behind these unlawful arrests. They hope that the damage to human rights and the dignity of France can be undone.
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• Italy: A Letter from the Italian Falun Dafa Association to the French Consulate

  2004-02-10
  "The Italian Falun Dafa Association is sorry to hear that Falun Gong practitioners were recently unreasonably arrested and imprisoned in Paris. We would like to let you know the offensive methods used by the French police. As far as we know, these Falun Gong practitioners are from different countries and did nothing against the law. They were detained merely because they wore clothes printed with the characters of Falun Dafa or because they were together with Falun Gong practitioners. We express our concern at such actions that go against human rights."
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• France: Large Scale Public Event in Paris Raises Much Support for Appeal to France not to Bow to Jiang (Photo Report)

  2004-02-09
  On Sunday February 8th, 2004, approximately one hundred practitioners from around Europe gathered at the Place du Chatalet in Paris. The purpose was to raise public awareness of how the French Authorities had recently bowed to the Jiang Regime and arrested Falun Gong practitioners just for wearing yellow scarves during the Chinese New Year celebrations.
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• French Judge Meets Practitioner to Discuss Lawsuit Against Leader of “Chinese Gestapo”

  2004-02-09
  The Dafa practitioner was asked by the judge to explain why she had filed the lawsuit. She answered by explaining more about the persecution of Falun Gong, how widespread, systematic and criminal the brutal suppression of practitioners in China is, and how the ex-President and his regime try to impose this abuse of human rights on other countries. She conveyed that France and every other democratic country have a moral responsibility toward what can be officially described as “Genocide" and that this is not a Chinese issue, but an international question.
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• Series Report 3 from the Stockholm International Conference on “Genocide in the New Era”

  2004-02-09
  Renowned Canadian attorney Mr. Clive Ansley’s speech entitled “A Chinese Court is not a Court” was warmly welcomed and respected by many of the participants. Mr. Ansley is accomplished in Chinese and Canadian law. During the speech, he used pictures and articles to analyse the current status of the Chinese legal system and the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• A Swedish Student Wrote to the French Minister of Justice

  2004-02-09
  "When did the yellow colour become illegal in France? Falun Gong practitioners wear yellow clothing on many occasions, in particular on the occasion of making peaceful appeals against the persecution. It is not illegal to do so. The French Falun Dafa Association is a legally registered organisation in France and has been supported by government agents and human rights organisations."
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• France: Press Conference After a Lawsuit is Filed Against the Chinese New Year Arrests in Paris

  2004-02-08
  On February the 5th 2004, the French Falun Gong Association organised a press conference to announce that they would file a complaint against the arrest of Falun Gong practitioners by the French police, which occurred under tremendous pressure from Chinese officials during the Chinese New Year. The press conference was attended by five major national and international media organisations.
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• Part II of a Series of Reports on the International Conference for “Genocide in the New Era” in Stockholm

  2004-02-08
  On January 27th 2004, the international conference on “Genocide in the New Era” proceeded into the second day. Thirteen human rights lawyers, law scholars and experts in diplomacy and media from Europe, Asia and North America delivered speeches. The topics of the discussion were of academic importance and highly praised by the delegates.
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• UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Join a Health Fair in Wales

  2004-02-08
  On the 1st of February 2004, UK Falun Gong practitioners were invited to attend a Health Fair in Port Talbot, South Wales. During the fair, the Falun Dafa stand and exercise demonstration received an enthusiastic response. Practitioners also used this opportunity to clarify the truth to everybody at this fair and expose the persecution happening in China. The whole activity went very well.
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