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• politics.co.uk (UK Website): "EU Parliament Vice President Wants Olympic Boycott"

  2008-06-03
  China's "genocidal campaign of repression" against a popular religion should result in a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games, a prominent European politician believes. Edward McMillan-Scott, a Conservative MEP, says he believed the Chinese government was carrying out organ harvesting against those in its prisoners. He cites research by UN for special rapporteur Manfred Novak that three-quarters of China's seven million detainees are Falun Gong followers.
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• Germany: Falun Gong 'Information day' in Freiburg to Raise Awareness about the Persecution

  2008-06-02
  Falun Gong practitioners from Germany and Switzerland held a Falun Gong Information Day in Freiburg to disclose the Chinese Communists’ brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and demand the immediate cessation of the persecution. Recently, German people have expressed particular concern for China's human rights issues and were talking about this at the exhibition table.
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• Holland: Dutch Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Demonstration in the City of Assen

  2008-06-01
  On May 17th, 2008, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners held a demonstration in the city of Assen to protest against the on-going persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Signatures were gathered for the ‘Millions of signatures’ petition campaign, demanding the Chinese communist regime to immediately stop its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. After having seen the banners depicting Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China and having had explanations about the persecution, many would spontaneously come to the petition table to sign the petition.
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• Obzor (Ukraine) Newspaper: Report on World Falun Dafa Day

  2008-05-31
  "Sixteen years ago, Mr Li Hongzhi spread Falun Gong in Changchun. Falun Gong is good for both body and mind and it is also named Falun Dafa. The Chinese Communist Party launched the large scale persecution of Falun Gong; it was afraid of the popularity of Falun Gong threatening its political power and feared the loss of control of the people’s thoughts and minds."
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• A Look Back at the Introduction of Falun Gong to Finland

  2008-05-31
  May 13th was World Falun Dafa Day. Recalling the past 16 years of spreading Falun gong, we see that every practitioner, who has benefited in both body and mind, feels one strong sense of mission, that is, passing Falun Gong to people so that more people can also benefit. Under such a call, Finnish practitioners including new learners are dedicated to spreading Falun Gong.
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• Finland: Falun Gong Activities at Finland’s Annual “Global Village” Festival

  2008-05-30
  On May 24th and the 25th, 2008, the annual "Global Village" festival activities were held in Kaisaneimi Park in Helsinki. More than 200 NGOs from all over the world took part in the activities. China's human rights issues were high on the agenda. This festival is a gathering place, its mission is to turn the world a more tolerant society.
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• Germany: Rally Protesting against the CCP's Intensification of the Persecution of Falun Gong Before the Olympics

  2008-05-30
  As early as in May last year, the CCP issued a secret announcement ordering “a severe crack-down on illegal organisations ... In order to better meet the 2008 Olympic Games to be held smoothly". Those suppressed are an “assembly of more than three people who do not listen to the advice”, “organisers of illegal organisations”, “Falun Gong practitioners” and “arrest them first and procedures to be handled later”. These secret orders are all openly an affront to the Constitution.
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• Finland: Practitioners Commemorate April 25th Peaceful Appeal in Beijing

  2008-05-29
  On the ninth anniversary of April 25th, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners held a commemoration activity outside the train station in the centre of the capital, Helsinki. They raised awareness among passersby of how during the last nine years, the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been inhumanly persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. They also protested against the CCP using of the Olympics to intensify the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Sweden: A Nostalgic Look Back at Mr Li Hongzhi Teaching Falun Dafa in Sweden

  2008-05-28
  On April 6th 1995, the founder of Falun Dafa Master Li Hongzhi came to Sweden and hosted five public lectures. From April 14th to April 20th. Master Li held the second overseas Falun Gong study class at Nordgarden in Gothenburg. This class became the last one where Master Li personally taught Falun Gong. At that time, most participants of the class were westerners.
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• Switzerland: Practitioners from Switzerland and Italy Celebrate Falun Dafa Day

  2008-05-27
  The beautiful city of Lugano, which is located in the Swiss Italian region, is a famous touring city. On May 17th in spite of heavy rain, Falun Gong practitioners set up a stall in the city centre. Although it was raining continuously, many people still accepted the leaflets distributed by the practitioners with enthusiasm and seriously listened to their explanations.
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• Cartoon: Magic Flute

  2008-05-27
  
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• The Sound of Germany: The European Parliament Criticises the CCP for its Human Rights Abuses

  2008-05-24
  On May 9th, 2008, The Sound of Germany – according to news from the European Parliament in Brussels, criticised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime for human rights abuses. The report said, “An annual human rights report published by Brussels on Thursday raised concerns that the CCP regime has not kept its promise to improve human rights conditions. Members of the European Parliament cited continued censorship of freedom of speech, of freedom of belief, random arrests of dissidents and the high number of executions".
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• Greeting from European Practitioners to Master Li Hongzhi Through a Song by European Choir

  2008-05-23
  A greeting from all Dafa disciples in Europe to our most respected Master with the song "The beautiful May" by the European choir. May is the month of Falun Dafa Day and the month of Master's birthday. Thank you Master for all you have given us.
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• Greece: Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in Athens

  2008-05-23
  Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day and celebrating the 16th year since Falun Dafa’s introduction, Greek Falun Gong practitioners from Athens demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and raised awareness about the persecution on 11th May 2008 by the ancient ruins in Athens. Many weekend tourists stopped by and came to understand more about Falun Gong.
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• United Kingdom: Falun Gong practitioners Come Together to Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

  2008-05-21
  Falun Gong practitioners in the United Kingdom celebrated the “World Falun Dafa Day” in Trafalgar Square to mark the 16th anniversary of the introduction of Falun Dafa. Participants in the event were many new practitioners from various parts of the United Kingdom. A reporter interviewed four of them, including Mrs. Mike from Hong Kong and Geli, mother of two, from Taiwan.
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