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Ukraine: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest Peacefully at the Chinese Embassy
2008-01-16In December 2007, Ukrainian practitioners held a protest at the Chinese Embassy, urging the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop its eight-year persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners distributed leaflets and newspapers to inform people that, in China, Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally sent to labour camps and have even been tortured to death.
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France: Divine Land Marching Band Touches People's Hearts
2008-01-15On the 29th of December, the European Divine Land Marching Band paraded through the main streets and Chinese quarter of Paris, France, showing people the beauty of Falun Dafa. Others in the parade supported the wave of renouncements of CCP membership, which now total over 30 million. Nearly two hundred practitioners took part in the parade.
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Germany: A New Term Begins at a German 'Minghui School'
2008-01-14When the door of the Minghui School opened, the first thing I saw was a group of boys holding the book Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Dafa] and reading the opening passage, Lunyu. On the other side a group of girls folded paper lotus flowers, while some younger children were learning to recite poems from a collection by Master Li, entitled Hongyin.
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United Kingdom: London Falun Gong Practitioners Speak out Together on World Human Rights Day
2008-01-13Falun Gong practitioners from all over the UK went to the Chinese Embassy in London to hold a candle light vigil on World Human Rights Day. The solemn and peaceful protest clearly sent a message from all practitioners and supporters of Falun Gong: Stop persecuting Falun Gong.
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Radio France International: Amnesty International says Lethal Injection in China is a Diversion from Human Rights Atrocities
2008-01-13According to a Radio France International report on January 4th, 2008, Amnesty International condemned the Chinese Communist regime’s practice of using lethal injections instead of firing squads for executions before the 2008 Olympic Games. Amnesty said that it is simply an attempt to divert attention and it is not really intended as a revocation of the death penalty.
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Finland: Calling for an End to the Persecution in China
2008-01-12On January 5th, 2008, the cold winter wind did not stop Falun Gong practitioners in Helsinki. As always, when there is a large amount of people in town during the weekend, practitioners made their way to the central railway station to raise awareness about the evil of the Chinese Communist Party, who persecute Falun Gong for their beliefs.
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Germany: German Falun Gong Practitioners Support Thirty Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party
2008-01-12On January 6th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners held an activity at the Chinese Embassy in Munich to support the thirty million withdrawals from the CCP. After seeing the banners and information posters about organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, passers-by were shocked and many people signed petition forms to stop the CCP’s evil doing.
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Vlothoer-Anzeiger Gazette (Germany) Reports on the Persecution of Falun Gong
2008-01-11"It appears to be harmonious and peaceful when Zhongbo Wang and his friends are practicing Falun Gong exercises in the park. Yet, the Chinese regime is mortally afraid of this. Since 1999, it persecutes and murders practitioners of this meditation movement".
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United Kingdom: Divine Land Marching Band Performs in the 2008 New Year Parade in London
2008-01-10The Divine Land Marching Band was invited to participate in parades and other activities celebrating the New Year in London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and through many wonderful performances has brought Falun Dafa's magnificence and New Year's greetings to people around the world. One of the marching band's best performances was in London.
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Czech Republic: The European Falun Gong Marching Band Makes a Successful Debut on Czech National Day
2008-01-09November 17th, 2007 was Czech National Day. As Czechs celebrated the ending of the communist party’s atrocious rule on this day eighteen years ago, the Falun Gong Devine Land Marching Band composed of nearly one hundred Falun Gong practitioners, was invited to participate in the celebration marking the National Day this year.
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Slovakia: Welcoming the New Year at the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava
2008-01-08On New Years Eve, Slovak practitioners from all over the country met at the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava to welcome in the New Year in a special way. As night fell, all around the sound of merry-making could be heard and in the night sky there were flares and rockets, despite the commotion a group of Falun Gong practitioners meditated peacefully.
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France: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the New Year Parade in Paris
2008-01-08Practitioners were invited to participate in the Paris Parade Festival, the annual New Year parade held in Chantilly near Paris. The Falun Gong contingent was made up from the European Paradise Orchestra, practitioners demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises, as well as performances, floats and fantastic costumes.
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France: Heavenly Music on the Seine
2008-01-06On the first day of 2008, the European Celestial Marching Band played on a cruise on the River Seine, one of the most poetic and beautiful scenes in Paris. The European Celestial Marching Band was composed of over 120 Falun Gong practitioners, who are from different European countries and nations.
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Ukraine: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest Peacefully at the Chinese Embassy
2008-01-06On December 13th, 2007, Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a protest at the Chinese Embassy urging the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop its eight year persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners distributed leaflets and newspapers to inform passersby that in China Falun Gong practitioners had been illegally thrown into labour camps, mental hospitals and even been tortured to death and that the CCP’s purpose was to force them to give up their belief.
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Sweden: Peaceful Protest at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm
2008-01-05Shortly after Christmas, on December 29th, a group of Northern European Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm. They sat in candle light, protesting against the evil CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.