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• Radio Sound Of Hope Switzerland: Going to Beijing But Not Without Human Rights

  2007-11-19
  About fifty people were gathered today in front of Zurich’s athletic arena in Switzerland in order to raise awareness about important human rights violations in China. They called for a boycott of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because China has reneged on its promise to improve its human rights record. The Super-Decathlon, 2007, was held in the athletic arena with the slogan “Going to Beijing.”
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• Falun Dafa Information Centre: Olympic-Size Violations

  2007-11-18
  Beijing Olympic organizers have openly expressed a policy banning Falun Gong adherents from attending the 2008 summer Olympics, the Falun Dafa Information Centre reported Wednesday. Beijing's decision stands in stark violation to Articles 35 and 36 of China's own Constitution, which promise freedom of association and religious belief, as well as the International Olympic Committee's bylaws, which prohibit any form of discrimination - including that religious or political.
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• The Heartfelt Voice of German Citizens: “What You Are Doing is Wonderful!”

  2007-11-18
  On November 3rd 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig and the surrounding areas jointly held an information day. They exposed eight years of bloody persecution against Falun Gong in mainland China by displaying poster boards, distributing leaflets and talking to passers by.
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• Germany: People in Hamburg Support Falun Gong

  2007-11-17
  In the tent there was a long table with books, newspapers, magazines, Video-CDs in Chinese and German, and two petitions. One petition called for the architect of the persecution against Falun gong - former CCP head Jiang Zemin - to be brought to justice in a court of law, whilst the other called for an end to the harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
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• Austria: Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition Pieces Commended in Salzburg

  2007-11-16
  From November 9th to 11th, an international art exhibition was held in Salzburg. Artists from Europe and Asia displayed paintings, drawings, and sculptures. More than ten thousand people attended. Many said that Falun Gong practitioners' works were different from the others and they could feel the peaceful and benevolent energy in them.
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• Speech: "The Society for Threatened Peoples International is deeply concerned about the ongoing and brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners."

  2007-11-16
  "Since July 1999, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were arrested and sentenced to jail terms or administrative detention in re-education camps, and were imprisoned in psychiatric facilities. Detained Falun Gong practitioners are often victims of torture and abuse. Torture is a method to intimidate Falun Gong adherents and to force them to renounce their faith and no longer practise the meditative exercises. In protest of their situation and the miserable detention conditions, Falun Gong adherents regularly go on a hunger strike. This result’s often in maltreatment represented by force-feeding and forced labour."
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• United Kingdom: Cambridge Students Enjoy Falun Gong Exhibition

  2007-11-15
  Cambridge University students organised activities to ease the tension brought about by studying and allow students to have a broader understanding of the community. Falun Gong practitioners received heartfelt support when taking part in the event last year, so the organisers invited them again.
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• Denmark: Exposing the CCP's Brutal Persecution at a Seminar on Freedom of Speech in China

  2007-11-13
  When asked by a journalist the reason for holding the seminar, Chairman Lars Hedegaard Jensen responded, "The Beijing Olympics are approaching and we need to understand the human rights situation in this country, with its fast-developing economy. We need to understand whether they are improving their human rights situation, or whether on the contrary, at the same time as rapid economic development, freedom is being suppressed."
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• Germany: European Celestial Band is a Great Success in Düsseldorf

  2007-11-12
  On 28th October 2007, following an invitation from Falun Gong practitioners in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany), the European Celestial Marching Band participated in a parade and gathering in Düsseldorf. The band, consisting of Falun Gong practitioners from many European countries, demonstrated the beauty of Falun Dafa.
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• Russian Authorities Bow to Chinese Communist Party and Abuse Falun Gong Practitioners' Human Rights

  2007-11-11
  The head of the Russian Falun Gong Association said, “The Security Bureau and the Police exceeded their jurisdiction. It was a violation of Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights. We are not interested in politics. We do not have any political ambitions. We want to meditate peacefully in parks. However, when our fellow practitioners in China are brutally persecuted, their organs are harvested while they are still alive for huge profits. We feel obligated to expose the crimes of the CCP and its overseas institutions, and to call upon kind people in the world to help stop the atrocities.”
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• Ireland: Citizens of Cork Call for an End to the Persecution

  2007-11-11
  Cork citizens lined up to sign the petition in support of stopping the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party. Many people read the posters on display and asked practitioners questions as to how such a brutal persecution could be happening. Others were shocked by the revelation of the organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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• United Kingdom: St Paul’s Church Rings in the Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance Art Exhibition

  2007-11-10
  The Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition was held St Paul’s Church in Cambridge on November 8th. “The benevolence of Falun Gong is truly a contrast to the evil which is persecuting them. This contrast is reflected in many of the paintings here today," said the event organiser. "We hope these paintings inspire peace and justice.”
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• Germany: Photo Montage - Exposing the Persecution in Darmstadt

  2007-11-10
  On Saturday November 3rd 2007, Falun Gong practitioners organized an information day in Darmstadt City, central Germany. The activity was designed to introduce Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) to the German people and expose the eight-year-long persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party.
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• Turkey: Sowing the Seeds of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in the Hearts of Children

  2007-11-09
  From October 4th to 11th, Turkish Falun Dafa practitioners were invited to a playschool within the Palmiye School in the city of Mersin, to teach the five sets of Falun Gong exercises to the children. The practitioners introduced the exercises along with the fundamental principles of the Falun Gong practice, which are "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."
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• Belgium: Truthfulness, Compassion Tolerance International Art Exhibition Touches Belgian People

  2007-11-08
  After a day’s exhibition, the exhibition organiser was very touched: “Today I suddenly realised that the more people learn the truth, the weaker the Chinese Communist regime becomes. If people around the world all know the truth, the Chinese Communist regime would not have the ability to carry on this persecution. This is the largest significance of our holding this art exhibition.”
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