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• Secretary General of Interfaith International Centre: CCP Has Failed in Its Attempt to Defame Falun Gong

  2007-08-28
  In the Athens press conference launching the "Human Rights Torch Relay", Dr. Charles Graves, Secretary General of Interfaith International Centre, delivered a speech in which he proclaimed that people in Western society have come to understand Falun Gong through observations and the Chinese regime's attempt to defame Falun Gong have failed.
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• Member of UK House of Lords: Boycott the Olympic Games to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2007-08-26
  "We are deeply concerned by reports that the Chinese authorities have so far murdered at least 3,000 practitioners since the persecution began and that they have been implicated in the widespread practice of organ-harvesting from live prisoners, which has been condemned by governments and human rights organizations alike. However, we believe it is time for the world to take a much stronger position toward the Chinese government. We are now calling for a boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by all right-minded nations, unless China changes its stance on Falun Gong and stops the torture and genocide immediately."
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• Turkey: People and Officials Happy to Learn About Falun Gong At Famous Tourist Site

  2007-08-25
  On August 7th 2007, two Falun Gong practitioners took advantage of a brief holiday to promote Falun Gong and explain the facts about the persecution to officials and the general public in Canakkale City, a famous tourist attraction in Turkey. On the first day, practitioners visited the provincial government to tell officials in various departments about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Upon learning the facts about the inhumane persecution launched by the Chinese Communist regime, the officials were shocked and infuriated.
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• Sweden:Commemorating Eight Years of Persecution at the Chinese Consulate General in Gothenburg

  2007-08-24
  Falun Gong practitioners in Gothenburg are usually outside the Consulate regularly to request an immediate end to the brutal persecution that practitioners in China are facing. On July 20th, there was a larger gathering because it was eight years to the day since the brutal persecution was initiated by the Chinese Communist Party.
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• Italy: A New Practitioner Found Us at the Medieval Cultural Festival in a Small Town

  2007-08-24
  The peaceful music made many people unwilling to leave. A young lady who was a volunteer of the Red Cross excitedly cried out when seeing the Falun Dafa display, "It's great! I'm looking for you. I have known Falun Gong for years. Now I'm more and more interested in Falun Gong. I want to practise the exercises and know the principles of Falun Gong. Would you please tell me how to be a Falun Gong practitioner?" Practitioners told her about the exercises and how to download Zhuan Falun (the main text of Falun Gong practice). She left but turned back to have a long talk with one practitioner. "I don't want to leave at all."
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• Finland: People Understand the Truth and Denounce the Chinese Communist Party

  2007-08-23
  This day, the park was crowded with foreign tourists and local people. The Falun Gong practitioners distributed leaflets and put up banners and posters to demonstrate to people the horrifying persecution that practitioners in China have suffered for the past eight years for their belief in “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance”. Many people signed the petition.
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• Human Rights Torch Relay Largely Covered in the French Media

  2007-08-23
  On August 22nd 2007 the newspaper Libération, one of the three main national newspapers in France, distributed in other French speaking countries in the world, published a three quarter page article on the occasion of the Human Rights Torch Relay that was launched in Athens on August 8th and reached Germany on August 18th. The article reveals the attempt by the Chinese regime to extinguish the Human Rights Flame in Athens and made it clear that the Greek police did not yield to the Chinese authorities’ pressure.
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• Germany: Human Rights Torch Reaches Berlin as People Condemn Persecution Against Falun Gong

  2007-08-22
  The Human Rights Torch Relay, started by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG), reached Berlin on August 18th 2007. A ceremony was held at Olympic Square, and many human rights activists attended. Attendees condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Russia: People Show their Kind Sides on the Streets of St. Petersburg

  2007-08-22
  From July 28th to August 4th 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in St. Petersburg held activities in the busy streets near Prospekt Bol’shevikov and Chernaya Rechka metro stations to introduce the beauty of Falun Gong and to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution and its atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
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• Germany: Commemorating Eight Years of Persecution Against Falun Gong

  2007-08-21
  North German practitioners organised an information day in downtown Hamburg to commemorate eight years of persecution against Falun Gong. Practitioners set up a booth under a brilliant blue sky and sunshine. At the same time, the first interested people stopped by to see the photos exposing the torture used against practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party.
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• Sweden: “I am very happy today. I feel wonderful! It’s a gift from God.”

  2007-08-20
  As soon as the exhibits were set up, many people came to ask, “What is Falun Gong?” “Why is Falun Gong persecuted?” Having learned the truth, many commented that it was grossly unjust to suffer such torture simply for not giving up on one’s beliefs. People eagerly signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution.
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• Germany: People of Dusseldorf Shocked by the Brutality of the Persecution

  2007-08-20
  Because many Westerners do not know how severe the human rights situation in China is, practitioners in Germany frequently hold Information Day events to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong. On July 28th, practitioners held an event of this kind in downtown Dusseldorf to let more people know.
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• United Kingdom: European Divine Land Marching Band Performs in London’s Chinatown

  2007-08-19
  As soon as the band turned started playing, they immediately attracted attention in all directions from a large number of people. They were cheerfully watching and enjoying the performance including some Chinese revealing gladness in their eyes. People accepted leaflets about Falun Gong and postcards introducing the band.
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• Germany: Protesting Against the Persecution at the Chinese Consulate in Hamburg

  2007-08-19
  Falun Gong practitioners went from all over Northern Germany to demonstrate against the eight years of persecution suffered by their fellow practitioners in China. They demanded an immediate end to the persecution of innocent people whose only desire is to be able to practise the Falun Gong exercises and to live according to their spiritual beliefs.
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• Germany: "An Olympic Games Without the Communist Party Should Be Held"

  2007-08-18
  Many politicians and VIPs accepted leaflets from the practitioners, including German Chancellor Merkel, the incoming governor of Bavaria, the Minister of Ministry of Interior, the EU President, the former German Foreign Minister, the former Mayor of Bayreuth and leaders of all political parties. Some asked for two copies, saying that the extra one was for their friends.
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