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• United Kingdom: Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition Held in Cambridge

  2007-08-16
  The “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition” held its opening ceremony in Cambridge on 14th August. The Mayor of Cambridge, Miss Jenny Bailey, gave an opening speech, commending the virtues of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance and wishing the exhibition complete success. Many members of the public, including Cambridge MP David Howarth, came to show support and take part in the opening ceremony.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Attracts Attention at Hamburg's Altonale Cultural Festival

  2007-08-16
  This is the sixth year that Falun Gong practitioners around Hamburg have joined this activity. People could learn the Falun Gong exercises from practitioners and learn to fold paper lotus flowers. This proved to be extreme popular and the stand was always crowded. Every time the exercises were demonstrated, people showed great interest.
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• Serbian Magazine Reports Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2007-08-16
  At the beginning of July, the Serbian weekly magazine Revija 92 published a two page detailed report about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The title of the report read, “Shocking: The trade in organs from political prisoners”. The article exposed the organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China. The report also described how the world was shocked when it learned in spring last year about the concentration camps.
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• Four Young Girls Write to the Swedish Prime Minister Asking for Help to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2007-08-15
  "Hello. My name is Emilie. I am almost twelve years old and will be in the sixth grade in fall. I practice Falun Gong. It is a cultivation method, not a religion. However, it is banned in China. How strange! Why? It was spread across the whole country due to its popularity. Jiang Zemin banned Falun Gong in 1999 because he was afraid because it was bigger than the Communist Party."
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• Ukraine: People from Lugansk Condemn the Chinese Communist Regime's Cruel Persecution of Falun Gong

  2007-08-15
  On August 4th 2007, Falun Gong practitioners held activities in the downtown area of Lugansk, Ukraine to expose the Chinese Communist regime's eight-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong, including its atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit. Many Lugansk residents signed the petition condemning the Chinese Communist regime's atrocities
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• Slovakia: Falun Gong Introduced in Velky Krtis and Rimavska Sobota

  2007-08-14
  Soon after the Falun Gong practitioners set up their information stand, people started to come to find out more and sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution. The petition was signed by about 200 people in Velky Krtis. Small children offered to help with giving out the flyers and were also interested in learning the five sets of of Falun Gong exercises.
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• Russia: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" Art Exhibition Held in Petrozavodsk

  2007-08-14
  The art works were created by outstanding artists from different backgrounds. These artists obtained great improvements in body and spirit after practising Falun Dafa. Using traditional art techniques to present brightness, purity and compassion, they gave form to their understanding of life and their experiences of practising Dafa. Through their art works, they presented the yearning for goodness and harmony.
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• Speech in Athens at Launch of Human Rights Torch

  2007-08-14
  "China has no special ‘right’ to practise discrimination against any of its religious minorities. Many political leaders who have visited China have asked the political leaders of the People’s Republic to respect human rights. Among these requests is that China respect the religious orientations of the Falun Gong belief."
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• United Kingdom: Divine Land Marching Band Parade in Edinburgh to Support Twenty Four Million People Quitting the CCP

  2007-08-13
  On August 4th 2007, the day before the Cavalcade marking the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival, the European Divine Land Marching Band, which is composed of Falun Gong practitioners from the U.K and other European countries, held a parade supporting the 24 million people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party.
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• Spain: Falun Gong Practitioners Seek Justice in Court

  2007-08-13
  Three Falun Gong practitioners from different countries testified in a Spanish court on July 30th 2007. They accused Chinese high ranking officials of genocide and cruel torture against Falun Gong practitioners. Spain’s largest free daily newspaper Twenty Minute thus interviewed these three practitioners in this regard. The paper reported that tens of thousands of innocent people were slaughtered by the Chinese Communist autocratic regime just because they follow the principles of “Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance”.
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• Poland: Promoting Falun Gong and Traditional Chinese Culture at the Tall Ships Races in Szczecin

  2007-08-12
  Falun Dafa practitioners from Poland and Germany were welcomed by event organizers to attend the Tall Ships Races 2007 in Szczecin, Poland. The organizers expect around 1.5 million visitors. Practitioners saw this as an excellent opportunity to let lots more people know about Falun Gong and the persecution against practitioners in China.
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• Bulgaria: Hundreds of People Signed a Petition Calling for an End to the Persecution

  2007-08-12
  Many locals and tourists gathered before the posters and asked many questions about the persecution and what Falun Gong is. Hundreds of petition signatures were gathered in only a few hours from people who wanted to call for an end to the persecution. Many people were shocked by the cruelty of the persecution. The event continued until late in the evening.
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• The Epoch Times: Global Human Rights Torch Relay Kicks Off in Athens

  2007-08-12
  As dusk sets in, people from all walks of life, from all over the world, gather together in a circle in front of a podium, holding up flags of their home countries. There are banners with strong statements: "Human Rights Abuse Cannot Co-exist with Beijing Olympics," reads one. "Stop Harvesting Organs From Living Humans," reads another.
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• Greece: Lighting the Human Rights Torch To End the Persecution

  2007-08-11
  On the evening of August 9th 2007, the Global Human Rights Torch Relay was launched on Syntagma Square, in front of the Hellenic Parliament buildings in Athens, Greece, one year ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The ceremony launched the year-long journey of the "Global Human Rights Torch Relay."
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• Athenians Support Human Rights Torch Relay

  2007-08-11
  After reading a flier, a young girl said in shock, "Harvesting organs from living people! It is horrible! My hair is standing on end! I have to go to the Human Rights Torch ceremony!" An elderly gentleman took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and read the flier for a long time. He told the one who gave him the flier, "I have heard about the CCP's poor human rights record, but I had never thought it was so cruel. What you are doing is great! We Athenians support you!"
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