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Holland: Falun Gong Practitioners Condemn a Chinese Media's Slanderous Report about Falun Gong
2007-06-27Recently some overseas Chinese media, such as Singtao Daily and Sino-Dutch Business, reported a murder case by a person of Chinese descent in Holland. This was originally a tragic murder carried out by a person with mental problems. However the reports from the above Chinese media, from the title to the content, deliberately connected this tragedy with Falun Gong, and even misled the readers that practising Falun Gong would lead to mental problems. -
Holland: Trial in The Hague - Criminal's Claim to Practise Falun Gong Dismissed as False by Court Experts
2007-06-26In October 2006, a tragedy in which a mental patient of Chinese origin chopped up and cooked his victim’s body took place in Alphen ann de Rijn. The case began at The Hague Court last week and a sentence was expected to be declared on June 22nd. Recently, the media started to follow the case with interest. Without having investigated and verified the case, Singtao Daily, on June 11th, 2007, and China and Holland Business on June 15th, 2007 ,reported that the murderer (G.L.L) had something to do with practising Falun Gong. -
Russia: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong at a Festival in Krasnoyarsk City
2007-06-26On June 10th, 2007, local Falun Gong practitioners took part in a festival in Krasnoyarsk, in the midlands of Russia. Some students demonstrated Falun Gong exercises, which attracted many people’s interest and some passersby wanted to learn the practice straight away. Some practitioners taught people how to make paper lotus flowers while they explained the reasons for the persecution. -
Romania: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in the City of Sibiu
2007-06-25Between May 12th and 13th, the city of Sibiu hosted an event to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day. Falun Gong practitioners from Romania came from different cities to celebrate, on this special day, the introduction of Falun Gong to the general public in China on May 13th, 1992 and also the birthday of the founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi. -
Ireland: Car Tour Raises Public Awareness of the Persecution
2007-06-25Irish practitioners began a seven day car tour to raise public awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. During the seven day tour, the weather was very unstable, creating difficulties for the team. Nevertheless, the practitioners were determined to complete the project so that more people would learn about the persecution. -
Switzerland: A Growing Number of People in Martigny Now Know about Falun Gong
2007-06-24Martigny's annual Five Continents Festival presents a trading market of different cultures. In the square of the town centre, many stands were erected like a small forest and lots of passers-by stopped to take a look. As for Falun Gong practitioners, this was a good place to raise awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. -
Norway: People of Oslo Condemn Organ Harvesting in China
2007-06-24Falun Gong practitioners from all over Norway gathered in the country's capital during a music festival in Oslo on Saturday June 2nd, 2007. They took the opportunity to inform local people about the Chinese Communist regime's inhuman trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners, whose bodies are subsequently cremated to destroy evidence of the crime. -
Hungary: Local People Upset by the Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-06-23To remember practitioners in China who have been persecuted for eight years, Hungarian practitioners held an appeal in Budapest. At a famous tourist attraction, posters were hung to show how much Falun Gong has benefited people in over sixty countries and the various torture methods used during the brutal suppression of the practice. -
Regular Activities to Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong Prove Effective
2007-06-23Practitioners decided to organise another Falun Gong information day in the human rights city of Graz. The last one was held quite some time ago. A number of practitioners came from remote cities to help with the information day on Saturday, June 9th, 2007. The event was to expose to even more people the inhuman persecution of Falun Gong by the Communist regime in China. They distributed flyers and told people about the petition, so they could make a stand with their signature against the organ theft from live Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Finland: "Please help to rescue my parents"
2007-06-22Many people pass by Helsinki Central Railway station every Saturday. On June 16th, Falun Gong practitioners returned to raise awareness about the eight year inhuman persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese overseas student Sunny appealed for the rescue of her parents who have been illegally arrested in China -
Sweden: Northern European Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong in Gothenburg
2007-06-22On June 9th, 2007, the head of the CCP visited Sweden, and came to Gothenburg. In order to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and remind the public to pay attention to this persecution, Falun Gong practitioners from Denmark and Sweden demonstrated Falun Gong exercises in Gustav Adolfs Torg Square. -
Norway: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong in a small Norwegian Town
2007-06-21Six Falun Gong practitioners travelled to a small town in Norway called Fredrikstad. This little town has a little over seventy thousand inhabitants and is the sixth largest city in Norway. In the hot summer sun the practitioners gathered to let local people know about the atrocities being committed in China under the Communist Party's dictatorship. -
Ukraine: Tourists in Svyartogorsk Learn about Falun Gong and the Persecution
2007-06-21On June 16th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners went to Svyatogorsk a famous re-cuperation resort in East Ukraine. They raised awareness about Falun Gong to tourists there and revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong in China and organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit. Many tourists resting on the sands were attracted by the Falun Gong exercise music and came over to see practitioners doing the exercises, read the posters and ask for leaflets. -
Sweden: Northern European Practitioners Visit Gothenburg to Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-06-20In June 2007, the head of the CCP visited Sweden and came to Gothenburg. In order to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and remind the public to pay attention to this persecution, Falun Gong practitioners from Denmark and Sweden demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and raised awareness about the practice. -
Slovak Republic: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Skalica
2007-06-20Falun Gong practitioners visited Skalica, a small town in western Slovakia. In the main square, practitioners set up a petition table and stands with banners about Falun Gong and about the persecution of the practice in China. Many people expressed interest in the Falun Gong exercises and their effect on health and some wanted to learn.