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  • Belgium: Representatives of Falun Gong Condemn the Persecution at a Freedom of Religion Seminar

    The Epoch Times newspaper and several human rights NGOs held a seminar regarding the Chinese Communist Party's suppression of religions. A representative from the European Falun Gong Association was invited to give a speech about the persecution of Falun Gong, and to request that the European Union condemns the CCP's human rights abuses.
  • France: National Human Rights Advisory Committee Concerned about Organ Harvesting by the CCP

    On November 28th, 2006, at the routine public hearing held at the French Premier’s Office building, the French National Human Rights Advisory Committee invited the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, to testify to the crimes of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP .
  • Slovakia: Human Rights Day in Bratislava

    On Friday, December 8th, Falun Gong practitioners came to Bratislava on international human rights day to draw attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They set up a display and distributed information. During the activity more than a hundred people signed the petition and a few thousand people took fliers about Falun Gong.
  • Austria: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the Singapore Authorities' Unjust Verdict

    On December 7th, 2006, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in front of the Singapore Embassy in Vienna to protest against the Singapore authority’s unjust guilty verdict against two Falun Gong practitioners. This verdict disregards the Singapore constitution, violates the law in Singapore and International conventions. It’s simply to appease the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Support Quitting the CCP on the Eve of Human Rights Day

    “Maybe you are a good person. You have not done anything wrong. But since you are a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the CCP would use your name to do evil. You, therefore, have a share in all of the bad things it did. You’d better hurry up and quit. Don’t be a scapegoat of the CCP anymore. You can use any alias to quit.”
  • Motion Put Forward by the Irish Senate

    ''That the Senate of Ireland appalled by the abuse of Falun Gong practitioners being perpetrated by the Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party, urges the Irish Government to express its revulsion at these atrocities and demands that the Irish Government seeks to have them fully investigated by the appropriate international bodies and that our concerns be brought to the immediate attention of the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland and the Chinese Government.'
  • Austria: World Human Rights Day: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Atrocities Commited by the CCP

    Austrian practitioners held an activity in Salzburg on World Human Rights Day which drew much attention. They told onlookers and passersby, “We are here to draw everyone’s attention to the inhumane persecution happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China, and calling for your help to end this suppression.”
  • Spain: An Open Letter from Falun Gong Practitioners to the Singapore Government

    By bringing a false charge against Falun Gong practitioners several times and violating regulations in the process of judging them, the Singapore government has been completely on the opposite side of the values recognised by people in the world. It is threatening Singapore people’s rights to freedom and democracy. Now we would like to advise the Singapore government: Please maintain the image of a democratic country, correct your mistake of judgment and rehabilitate Falun Gong practitioners’ reputation. Never follow the evil CCP and walk towards the corner against humanity and don’t be buried alive with the evil CCP regime.
  • Russia: Russian Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the Singapore Court

    On December 7th, 2006, representatives from the Russian Falun Gong Association went to the Singapore Embassy in Russia to hand in a protest letter regarding the Singapore court’s wrong verdict against two Falun Gong practitioners. They strongly condemned the Singapore authorities' shameful conduct carried out in order to flatter the CCP. The letter calls for an immediate release of the illegally imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners and urges the Singapore authorities to stop helping a tyrant to do evil.
  • Belgium: National Radio Interviews Falun Gong Practitioners Regarding Organ Harvesting by the CCP

    After Belgian Senator Patrick Van Krunkelsven performed an investigation into organ trafficking by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and drew consistent conclusions with the Matas-Kilgour investigation, the Belgian media and people from all circles have paid close attention to this issue and the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP. On November 27th, Belgian National Radio interviewed a local Falun Gong practitioner and broadcast the interview during its popular programme “Lopende Zaken”.
  • The Epoch Times (German Edition): Appeal for human rights for Falun Gong practitioners in China

    The Lower House of the German Parliament and Federal Government must address earnestly the plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China with the political regime of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), including issues such as freedom of belief ... The Petition Taskforce of the Lower House of the German Parliament decided the above unanimously on November 22nd.
  • United Kingdom: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of Sheffield

    The display provided information about the extreme suffering that took place during the Cultural Revolution. The posters also provided information about the Tiananmen Square incident in which many students were injured or killed. The purpose of providing such information is to show the British public what the CCP is truly about, this in turn enables them to make a more rational decision regarding the fact that such a peaceful practice is so ruthlessly persecuted.
  • Denmark: Protest against the Illegal Detention of Falun Gong Practitioners by the Singapore Government

    On December 8th, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark went to the Singapore Embassy to protest against the illegal detention of their fellow practitioners in Singapore. The Danish practitioners held a peaceful protest outside the Embassy and strongly urged the Singapore government to immediately drop all fabricated charges and release the detained practitioners.
  • Finnish Practitioners Send a Letter to the Singapore Government to Protest against the Unjust Court Verdict

    "We were shocked to learn that, on November 28th, 2006, a Singapore court resumed to hear the case of “Falun Gong practitioners’ protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy” and the two Falun Gong practitioners Ms Huang Caihua and Mr. Yu Wenzhong were found guilty ... We oppose your unjust action against Falun Gong practitioners, we hope the Singapore authorities consider morality and justice seriously, release the Falun Gong practitioners with a verdict of not guilty, restore their names, respect Falun Gong practitioners’ basic rights and freedom, no longer be manipulated by the CCP, and make a correct choice for Singapore’s bright future."
  • TAZ (German newspaper): People executed, then butchered

    "The Ministry of Health in China admitted at a physician’s conference, that the majority of organs used for transplant operations are taken from people who were executed. Beijing keeps silent about the number of death sentences but Amnesty International estimates that in 2005, the number was around 1,770 ... “China has so far deflected all discussions about this topic”, says Nicholas Bequelin, a Hong Kong based member of the human rights organisation Human Rights Watch. He thinks that transplantation medicine affects one of the most important human rights problems in China: the death penalty and the decline of medical ethics when organs are traded."