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Switzerland: Letter to Member of Parliament, Micheline Calmy-Rey
2006-12-08"In early September, I received a flyer called “Falun Gong Blickpunkt” (“Falun Gong in Focus”) when walking on the street in the city of Biel. Never before did I read anything in the popular press about the persecution of this spiritual movement.After having read “Falun Gong Blickpunkt”, I am starting to really wonder why this is the case. I think I’ve been deprived of important information. The reports have been disturbing me for days because they were talking about some of the most terrible events imaginable: The horror of torture and secret death camps where organs are removed from people!" -
Scotland: Raising Awareness of Organ Harvesting at Edinburgh's Ethics of Transplantation Film Festival
2006-12-07The festival was organised by bioethical and medical scientists with the aim of stimulating public debate and was attended by a wide range of people including doctors and interested members of the public. The organisers were happy to accommodate Friends of Falun Gong by permitting them to have an allocated slot in the post-screening panel discussions. -
Austria: Parliamentary MPs are Concerned about Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-07On November 21st, 2006, the former Canadian Secretary of State (Asia Pacific) David Kilgour was invited by the Austrian branch of the International Human Rights Association (IGFM), to hold a press conference in Austria. Afterwards, he and several Austrian politicians discussed the CCP's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Holland: "The Chinese Communist Regime has moved Auschwitz Concentration Camp to China"
2006-12-06On November 25th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Holland and Belgium held a poster exhibition at the Waterdam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s torture and relentless persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They also exposed the regime’s trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Hamburg Practitioners Expose the Crimes Committed by the CCP
2006-12-06Hamburg Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day on Saturday, November 2nd, 2006, in downtown Hamburg. They wanted the public to hear about the persecution of Falun Gong. Some of the practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises while others distributed flyers to passersby. -
Belgian Senator Investigates the CCP's Trade in Harvested Organs and Calls for Legislation to Punish these Crimes
2006-12-05On the evening of November 27th, Prof. Vincent Donckier, the president of the Belgian Transplant Association, chaired a seminar on the “Ethical Issues of Organ Transplantation” held in Brussels’ Hospital Erasme. The Association explicitly stated its firm opposition to this kind of organ trade which violates basic ethical and moral principles. -
Austria: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Salzburg
2006-12-05Practitioners in Salzburg held an art exhibition. Nearly 30,000 people attended, including locals and visitors from Europe. After visiting this art exhibition, many people were really indignant about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP. -
Spain: Mainstream Media Focus on Organ Harvesting
2006-12-04On November 30th, David Kilgour, coauthor of the Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China, visited Spain. The report has attracted widespread attention from Spanish media. Mr Kilgour held a press conference in Madrid, and nearly twenty media outlets including all the prominent Spanish media attended. -
Board of Appeals of the German Parliament Requests German Government to Battle Human Rights on Behalf of Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-04Members of the Board of Appeals believe: "The brutal measures employed by the Chinese Communist regime in the persecution against this spiritual group since 1999 is very troubling. In this regard, the German government has submitted a list of practitioners being persecuted to the Chinese authorities, requesting it to stop discrimination and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and to release detained practitioners." -
Germany: Promoting the 'Nine Commentaries' at Cologne Cathedral
2006-12-03For more than six years, there have been Falun Gong practitioners distributing information about Falun Gong and the persecution outside Cologne Cathedral. During the past year practitioners have focussed on promoting the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party” (an editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper) to tourists from Mainland China visiting the cathedral and encouraging them to withdraw from the CCP and its associated organisations. -
Irish Joint Committee on Affairs Issues Press Release about CCP’s Organ Harvesting Against Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2006-12-03"A report investigating the possible organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners has alleged in its conclusion that "the Chinese Government has over the past half decade put to death a large but unknown number of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience" and "simultaneously seized their vital organs for sale at high prices", the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs was told this morning. The Joint Committee was being addressed by former Canadian Secretary of State for the Asia Pacific region Mr. David Kilgour who co-authored the report with Mr. David Matas, an international human rights lawyer." -
Ireland: All Sections of Irish Society are Concerned about the CCP Organ Harvesting
2006-12-02In response to Irish Senator Joe O’Toole’s invitation, Mr. David Kilgour, the Canadian Ex-Secretary of State (Asia -Pacific) visited Ireland on November 23rd, 2006. During his visit, Mr. Kilgour delivered a speech to the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee of the Irish Parliament and met the Irish Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Moylan. The two sides had a useful conversation. -
France: Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Held in Paris
2006-12-01In the afternoon of November 26th, the 2006 French Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Paris. Practitioners from France and other French speaking areas in countries like Switzerland and Belgium attended this grand conference. -
Czech Republic: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution to the People of Zlin
2006-12-01At the end of October, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners visited Zlin in the Czech Republic to raise awareness of the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. Many citizens of Zlin came by and showed compassion for the present situation in China where it is illegal to live according to the principles of truthfulness, compassion, tolerance. Falun Dafa has been banned and persecuted for seven years in China. Falun Gong practitioners are horrifically persecuted and tortured for their beliefs. Lately it has been shown that they are also victims of organ harvesting for profit. -
The Third Czechoslovakian Experience Sharing Conference
2006-11-30On November 18th, 2006, the Third Czechoslovakian Experience Sharing Conference took place in Prague. Practitioners from many European countries gathered to share their cultivation experiences and understandings. Everyone felt a serene and solemn atmosphere, which was present during the entire conference.