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Statement by European Friends of Falun Gong on Kidnapping of Attorney Gao Zhisheng
2006-09-07We are here today to express our deep concern at the arrest of the Chinese human rights lawyer Mr Gao Zhisheng by the Chinese authorities on August 15th. We strongly urge China to release him immediately and to allow him to continue his career as a human rights lawyer. Gao Zhisheng was kidnapped by plainclothes policemen while visiting his critically ill brother-in-law at his sister’s home in Shandong province when twelve policemen burst into the home and took him away without any explanation and without providing any legal documentation to support their actions. -
Russia: Introducing Falun Gong at Moscow City Festival and Exposing the Persecution
2006-09-06On September 2nd, 2006, the Moscow City Festival took place. Hundreds of thousands of Moscow residents held various activities at over three hundred spots to mark the 859th anniversary of the establishment of the City. Falun Gong practitioners in Moscow participated in the activities in different communities. -
France: “It Is Very Good for You to Do This”
2006-09-06French Falun Gong practitioners held activities in the famous Human Rights Square in Paris, exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s barbaric crime of setting up concentration camps in which they harvest Falun Gong practitioners’ organs when they are still alive, and at the same time condemning the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
UK Newspaper Yorkshire Post: Grandmother Tortured by Chinese – all for her beliefs
2006-09-06The 66- year- old claims she’s been beaten, force fed and suffered electro-shock therapy at the hands of the Chinese police – all because of her beliefs. Zhen is one of the lucky ones, though, she’s alive ... more than 2300 have been tortured to death. -
Germany: Practitioners' Activities During the Hamburg Summit
2006-09-05At the invitation of Hamburg City Government and Chamber of Commerce, high level political and economic figures attended the Hamburg Summit held on August 13th, 2006, including Wen Jiabao, Li Lanqing, former head of 610 office, and Bo Xilai, Chinese Minister of Commerce, both of whom have been sued in many countries for torture and crimes against humanity. -
UK Newspaper Sunderland Echo Reports: Stand up and be counted against these atrocities
2006-09-05It is unbelievable and horrific that in this day and age such atrocities are happening in China. I’m talking about the killing and organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience – transplantation of their corneas, kidneys, liver and hearts. It’s like the holocaust all over again, only in China there is big money in the killings with a booming trade in transplants. -
Austria: Art Exhibition in Kapfenberg
2006-09-04On June 21st, 2006, Ms. Melanie Fleck, VP of the Austrian Art and Cultural Society ARS CARA, opened the three day Austrian Arts and Cultural Exchange Society “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” Exhibition at Castle Oberkapfenberg. The opening speeches were very profound, as the speakers were deeply impressed and moved by the beauty of the paintings, and even more appalled and moved by the unimaginable inhumanity of the persecution. In addition, a musical performance lent a deep ambiance and special clarity to the event. -
Slovakia: Summer Tour to Introduce Falun Dafa and Expose the Persecution
2006-09-04With the completion of the annual Slovakian nationwide summer tour to introduce Falun Dafa and expose the persecution of the practice in China, I have returned to my home with sunburn. However, some episodes that happened during the tour still vividly linger in my mind. During the tour, every one of us gained a lot of experiences and learned a lot from it as well. During the tour, many Slovakian and Chinese people changed their mentalities and the lies fabricated by the Chinese Communist Regime were exposed. It helped us realise the importance of explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people. -
Austria: Art Exhibition in the Kuenburg of Payerbach
2006-09-03On June 16th, 2006, the Austrian Arts and Cultural Exchange Society ARS CARA opened the 7th International “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” Art Exhibition in Austria. This time the exhibition was held at the Kuenburg Art Centre in Payerbach. The opening ceremony was held in a dignified atmosphere with musical accompaniment. -
Germany: Prisoners as Living Organ Bank
2006-09-03The Chinese government is accused of abominable crimes. It is accused of harvesting organs from imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. This results in the death of these people. Beijing is denying this. But, independent experts have found proof of the allegation ... It is very rare to discover dead bodies that show clear-cut organ removal. But it is not unheard of. In April the body of a retired elementary teacher from the Guizhou and that of her cousins was found. Both Falun Gong practitioners had not returned from a trip to the mountains. Months later their dead bodies were found. The police said in their report that the cause of death was “Suicide.” -
Germany: Informing the People about Organ Removals in China
2006-09-02An event called ‘China Time’ is scheduled to take place in Hamburg between September 13th and October 1st. A series of events has been planned to celebrate twenty years of friendship between the cities of Hamburg and Shanghai. Due to this event, Falun Gong practitioners have redoubled their efforts to bring to light the persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Switzerland: The Chinese Communist Regime's Organ Harvesting from Living People Shocks the Residents of Basel
2006-09-02“What are they doing? Is it a real surgical operation?” a group of children were shocked by what they saw. Even though pouring rain started to fall, they stood quietly and waited for a reply. They were puzzled by the scene on Marktplatz Basel, Switzerland where a “surgeon” was “performing an operation” on a man lying on an “operation table” covered with a bloodstained blanket. Beside the operation table was a “Chinese policeman” waving a police baton. -
Testimony by Falun Gong Practitioner Living in Norway: How I Was Persecuted and Tortured in China
2006-09-01The Chinese Communist Regime has been persecuting Falun Gong for seven years. In these seven years, I was illegally sentenced to a three-year term in a labour-reform camp, then another two-year term in a labor-reeducation camp. During the five years I was imprisoned: I was mercilessly tortured by the evil communist party and suffered from a total loss of vision in my left eye, and upper and lower tooth migration and dislocation. Today, I will reveal to the international community how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used the government to mercilessly torture and persecute me. -
Austria: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition in Vienna
2006-09-01From June 12th to the 17th, 2006, the Cultural Society ARS CARA (Austrian Arts and Cultural Exchange Society ARS at www.arscara.at, in German only) showcased the international “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” art exhibition in Café Kandinsky, in the 7th District of Vienna. Many people attended this ceremony. A singer and musicians performed during the opening ceremony for human rights. -
Germany: "We Support You, You Did Well"
2006-09-01On August 26th, Falun Dafa practitioners held an activity in the city of Leipzig, which Goethe called “Little Paris”. Leipzig played a pivotal role in the movement to overthrow the centralisation of the Communist regime in the past. In particular, practitioners exposed the CCP's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners in labour and concentration camps.