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  • Belgium: Brussels Press Conference Exposes Chinese Communist Party Organ Harvesting Atrocities

    Former Canadian Secretary of State for the Asia-Pacific region Mr. David Kilgour held a press conference in Brussels. The press conference was regarding the Chinese Communist regime's barbaric practice of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. He was joined by Vice-President of the European Parliament Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott and Belgium human rights lawyer Mr. George-Henry Beauthier.
  • Finland: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to People in Turku

    Practitioners gathered in the outdoor market in the southern city of Turku from July 13th to 15th to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong to local people. Display boards told the story of the persecution through words and photos, while practitioners demonstrated the exercises, collected petition signatures and spoke to passersby about the situation in China.
  • Germany: Berlin Rally Calls for an End to the CCP's Atrocities

    Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade on July 15th 2006 in Berlin, Germany. They exposed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutality by reenacting the tortures inflicted upon Falun Gong practitioners in China and protested the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners in Europe Call on the European Union to Condemn the CCP's Live Organ Removal

    On July 18th 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Europe called on the European Union and Belgium to take action against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners then cremating their bodies. The CCP's persecution since July 20th 1999 has led to several thousand deaths, many from torture, and has violated the human rights of millions of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Russian Falun Gong Practitioners under Pressure of Persecution (Part 1)

    Jiang Zemin used China's governmental system to bribe Russia with economic interests. Particularly, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embassies and consulates often used Article 8 to force the Russian government and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs to suppress Falun Gong. On one hand, the Chinese Communist Party's secret agents spread flyers on various occasions to defame and slander Falun Gong. On the other hand, the CCP embassies and consulates kept using diplomatic measures to influence the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners fHold Activities Calling for an End to CCP's Brutality

    Falun Gong practitioners from Italy held a series of activities in Rome, Venice, Turin and Andorno to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutality. Practitioners re-enacted the CCP's harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, which shocked many people. Many people signed their names on the petition calling for an end to the persecution.
  • United Kingdom: UK Practitioners Call on the Singapore Government to Drop Charges Against Falun Gong Practitioners

    UK Falun Gong practitioners handed in a letter to the Singapore High Commission in London on July 20th. They called on Singapore to drop the illegal charges against Falun Gong practitioners and to no longer appease the CCP. UK practitioner Michael, who comes from Singapore, said “I hope that the Singapore Government will drop the illegal charges against Falun Gong practitioners, abide by the country’s laws and respect human rights.”
  • Switzerland: Letting Overseas Chinese Know the Truth about Falun Gong

    Ms Pan and Mr. Yang, an elderly Chinese couple living in Bern, Switzerland started to practice Falun Gong. After the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party began in 1999, they have taken every opportunity to explain the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong when meeting other Chinese. A reporter interviewed Ms. Pan who is approaching seventy years old, asking her to tell us about her story.
  • United Kingdom: Seminar in Houses of Parliament Discusses CCP’s Organ Harvesting Crimes

    On Monday 18th July, a seminar was held in the Houses of Parliament in London to talk about the harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. The seminar was chaired by Lord Thurlow and one of the main speakers was David Kilgour, a former Canadian Secretary of State who recently published a report confirming that the Chinese Communist Party has been harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Swedish Daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet:“We Can Not Turn a Blind Eye to the Crime of Organ Harvesting"

    "The condition of prisoners in China is increasingly well known but it is only in recent months that a particular mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners has come to light, namely the selection of prisoners for 'reverse-match' organ and tissue transplants, leading to their deaths. This is genocide, as defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide".
  • Official Launch of the Bulgarian Clear Harmony Web Site

    The Bulgarian Clear Harmony Web site provides readers with the opportunity to get to know who Falun Gong practitioners are through their words, thoughts and actions. We hope this Web site can help the Bulgarian people further understand what Falun Gong is and the truth behind this ongoing brutal persecution in China. Welcome to the Bulgarian Clear Harmony Web site!
  • Sweden: During the Tällberg Forum, Practitioners Expose the CCP's Trade in Organs Harvested from Living People

    Swedish human rights organization SHRIC had a stand called ‘Supporting Human Rights in China’, appealing for attention from all peace-loving people for human rights in China. Four Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted in China but now live in Sweden talked about their own experiences of persecution to people who came to read the posters.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Grand Parade in Gelsenkirchen During the World Cup

    In order to show people some of the wonder experienced by practitioners of Falun Dafa, as well as expose the brutal persecution of the practice by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Falun Gong practitioners from Germany and the Netherlands the held a grand parade and other activities in this city during the 2006 World Cup.
  • St. Galler Journal (Switzerland): Asylum applicant with HSG degree

    "She also tells of her mother, who introduced her daughter to Falun Gong and who is detained in a Chinese prison for one and a half years. Falun Gong has been banned in China since 1999. She has not heard anything from her mother since that year. She has fought for her release with signature campaigns. Xiaoyang Wang explained that her father had warned her not to return to China. At the same time, he asked her to also watch out for herself in Switzerland. The arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long reach".
  • United Kingdom: Photo Report - Parade and Embassy Protest