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Finland: Activities in Kouvola to Expose the Inhuman Atrocities of the Chinese Communist Regime
2006-06-22Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held activities from June 6th to June 8th in the pedestrian zone of central Kouvola, a city located in eastern Finland. They displayed information boards and distributed flyers, exposing the facts of the persecution that the Chinese communist regime has been inflicting upon Falun Gong. -
Turkey: Exposing the CCP Atrocities at a Local Seminar
2006-06-22On the 13th of May 2006 Mersin city government held a seminar entitled Local Agenda 21 - National Solidarity Group, with the main focus on ways to strengthen the solidarity and communication amongst various nationalities. Representatives from nearly all the local organisations around Mersin area attended the seminar. -
Switzerland: Exposing the Truth about the Persecution of Falun Gong to Chinese People at a Tourist Spot
2006-06-22Switzerland's beautiful scenery attracts tourists from all parts of the world. Lucerne, Switzerland's most famous tourist attraction is the place a lot of tourists must visit, among them many from China. Falun Gong practitioners regarded it as a good place to expose the truth to Chinese people, many of whom have been deceived by communist propaganda. At the travel peak time, practitioners could be seen everywhere chatting to people and distributing leaflets. -
Belgium: Photo Report: Shocking - Atrocities of the CCP Exposed Outside EU Summit
2006-06-21From June 15th to 16th, leaders of 25 European Union member states held a summit in Brussels, Belgium. Outside the headquarters of the EU, Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and reenacted the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit. -
Speech Given by the Head of the ISHR China Taskforce in Austria at the Opening Ceremony of the Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibition
2006-06-21The cultural association ARS CARA (Austrian Association for Art and Cultural Exchange in China) held an exhibition with the title Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance at a café in Vienna’s 7th district. A great number of people attended the opening ceremony on June 12th. Speakers at the ceremony were district director Blimbinger, and Leopold, head of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) China taskforce. Leopold's speech is reproduced below. -
The Epoch Times: World Should Shun China, Says EU Vice President
2006-06-21Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott, visited China last month and has declared that, if what he was told there is true, "the civilized world should shun China." In an official statement to The Epoch Times, Mr. McMillan-Scott said he visited Beijing to investigate allegations that Falun Gong practitioners were being used as live donors to service China's massive organ trade. -
MEP on CCP's Organ Harvesting: “This is a fundamental breach of human rights and must be stamped out immediately”
2006-06-20"The MEP's intervention comes after reports of mass harvesting of organs from Falun Gong practitioners held in a Chinese concentration camp. According to the Chinese reports, organs are removed from prisoners whilst they are still alive and their bodies then destroyed in on-site crematorium. Previous media coverage has exposed similar practices at Suijatun camp in Liaoning Province. As well as being a horrific breach of human rights, any use of executed prisoners' organs contravenes a 1998 European Parliamentary resolution which condemned the practice..." -
Germany: Supporting Eleven Million People Quitting the CCP during the World Cup
2006-06-20Because it was the World Cup, tourists from all over the world passed by in a steady stream. The practitioners re-enacted the CCP’s harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. People were shocked and curious of the re-enactment and many were inspired to voice their conscience and denounce the CCP's atrocities. -
Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Call for End to the CCP's Brutality during European Union Meeting
2006-06-20On June 15th, leaders from 25 European Union countries were assembled in Brussels to conduct a two-day summit meeting. Falun Gong practitioners held activities in front of the European Parliament building to call upon the European Union for help stop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit. -
Spain: This is the Glory of the Spanish Judicial World
2006-06-19On the 6th of June 2006, after the hearing of witnesses, the criminal section of the Supreme Court of Spain decided to accept the appeal submitted by many Falun Gong practitioners accusing Jia Qinglin, high official of the Chinese Communist Party (the CCP), of having committed genocide against Falun Gong. -
Germany: Exposing the Atrocities of the Chinese Communist Regime
2006-06-19“It is a massacre and a catastrophe. This atrocious act must be stopped", said Mr. Welinger. He signed a petition urging the Chinese Communist regime to stop the persecution against Falun Gong right after viewing the display boards exposing the facts about Falun Gong and watching a re-enactment of harvesting organs from living practitioners. -
Associated Press Report on Falun Gong Protest against CCP Organ Harvesting Outside the European Commission Headquarters in Belgium
2006-06-19Associated Press reported on Thursday June 15th, that outside the European Commission building in Brussels, Falun Gong practitioners called on heads of the EU member states attending the Commission meetings to help put an end to the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Finland: The Smiles of Two Little Angels
2006-06-18A little girl quietly read one of our leaflets about the persecution of Falun Gong. She looked just like a little angel. This was a scene on June 7th, 2006; as a group of Finnish practitioners exposed the persecution of Falun Gong in the eastern city of Kouvola after we demonstrated the meditation exercise. This little angel immediately attracted my attention. -
Holland: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to Students and Staff at a Dutch University
2006-06-18On the 7th and the 8th of June, 2006, at the invitation of a group of Dutch university students, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners visited a university in Haarlem in northern Holland and gave a presentation on the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many students showed an interest in Falun Gong and used their spare time to learn the exercises. -
France: Vice-President of the Parliament’s Reply Showing Concern over the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-06-18"I have received your letter on June the 4th calling my attention to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Your letter has raised my awareness of this issue. I have taken a note of it. As a reply, I would like to tell you that I have made an enquiry to the Minister of Foreign Affairs over this issue. I would contact you as soon as he replies to me. I have much sympathy over your cause, since it concerns religious freedom in China".