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Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Peacefully Protest at the Thai Consulate and Deliver an Open Letter
2005-12-19On December 15th, several practitioners went to the Thai general consulate in Turin, delivered an open letter and also held a protest activity outside the consulate. The open letter expressed concern about mistreatment by Thai police of Falun Gong practitioners who were holding a peaceful protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok. -
Turkey: Falun Gong Practitioners Tell Members of the National Assembly about the Persecution
2005-12-19To call on the Turkish government to pay attention to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, which has now lasted for six years, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners went to the Grand Turkish National Assembly. They went to visit three senior assembly members, Mr. Ali Er, Ali Oksal and Mesut Deger, who is a lawyer and a leading member of the Human Right Committee of the assembly. They asked them to call on the Turkish government to pay attention to the cruel persecution of Falun Gong. -
Letter to the Argentinean Ambassador in UK from European Friends of Falun Gong
2005-12-19"It is our belief that the non-intervention of the police was under instruction from Chinese officials. Wednesday's assault fits into a disturbing pattern of violence, intimidation, and human rights violations in connection with visits by Chinese officials around the world over the last three to four years. It appears that in each case Chinese authorities have used economic and political clout to pressure host-country governments into assisting them in the subjugation of Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters, often with the use of violence or arrest." -
Holland: Protest at Thai Embassy Against Thai Police who Violated Falun Gong Practitioner's Human Rights
2005-12-18On the morning of December 15th 2005, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners went to the Thai Embassy in Holland to deliver an open letter in protest against the Thai police's violation of Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights. The Embassy secretary accepted the letter. Practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the secretary, discussed the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, as well as the CCP’s attempt to extend the persecution to many other countries overseas. -
Germany: On International Human Rights Day German Falun Gong Practitioners Condemn the CCP's Brutal Persecution
2005-12-18On December 9th 2005, the day before International Human Rights Day, Falun Gong practitioners in Munich, Germany held protests at the Chinese Consulate to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) six years of brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Under condemnation from the whole world the CCP has further escalated the persecution. -
Portugal: Falun Gong Practitioners Join a Rally Opposing the CCP's Human Rights Abuses on the Eve of International Human Rights Day
2005-12-18On the eve of International Human Rights Day, Falun Gong practitioners in Portugal joined a rally held in Lisbon. The rally was held to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) violence and to support 6 million people quitting the CCP. After reading the information on the display boards, people signed the petition in support of the Chinese people quitting the CCP. -
Ireland: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Dublin Warmly Welcomed
2005-12-17The "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition was successfully held in the Tallaght Institute of Technology in south Dublin between the 5th and 9th of December 2005. The deputy mayor of South Dublin County Karen Warren attended the opening as did Councillor John Hannon, who made an excellent speech. -
Austria: Practitioners in Vienna Protest Against the Persecution on International Human Rights Day
2005-12-17On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, practitioners in Vienna held an event to raise awareness of the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China and call for action to end this atrocity. The event attracted the public’s attention, and Chinese tourists also stopped to read the posters and view the photos to learn about the truth. -
Ukraine: Practitioners Condemn the Rape of Female Falun Gong Practitioners by Chinese Police
2005-12-17On December 10th, Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a protest opposite the Chinese Embassy to demonstrate against the six year long bloody persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and to strongly condemn the wicked rape of female Falun Gong practitioners by police in China and demand that the evil police be brought to justice. -
EFGIC: Thai Police Taking Orders from Chinese Embassy?
2005-12-16LONDON (EFGIC) — Thai police manhandled Falun Gong protesters outside the Bangkok Chinese Embassy on December 10, International Human Rights Day. After being seen going in and out of the Chinese Embassy, dozens of Thai policemen crossed the street and roughly searched Falun Gong practitioners quietly protesting the six-year persecution of their practice in China. The police dragged some of them and took away their banners. One officer stated that he did not want to break up their protest but was told to do so by the Chinese Embassy. -
Iceland Ombudsman: Government Broke Law by Denying Falun Gong Entry
2005-12-16On December 5th, the Ombudsman, a position designated to monitor the state administration and local authorities, released its opinion on the Falun Gong entry denial case from June 2002: The government broke the law by denying Falun Gong practitioners from crossing the border, and authorising Icelandair to carry out the decision by refusing to permit Falun Gong members to board Icelandair planes. This is the second positive decision made by the Iceland government-monitoring institutions. On June 5th 2003, the Data Protection Authority stated that the Justice Ministry acted unlawfully when it blacklisted members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement ahead of the state visit of Chinese president Jiang Zemin to Iceland. -
Holland: Anti-Torture Exhibition held on International Human Rights Day to Expose the Persecution by the CCP
2005-12-16December 10th was International Human Rights Day. In order to call on people to pay attention to the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners in China and expose all kinds of methods of excruciating torture the CCP uses when persecuting Falun Gong, practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in the second biggest city in Holland. -
European Friends of Falun Gong Writes to the Thailand Ambassador in UK
2005-12-15"We wish to express our deep concern the recent Thai police harassment of Falun Gong practitioners during a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, which was held to protest against Chinese police brutality...We hope that Thailand will not succumb to the intimidation and pressure put on it by the CCP to contribute towards the persecution of Falun Gong. We urge you to try to convince your government that they should stop the harassment of Falun Gong practitioners and stop yielding to the CCP’s pressure, which is a serious compromise of Thailand’s fundamental moral and political principles." -
United Kingdom: On International Human Rights Day Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the CCP's Atrocious Abuse of Human Rights
2005-12-15As well as Falun Gong practitioners, a number of VIPs attended the rally to express their support and all gave speeches condemning the awful human rights situation in China. -
Italian Monthly Magazine: Millennium China: "The path of Falun Gong cultivation"
2005-12-15An Italian monthly magazine called “Viaggiand” took “Millennium China” as a topic and published a series of articles about China's five-thousand-year old culture in the November 2005 issue. In a special column entitled “The Spirit and the Rule”, Falun Gong is introduced under the title “Falun Gong, a path of cultivation” The article explains that Falun Gong is a cultivation practice to help people obtain intrinsic improvements.