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• Germany: Parade for Supporting the Withdrawal from the CCP Attracts German Media and People

  2005-11-16
  During the Chinese Communist Party leader’s visit to Germany, people from European countries and human rights organizations held a big parade in Germany’s capital to support more than 5 million people publicly withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party. The attendees included Falun Gong practitioners, who are being persecuted in China.
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• Broadcast by Radio France International: Former Chinese '6-10' Officer and Diplomat Discuss the CCP's Persecution Against Falun Gong and Human Rights Issues in China (Part 2)

  2005-11-16
  For two consecutive days from the 24th to the 25th of October 2005, the Chinese section of Radio France International broadcast special interviews with Hao Fengjun, a former Chinese official from the ‘6-10 Office’, and former Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin on subjects of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in China.
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• UK MPs Sign Early Day Motion Calling for the Release of All Incarcerated Falun Gong Practitioners

  2005-11-15
  On November 8th 2005, UK MP David Howarth put forward an Early Day Motion (EDM 966). The Motion calls for the release from prison of all Falun Gong practitioners and has already received 37 signatures from UK MPs. The Motion also calls for Falun Gong practitioners to be free to practise and supports an end to the discrimination in China that stops Falun Gong practitioners getting employment, something which occurred after former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Jiang Zemin ordered CCP officials to "destroy Falun Gong practitioners physically, bankrupt them financially and ruin their reputations".
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• Germany: Practitioners Continue Activities Calling Hu to End the Persecution

  2005-11-15
  Since Hu Jintao arrived in Berlin, practitioners have been holding a continuous appeal to call on Hu to end the persecution. German President Horst Koehler called on China to respect human rights. Before Hu's arrival, Koehler met with Falun Gong practitioners and Amnesty International, asking for their wishes and requests.
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• Germany: Human Rights Picture Exhibition ‘Field of Shame’ held in Germany

  2005-11-15
  From October the 26th to the 31st, international human rights organization IGFM held a human rights persecution picture exhibition entitled “Field of Shame” which was displayed in Nord-Rhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf and Gelsenkirchen. Pictures and articles about Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China were part of this exhibition, which was held on the eve of Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao’s visit to Germany.
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• Italy: Italian Media Pays Attention to “Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance” International Art Exhibition

  2005-11-14
  "Italian Falun Gong practitioners decided to hold an art exhibition in a hall in Andorno...The paintings are of great delicacy and beauty. Through their artistic creations the artists attempted to illustrate a spiritual world: goodness and beauty of a heavenly world can be pursued through meditation and upgrading one’s inner world. Artists used techniques of realism to depict the brutality of torture and the suffering inflicted on the persecuted by Jiang Zemin."
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• Sweden: Foreign Ministry Expresses Support for Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2005-11-14
  "Thank you for your letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated May 2nd...As you might know, human rights issues in China are frequently brought up in discussions with our Chinese counterparts, during our many contacts, both from Sweden and from the EU. For example, every sixth months we have within the EU a special human rights dialogue with China, where we go through an extensive agenda and bring up all the areas where we feel a strong concern regarding how human rights issues are handled in China."
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• Romania: People in Timisoara Support Freedom and Human Rights in China

  2005-11-13
  On October 5th 2005, a seminar with the title “The Collapsing Red Wall” was held in Timis Court in Romania’s second largest city, Timisoara. The seminar attracted great attention from local media, human rights organisations, academics, students and residents. Romania’s State Television carried a live interview.
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• Sweden: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong at a Health Fair in the City of Kungalv

  2005-11-13
  From October 28th until November 1st, Public Health Days 2005 took place in the city of Kungalv, Sweden and many activities connected to people’s health were organised. Among other things, a Health Fair was arranged on October 29th and 31st. More than thirty different organisations took part in the Health Fair and Falun Gong was invited as one of the exhibitors. We received a very good and prominent location in the middle of the hall.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Write to MPs Asking for Help to end the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2005-11-13
  "To avoid domestic criticism and international condemnation against the persecution, recently the Chinese Communist regime has taken a softer approach against Falun Gong in the mass media. Though the recent taciturn has replaced intensive attacks in the past, the momentum of the persecution against Falun Gong has never abated whatsoever. Judging from the Chinese Communist regime’s propaganda, on the surface it seems that everything is back to normal, but for the one hundred million Falun Gong practitioners in China, the terror is still there as usual."
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• Bo Xilai Sued in Spain for Genocide

  2005-11-12
  On November 8th 2005, 15 practitioners who were persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their practice of Falun Gong have retained lawyer Carlos Iglesias to file a suit against Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai in Madrid's High Court. Bo is charged with committing the crimes of genocide and torture during the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Germany: German and French Practitioners Urge the German President to Tell Hu Jintao: Falun Gong is Good

  2005-11-12
  On November 10th, Hu Jintao arrived in Berlin on a four day visit. German President Horst Koehler met Hu and his delegation at Schloss Charlottenburg. Before the meeting, President Koehler got off his vehicle and talked with groups holding appeals outside the building. A practitioner asked the President to tell Hu: Falun Gong is Good!
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• United Kingdom Media Report: With the Largest Banners, Falun Gong Called for the Release of Practitioners in China

  2005-11-12
  Several UK media, including the BBC and The Times, reported that China’s President Hu Jintao was greeted by protests on his arrival to the UK. Excerpts are reproduced here.
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• Broadcast by Radio France Internationale: Former Chinese Police Officer and Diplomat Discuss the CCP's Persecution Against Falun Gong and Human Rights Issues in China (Part 1)

  2005-11-12
  On October 24th and 25th, RFI (Radio France Internationale) broadcast an interview conducted with former Chinese police officer, Hao Fengjun and former Chinese diplomat, Chen Yonglin regarding the persecution against Falun Gong and human rights issues in China. RFI’s programme “France and Europe”, which was broadcast to Asia on October 24th, covers the first part of the interview.
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• Belgium: Practitioners Hold a Press Conference to Update the Progress of the Lawsuit against the 610 Office

  2005-11-11
  On October 21st, Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference with famous Belgian human rights lawyer, George Henri Beauthier, who gave a status report on Falun Gong practitioners’ lawsuit against the “610 Office” on charges of telephone harassment. Hao Fenjun, the former 610 officer who has defected from the CCP, attended the conference.
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