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• Sweden: Lerum’s Socialdemokratiska Arbetarekommun Condemns the Torture which Led to the Death of Falun Gong Practitioner Gao Rongrong, and Hopes for Democracy in China

  2005-11-18
  "... we receive reports about the persecution, incarcerations and torture, which has led to deaths of Falun Gong practitioners. An example of this is Gao Rongrong from Shenyang, who died on the 12th of June, 2005 by torture and exhaustion. This is against the UN’s convention on human rights. We condemn the torture which led to the death of Gao Rongrong and demand that those involved are held responsible for this and similar crimes."
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Encounter Hu Jintao in Berlin and Appeal to Stop the Persecution

  2005-11-17
  On November the 11th 2005, the second day of Hu Jintao’s visit to Berlin, more than one hundred Falun Gong practitioners continued their 24-hour petition signature collection activities persistently outside Hu’s accommodation, the Adlon Hotel. Hu Jintao and the accompanying Chinese government officials had several chances to listen to appeals made by Falun Gong practitioners.
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• Article from Spanish Web Site: A Human Rights Lawyer in China Is Being Persecuted by the Government

  2005-11-17
  "The famous Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhicheng was forced to close his legal chamber for a year by the Chinese Communist Government because he wrote letters to the government to asking them to stop the persecution of the Falun Gong group. “The Judiciary Office informed me shut down the chamber for one year yesterday. If I opposed, they would limit my personal freedom,” lawyer Gao said."
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• German Falun Dafa Association Writes an Open Letter to Hu Jintao

  2005-11-17
  "During your visit Germany, we strongly ask you to free the German Falun Gong practitioner, Jiang Renzheng, as well as all Falun Gong practitioners who are illegally imprisoned, giving them back their freedom. Meanwhile, we ask you to bring the arch-criminals who persecute Falun Gong — Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, Zhou Yongkang — to justice and immediately stop the persecution of Falun Gong."
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• Germany: Hu Jintao Could Not Miss the Falun Gong Banners During His Visit

  2005-11-17
  Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao arrived in Germany on the 10th of November. International human rights organisations had a clear message for both outgoing German Premier Gerhard Schroeder and his replacement Angela Merkel: We are clearly expressing our concern about the problem of human rights, which is getting worse in China.
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• Article from UK Newspaper: "I begged for water. I heard the agonised cries of someone else being tortured. even one of the guards burst into tears at what he saw."

  2005-11-17
  Sleep deprivation was the preferred method of torture by the C.C.P. Li was put in solitary confinement. As soon as he closed his eyes there would be loud shouting and banging and his eyelids would be forcibly pulled open and a violet light shone into his face. Recordings of people denouncing Falun Gong were played at ear-piercing volumes. His face was brutally slapped and he was kept naked in a cell that was continually hosed down with freezing water.
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• German President Meets with Practitioners and German Police Withstand Pressure from Chinese Delegation

  2005-11-16
  When Hu Jintao's motorcade passed by, they could clearly see Falun Gong practitioners' banners. Some people from the motorcade stared at the protesting crowds when they passed by. The highest banner that Falun Gong practitioners expressed practitioners' message to the the Chinese leader.
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• Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution on the Streets of St Petersburg

  2005-11-16
  Falun Gong practitioners from St Petersburg usually hold a rally at the weekend to tell people the facts about Falun Gong, appealing to people for help to stop the outrageous persecution against Chinese Falun Gong practitioners by the vicious Chinese Communist party. Many people sign the petition to call for an end to the persecution.
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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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