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Diario de Ferrol (Spain): Condemned for Practising Falun Gong
2005-08-17
"Something so inoffensive was all of a sudden prohibited by the Chinese government, then presided over by Jiang Zemin. The reasons for this persecution, according to the organisations that defend this large collective, point to the harsh control that the dictatorship exerts over everything that does not follow the regime’s principles. In barely six years, the number of people murdered, tortured to death, persecuted and incarcerated has not ceased to grow..." -
United Kingdom: "Rescuing Orphans" Concert on Prince’s Street in Edinburgh
2005-08-16
In order to draw attention to the plight of the orphaned children of Falun Gong practitioners, who have been tortured to death in China, Falun Gong practitioners held a non-profit concert in St. James Square off Princes Street. The on-going persecution has affected many innocent Chinese children, whose parents have been killed or imprisoned -
Finland: People of Helsinki Learn the Truth about the Persecution of Falun Gong
2005-08-16
On July 20th 1999, China’s head of state Jiang Zemin branded 100 million innocent citizens as criminals. Fearing that Falun Gong’s widespread popularity was overshadowing his own, Jiang ordered that this traditional practice should be “eradicated”. The Falun Dafa Information Centre has verified details of 2,676 deaths since the persecution began. -
Website (Croatia): Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful protest.
2005-08-16
"In the eyes of the former head of the CCP and Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, his greatest threat was the popularity and respect that Falun Gong held among the Chinese population. He worried that the greatest threat and challenge to the CCP's power was the high ethical principals that are the mainstay of Falun Gong. Once the number of Falun Gong practitioners became larger than the CCP membership, Jiang Zemin began his brutal persecution." -
United Kingdom: Activity During Edinburgh Festival to Rescue Orphaned Children of Falun Gong Practitioners Receives the Support of Many People
2005-08-15
In order to promote the rescue of the orphaned children of Falun Gong practitioners, UK practitioners held an activity on the opening day of the Edinburgh Festival. Practitioners used various means to let people know about the persecution and to appeal for support including Falun Gong exercise demonstrations and a petition signature collection. -
Croatia: On July 20th, a Memorial Service in Zagreb Generated Great Media Interest
2005-08-15
Many months ago we decided that on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the persecution we would hold a memorial day in Zagreb. Practitioners from all over the world offered their help. Two excellent articles about our event were published in two of Croatia’s largest newspapers the next day. -
Sweden: A Programme About the Persecution of Falun Gong on Presens TV in Stockholm
2005-08-15
A television programme about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China was transmitted by a television-station, Presens TV on July 22nd. The programme was high quality, covering different aspects. As an introduction, two pictures of Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong were shown, one before and one after she was tortured. -
An Italian MP Asks, "What Can I Do for You?"
2005-08-14
From July 10th to 17th, practitioners from Italy and Germany held three activities in Rome. There were crowds of people in Rome during July. Many touring groups from China were shocked when they saw so many western Falun Gong practitioners. Some asked for materials, while more of them excitedly took pictures. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Group Won a Prize in the Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade
2005-08-14
The 7th of August 2005 was the day of the 59th International Edinburgh Arts Festival in Scotland. Falun Gong practitioners once again attended the festival cavalcade and were awarded the best Specialty Prize. This is the fourth time that the Falun Gong group has received this prize since they started to participate three years ago. -
Russia: Appealing for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong in Moscow City Centre
2005-08-14
On the 6th of August 2005, Russian Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in Moscow city centre, calling on the public to pay attention to and help stop the brutal persecution against the Falun Gong spiritual practice by the Chinese Communist Party. People signed a petition calling for an end to the human rights abuses. -
Hohenloher Newspaper (Germany): Falun Gong Practitioners' Information Stall
2005-08-14
"Suddenly on July 20th 1999, one hundred million Chinese citizens are declared as public enemy number one. The former head of state Jiang Zemin was very clear in his instruction: “Tarnish their names, ruin them financially, destroy them physically!” A minority is demonised and become the scapegoats for all the ills in the Chinese system and society." -
Germany: A Falun Gong Practitioner Handed a Petition to the President
2005-08-13
On the first day of their holiday, President Koehler publicly invited local people and tourists to visit the Arber with him and climb to the peak of the hill. On learning the news, local Falun Gong practitioners felt that this was a good opportunity to see the president on such an occasion and tell him about Falun Gong face to face while handing him a petition. -
Spain’s Oldest Newspaper Reports on Falun Gong Practice and the Persecution in China
2005-08-13
Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance are universal principles that were too demanding for the Chinese Government. Each year China tops the lists of human rights violations, torture or the implementation of capital punishment that are published by the most prestigious independent organisations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch. This intolerance has afflicted Falun Gong practitioners. -
Seminar on Communism and Democracy held at the United Nations in Geneva
2005-08-13
A Communism and democracy seminar was held by an international inter-faith organisation at the United Nations. Several organisations took part in the seminar. Russian writer Mr. Marejko, former Xinhua news agency journalist Mr. Bao Zhang Wu, a Chinese student in Switzerland and The Epoch Times journalist Mr. Grangier were invited to give speeches at the meeting. -
Sweden: Children Perform the Lotus Garden at a Folk Music Festival
2005-08-13
Between the 14th and 16th of July, children from different parts of Sweden performed a dance called Lotus Garden during a folk music festival in the Swedish county of Dalarna. The young dancers, aged between four and ten years old, moved slowly and beautifully to sounds inspired by traditional Chinese music. Hundreds of people passed through the area.
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