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  • France: Speech Delivered In Paris On Behalf of Germany's International Society for Human Rights

    Recently the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated its 84th birthday. It is a shame to humanity that in the 21st Century a party is celebrating 84 years of killing, cheating, deception, brainwashing and physical and mental torture. Since the CCP took power in China 80 million abnormal deaths have occurred as a direct result of its tyranny.
  • France: Every Year, the Falun Gong Association Meets High Levels of Government on National Day

    From 2002 to 2005, every year on National Day, Falun Gong practitioners have had the chance to meet the French President, Prime Minister, Ministers, Members of Parliament and other non-political VIPs. On this year’s National Day, July 13th 2005, four representatives from the French Falun Gong Association were invited to a Garden Party at the Ministry of Overseas Department.
  • Germany: Exposing the CCP’s Crimes in Hamburg

    Hamburg’s “Stadteilfest Altonale” was celebrated on the weekend of June 18th and 19th 2005. Falun Gong practitioners participated in this event to let people know about the Falun Gong practice and the severe human rights abuses that are being inflicted on practitioners in China by the Communist Party. Practitioners from Hamburg and surrounding areas of Bremen, Bielefeld and even Denmark, participated in this activity. We began the activities by first sending righteous thoughts, while a small group demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Passers-by were attracted to this activity and enjoyed watching the exercises.
  • Latvia: Appeal at the Chinese Embassy for an End to the Persecution Against Falun Gong Practitioners

    Falun Gong practitioners in Latvia staged a peaceful appeal at the Chinese Embassy to raise public awareness of the six years of cruel persecution against the practice in China. Many people accepted flyers from the practitioners. After hearing the facts about Falun Gong, they expressed their sympathy to the persecuted practitioners and hoped that this persecution can end as soon as possible.
  • France: In the Square of Human Rights in Paris, French Practitioners Promote Falun Gong and Expose the Persecution

    On the 3rd of July 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in France held activities to promote Falun Gong and expose the persecution on Human Rights Square right opposite the Eiffel Tower. Tourists from all over the world queued up to sign a petition calling for an end to the persecution. Some of them got a practitioner to teach them the Falun Gong exercises on the spot.
  • United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the CCP Persecution during the G8 Summit

    During the G8 summit, tourists from all over the world gathered in Edinburgh. On July the 7th and 8th, UK Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Princess Street to promote Falun Gong and collect signatures calling for the rescue of the illegally imprisoned family members of UK practitioners whose family members are still in China.
  • Chinese Student in Switzerland Appeals for the Rescue of his Illegally Imprisoned Mother in China

    My name is Wang Xiaoyang and I am a Chinese student studying in Switzerland. I have three close relatives in China: my eighty-four-year old grandmother, my sixty-year old father who has not been well, and my fifty-four-year old mother. My mother is a Falun Gong practitioner and is the centre of the family, who provides both financial and spiritual support. They are ordinary law-abiding citizens whose only desire is to live a peaceful life.
  • France: Raising Awareness about the Persecution Against Falun Gong during the Paris Summer Sale Season

    In France, around July each year, there is always a big summer sale with massive retail price reductions. In Paris, the busiest street at this time of year would be Boulevard Haussmann. On the 2nd of July, practitioners met on this street with banners and leaflets to let people know about the persecution that people who practise Falun Gong are suffering in China.
  • Spain: People in Toledo, the Former Spanish Capital, Support Falun Gong

    Spanish Falun Gong practitioners visited this ancient city for the sixth time. However, this was the first time that the anti-torture exhibition, featuring simulations of some of the evil methods that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses in attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs, had been seen in Toledo. Many people signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution.
  • Latvia: “We Need Compassion and Tolerance”

    Local practitioners and practitioners from Liga held a Falun Gong exercise demonstration at Rose Square in the central area of the city, and taught local people the exercises. In the meantime, they also held an exhibition to introduce the popularity of Falun Gong around the world, the recognition it has received worldwide and the facts about the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong in China.
  • Finland: Finnish People Support Falun Gong Practitioners

    A group of Falun Gong practitioners from Finland, Sweden, Germany and Russia organised a ten day long ant-torture exhibition tour around five cities across Finland. On the 22nd and 23rd of June, the group arrived at the final stop, the city of Lahti. Kind-hearted people expressed their sympathy and support to Falun Gong practitioners in various ways.
  • Germany: Falun Gong brings a Peaceful Atmosphere to the Regensburg Citizens Festival

    Falun Gong practitioners set up a stand at the annual Citizens Festival in Regensburg. A large number of passing tourists read about rescuing Falun Gong practitioners deported back to China on the display boards. They signed the petition to call for an end to the persecution.
  • Czech Republic: Prague Anti-torture Exhibition Helped People Learn about the Persecution in China

    Practitioners got a lot of attention from the corwd as they acted out scenes from prisons and labour camps in China where officials abuse and torture Falun Gong practitioners using a variety of methods, such as shocking with electric batons, sleep deprivation and being forced to remain in a tiny cage where it is impossible to stand or lie down for long periods of time.
  • France: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution at Lons-le-Saunier

    In the morning, practitioners from the east of France set up their stall. The weather that day was unbearably hot. Despite that, many people still approached practitioners to find out about Falun Gong and the persecution in China, and to sign the petition calling for an end to the human rights abuses.
  • Spain: Amnesty International Expresses Support for Falun Gong Practitioners

    On U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, petition signature collections were held in the Canary Islands by Amnesty International to support victims of torture and to expose those who are responsible for the torture according to law. The activity aimed at raising people’s awareness of the cruel persecutions happening in the world and ending these persecutions as soon as possible.