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• German Foreign Office will Devote Efforts to Release of Jiang Renzheng

  2005-06-14
  Since Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Renzheng was deported from Germany and subsequently sentenced to a forced labour camp in China, the German Falun Dafa Association, along with practitioners in Germany and around the globe, have been calling for the German Government to rescue Jiang Renzheng. Their petitions were echoed by many international organisations including the International Human Rights Organisation, Amnesty International and the United Nations Refugee Council.
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• Agence France Presse: Swedish Falun Gong To Press Charges Against China's Jiang Zemin

  2005-06-14
  Swedish members of the banned Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong said Friday they plan to press criminal charges against China's former president Jiang Zemin and other senior officials for murder, torture and kidnapping. "The persecution of Falun Gong is extensive and has been going on for several years. It is directly inspired by the Communist Party and is led by a special body that was created by Jiang Zemin," the group's Swedish lawyer, Peter Bergquist, said in a statement from Falun Gong.
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• France: Appealing in Paris for Public Awareness of Persecution against Falun Gong

  2005-06-14
  Practitioners in France decided to promote Falun Gong on various streets in Paris. Though there were not many practitioners to take part, our banners were so eye-catching that many passers-by stopped to read the captions that went with photos about the persecution. Some were shocked and took the initiative to sign the petition.
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• Radio France Internationale: Chen Yonglin's Defection to Australia is due to his Opposition to China’s Persecution of Falun Gong

  2005-06-14
  Radio France Internationale reported that Mr. Qin Jing, Chairman of the Alliance for Chinese Democracy in Australia, was interviewed by a reporter about the political asylum application made to the Australian Government by Chen Yonglin, First Secretary of the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney. When interviewed, Mr. Qin Jing said that there were two reasons for Chen Yonglin’s defection. The first one was that he was against China’s high-pressure policy towards dissidents, which was a political matter. The other was that he was against China’s brutal persecution of the Falun Gong group, which has been consistently extended to foreign countries.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Filed a Lawsuit in France against Wang Yunkun, Secretary of the CCP’s Jilin Provincial Party Committee

  2005-06-13
  Jilin has been one of the most notable provinces in China where Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted. The number of documented deaths in Jilin had reached 301, ranking fourth worst among China’s thirty one municipalities, provinces and autonomous regions. In the afternoon of June the 8th 2005, the French Falun Gong Association filed a lawsuit in the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris.
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• Germany: Local People Support the Anti-Torture Exhibition in Wuppertal

  2005-06-13
  Falun Gong practitioners from the German state of North Rhine Westfalia held an anti-torture exhibition there. When passers-by saw posters depicting the cruel torture methods used in attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs, they were shocked at the human rights violations happening in China.
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• Opening Speech from the 2005 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference 2005 in Stockholm

  2005-06-13
  For Swedish practitioners and those from the rest of Europe, 1995 was an unforgettable year. It was in this year that our compassionate Master came to the continent of Europe. He showed the way for his disciples and He brought beauty to Europe. And now, during the ten-year anniversary of Master visiting Europe and teaching the Fa in Sweden, we hold our European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in the capital city, making this conference even more special and historically important.
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• Finland: Falun Gong Photo Exhibition Tours Lapland (Part 1)

  2005-06-12
  During spring 2005, we contacted several libraries in Lapland and made inquiries about holding a Falun Gong photo exhibition. Several librarians were interested to hold an exhibition during the spring and summer. Most of them knew about Falun Gong already and those who didn’t were interested to hold the exhibition and find out more.
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• Ukraine: Exposing the Persecution during a Mythology Drama Presentation

  2005-06-12
  On May the 28th and 29th, Ukrainian practitioners took part in a mythology drama held by Dnepropetrovsk City Council in a local park. During the gathering, people viewed a display of pictures exposing the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Many people were attracted by the paper lotus flowers made by practitioners.
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• Little Swiss Girl Katharina's Wish Hasn't Come True Yet

  2005-06-11
  Katharina is seven years old. At school she is a good student and all her schoolmates and teachers like her. At home, she is mummy and daddy’s young helper. She helps mummy to look after her younger sister and do some simple housework. Katharina should be an unworried girl but she is feeling heavy in her heart because her big wish to end the persecution of Falun Gong has not yet come true.
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• Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in an Alternative Health Fair in Uddevalla

  2005-06-11
  On the 28th and 29th of May, Falun Gong practitioners took part in an alternative health fair in Uddevalla. They performed the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and informed the participants about Falun Gong and the ongoing persecution occurring in China. They also set up an exhibition of posters and photos, accompanied by an information table.
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• Germany: Excellent Performances at the Bielefeld Cultural Festival

  2005-06-10
  Germany’s Ninth Bielefeld Cultural Festival was held and around 1,500 people from seventy organisations participated in a parade. Many people clapped along with the beat of the waist drum performance. Practitioners’ peaceful and graceful demonstration of the five sets of exercises on a float was the target of the crowd’s cameras.
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• Well-Known Dutch Musicians Compile an Album Inspired by Falun Gong

  2005-06-10
  From the titles of the songs it's obvious that the inspiration came from both the mystical aspects of oriental spiritual practices, which are so very present in Falun Gong, as well as the perseverance and endurance of Falun Gong practitioners that manifest in their struggle to stop the persecution they are suffering in China.
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• Germany: People and Officials of Wuerzburg City Appeal to the German Government to Rescue Jiang Renzheng

  2005-06-09
  Since Jiang Renzheng was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp in China, shortly after his whole family was deported from the German city of Wuerzburg, Falun Gong practitioners in that city have organised five events in the city centre to call for Jiang’s release. Most members of the public said they already had some knowledge of Jiang’s arrest from the city’s media. People deplored the German government’s bad decision while gaining a lot better understanding of the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are suffering in China.
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• Norway: Folding Paper Lotus Flowers at a Children’s Festival in Oslo

  2005-06-09
  A children's festival was arranged during the last weekend in May at the Medieval Park in Oslo, the capital of Norway. During this annual weekend activity, children and their parents experience different exciting things such as song and dance, cooking and a lot more. This year, the children could also learn how to fold paper lotus flowers.
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