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Spain: Promoting Falun Gong to the Participants of the International Nature Therapy Conference
2005-05-28An International Nature Therapy Conference was held at the parliament mansion in Madrid. Nearly one thousand academics and supporters attended this conference. After being given permission by the conference organiser, Madrid practitioners promoted Falun Gong in the square outside the conference, demonstrating the exercises and distributing leaflets. -
Germany: Attracting Public Attention with our Anti-torture Exhibition
2005-05-28It was a sunny Saturday spring morning when I arrived at the downtown Kassel Falun Gong information stall. Practitioners had chosen a great location, right in a busy pedestrian zone. The site was visible from many directions. The trams passed our information stall, which allowed many people to see our posters and the colourfully decorated display. -
Germany: Magnificent Performances of Oriental Art and Falun Gong Exercises
2005-05-27The German Gymnastic Festival activities were held from May 14th to 20th in Berlin, which attracted hundreds of thousands of athletics lovers from all over the world. At the invitation of the organisers, Falun Gong practitioners offered various programmes including demonstrations of the Falun Gong exercises, dance performances and a forum. -
Sweden: Seminar about Falun Gong at Dalarna College
2005-05-27Falun Gong practitioners were once again invited to hold a seminar at a college in Dalarna. The Falun Gong seminars are widely appreciated and have almost become like a tradition for students. This time even the students who study through long-distance education had the chance to get an introduction to Falun Gong via web television. -
Sweden: Truth, Compassion, Tolerance International Art Exhibition Premiers at a Health Fair in Jönköping
2005-05-26All the visitors had the chance to see the exhibition since it was the only way in and out of the large exhibition hall. Many told us that they liked the paintings. One visitor stopped for almost an hour at the exhibition and talked with practitioners about Falun Gong and the persecution. Finally he said, “I don’t need to go into the fair, this is all I need.” -
Norway: More and More Norwegian People are Coming to Learn Falun Gong
2005-05-26At an Oslo health expo, practitioners displayed pictures about what Falun Gong is, Falun Gong’s introduction all over the world, benefits to the body and mind experienced by people who practise, the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party and the peaceful anti-persecution campaign conducted by practitioners all over the world. -
German Newspaper Report: Deported to China from Wurzburg then Sentenced to Forced Labour Camp for Practising Falun Gong
2005-05-26This article is based on an April 12th report by German newspaper The Main Post. Phone calls from China said that Jiang Renzheng, who was deported to China from Wurzburg, was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. The only reason for his detention is that he participated in Falun Gong activities in Germany, which are forbidden in China. -
Ukraine: Candlelight Vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy in Kiev
2005-05-26During the Ukraine Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference, in order to commemorate more than 2300 practitioners who died in the Chinese Communist regime's persecution against Falun Gong, nearly 100 practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy in downtown Kiev to hold a candlelight vigil. -
Ukraine: Photo Report - Falun Gong Practitioners held a Grand Parade in the Capital City of Kiev
2005-05-25During the recent Falun Gong conference in Ukraine, practitioners from Ukraine, Russia and the Baltic states held a parade in Kiev. The parade marched through the centre of the capital and passed the Chinese Embassy, the Supreme Senate, the President's Office and the Ministerial Offices. -
Finnish Falun Gong Practitioner Appears in National TV Programme
2005-05-25The Finnish practitioner has been the target of the Chinese Communist Party’s threat campaign. He received several hundred harassing phone calls, where English tape recordings were played defaming Falun Gong. Like other Finish Falun Gong practitioners who received the same type of calls, he sent crime investigation reports about the case to the local police and also had an opportunity to report about the harassment on the TV programme. Many people who had watched the programme told practitioners that they condemned the dirty tricks used by the Chinese Government and expressed support for Falun Gong. -
Article from Islington Gazette (UK): Antique dealer's fears as Chinese 'daughter' jailed
2005-05-25An honest and kind businesswoman who stayed regularly in Islington has been jailed for two years in a Beijing labour camp for practising Falun Gong, a faith that is [banned and persecuted] in China. Friends are campaigning for the release of single mother Feng Yang (also known as Annie), 42, amid fears she may be suffering torture and ill treatment in the Tiantanghe labour camp. -
Turkey: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition" Successfully Held in Ankara
2005-05-24Between the 7th and 12th of May, Falun Gong practitioners in Ankara successfully held the “Falun Dafa Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition” at the Epoch Arts Centre, the biggest and most famous state-owned exhibition hall. Over the six days of the exhibition, more than a thousand people attended. -
Radio Free Asia: Support from Germany for the Appeal to Rescue Jiang Renzheng
2005-05-24Because he took part in Falun Gong activities in Germany, Mr. Jiang Renzheng, who was deported to China’s Liaoning Province in early March, was persecuted at once and was put in prison on the 8th of April. It is over a month since the incident occurred, which has been drawing the understanding and attention of more and more people in Germany. -
"European Friends of Falun Gong" Organisation Writes to Malaysian High Commissioner
2005-05-23As you are no doubt aware, over 2,300 Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death since China’s ban on Falun Gong in 1999, and many more thousands languish in prisons and labour camps across the country merely for exercising their constitutional right to freedom of speech and belief. For the Malaysian government to ignore the threat of further torture for Ms. Lin would be an act of extreme inhumanity and would show up Malaysia in a very negative way to the rest of the world. -
United Kingdom: "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" International Art Exhibition Held in Cambridge
2005-05-23On 20th May 2005, the "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" International Art Exhibition opened to the public in the Cambridge Union. Twenty four works of art by Falun Gong practitioners lined the corridors of this 200-year old building. Though students were bustling past, many also stopped in their tracks to take in the artistic pieces.