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UK Falun Gong Association Congratulates the Establishment of the Turkish Falun Gong Association
2005-04-21
The UK Falun Gong Association would like to offer sincere congratulations to the Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey for setting up the Falun Gong Association in Mersin City on 10th April 2005. The Turkish Association represents a tremendous step forward in the development of recognition of the Falun Gong practice in Eastern Europe. -
Geneva: Demonstrating Methods of Torture and Taking a Close Look at the Persecution
2005-04-20
Passers-by stopped and were shocked at the scene. The adjacent posters answered their questions. These two people were demonstrating one method of torture suffered by Falun Gong practitioners in China’s labour camps or prisons. The re-enacted method is a light one compared to some of the other kinds of torture methods used by the Chinese Communist Party in cruel attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs. -
Spain: Many People Sign a Petition Calling for an End to the Persecution after Viewing an Anti-torture Exhibition (1)
2005-04-20
The practitioners’ re-enactment of a few of the brutal torture methods used in cruel attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs shocked the Spanish people. People asked how they could help to stop the persecution. When they were told that their signatures were needed for the petition, they lined up to sign their names. -
Germany: People in Sauelach were Happy to Learn about Falun Gong
2005-04-20
Practitioners set up a stall, some poster display boards and a banner reading "Falun Gong". Passers-by stopped to listen to the practitioners talk about the campaign of genocide against Falun Gong in China and many people signed a petition calling for the instigator of the persecution, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice in a court of law. -
Celebrating Ten Years since Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden (2)
2005-04-20In March 1995, I received a newspaper from a Chinese lady which had information about Falun Gong classes during Easter. I instantly decided to attend. I waited and looked forward to the class. When the day came, I went to the lecture hall with lots of questions in my heart. What was really incredible and amazing was that during the seven days of classes, I never had to actually ask any of the questions but Master Li still answered all of my questions one by one. -
Celebrating Ten Years since Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden (1)
2005-04-19
On the 16th of April 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from in and around Gothenburg gathered at the busy Baltesspannar Park in brilliant sunshine. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, distributed leaflets and presented the public with paper lotus flowers to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden. -
Jiang Renzheng's Situation Arouses Concern from Amnesty International’s Berlin Branch
2005-04-19A branch of Amnesty International located in Berlin recently reported Jiang Renzheng’s situation to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amnesty International also revealed to Falun Gong practitioners that the German Embassy in Beijing has already expressed concern about this case to the Chinese Government. Deported back to China by the German Government with wife Guo Rui and their two children on 7th March, Jiang Renzheng was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp a week ago for “having contacts with Falun Gong organisations and damaging social order”. -
Finland: Falun Gong was Very Popular at the Mikkeli Health Exhibition
2005-04-19
A few practitioners in golden exercise suits performed the exercises to the graceful Falun Gong music and this attracted the attention of many people. They watched for a long time, asked for leaflets and even took extra leaflets for their relatives and friends. Some people bought books and exercise demonstration video tapes from the Falun Gong stall. -
Article from Swiss Newspaper Genève Home Informations: “Beyond suffering …”
2005-04-19The Maison du Grütli is hosting a remarkable exhibition until 22nd April exposing the many forms of abuse that Falun Gong practitioners in China are subjected to by the Chinese authorities. This exhibition is organized by Falun Gong members, who have seized the opportunity of the sixty first session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission now being held in Geneva as a reminder of their struggle against crimes to which they are victim – parents and children alike – in China. -
Turkey: The Turkish Falun Gong Association is Officially Established
2005-04-18Turkish Falun Gong practitioners received a formal notice on the 10th of April that the Turkish Falun Gong Association has been officially established. This is the second Falun Gong Association to be established in Eastern Europe this year, after the Polish Falun Gong Association was officially formed in February. The founding of the Falun Gong Association illustrates Turkey’s recognition and welcome of Falun Gong. -
Italy: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Aosta City Receives People's Warm Support
2005-04-18
On the streets in the town centre, we set up our display boards and held an anti-torture exhibition. Local people taking a walk at the weekend and tourists all stopped to watch the re-enactments of the torture methods employed by the Chinese Communist Party in attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs. -
Germany: Activities in Chamer to Raise Awareness of the Persecution
2005-04-18
Lots of people in Chamer understand that Falun Gong is being wrongly persecuted. Nevertheless, it is still very hard for people living in free, democratic countries to imagine how a despotic communist regime controls the thoughts and behaviour of its citizens. So on the last weekend of March, practitioners decided to hold an anti-torture exhibition. -
Russia: Anti-torture Exhibition at the Chinese Embassy to Call for an End to the Persecution
2005-04-17
Practitioners from Moscow and other areas of Russia gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy. A series of information boards were put on display to exhibit the various forms of torture that the communist regime uses in cruel attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs. They demanded that the persecution be stopped and the prime culprits be brought to justice. -
Sweden: Famous Swedish Diplomat Encourages Practitioners to “Keep Up the Good Work!”
2005-04-17
A group of Falun Gong practitioners attended a lecture held by Jan Eliasson in Gothenburg. Jan Eliasson is the former Swedish Ambassador in Washington and later this year he will take over as president of the United Nations General Council. In the past, he worked as a UN Ambassador, as well as a Cabinet Secretary at the Swedish Foreign Ministry. -
"Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group" Submits Cases of Missing Falun Gong Practitioners to United Nations in Geneva
2005-04-17The Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group submitted a case report on the abduction of Huang Xiong to Mr. Stephen Toope, Chairman of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during the annual meeting of the U.N.H.R.C. in Geneva. He was surprised to know that Mr. Huang was abducted more than a year ago and said he would take action right away.
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