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European Practitioners Appeal during a European Union Meeting despite Freezing Weather
2005-03-02European Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the EU Congress Hall to stage an anti-torture exhibition and remind the EU and the world that the Chinese Communist regime have not let up in their campaign of genocide against Falun Gong. People visiting the EU lingered in front of the anti-torture exhibition and talked with practitioners, before carefully reading the posters.
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Slovakia: Mayor of the City of Pezinok Attended Falun Gong Appeal to Sign a Petition calling for and End to the Persecution
2005-03-02Saturday the 26th of February began as a nice, sunny day so practitioners of Falun Gong took advantage of the good weather to visit Pezinok city. They called for public attention to the persecution against Falun Gong, which has continued for almost six years. Documented evidence details the killing of 1,379 practitioners, although Chinese Government estimates put the unofficial figure close to 10,000.
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Falun Gong Practitioners' 2005 New Year Parade in Paris a Great Success
2005-03-01On February 12, practitioners in yellow scarves gathered in Place Jean Rostand under a grey sky. By midday, the number of practitioners had increased dramatically, and onlookers had gathered to watch the waist-drummers rehearsing and female dancers in costume warming up. By the time the parade began, the atmosphere had become powerful.
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Switzerland: Local Government Official Expresses Support at an Anti-Torture Exhibition
2005-02-28People were astonished as they read the poster boards and learned about the torture methods used on Falun Gong practitioners in China in cruel attempts to force them to give up their beliefs. They expressed their indignation at the persecution, instigated by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and carried out by the Communist Party.
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Romania: Exposing the Persecution to the Local Chinese People
2005-02-28During the holiday period of the Chinese New Year, a group of Romanian Falun Gong practitioners distributed leaflets to local Chinese people despite a temperature of minus ten degrees. Many Chinese people were happy to accept the information and find out the truth about Falun Gong and the campaign of genocide that has been waged against practitioners in China by the Communist Party. Several new practitioners also participated in the activities.
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European Falun Gong Practitioners held an Anti-torture Exhibition during the European Union Meeting in France
2005-02-27During the European Union meeting in France, practitioners held activities and collected petition signatures at the European Parliament building. Even though the weather was extraordinarily cold, practitioners staged an anti-torture exhibition to call on the EU and the world to pay attention to the brutal persecution against Falun Gong in China.
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German Media reports on a Seminar exposing Human Rights Violations in China
2005-02-27Practitioners from Cham city in Germany and a local representative from the International Society for Human Rights held a seminar entitled “The Current Situation of Human Rights Violations in China”. Local newspapers reported on this event, including an article entitled “Lies cannot withstand exposure” in Chamer Zeitung and another entitled “Experiencing Injustice” in Bayerwald-Echo.
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Norway: Falun Gong Poster Exhibition in Bergen Public Library
2005-02-26A poster exhibition about Falun Gong has been set up at the public library in the city of Bergen, Norway. The exhibition includes around 30 posters that are well placed along the wall of the library’s main staircase and many people pass by them every day. Brochures containing information on Falun Gong are available to accompany the exhibition.
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Falun Dafa Press Conference Broadcast on Bulgarian National TV
2005-02-26A national cable TV station called Diema 2 featured the conference in their evening news programme on 20th February 2005. The footage showed pictures of the exercises and the book Falun Gong (already published in Bulgarian). The reporter explained briefly about the practice and one of the practitioners was interviewed about the advantages of Falun Dafa. Bulgarian practitioners were happy that so many people had got the chance to learn more about Falun Gong.
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Severodonetsk-online Reports on “The Journey of Compassion" Art Exhibition in Ukraine
2005-02-25China is the only country that has banned the Falun Gong practice. A large number of human rights organisations in various countries all came forward to support Falun Gong. It is widely recognised that the Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin, violated human rights...At the exhibition, other than the artwork of the famous painter, there were various paintings and sculptures by Falun Gong practitioners in Ukraine on display. The atmosphere at the exhibition was very harmonious, showing the peaceful inner world of people living by the beliefs of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance”.
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European Practitioners' Chinese New Year Celebration Activities: Part 5 - Positive Responses from the Public
2005-02-25After getting to know the truth further, people condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, praised Falun Gong practitioners for bringing the beauty of Chinese culture to the French people and showed their support for those who still persist in opposing the persecution peacefully.
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European Practitioners' Chinese New Year Celebration Activities in Paris: Part 4 - Hail and Rain Could Not Stop the Events
2005-02-24Following the Chinese New Year celebration parade on Saturday the 12th of February, European Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Eiffel Tower on the 13th to display the beauty of Falun Gong to tourists from around the world and to let more people know about the brutal persecution against practitioners in China.
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Russia: Collecting Petition Signatures in St. Petersburg to call for an End to the Persecution
2005-02-24Many passers-by were shocked when they found out what is happening in China from seeing pictures of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured by the Chinese authorities. People found it incomprehensible that such a terrible thing could be happening in today’s world. They were touched and signed a petition to call for an end to the human rights abuses.
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Falun Gong Appeal Headlines Czech TV News
2005-02-23On the 5th of February, an appeal in Hradec Kralove was visited by regional TV reporters, who came to shoot some footage and interview the practitioners. The report was broadcast that same evening in all three of the station’s news broadcasts and in a repeat the next day. The report on the Falun Gong activity was actually the first feature in that day’s news programme, so hundreds of thousands people who tuned in to watch the news got to learn about Falun Gong‘s appeal to stop the persecution in China.
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European Practitioners' Chinese New Year Celebration Activities: Part 3 - The Grand Parade
2005-02-23Hundreds of practitioners from all over Europe held a parade through Paris. The parade featured a waist drum formation, fan dancing, lotus flower dancing, practitioners dressed in the costumes of celestial beings such as heavenly warriors and beauties scattering flowers, a float with costumes from China’s most prosperous Tang Dynasty period and a Falun Gong exercise demonstration.