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Belgium: Schoolchildren are Enthusiastic to Hear about Falun Gong and are Concerned about the Persecution
2005-02-16
On the 16th of November, practitioners from Belgium were invited to a school in the city of Hasselt to introduce Falun Gong and the persecution against the practice in China to a class of ten to twelve year-old children. The children were very enthusiastic. The visit was successful and the teacher was very pleased that the practitioners were able to attend. -
Sweden: Falun Gong practitioners Appeal for an End the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm
2005-02-16
On February 6th 2005, on the eve of the Chinese New Year, Stockholm Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to make a peaceful appeal. They called for the ongoing brutal persecution against Falun Gong in China to end immediately. -
Switzerland: Davos Residents and Officials from the World Economic Forum Support Human Right for China's Persecuted Dafa Practitioners
2005-02-15
At the end of January 2005, the annual World Economic Forum was held in the famous Swiss ski-resort, Davos. Many countries sent their top officials to attend. During the last two days of the meeting (29th and 30th) Dafa practitioners in Switzerland organised anti-torture exhibitions and activities to let people know about Falun Gong. -
Letter from Ukrainian Practitioners to Officials from the Chinese Embassy
2005-02-15
"In the human race’s history, those people who have contributed to truth and justice are being respected and admired by people, and what’s more they have left compassion and equity in people’s memories forever. In the New Year, we hope that the representatives of China in Ukraine will manifest their courage and justice and can all stand on justice’s side, together upholding human rights and legality. Help to stop the inhumane persecution happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China, and leave behind a beautiful future for your descendants." -
French Officials Send Messages of Support for a Falun Gong Parade in Paris: "We fully support your actions for freedom."
2005-02-14On the weekend of the 12th and 13th of February, European Falun Gong practitioners held a large-scale parades in Paris. These parades celebrated traditional Chinese culture and Chinese New Year, as well as helping people to learn more about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution that is taking place in China at the moment. Falun Gong practitioners received the following messages of support. -
European and U.S. Governments Take Notice of Harassing Phone Calls Made to Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-02-14During the time of the 2005 Chinese New Year, many Falun Gong practitioners in Asia, Europe, the United States, Australia and other parts of the world received anonymous phone calls. Most of the phone calls could not be traced, but some practitioners' caller ID programs showed the calls originating in Mainland China. At present, police authorities in many countries have commenced an investigation. -
Czech Newspapers Report on a Falun Gong Activity in Zlin
2005-02-14
On the 1st of February, Falun Gong practitioners from the Czech Republic visited the city of Zlin and held an activity in the Square of Peace. Many people in Zlin were interested in learning to practise Falun Gong. Journalists from three newspapers attended the appeal and interviewed practitioners. Below are two of the reports that they published. -
United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution by the River Thames in London
2005-02-13
On Saturday February 5th, visitors to the New Tate Gallery in London were able to see demonstrations of the Falun Gong exercises. As always, many passers-by had questions to ask; they watched the exercises, took the information available, and learned of the great benefits people have received from practising Falun Gong. -
Sweden: Stories from the Appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg
2005-02-13Over the last five years, since Jiang Zemin launched the persecution against Falun Gong, practitioners have been at the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg appealing for an end to the suffering of the innocent people who practise Falun Gong in China. In an attempt to conceal their violations of human rights and of China’s own constitution, the consulate has now taken action to limit the peaceful appeals. Practitioners received support from politicians and the media, who published several supportive articles exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s attempts to deny people their fundamental human rights. -
United Kingdom: Anti-Torture Exhibition Tour Arrives in Birmingham
2005-02-12
Passers-by carefully read the poster displays introducing Falun Gong and exposing the persecution of the practice by the Chinese communist regime. People queued to sign a petitions calling for an end to the persecution and for the perpetrators behind these human rights atrocities to be brought to justice. -
German Practitioners Received Pre-recorded Harassing Phone Calls from the Chinese Communist Party in an Attempt to Incite Hatred Against Falun Gong
2005-02-12Falun Gong practitioners in Germany received pre-recorded phone calls in Chinese and English on February 6th 2005. The content was fake news concocted by the Chinese Communist Government about the Tiananmen self-immolation intending to spread propaganda about Falun Gong. Both German and Chinese practitioners have received the phone calls and others of a similar nature. -
Sweden: Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to Draw Attention to the Escalated Persecution in China
2005-02-12
Practitioners gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to draw attention to the escalating persecution in China. More than 170 deaths have been reported since the beginning of this year. It is now more than a month since the 200 Falun Gong practitioners in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province started their hunger strike and they are now in danger. -
Germany: First Anti-Torture Exhibition in Heidelberg Demonstrates the Persecution Against Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-02-11
When people received flyers and asked for more detailed information, practitioners elaborated on the details about Falun Gong and the five-year campaign of genocide against the practice. 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 for his crimes against humanity. -
UKFGIC: Chinese Communist Regime Harasses British Citizens on U.K. Soil with Intimidating Telephone Calls
2005-02-11LONDON (FGIC-UK) – Since last Sunday, British citizens such as retirees, Joan and Daryl Sherry from Stockport, Cheshire have been bombarded with messages recorded in both Chinese and English containing Chinese Communist propaganda. This is the latest tactic in the campaign of the Chinese authorities to extend its persecution of the peaceful and popular Chinese practice of Falun Gong abroad and is aimed at intimidating overseas practitioners and their families. Homes across Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia and even Sri Lanka have been targeted. -
Russia: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in Moscow City Centre and Appealing to End the Persecution
2005-02-10
Moscow practitioners gathered at Slavyanskaya Square to make an urgent appeal. Recently, Jiang and his followers have utilised the Chinese Communist organisations to intensify their ongoing persecution. Russian practitioners felt that it is their responsibility to let people know the facts and call for their support in bringing the suppression to an end.
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