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Holland: Practitioners were Invited to Demonstrate Falun Gong Exercises to a Church Congregation
2005-02-23
A priest invited Dutch Falun Gong practitioners to introduce the practice and demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises in an Amsterdam church. After listening to the practitioners’ talk, one lady stated that she would never believe the lies of the Chinese Communist regime again. The priest and congregation members learned the first set of Falun Gong exercises. -
European Practitioners' Chinese New Year Celebration Activities: Part 2 - Press Conference
2005-02-22
European Falun Gong practitioners’ Chinese New Year celebrations started with a press conference. The first speaker, the Chairman of the French Falun Gong Association, said that under the persecution initiated by Jiang Zemin and the Chinese Communist Party, nearly 1,400 Falun Gong practitioners have lost their lives and hundreds of thousands of others are being tortured in forced labour camps. -
Sweden: Introducing Falun Gong at Helsjön College
2005-02-22
I am a Falun Gong practitioner and I’m studying Music in Helsjön College, 70km southwest of Gothenburg. There are about 120 students in the school and lots of them are Christian, so I had the chance to talk about spiritual issues with them. They were curious about Falun Gong. I provided them with some information and now I run an exercise class every Thursday before lunch. Students come to learn the exercises, and also hear about the persecution. -
European Practitioners' Chinese New Year Celebration Activities: Part 1 - Preparation Work
2005-02-21
Although many practitioners didn’t know specifically which activities they were going to be involved in, everyone was lively and ready to help wherever they could. An exercise demonstration was followed by sending righteous thoughts; whilst some practitioners talked with passers by about the persecution and gave out leaflets. -
Austria: Anti-torture Exhibition in Vienna Helps People see the Evil Nature of the Chinese Communist Party
2005-02-21
On January 20th 2005, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and information day in Vienna’s Stephansplatz. The re-enactments of the methods of torture used to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs helped many people see the terrible crimes committed under orders from the former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin. -
Germany: Western Practitioners in Passau City continued to Raise Awareness about the Persecution, Despite the Rain
2005-02-21One of the practitioners demonstrated the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts whilst the other distributed leaflets to passers by, telling them about the Chinese Communist Party and the Jiang regime’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners over the last five years. Although the petition form was wet from the rain, there were still people signing it, calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong. -
French Human Rights Lawyer submits a Legal Petition requesting a Comprehensive Investigation into the 2004 Paris Incident
2005-02-20
On the afternoon of the 11th of February 2005, on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners, Lawyer Fabrice Orlandi filed a legal petition to the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. The petition requested a comprehensive investigation into the incident on January 2004, in which, bowing to the pressure from the Chinese communist regime, French police harassed Falun Gong practitioners. -
Russia: Promoting Falun Gong and Appealing for People’s Concern for China’s Persecuted Practitioners
2005-02-20
Practitioners from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Saratov gathered at the subway station of Kirovsko in St. Petersburg. The main aim of this activity was to introduce the practice of Falun Gong to the locals, expose the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution under the Jiang regime and appeal for justice and conscience. -
Finnish Newspaper Kaleva: Hundreds of Harassing Phone Calls Target Finnish Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-02-20Starting from February 6, Falun Gong practitioners from countries all over the world became the target of a Chinese Government phone harassment campaign. In Finland and other countries of Europe, as well as in the United States and Canada, practitioners’ home, work and mobile phones received continuous pre-recorded phone calls. The content of the recordings was identical to the propaganda that Jiang Zemin and his cohorts have used as a part of their persecution campaign against Falun Gong. -
Ukrainian People’s Messages of Support from a Falun Dafa Painting Exhibition
2005-02-19On January 22nd, Ukrainian Falun Dafa practitioners held a very successful painting exhibition entitled “The Journey of Compassion”. Many people learned the truth about Falun Dafa through attending this exhibition; they offered support by signing their names on a petition to support Falun Dafa and leaving a message in the guest book. This guest book will carry the blessings of the Ukrainian people and travel with the painting exhibition throughout the entire country. This article features some of the messages that were left by the Ukraine people. -
Sweden: Presenting Falun Gong at a Health Expo in Skövde
2005-02-19
At the same time as the exercises were shown, one of the practitioners spoke to the audience about what Falun Gong is and what cultivation is and what effects the exercises have. She also told everyone that Falun Gong-practitioners have been subjected to over five years of brutal persecution in China at the hands of the communist regime. -
Chinese Communist Party's Telephone Hate Campaign brings Condemnation from Police and Chinese Organisations in Holland
2005-02-19On the 6th and 7th of February 2005, from about 12 noon to ten o’clock at night, Falun Dafa practitioners in Holland were severely harassed by the Chinese Communist Party. Every two minutes they received a recorded message on both landlines and mobiles, consisting of propaganda. The calls were recordings from the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece - the China News Agency - that slandered Falun Gong by spreading lies and hatred against the practice. This is a serious act of harassing Dutch citizens’ basic rights and is a severe attack on freedom of belief. -
Switzerland: Candlelight Vigil and Information Stall during Basel’s Late Night Museum Opening
2005-02-19Practitioners held a peaceful appeal to highlight the brutal campaign of genocide that has been taking place against Falun Gong in China over the last five years. Many people learned about the persecution of Falun Gong after seeing the peaceful candle-light vigil. We were there until late at night, despite the cold weather. Many people approached us because they wanted to find out more. Some even took a pile of leaflets home with them, as they were eager to help us tell more people about the persecution. -
Iceland Spokesperson for Falun Gong Intends to File Complaint about Phone Call Hate Campaign
2005-02-18The spokesperson for Falun Gong in Iceland, has contacted the police and intends to press charges after repeated calls to her phone repeating taped propaganda against Falun Gong. Thordis says this propaganda, in English and Chinese, aims to spread hate against the peaceful practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime for the last five years. “These phone calls are unacceptable and spoil the sanctity of one’s private life. Iceland is a free democratic country and to me it is not acceptable to be prone to such attacks from a foreign oppressing power,” said Thordis, who intends to request a police investigation. -
Austria: Predestined Encounters during an Experience Sharing Gathering in Vienna
2005-02-18Three of the youth hostel residents joined me in the hostel’s main hall. They had come to Vienna from Israel. Once they saw the Falun Dafa banner on the wall they were curious about what it represented. One of them joined me for a while and I told him about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. He was already familiar with other qigong practices and was delighted to hear that there was a Falun Gong group exercise practice the next day. It was astounding to see him next morning; he was already able to do the first four exercises from beginning to end.
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