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• Spain: Short Stories of People Learning the Truth about the Persecution

  2005-01-13
  Once, during a peaceful appeal to call for an end to the persecution at the Chinese Consulate, a middle-aged Chinese lady passed by and told a practitioner, “In fact, we do not believe what the Communist Party says in its propaganda. Falun Gong is practised by so many people in the world; this practice must be very good for the health. I want to learn it too!”
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• Czech Republic: Appeals to Expose the Human Rights Abuses and Bring the Persecutors to Justice Receive Positive Media Coverage

  2005-01-12
  Several thousand people got to know about the inhumane suppression against Falun Gong and the cruel methods of torture that the Chinese regime uses to make practitioners give up their belief. The reporter from Czech Radio went on to interview people in the crowd who were looking at the display boards.
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• Finland: At the Beginning of the New Year, Dafa Practitioners Strive to Do the Three Things Well

  2005-01-12
  Practitioners from Helsinki and other cities in Finland held a retreat from the 6th to the 8th of January 2005. They studied the Falun Gong teachings, shared experiences and insights, and practised the exercises together. A peaceful appeal was held at the Chinese Embassy calling for an immediate end to the campaign of genocide against Falun Gong practitioners.
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• Spain: People are Touched by an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Madrid

  2005-01-11
  On the 8th of January, Spanish practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in Sun Square in Madrid city centre to show what is happening to practitioners in China. People were astonished that such draconian methods of torture are still being used. Many kind-hearted Spanish people lined up to sign a petition calling for Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice.
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• Ukraine: Film Portraying Persecution Against Falun Gong Practitioners at the Human Rights International Cinema Festival

  2005-01-11
  The movie “Sandstorm” was shown at the Human Rights International Cinema Festival. On the 15th of December, a national Ukraine TV channel screened a brief report about “Sandstorm”. Scenes from the film depicting the torture used against Falun Gong practitioners were also shown.
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• Bulgaria: Practitioners Appear on a National State-run TV Show and Expose the Persecution in China

  2005-01-10
  The presenter asked why Falun Dafa is persecuted in China. The practitioners explained that after estimating the number of practitioners to be 70 to 100 million in 1999, the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin personally ordered a campaign of persecution despite the disagreement of the other Politburo members...The practitioners went on to talk about how the Chinese Communist Party has never showed any regard for human life and has continually persecuted and oppressed the Chinese people since it came into power.
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• Germany: International Human Rights Day in Bremen

  2005-01-10
  Live demonstrations of the torture methods used to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs graphically showed the daily horrors suffered by practitioners in China. Passersby were shocked by the brutality of the scenes and the depiction of torture victims on the posters and banners was able to touch even the most hardened of hearts.
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• The Media Reports on a Famous Beijing Lawyer’s Appeal for Falun Gong

  2005-01-10
  Hong Kong's Ming Bao reported that Mr. Gao wrote an open letter to Chairman Wu Bangguo of the Chinese People's Congress. He said in the letter that he had received many appeals and letters from Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured in prisons or labour camps. Mr. Gao pointed out that the local government abused Falun Gong practitioners by imprisoning them in labour camps. He said that he "felt extreme sorrow" in his letter to Wu Bangguo.
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• Finnish Government Continues to Closely Follow the Persecution Against Falun Gong

  2005-01-09
  "The Finnish Government continues to closely follow the human rights situation in China. In addition to other issues, Falun Gong’s situation is being monitored constantly both in the private relations between Finland and China and with regards to the human rights dialogue between the European Union and China."
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• Switzerland: Exposing the Persecution with an Information Stall

  2005-01-09
  Many of the tourists and locals were shocked that such brutal violations of human rights are happening in China today. Pictures of re-enactments of the methods of torture used in attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief were instrumental in driving home the extent of the cruel persecution to all those visiting the booth.
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• Germany: The 2004 German Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference was held in Erbach

  2005-01-08
  On the 30th of December 2004, a Falun Gong experience sharing conference was held in Erbach. Over two hundred practitioners from Germany and the German-speaking areas of Switzerland and Austria attended the conference. Experience sharing articles were read by five practitioners and a project group.
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• Czech Republic: Peaceful Appeal at the Prague Chinese Embassy and Exposing the Persecution on Vaclavske Square

  2005-01-08
  Many tourists took pictures of the Dafa activity to take home and show their friends. People from different countries in Europe and Asia wanted to learn more about the persecution. After they got to know the truth from practitioners or from reading leaflets they showed their support by signing a petition calling for an end to the persecution.
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• Turkey: New Practitioner Finds the Benefits from Practising Falun Gong Too Good to Keep to Herself

  2005-01-07
  A female tailor in Ankara became a Falun Gong practitioner only two months ago and feels the exercises are very good. After three days of learning, her back and neck pain had gone. She went to spread the practice to her friends. Now she says Falun Gong brings people not only good health but also good fortune.
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• “Reporters Without Borders” Condemns the Chinese Regime’s Arrest of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2005-01-07
  The reason the practitioners were arrested by the Chinese authorities is that they posted pictures of how they were tortured in prison on the Internet. Over twenty Falun Gong practitioners have already been put into prison for the same reason. “Reporters Without Borders” believes that Falun Gong practitioners have the right to use the Internet to condemn the violence against them in a country where there is no freedom of information.
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• United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners took part in London’s Famous Lord Mayor’s New Year Parade

  2005-01-07
  On January the 1st 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from the UK took part in the world famous Lord Mayor’s New Year Parade in central London. The practitioners walking along both sides of the parade were busy distributing leaflets and many spectators got to learn about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution that is happening against practitioners in China.
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