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United Kingdom: People who see the Anti-Torture Exhibition in Leicester want to Help the Persecuted Practitioners in China
2004-12-20
On the 11th and 12th of December 2004, Falun Gong practitioners from England went to Leicester city centre to hold an anti-torture exhibition and introduce people to the practice of Falun Gong. A practitioner demonstrated the small cage torture; passers by were concerned when they found out that this is happening in China right now. -
Germany: Practitioners Appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Munich on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-20
On the 11th of December, practitioners from Munich and nearby cities gathered at the Chinese Consulate in Munich to appeal against the Chinese communist regime’s violation of human rights. They appealed to bring an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and demanded that former communist leader Jiang Zemin be brought to justice. -
London Metropolitan Police Asked to Charge Former Chinese Leader with Crimes Against Humanity
2004-12-19
LONDON [FGAUK] - Application has been made to London New Scotland Yard for a criminal charge to be made against Jiang Zemin, formerly the general Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China. He is charged with crimes against humanity. As head of the Chinese Government, Jiang is personally responsible for organizing and directing a systematic campaign of persecution, torture and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
France: Press Conference to Discuss French Judge’s Request for an Investigation into the Persecution Against Falun Gong
2004-12-19"In China, if you practise Falun Gong and you are persecuted, you don't have the right to ask for a lawyer. Indeed, the Party forbids anyone to defend practitioners. If you have been tortured or a member of your family has been killed you cannot even file a complaint. This means total impunity for those who torture and those who give orders against Falun Gong. But here in France justice works. This is why as a French citizen I wished to file a complaint for what I endured in China, together with Chinese plaintiffs who have been severely tortured." -
Germany: Anti-Torture Exhibition Sees Widespread Support and Concern for China’s Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-12-19
Many people signed a petition to support bringing to justice both Jiang Zemin, the main instigator of this persecution, and the “6-10 Office”, an organisation established by Jiang with the sole purpose of eradicating Falun Gong. At the end of the activity, there were thirteen pages of petition signatures. Sometimes, people queued up to sign the petition and show their support. -
Migros Magazine 45 (Switzerland): "A wonderful energy began to circulate throughout my body"
2004-12-19
"After three sessions of one and a half hours I had learned the exercises ... nothing simpler, no need to do your head in! There are only five exercises, four standing and the fifth, if possible, in the meditative lotus position (which everyone does according to his or her capability)...This practice brings you harmony and inner strength and allows the energy to circulate in a marvellous way throughout the body." -
French Judge Requests an Investigation into the 6-10 Office's Role in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-12-18An examining magistrate at the Court of Justice in Paris, recently issued an International Letters Rogatory asking the Chinese authorities for a certain number of explanations and acts. An International Letters Rogatory is basically a request from a court for information from another, usually foreign, court. This ILR was transmitted to the Chinese authorities as a follow up to two complaints filed in France, one in December 2002 against the Head of the “610 Office”, Vice-Premier Li Lanqing, and the other one in January 2004 against the Chinese Minister of Culture – respectively for crimes of torture and complicity to torture in the repression of Falun Gong. -
Russia: Rally on World Human Rights Day To Demand that Jiang, Luo, Liu and Zhou Be Brought to Justice
2004-12-18
Many people stopped and carefully studied the exhibition. The facts of the persecution endured by practitioners in China deeply touched people's hearts. A middle-aged woman attentively viewed each of the posters and took some leaflets. She read them while walking. She turned back to ask some questions and sign the petition before continuig her journey. -
An Appeal from a Chinese Student in Switzerland: “Please Release my Mother”
2004-12-18My grandmother and my father were dealt a deadly blow from both their bodies and minds when facing with the sudden change at home. They looked on helplessly as their own family member was illegally kidnapped. Now my grandmother has taken to her bed and always asks when her daughter will be allowed to go home. My father has been warned that he will lose his life if his stroke occurs again and then he will never see his wife again. -
Sweden: Practitioners hold an Anti-Torture Poster Exhibition in Stockholm
2004-12-18
On the 11th of December, Swedish practitioners held an anti-torture picture exhibition outside the Parliament building in Stockholm to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong. Hundreds of people gladly accepted flyers and continually stopped to look at the pictures and read the information translated into both English and Chinese. -
Czech Republic: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-17
On Saturday the 11th of December, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the centre of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, to raise awareness about the five-year campaign of genocide against the practice. Many people stopped to read the posters and asked questions such as, “Why do they persecute you?” -
Radio Free Asia Interviewed a German Falun Gong Practitioner on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-17Falun Gong practitioner Ms Xiong Wei, who was interviewed by Radio Free Asia during activities for World Human Rights Day, said that two years of detention in a forced labour camp made her realise that the Chinese Communist Party not only abuses human rights but does something even worse; the Chinese Communist Party makes the Chinese people completely forget their basic rights as human beings through years of propaganda and suppression. -
Sweden: Annual Falun Gong Presentation is a Favourite with Students of Dalarna College
2004-12-17
According to the teacher the lecture by Falun Gong practitioners is one of the most appreciated events on the course. The practitioners showed a video of the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong. The students heard how the human rights of practitioners have been abused for the last five years under orders from former communist chief Jiang Zemin. -
Slovakia: Despite Freezing Weather, People’s Reactions are Warm on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16
On World Human Rights Day, a press conference was held in Bratislava to inform the media about Falun Gong and the persecution against the practice. The Slovakian people were shocked that such a peaceful practice, which has brought improved physical and spiritual wellbeing to 100 million people in 60 countries, could be persecuted so brutally. -
Germany: Joint Activites with the International Society for Human Rights on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16
On World Human Rights Day, December the 10th, the Munich branch of the International Society for Human Rights and German Falun Gong Practitioners held activities at the square in front of the National Theatre to call on German society to pay attention to China's human rights situation and put an end to the atrocities launched by Jiang Zemin and his Communist regime.
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