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France: Introducing Falun Gong at the Montgeron Association Information Day
2004-10-09
After receiving Falun Gong leaflets, people were asking where the practice sites are so that they can go and learn the exercises for free. They also signed their names on a petition form calling for the instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice for his crime of genocide. -
Sweden: Practitioners Display a Banner Reading "The World Needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" to Chinese Government Delegates
2004-10-09
The Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi visited Sweden from the 26th to the 28th of September. When she visited the second biggest city in Sweden, Gothenburg, we held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Consulate. We distributed leaflets to passers-by and hung up a banner reading, “The World Needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.” -
Persecution Extends Outside China: Chinese Embassy in France Refuses to Renew the Passports of Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-10-09
At present, there are more than ninety Falun Gong practitioners in nineteen countries in the world whose passport renewals have been refused or given back to them unprocessed. We are writing about what we have encountered to let people know how the Jiang Regime persecutes Falun Gong practitioners overseas. Meanwhile we are calling on kind people to condemn these actions which trespass on human right and are against international law. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution by taking part in Leeds Chinese Cultural Week
2004-10-09
Although dancing is not part of Falun Gong, practitioners all over the world have found that it’s a great way to attract people to come and find out more and this has had a good effect on efforts to raise awareness of the persecution. Many people who came shopping were attracted by the practitioners’ performance and stopped to have a closer look. -
Radio France Internationale: The U.S. House of Representatives passes a Resolution urging the Chinese Government to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong in both the United States and China
2004-10-09'The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution, condemning the Chinese Government’s oppression of Falun Gong in both the United States and China. The resolution also expressed that the Beijing Government should immediately stop interfering in the exercise of religious and political freedom within the United States, in particular the right to practise and spread Falun Gong in the United States.' -
EFGIC: U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution Condemning Chinese Government Oppression of Americans over Falun Gong
2004-10-08Citing cases in which Chinese-government agents targeted U.S. officials, residents, and citizens from New York to San Francisco, the resolution calls upon the regime to immediately stop interfering with basic freedoms in America. It states that the P.R.C. government should “cease using the diplomatic missions in the United States to spread falsehoods about the nature of Falun Gong.” -
United Kingdom: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Dafa at a Political Party Conference in Brighton
2004-10-08
A small anti-torture exhibition was held by a few Falun Gong practitioners just outside the entrance to the conference hall. The purpose of this activity was to use the opportunity to inform the delegates, public and media about the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China, which has already claimed at least 1059 innocent lives. -
France: A Professional Photographer is Touched by an Anti-Torture Exhibition
2004-10-08
The Jiang Regime’s inhumane persecution of Falun Gong and practitioners’ dignified perseverance in the face of adversity deeply touched a professional French photographer. He took a large number of photos and expressed hope that practitioners will carry on raising awareness about the persecution through peaceful appeals. -
Lawyer's Speech during a Press Conference in Sweden regarding Criminal Charges Against Jiang Zemin
2004-10-08"I used to say that to be able to understand the desperation of the Chinese regime, you have to realise that the people they perceive as a deadly threat to the regime are the ones that have no ambitions other than to live according to their conscience and meditate in the parks. When you realise that these peaceful people, who want nothing but to live according to their conviction, are perceived as a threat, then you will also understand the inconceivable desperation and cruelty of the Chinese regime...Jiang Zemin, who has instructed this loathsome persecution, can and will accordingly be punished, either in China or in Sweden." -
Falun Gong Practitioner Xiong Wei in Germany Reveals the Inside Story of Life in a Chinese Labour Camp
2004-10-07
To many Germans, “Xiong Wei” is not an unfamiliar name. She studied in Berlin from 1993 to 1999, returning to China in 2000 to work in the Beijing branch of a German company. Xiong Wei was arrested in Beijing on January 5th, 2002 for distributing information about Falun Gong. Later, she was sent to Beijing Women’s Forced Labour Camp and detained there for two years. -
Holland: Successful Start for National City Tour to Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-10-07On September 30th, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners began a city tour through all major cities in the southern provinces of Holland to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China. The first location was in a square in Maastricht called ‘Square 1992’, coincidentally named after the same year Falun Gong was introduced to the public. The item was broadcast the same day in the local news and the event was reported in several local newspapers. -
Photo Report from Reuters: UK Falun Gong Supporters Protest Against Persecution
2004-10-07
On the 29th of September, Reuters reported on the UK Labour Party’s Annual Conference held in Brighton. Outside the conference, Falun Gong supporters protested against China’s persecution of practitioners because of their belief in Falun Gong. -
UK: Anti-Torture Exhibition Tour Successfully held in Scotland
2004-10-06
From the 24th to the 27th of September 2004, UK Falun Gong practitioners organised an Anti-Torture exhibition tour in three major cities in Scotland: Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. The exhibitions attracted many local people. Streams of people came to sign our “Bring Jiang to Justice” petition. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in a Cultural Festival and Demonstrate the Exercises on Stage
2004-10-06
To make the Munich Beer Festival extra special, the Munich City Government’s Cultural Office, Social Affairs Office and Foreign Affairs Committee jointly held a Cultural Festival celebration on September the 25th. Several dozen groups were invited to participate in the celebration, including Falun Gong practitioners who were invited to perform on stage. -
Radio France Internationale: Falun Gong Film "Sandstorm" obtained the title of best film at the International Film Festival
2004-10-06'“Sandstorm”, a film depicting Falun Gong, won the best film prize at the International Houston Multicultural Film Festival...The report published on Clearwisdom on the 30th of September says the Chinese Consulate put pressure on the USA Houston Film Festival Committee, but was unsuccessful.'
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