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• Austria: Austrian Media Reports on the Lawsuit Against Jia Qinglin

  2004-09-09
  On September the 1st, one of Austria’s most important newspapers “The Standard” also reported about the lawsuit of Jia Qinglin on the day before he went to see the Austrian Premier and President. The article said that after Falun Gong was banned in China in 1999, hundreds and thousands of practitioners were detained and many of them tortured to death.
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• Turkey: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Activities to Introduce Falun Gong and Let People Know About the Persecution

  2004-09-09
  Falun Gong practitioners gathered together to study the Falun Gong teachings, practise the exercises and send forth righteous thoughts. At the same time, they visited media outlets and government offices as well as distributed leaflets and provide free exercise instruction at public parks to introduce Falun Gong and expose the facts about the persecution to the public.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in a Long-Distance Race for Human Rights

  2004-09-09
  On August 28th, the day before the Olympic Flame was forwarded to Beijing from Athens, the International Human Rights Association, the headquarters of which is located in Frankfurt Germany, held a ten-kilometre race for human rights in the city of Karlsruhe. The title of the activity was “For an Immaculate Olympics in Beijing, 2008”
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• Irish Falun Dafa Association Congratulates the Founding of the Japanese Falun Dafa Association

  2004-09-09
  "When more governments and people outside China recognise Falun Dafa it must strengthen those within China who are opposed to the persecution and are trying to stop it. Irish practitioners send a message of congratulations to the Japanese practitioners and the Japanese government, under difficult circumstances you stood up for Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. This could only be good for the Japanese people. Well done."
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• Sweden: A Series of Anti-Torture Exhibitions in Gothenburg Exposes the Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2004-09-08
  Swedish practitioners held the last in a series of three anti-torture exhibitions outside the administrative offices of the Gothenburg City government. Visitors attracted to the exhibitions were indignant when they saw the torture methods used to force Falun Gong practitioners to denounce their belief. Many signed a petition calling for the Swedish Government to condemn this persecution.
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• Austria: Criminal Charges Brought Against Jia Qinglin

  2004-09-08
  Under the guidelines of the UN Convention On Torture, an unusual lawsuit was filed on Monday with the State Prosecutor's Office in Vienna. In the suit, a lawyer for the "International Society for Human Rights“ and the "International Society for Threatened People“ argues that a Chinese Communist Party politician currently visiting Austria is one of the main parties responsible for the persecution and oppression of Falun Gong. Jia Qinglin, former Party Secretary from Beijing and current permanent member of the Politbureau, arrived last night at the airport in Salzburg.
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• Russia: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Ussurisk City

  2004-09-08
  One of the guys told us that they had bought the Russian version of Falun Gong, the introductory text of Falun Dafa, in Vladivostok some time ago. They had read it three times. All they discussed all day was the content of Falun Gong, but they still had some questions. They could not practise the exercises correctly either. So they were very happy to see us distributing materials about Dafa. Meanwhile, the other guy ran back with Falun Gong in his hand.
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• Austria: Practitioners File a Lawsuit Against Jiang's Accomplice Jia Qinglin During His Visit to Austria

  2004-09-07
  As soon as Austrian Falun Gong practitioners learned of Jia Qinglin’s visit to Austria, they began to prepare the lawsuit, and at the same time they made use of all opportunities to expose Jia’s crimes of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners to Austrian political circles by doing interviews, phoning people and sending letters.
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• Czech Republic: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in the Cities of Northern Moravia

  2004-09-07
  In Ostrava, practitioners began their appeal in the middle of the town's busy main square. First thing in the morning, the editor of the county paper and her photographer came to the square to interview practitioners and to find out as much as they could about the purpose of their visit to Ostrava. Their article appeared the next morning, revealing a lot of important information about the persecution.
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• Ukraine: Picture Exhibition Entitled "The Path of Falun Gong" held in Uzgorod City

  2004-09-07
  Ukrainian practitioners successfully held an exhibition of photographs entitled "The Path of Falun Gong" in Uzgorod. Many local residents visited the exhibition and learned about the persecution in China. Many of the media attended the press conference and local television and radio stations reported on the exhibition.
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• Letter from a Swiss Labour Union Representative to the Chinese Embassy Concerning the Refusal of a Passport Extension

  2004-09-06
  "We understand from media releases that practitioners of Falun Gong have been persecuted and are detained for years in China’s prisons. They are accused of violating PRC’s security. Such accusations are far-fetched and unbelievable, given all information available to us. We therefore assume that the denial of a valid passport or such extension is another form of persecution and repression of Falun Gong. We take the opportunity to inform you that the PRC is violating international laws with such actions."
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• EFGIC: Chinese Government Official Sued in Spain for Crimes of Torture and Genocide

  2004-09-06
  'LONDON [EFGIC]– On September 2nd a criminal lawsuit was filed in the Spanish Courts against Chinese official, Jia Qinglin, accusing him of crimes of genocide and torture against practitioners of the exercise and meditation system of Falun Gong in China...The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are 15 Falun Gong practitioners, who have suffered either directly or indirectly, by way of their family members being persecuted in Beijing, during the time Jia Qinglin was in office.''
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• United Kingdom: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Oxford Exposes the Ruthless Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2004-09-06
  An Anti-Torture Exhibition was held in Oxford city centre on September 4th, 2004, to expose some of the methods used in Chinese labour camps and prisons to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. As some practitioners demonstrated the exercises and distributed leaflets, others in realistic make-up demonstrated several methods of torture.
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• Germany: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa and Expose the Persecution During the European Sinology Expert Conference at Heidelberg University

  2004-09-06
  Between the 26th and the 28th of October, the European Sinology Expert Conference was held in the southern German university town of Heidelberg. Representatives of German practitioners attended the conference, clarifying to the facts about Falun Dafa to Sinologists who have a deep predestined relationship with Chinese culture.
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• Holland: Letting People Know about Falun Dafa at Rotterdam Chinese Festival

  2004-09-06
  The annual Rotterdam Chinese Festival was held this year on the 28th and 29th of August in Chinatown. The streets were crowded with Dutch citizens. With their leaflets, Falun gong practitioners went to Chinatown and hung a “Falun Dafa” banner and distributed leaflets about the persecution in China while playing Dafa music and demonstrating the exercises.
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