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Germany: Practitioners Hold an Anti-Torture Photo Exhibition in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Bonn
2004-07-30On July 20th, a group of German Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Bonn. They displayed pictures of nine torture methods that Chinese police use to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China, photos and a name list of Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death in China. -
Finland: Anti-Torture Exhibition Shocks the People of Helsinki
2004-07-29On July the 18th, practitioners from Finland, Denmark and Sweden gathered in Helsinki to hold activities that included a press conference, anti-torture exhibition, picture exhibition and a petition signature collection to commemorate the peaceful appeal against persecution that Falun Gong practitioners have staged for the past five years. -
UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Candlelit Vigil at the Chinese Embassy to Commemorate Fellow Practitioners who Lost their Lives
2004-07-29On the evening of July 23rd, UK Falun Gong practitioners held candlelit vigils in front of the Chinese Embassy in London and the Chinese Consulates in Manchester and Edinburgh to commemorate fellow Falun Gong practitioners who have been tortured to death in Mainland China, and to call upon kind-hearted people to come together to stop this persecution. -
Ukraine: Practitioners Gather at the Chinese Embassy to Appeal for an End to the Five Year Persecution
2004-07-29On July 20th 2004, practitioners from Kiev and Ukraine gathered at the city’s Chinese Embassy for a peaceful appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners exhibited several detailed pictures, which illustrated the brutal torture methods used to force practitioners in China to give up their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. -
Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong Practitioners and Human Rights Organisations Hold Anti-Persecution Activities in Many European Cities
2004-07-29Falun Gong practitioners and human rights organisations in Germany and other major cities in Europe have held activities to commemorate the five year persecution of Falun Gong, urging people all over the world to oppose the torture and suppression by the Chinese government and supporting Chinese people’s freedom to pursue a better life. The following report is the summary of a broadcast by German special reporter Tian Yi at Radio Free Asia. -
Germany: A Vigil at the Chinese Consulate in Hamburg to Draw Attention to the Attempted Assassination of Falun Gong Practitioners in South Africa
2004-07-29On June 30th and July 2nd 2004, practitioners from Hamburg and Bremen gathered in front of the General Consulate of the People's Republic of China to protest against the attempted assassination of a Falun Gong practitioner during the Chinese Vice-Chairman's state visit to South Africa. In addition, it was their intention to inform the Embassy staff about this grave and unscrupulous event. We find it terrifying that the regime would hire killers to violently achieve their goals. -
United Kingdom: Exposing the Jiang Regime’s Crimes of Genocide in Edinburgh
2004-07-28This Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th July, practitioners from around Scotland, the North of England and as far south as London held an Exhibition of methods used to cruelly torture Falun Dafa practitioners. The exhibition was staged to show the severity of persecution suffered by Dafa practitioners in China. -
Germany: Practitioners Appeal for the End of the Jiang Regime’s Five-Year Long Terrorism Against Falun Gong
2004-07-28On July 17th 2004, Falun Gong practitioners from Central and Northern Germany gathered in the square at the symbolic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to mark the fifth anniversary of the Jiang regime’s relentless persecution of Falun Gong. They appealed to the general public to help to end the killings in China. Many tourists stopped to take a look. -
United Kingdom: Dafa Practitioners Hold a Live Anti-Torture Exhibition Opposite the Houses of Parliament
2004-07-28On July the 18th 2004, the fifth anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong, UK practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in front of the Houses of Parliament. By having practitioners act out methods of torture 'live', they aimed to make vivid the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China and appeal for an end to the persecution. -
A New German Falun Gong Film is Available to Download
2004-07-28An new German-language Falun Gong movie can be viewed and downloaded from http://fgmtv.net/ by clicking on “German Videos”. The film “Falun Gong. A Peaceful Meditative Practise is Being Brutally Persecuted” is a co-production by Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan, Switzerland and Germany. It documents the history of Falun Gong using impressive imagery, many facts and information from reliable sources. -
International Society for Human Rights Press Release: People’s Republic of China (PRC) Five Years Since the Crackdown and Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-07-27Mrs. Xu Youling is presently held at Beijing’s Daxing Forced Labour Camp. Her son, a student in Germany, announced, “Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners suffer from torture in the PRC and many have died from the most inhuman and cruelest of tortures. Even under the dictatorship, which scorns human rights, my mother had the courage to tell the truth of the Falun Gong persecution to the public. She deserves respect and under no circumstances torture. I will do everything in my power to save my mother’s life.” -
Finland: Despite Five Years of Brutal Persecution, Falun Gong Practitioners' Belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance stays Firm (Part 2)
2004-07-27To let more people know what is going on in China, Falun Gong practitioners in Nordic Countries organised on Sunday 18th July, a live Anti-Torture Exhibition in Helsinki to expose the torture methods used on Falun Gong practitioners in the Chinese labour camps and prisons. They also demonstrated the peaceful practice of Falun Gong. -
Germany: Peaceful Appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Hamburg City Centre on the Anniversary of the Five Year Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-07-27The practitioners decided to hold city centre information day activities. At times there was very heavy rain but the bad weather did not prevent the people from finding out about Falun Gong. They were friendly and willing to hear more about the persecution and the lawsuit against Jiang and his clique. -
Austria: Five Years' Brutal and Bloody Persecution, Five Years' Peaceful and Unremitting Appeal
2004-07-26On 17th of July, 2004,three days to the fifth year of the persecution against Falun Gong in China, practitioners from Austria and southern Germany held activities in Salzburg to let more people know about the brutal persecution, and call for help to stop it as soon as possible. -
Switzerland: Anti-Torture Exhibition held in the Capital Berne
2004-07-26Many people said that it is unbelievable, in the 21st century, in Mainland China, which is said to be ‘in the best period of its human rights situation’, Jiang Zemin has used the entire state machinery to commit such brutal crimes against its citizens who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. Many bystanders encouraged practitioners to carry on.