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Iceland: Activities during a Visit by the Chinese Vice-President
2004-07-23
The Vice president of the Chinese Government came for a public visit to Iceland between the 9th and 12th of July. Icelandic Falun Gong practitioners, with the help of a veteran Swedish practitioner, held a peaceful appeal and a press conference outside the Chinese embassy in Reykjavik on the 9th of July. -
Slovakia: Practitioners Attract the Attention of the Media to their Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava
2004-07-23
On the 20th of July, the 5th anniversary of the suppression of Falun Gong, Slovak practitioners personally visited most of the local media to tell them the truth about the situation of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Most of the media reacted positively and received information. -
July 20th Press Statement from the Belgian Falun Gong Association
2004-07-23
"The whole of China is turned into a tool to implement Jiang's personal vicious will and exterminate belief in 'truth-compassion-tolerance', which are the main principles of Falun Gong. Inhumane brainwashing, torture, various ill-treatments, murder, hate propaganda, etc.; all evil deeds throughout history, are used against innocent Falun Gong practitioners, their families and friends. Millions of innocent people are victims." -
Germany: Activities in Bremen on World Anti-Torture Day
2004-07-23Unable to find our exhibition immediately, we wandered in the city centre, which was full of visitors. No matter where we went, everyone we met looked at the display board and it really became a mobile information desk. We were very happy to see so many German people supporting us. They smiled at us and showed their sympathy. I felt that this warm sympathy to Falun Gong practitioners persecuted in China accompanied us wherever we went. -
UK: The Ancient Falun Gong Exercises Come to Huddersfield Town
2004-07-23‘Millions of people took up the exercises leaving Chinese communist leader Jiang Zemin angry and feeling threatened by its influence. Falun Gong was banned and campaigners claim hundreds have been tortured, raped, brainwashed and injected with harmful drugs. Many were forced out of jobs, schools and homes. Chinese police officers were instructed to eradicate Falun Gong and no methods, it seems, were too extreme.’ -
EFGIC: Turning of the Tide?
2004-07-22'LONDON [EFGIC]– Five years ago today, men and women throughout China were taken from their homes in the middle of the night to face an indoctrination process consisting of scare tactics, brainwashing, and other forms of coercion meant to break their beliefs...Yet, after five years of violent suppression, there is something on the horizon rarely seen amidst such terror: Hope. This hope is ushered in and reaffirmed by three developments.' -
United Kingdom: A Letter from a Chinese National Working in the UK to the Chinese Embassy in South Africa
2004-07-22"You may know that every one of the seven senior members of the Central Political Committee had some family members practising Falun Gong. On July 20th 1999, it was Jiang Zemin’s sole decision to persecute Falun Gong. Everybody of good sense could tell why Jiang opposed Falun Gong, because of his personal jealousy. Even Jiang himself knew that Falun Gong was not against the Chinese government." -
Italy: Our Passport Extensions were Unreasonably Denied by the Chinese Consulate in Milan
2004-07-22
"Consul Liang Haitao received us and he told us that if we could write a letter stating that we would “not damage the image of China” [implying that practising Falun Gong, and appealing for justice for the detained practitioners in China was damaging the image of China], then our passport renewal could be processed." -
EFGIC: Photos Reveal Electric Shock Torture Commonly Used on Falun Gong in China
2004-07-22
LONDON [EFGIC]– Photos of 36-year-old Ms. Gao Rongrong, whose face was severely disfigured from seven hours of electric shock torture, were obtained from sources inside China last week. The photos offer a glimpse of the systematic beatings and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in police custody and inside labour camps throughout China. -
French MP: "Safeguarding Human Rights Should Precede Economic Interest"
2004-07-21
In January 2004, influenced by propaganda and under pressure from the Jiang regime, Paris police mistreated Falun Gong practitioners during Hu Jintao's visit to France. After the incident, practitioners clarified the facts to people at all levels in France, demanding that the relevant persons should take legal responsibility and make an apology. Recently, French MP Frank Marlin wrote back to practitioners. His complete reply is reproduced here. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Hold Second Anti-Torture Exhibition Opposite House of Lords to Mark Five Years of Persecution in China
2004-07-21
Tuesday July 20th marked exactly five years since the Chinese Government under Jiang Zemin instigated the illegal persecution of Falun Gong. UK practitioners held a second anti-torture exhibition opposite the House of Lords in London's Westminster to expose the brutal methods used in Chinese labour camps and prisons to force practitioners to give up their belief. -
Germany: Prior to the German Foreign Minister's Visit to China, Practitioners in Berlin Hold a Torture Exhibition
2004-07-21
Prior to the German Foreign Minister’s visit to China, practitioners from Berlin and nearby cities held a torture exhibition in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 8th of July, calling for attention to the persecution against Falun Gong conducted by the Jiang group and to expose its attempt to intensify the persecution overseas. -
Press Release: Dun Laoghaire Student Liu Feng Again Applies for an Irish Visa. Chinese Ambassador says he is Free to Return to Ireland.
2004-07-21Last week it was learned from the Irish Embassy in China that Liu Feng and his wife Qiaona Zhang are again in the process of returning to Ireland to continue their studies. Liu Feng is a Dun Laoghaire student who was detained when he returned to China for his Christmas break in 1999 and was not permitted to return to Ireland because he practiced Falun Dafa. -
Ukraine: "The Path of Falun Gong" Picture Exhibition Held in Boryspil City
2004-07-21
From June 6th to June 9th 2004, Falun Gong practitioners held “The Path of Falun Gong” picture exhibition at the Country History Museum in the Ukranian city of Boryspil. It showed how Falun Dafa has spread around the world and the course of peacefully and rationally opposing the persecution taking place in China. -
France: A Solemn Declaration
2004-07-21My name is Chen Zhumei and I started to practice Falun Dafa in July 1999 in France. On the 18th of July, 2000, I went to Beijing to validate the Fa and was arrested and detained for a month after being beaten cruelly by the evil police. As I did not study the Fa sufficiently, lacked deeper understanding of Dafa principles, and failed to let go of my basic attachments, I did not use my righteous thoughts in the face of hardship.
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