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• Ukraine: Kiev City Government Website Publishes Ukrainian Dafa Practitioners' Group Exercise Photos

  2004-07-07
  The Ukraine Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held at the same time as the celebrations taking place for Kiev Day. The official Kiev government website published the photos of group exercises taken by Dafa practitioners.
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• Spain: Falun Gong Practitioners Peacefully Appeal at the Chinese Embassy on World Anti-Torture Day

  2004-07-07
  June 26th was United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Practitioners in Spain held a peaceful protest outside the Chinese Embassy. Banners calling for an end to the persecution were displayed on both sides of the road as well as pictures illustrating the various forms of torture that practitioners in China are subjected to.
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• Statement of Support from Czech Senator Daniel Kroupa at a Falun Gong Rally on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

  2004-07-06
  "On this occasion I want to express my support to persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China, I want to praise their bravery and endurance. I also want to express my hope that the constant pressure by the world’s public opinion will finally force the representatives of the Chinese government to apply their Human Rights policy in accordance with the United Nations’ stipulations."
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• United Kingdom: Press Conference Outside South Africa House after Jiang Extends his State Terrorism to South Africa

  2004-07-06
  The shooting of a Falun Gong practitioner in South Africa on June 28th prompted people the world over to immediately raise their concerns that this was the latest and most concerning example of the exportation of the persecution of Falun Gong outside of China. Practitioners in the UK went to South Africa House on the 1st of July where they held a press conference and handed out information to the public.
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• Ireland: Falun Gong Practitioners Held a Press Conference Outside the Chinese Embassy to Condemn the Shooting Incident in South Africa

  2004-07-06
  After hearing that Jiang’s accomplice Zeng Qinghong, who has played a big role in the campaign of genocide waged against Falun Dafa in China over the last 5 years, had visited South Africa and been involved in hiring thugs to shoot Dafa practitioners who were to file a lawsuit against him, Irish practitioners held a peaceful appeal outside of the Chinese Embassy.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Press Conference at the Chinese Embassy to Condemn Jiang and his Followers for Their Role in the Shooting of Practitioners in South Africa

  2004-07-06
  Berlin Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference on June 29th at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin to expose the Jiang group’s persecution of overseas Falun Gong practitioners, to call on all governments, the media as well as kind-hearted people to condemn the Jiang group’s hiring of thugs to shoot and injure practitioners.
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• France: Li Changchun is Sued as an Accomplice to Torture by Falun Gong Practitioners in Paris

  2004-07-06
  On July the 2nd 2004, at 3:20 p.m. in Paris, lawyer Delva filed a complaint to the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris against Li Changchun on behalf of three Falun Gong practitioners, for being an accomplice to torture in the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• United Kingdom: Falun Gong Seminar Held in the Houses of Parliament

  2004-07-06
  On the 30th of June 2004, a seminar about the persecution of Falun Gong was held in the Houses of Parliament in London and was attended by Lords, Members of Parliament and Falun Gong practitioners. Those who attended were able to gain a better understanding of the persecution of Falun Gong and the situation in China. The MP who chaired the seminar opened by saying, “With the opening of industry and links with China, comes the need to pay attention to human rights.”
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• Switzerland: Swiss Falun Gong Practitioners Expose Jiang's Crimes on World Anti-Torture Day in Basel

  2004-07-06
  June 26th was International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, sponsored by the United Nations. Swiss Falun Gong practitioners held a photo exhibition in downtown Basel, an important Swiss industrial city, to call upon Swiss people to pay attention to the fate of Falun Gong practitioners, and to stop the Jiang group's atrocities.
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• EFGIC: Pro-Communist Chinese Association Heads Served with Summons for Assault against Falun Gong

  2004-07-06
  LONDON (EFGIC) – Six defendants, including two pro-Communist organisations, were served with a summons for a civil lawsuit yesterday for their roles in an assault against practitioners of Falun Gong last year in New York City. Mr. Guan Liang, the head of the Unified Federation of Chinese Associations, which has close ties to the Chinese consulate, was arrested last year for his leading role in the group assault. During the assault, which took place June 23, 2003, in Manhattan’s Chinatown, one victim sustained multiple injuries, including a black eye and bloody nose.
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• Li Changchun Sued in Paris as an Accomplice to Torture

  2004-07-05
  At 3:20 p.m. Paris time on July 2, 2004, on behalf of three Falun Gong practitioners, attorney Delva filed a complaint to the Republic Procurator of Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. The complaint accused Li Changchun, Politburo Standing Committee Member of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee in charge of propaganda and former Guangdong Province CCP Secretary who is currently visiting France, of being an accomplice to torture in the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• United Kingdom: Manchester Falun Gong Practitioners Protest Against the Hiring of Gunmen Overseas to Shoot Practitioners in South Africa

  2004-07-05
  On June 28th, gunmen attacked Australian Falun Gong practitioners who were driving from the airport in Johannesburg. The car was hit at least five times. Of all the practitioners, the only one wearing clothing with the Falun Dafa insignia, David Liang, was shot, causing injuries to his foot. Police have opened a case and assigned an inspector to investigate.
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• Russia: On World Anti-Torture Day a Russian TV Station Exposes the Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

  2004-07-05
  In a recent special report about World Anti-Torture Day on Russian TV, a series of torture pictures and film stills were shown, many of which showed Falun Gong practitioners that had been tortured. The report pointed out that although every country has its laws to protect people’s right to be alive and live securely, they had not been able to stop the use of torture.
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• Germany: Falun Dafa Practitioners Participate in Hamburg’s Altonale Cultural Festival

  2004-07-05
  Between June 19th and June 24th, Hamburg celebrated the Altonale cultural festival. Despite the unpredictable weather, more than 500 thousand people attended one of Northern Germany’s most popular cultural celebrations. Falun Gong took part in the Altonale again this year and was included in the festival’s activities, as it registered its booth on time.
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• Letter from the Interprofessional Workers’ Association to the Chinese Ambassador in Austria

  2004-07-04
  "For several long years now, the Chinese Government has undertaken a series of measures to put an end to the development of this practise. Even worse, President Jiang Zemin, head of Government at that time, was to make the decision to prohibit Falun Gong and to persecute its practitioners. From different reports, therefore, mainly from human rights organisations, it appears that there are hundreds of people who have been arrested and imprisoned, and who still remain locked up in forced labour camps."
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