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Dafa Practitioners from Many European Countries Alert Public Attention to the Persecution of Falun Gong on the International Day to Support Torture Victims
2004-06-30Mr. Theo van Boven, an expert on torture from the UN, passed an annual statement to the UN Human Right Committee in March this year. The statement included the 420 page edited short reports about torture and ill-treatment, gathering information on torture from 115 countries around the world. The report about China was the longest, recording over 130 ill-treatment cases, in which over 100 cases were related to Falun Gong practitioners. This statement was formally published on March 23rd, 2004. -
Russia: Dafa Practitioners Hold a Press Conference to Make Public a Lawsuit Against the Prime Criminal of the Persecution
2004-06-30On June 25th, Moscow Falun Dafa Association, held a press conference at the Moscow Journalists Association, primarily to make public that Russian Falun Dafa practitioners are to file a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in the Russian courts on charges of cruel torture, genocide and crimes against humanity. -
Article from UK Newspaper Aberdeen Evening Express: 'Chinese Group Is Supported by Scots'
2004-06-30"Supporters of a spiritual movement outlawed by the Chinese authorities visited Aberdeen yesterday as part of a Scottish tour...Scots supporters are angry that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been invited to take part in the Edinburgh Tattoo this summer. Former president Jiang Zemin, who outlawed Falun Gong, is leader of the PLA and Scots practitioners feel this invitation sends out the wrong message about human rights." -
An Open Letter to all Who Participate in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-06-30"I am a thirty-one year old Falun Dafa practitioner from Sweden...Since I started practising Falun Dafa four years ago I have benefited tremendously. I used to suffer from various illnesses, severe headaches, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, etc. I used to do many bad things and lived very immorally. Now I am in perfect health, harmony, and enjoy living my life in accordance with the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance." -
Practitioners from Denmark and Sweden Hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Copenhagen on United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
2004-06-29For the “Anti-Torture Exhibition”, Falun Gong practitioners used live demonstrations and posters to show different methods of torture suffered by fellow practitioners in China. At the same time, other practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. Practitioners introduced to the public, in English and Danish, the five-year long persecution of Falun Gong in China and the facts about Falun Dafa. -
Ukraine: Introducing Falun Dafa at the "Window of Folk-Custom" Festival in Kiev
2004-06-29On June the 19th 2004, Ukrainian practitioners joined the “Window of Folk-Custom” festival celebrations in Kiev. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and performed a dance. We also hung a golden banner with the words “Falun Dafa” and “Zhen (Truthfulness), Shan (Compassion), Ren (Tolerance)”. -
UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to the “Festival of Peace” in Glasgow, Scotland
2004-06-28Everyone knows that this persecution of good people is wrong and now more and more are willing to speak out to support what is right. One woman was heard to say to her young daughter while signing the petition condemning the brutal crackdown against the practise in mainland China, “Sometimes you just have to stand up for what you believe in!” -
Belgium: Introducing Falun Gong at a School in Brussels
2004-06-28On the morning of Thursday June the 24th, we explained to the children how to be a good person according to the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness,Compassion and Tolerance, and we demonstrated the exercises and exposed the evil persecution in mainland China by means of a slide show, which told the story of little Fadu. -
Article from Danish Newspaper Politiken: Chinese Torture at City Hall Square
2004-06-28'The spiritual movement Falun Gong used International Day in Support of Victims of Torture to bring into focus the mistreatment of fellow practitioners in China. The eyes of the world have followed American soldiers’ treatment of Iraqi prisoners with disgust. But torture of people who think differently than the regime is a daily occurrence in China. This was the message that Falun Gong practitioners spread at City Hall Square yesterday on International Day in support of victims of torture.' -
Parade in Vienna Captured the Hearts of Many Onlookers
2004-06-28The parade through the centre of Vienna attracted the attention of many people as it made its way through the crowded streets on the 19th of June 2004. As they absorbed the unexpected display of traditional Chinese culture, thousands of people took leaflets and materials, and many stopped practitioners to ask them more about the significance of the parade, and about Falun Gong. -
EFGIC: Torture Lawsuit Filed Against China’s Minister of Information During U.S. Visit
2004-06-27LONDON (EFGIC) – A Chinese minister was served with legal papers Friday charging him with torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The papers were served upon a guard outside Wang Xudong’s hotel room within hours after the Minister of the Information Industry delivered a speech at an internet technology trade summit in Chicago. “[The] defendant’s acts and omissions were deliberate, wilful, intentional, wanton, malicious and oppressive, and should be punished..." -
UK: Introducing Falun Dafa in Leeds
2004-06-27On June the 19th 2004, a group of Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Leeds city centre to introduce Falun Dafa and tell people about the campaign of genocide that is being waged against practitioners in China. Many people enquired about Falun Gong and many immediately wrote down the details of local practise sites and expressed wishes to come and learn the exercises. -
Morning Exercise Practise before the Experience Sharing Conference in Vienna
2004-06-27Before the 2004 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Vienna, in the early morning of June 20th, about 150 of the conference attendees gathered to practise the Falun Gong exercises together. The scene was reminiscent of China before the persecution when people would gather together in the mornings to practise before work. -
Grand Falun Gong Parade Through the City of Vienna: The Dancing Performance
2004-06-26When Falun Gong practitioners paraded through the city-centre of Vienna on June 19th, the residents were deeply moved. The second part of this parade was a dancing performance, which was composed of the lotus dance, the flower-basket dance, the fan dance, etc. performed by female Falun Gong practitioners in colourful Chinese costumes. -
Interview with Zhao Ming in Vienna
2004-06-26Zhao Ming is a former post-graduate student of Computer Science at Trinity College, Dublin. He now resides in Ireland as a refugee. Because he practises Falun Gong he was unlawfully arrested when he went back to China for Christmas in 1999. Zhao Ming was imprisoned for twenty two months and suffered unimaginable torture daily. In March 2002 he was released from prison and he returned to Dublin. Ever since then he has been informing the international community about the unlawful persecution in China.