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Radio France International: The Taiwan Legislature Passes a Resolution Appealing to Mainland China to Stop Persecuting Falun Gong
2004-06-14
On June the 8th, 126 bipartisan Taiwan legislators signed their names to introduce a resolution calling on the Chinese authorities to immediately release the arrested and imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners and to stop persecuting Falun Gong. On the same day Taiwan legislature passed the resolution and submitted it to the Executive for further research. -
VOA: Hu Jintao Visits Warsaw, Bo Xilai Charged with Crimes
2004-06-14'The lawsuit alleges that Bo spent huge amount of taxpayers' money to build new prisons in which to detain and persecute Falun Gong practitioners when Bo was Mayor of Dalian City and Governor of Liaoning Province. Citing Chinese official media reports, the lawsuit said that Bo Xilai invested 1 billion yuan (~120 million US dollars) to upgrade provincial prisons.' -
Poland: Freedom of Expression in Poland Challenged by Chinese Embassy Officials (Photos)
2004-06-13
As Chinese and Polish leaders were having a summit inside the Polish Presidential palace, some Chinese who were welcoming the Chinese delegation harassed people conducting a peaceful appeal. The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wybocza published an article about this incident in its June 9th edition. The Polish Metropolitan reported that "A supporter of the Chinese government robbed human rights organisations and Falun Gong practitioners of their banners." -
London MEP Signs a Petition Calling on France Not to Bow to Chinese Pressure by Abusing the Human Rights of Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-06-12
UK MEP John Bowis on the 30th May 2004 signed a petition calling on the French authorities to retain liberty in France after he heard from a Falun Gong practitioner in his London constituency about how she was arrested at a Chinese/French jointly sponsored event after the Chinese authority applied pressure on France. -
Poland: Chinese Diplomats Use Illegal Actions in Attempts to Stop Falun Gong Appeal
2004-06-12The beginning of June 2004 saw a visit from the Chinese President Hu Jintao to Poland, accompanied by Minister of Trade Bo Xilai, who has played a significant and extremely evil role in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Because of this, Bo Xilai has already been the subject of legal action in other countries that he has visited, including the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. Polish practitioners also employed legal action to file a lawsuit against this human rights criminal. -
Germany: A Letter to the President of the EU and Members of the European Parliament
2004-06-12"My mother was tormented with lots of physical problems before she started practising Falun Gong. By practising Falun Gong, she became very healthy. Cultivators like my mother and my sister who really benefited from Falun Gong, will not make false statements slandering Falun Gong according to the will of dictator Jiang Zemin. This is the basic principle of a human being." -
Interview: A Western Practitioner's Appeal in China
2004-06-12The decision to go to Beijing in January 2002 with the intention of appealing for Falun Gong was one which Falun Gong practitioner Earl made with little need for reflection. Talking with a Clearharmony reporter in his West London home, the forty year-old TV cameraman describes how he was inspired by a previous appeal of thirty-five western Falun Gong practitioners a few months earlier. -
The Norwegian Clearharmony Website is Officially Launched
2004-06-11The Norwegian Clearharmony website aims to reveal the facts about Falun Gong, to give readers first hand information about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, to display the voices of support for Falun Gong from all over the world, to let readers know the efforts made by Falun Gong practitioners to stop this persecution, and to provide a forum for practitioners across Europe to share their thoughts and views. -
EFGIC: 62 Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Killed from Torture, Abuse Reported in April and May 2004
2004-06-11'LONDON (EFGIC) – The policy of China’s former leader to “eradicate Falun Gong” continues to increase the number of deaths by torture in China, as 62 more cases were reported in April and May, 2004. The 41 cases reported in April mark one of the highest tolls reported during the five-year campaign of violence and brainwashing against Falun Gong.' -
Ireland's Chinese Ambassador Declares That Liu Feng Can Return to Ireland to Study
2004-06-11On May 11th, a week after Wen Jiabao visited Ireland, Chinese Ambassador Sha Hailin actively made an appointment with the Union of Students in Ireland. According to the Union President, during the talks he asked the Chinese Ambassador Sha Hailin if Liu Feng and Yang Fang are allowed to come back to Ireland if they want to. Sha Hailin answered that Liu Feng can return to Ireland. -
UK: The Second Anniversary of the Twenty-Four Hour Peaceful Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy in London
2004-06-11
UK practitioners have maintained a twenty-four hour peaceful appeal in front of Chinese Embassy in London for two years. Local residents and passing drivers have been moved by the peaceful and persistent action. A member of the UK parliament said, "If you want to know what a peaceful appeal is, you should go and have a look in front of the Chinese Embassy." -
UK MEP Condemns the Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners' Human Rights Under Chinese Pressure in France
2004-06-10
“I am writing as a European Parliamentary Friend of Falun Gong to protest the arrest and handcuffing of practitioners who were peacefully demonstrating in the Champs Elysees on Saturday 24th January. There are serious allegations that this was done at the request of the Chinese Embassy...I find the allegations of giving in to pressure from the Chinese authorities anxious to deny any platform to protesters during the parade deeply regrettable." -
Letter to the Chairman of the National People's Congress from Falun Gong Practitioners in Norway
2004-06-10"In your country there is a very good qigong method named Falun Gong. Its harmonious exercises and good values of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance have given us all great joy. We look at it as the most precious gift in our lives...We believe you know Falun Gong has benefited many people. After research in 1998 led by the former chairman of the National People's Congress, Mr. Qiao Shi, Falun Gong was characterised as "having hundreds of positive effects and no damage to the country and its people". -
Norway: Bringing the Compassion of Falun Gong Practitioners to a Nursery School in Oslo
2004-06-10
On May the 26th, Jane Dai and her daughter Fadu, together with Norwegian practitioners, were invited to Elvebakken Nursery School in Oslo to introduce Falun Gong and the persecution to schoolchildren through the Petals for Peace project. The children learned how Fadu misses her father after he was taken away by Chinese policemen just because he practised Falun Gong. -
Bulgaria: More People in Bulgaria Learn the Truth
2004-06-10Last week, at a book exhibition held in the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia, the Bulgarian Falun Dafa Association and Gutoranove & Son Publication Co. jointly issued Falun Gong in the Bulgarian language. People are awakening gradually. More and more Bulgarians see the magnificence of Falun Gong and understand the cruelty of the persecution. Righteous people are beginning to support Falun Gong and oppose the persecution one after another.
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