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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
2004-06-11UK 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
2004-06-10On 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. -
Norway: Dafa Practitioners' Appeal During Chinese Dignitary's Visit Receives Enthusiastic Support
2004-06-09On June 3rd, the Chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC), Wu Bangguo, paid a visit to the Norwegian Parliament. Norwegian practitioners wanted to appeal to Mr Wu to help end the vicious persecution of innocent Falun Gong practitioners taking place in China. At the same time we also wanted to show him that, even in a small arctic country like Norway, people practise Falun Gong and value the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. -
Sweden: Overwhelming Response at a Festival in Malmo
2004-06-09On a beautiful day in May, Swedish and Danish Dafa practitioners participated in a Cultural Festival in Malmo, Sweden. Practitioners performed the Fan Dance and Lotus Dance, demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and talked with people about Dafa and the brutal persecution in China. -
Germany: Dafa Practitioners Study the Fa Together During the Holy Spirit Advent Festival
2004-06-09German Falun Gong practitioners took advantage of the religious festival of the Holy Spirit Advent to engage in group Fa study, practise the exercises, clarify the truth and send forth righteous thoughts together. All of us cherish these rare occasions when we can study the Fa and exchange experiences face to face. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioner Interviewed by the BBC About Human Rights Issues in China
2004-06-08The reporter mentioned that he interviewed Mr Li Hongzhi in 1993 in Beijing. He could not understand why the Chinese regime would start the persecution of Falun Gong. He was shocked when he realised how many thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been sent to slave labour camps, placed in mental hospitals, tortured to death and driven away from their homes, and that some of them were forced to become homeless because of their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.