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• Hungary: Promoting Falun Gong at a Sports Festival in Budapest

  2004-06-22
  Between June the 11th and June the 13th, Falun Gong practitioners from Hungary, Slovakia and Germany introduced Falun Dafa at a Sports Festival, which is held annually in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. The festival activities began at eleven in the morning and ended at six in the evening every day and over two hundred thousand people took part.
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• 2004 Falun Dafa European Experience Sharing Conference Held in Vienna

  2004-06-21
  On Sunday the 20th of June, Falun Dafa practitioners from over 30 countries attended the 2004 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in the Austrian capital of Vienna. The founder of Falun Dafa Master Li Hongzhi sent a letter of congratulation to the attendees.
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• Rally in Vienna Calls for an Immediate End to the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2004-06-21
  On the afternoon of the 19th of June 2004, tourists and citizens of Vienna were deeply touched, and some moved to tears as they listened to speeches at a rally exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. The rally was part of a programme of large-scale events held by several hundred European practitioners to help more people understand the campaign of genocide initiated by Jiang Zemin.
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• EFGIC: China’s Soothing Words on Torture: Come Back at Show Time

  2004-06-21
  LONDON (EFGIC) – Three days ago, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture announced that officials in China had postponed his visit, and that inspections of China’s labour camps would not take place as originally agreed upon. After nearly ten years of preparatory talks, the Special Rapporteur is not going to see any labour camps or detention centres because, as the Chinese officials put it, they need more time “to prepare.”
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• Opening Speech from the 2004 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference

  2004-06-21
  "Our Fa Conference is sacred. It is a gathering for elevating our righteous thoughts and encouraging righteous actions. As Fa rectification period Dafa disciples, a righteous thought we must have is a clear realisation of our enormous historical mission, which is also a major theme of this Fa conference."
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• United Kingdom: Clarifying the Facts Outside the Scottish Parliament

  2004-06-21
  On the 16th of June, a fellow practitioner and I went to the Scottish Parliament in the morning. We talked to the security personnel and were told that we were free to obtain petition signatures outside. We then began distributing materials about Falun Dafa and requesting signatures. Parliament workers were very supportive. Some said, “Because I work for the government I am not allowed to sign any petition. But I do support you.”
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• Photo Report: European and Asia Pacific Dafa Practitioners hold a Grand Parade through Vienna

  2004-06-20
  
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• United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong on Cambridge Children’s Day

  2004-06-20
  Dafa practitioners participated in Cambridge Children’s Day, which was organised by the local Council. They showed children how to practise the Falun Gong exercises as well as how to make paper lotus flowers. They also told them about “Petals of Peace” so that the seeds of Truthfulness, Benevolence and Forbearance could be planted in the children’s hearts, and hoped to motivate the children in the UK so that they could help the persecuted children in China.
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• Germany: "We Have Decided Not to Accept this Kind of Magazine Anymore"

  2004-06-20
  "The college I study at is a translation school. Since many foreign students come to study Chinese here, this college maintains a close relationship with China and the cultural exchange between the two is quite frequent..."
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• Practitioners from Europe and the Asia Pacific Region Appeal for an End to the Persecution in front of Austria’s Chinese Embassy

  2004-06-19
  Many Falun Dafa practitioners from Europe and the Asia Pacific region gathered in front of Austria’s Chinese Embassy to commemorate the hundreds of innocent people killed because they practise Falun Gong, a peaceful exercise and meditation practice based on three guiding principles: Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.
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• United Kingdom: The Process of my Passport Being Unreasonably Denied Extension by the Chinese Consulate in Edinburgh

  2004-06-19
  For three years, I took the initiative to contact the local media, magazines etc to explain the facts about Falun Gong to them. I also obtained the sympathy and support of some members of parliament in Scotland. Now many people know about the matter of my passport being unreasonably refused for extension by the Chinese consulate.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Participate in a Foreign Culture Festival in Heidelberg

  2004-06-19
  Falun Gong practitioners were invited by a German-Chinese cultural exchange association to take part in the annual Foreign Culture Festival held in Heidelberg University Square on June 5th. A dance troupe made up of Falun Gong practitioners performed two ribbon dances. In a booth below the stage, people could have their names written in calligraphy.
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• Agence France Presse: Rights Groups Protest As China Calls Off Visit By UN Torture Expert

  2004-06-19
  'Human rights groups accused China of failing in its commitment to abide by its international obligations after a visit by a UN human rights expert dealing with torture was called off. The Chinese government asked for more time to prepare for the two-week trip this month by UN special rapporteur Theo van Boven in view of the different authorities and regions involved, the United Nations said in a statement.'
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• Norway: The Seed of Compassion Takes Root in Norwegian Pupils’ Hearts

  2004-06-18
  May the 26th 2004 was a special date for the teachers and pupils of a primary school in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Four year old Dafa practitioner Fadu and her mother Dai Zhizhen, also a practitioner, had been invited. They came to tell everyone Fadu's story and also teach the children how to make lotus flowers with coloured paper.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Participate in the Culture Festival Parade in Bielefeld

  2004-06-18
  On June the 5th 2004, the German city of Bielefeld held its annual Culture Festival Parade. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to take part. Nearly all the people of Bielefeld came to watch the performances by different organisations. They continuously applauded the practitioners and asked for flyers. Before the parade finished, ten thousand flyers had been handed out.
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