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• Holland: Theme Park Defies Pressure from Jiang's Regime to Host Falun Gong Display

  2004-05-28
  For two Sundays Falun Gong practitioners were able to demonstrate the exercises and inform people about Falun Gong's background in a special atmosphere. Many visitors to the park were interested and wished to learn more about the gentle exercises and profound principles.
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• Article from The Epoch Times: The Chinese Party Secretary Sued While Visiting Boston

  2004-05-28
  On May 21st, Chinese Communist Party Secretary Wang Taihua was served with a class-action lawsuit charging him with torture, murder, and genocide. The complaint alleges that under Wang’s direction, the four plaintiffs were subjected to torture and abuse in the Female Labour Re-Education Camp and mental hospitals located in Anhui Province.
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• EFGIC: Torture Chambers on Chicago’s Federal Plaza

  2004-05-27
  LONDON (EFGIC) – A groundbreaking public exhibition in the streets of Chicago is re-creating the conditions of Chinese labour camps and torture chambers. As part of events to build public understanding of the extensive persecution against Falun Gong in China that lead to the lawsuit in Chicago federal court against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, Falun Gong practitioners are enacting methods of torture in the exhibition “Persecution Meets Principle.”
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• A Letter from the Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs to a Dafa Practitioner

  2004-05-27
  "The government takes seriously the concern about human rights in China, including those of Falun Dafa members...Through the dialogue, the EU shares with China its experience in the field of human rights protection and promotion, and urges China to improve the human rights situation generally, and more specifically with respect freedoms of expression, religion and belief, which have a particular impact on individual practitioners of Falun Dafa."
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• Letter from an Irish County Councillor to the Chinese Ambassador

  2004-05-27
  "Amongst my favourite possessions is a book of “Chinese Proverbs” which I often quote to colleagues and audiences. The plight of the two young students reminds me of the proverb:- Confucius, Spring and Autumn Period: “Do not worry if others do not understand you, worry if you do not understand them” I would be very appreciative if you could use your influence, to have what ever restraints prevent these students returning to Ireland lifted."
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• Spain: People are Looking Forward to Obtaining Dafa and Dafa is Gradually Entering People's Hearts

  2004-05-27
  During the fifth World Falun Dafa day, the Spanish Falun Dafa association was invited by a Qigong organisation in Malaga city to give an introduction to and teach the exercises of Falun Dafa. All the books and exercise instruction tapes we brought were very quickly distributed.
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• Holland: Launching a “Petals of Peace” Project to Help the Persecuted Children

  2004-05-27
  Inspired by the Australian project “Petals of Peace”, Dutch practitioners took the initiative to write to elementary schools, asking the teachers to tell their pupils about the story of the children Fadu and Rongfa, who lost their fathers due to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
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• Parliamentary Question Regarding Chinese Premier's Visit to Ireland

  2004-05-26
  "The issue of the treatment in China of followers of Falun Dafa has been raised both bilaterally and through the formal framework of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, which was established in 1996. Through the Dialogue, the EU shares with China its experience in the field of human rights protection and promotion, and urges China to take clear steps to improve the human rights situation generally, and more specifically with respect to the freedoms of expression, religion and belief, which have a particular impact on individual practitioners of Falun Dafa."
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• Mayors of Villages in Slovakia Call for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

  2004-05-26
  Falun Dafa practitioners in Slovakia sent petition letters to Mayors of villages in the country asking for their support in calling for an end to the persecution of innocent people who practise Falun Gong in China. Mayors of four villages in Slovakia responded to the letter and signed the petition demanding an immediate end to the persecution and severe torture of practitioners of Falun Gong in China.
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• Sweden: Dafa Practitioners Created a Harmonious and Peaceful Environment in Gothenburg

  2004-05-26
  A few months ago, Gothenburg’s Metro newspaper published an article about a reader who sent the "Dagen's Rose" [Rose of the day] to the Falun Gong practitioners who have been continuously doing exercises in Slottsskogen park every Saturday, no matter what the weather is. Falun Gong practitioners have created a harmonious and peaceful environment in Gothenburg City.
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• Germany: First Falun Dafa Information Day is held in a Baltic City

  2004-05-26
  It is the third city we have visited so far along the shores of the Baltic Sea. The people there were very interested in Falun Gong. They came to our display stand to sign our petition calling for an end to the persecution. Some people there have been interested in the practice for a long time and wanted to know what Falun Gong really is about.
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• Report from The Guardian: The Sadness of Chinese Journalism

  2004-05-26
  "The reason for this lack of originality in Chinese Journalism was the fact that almost every publication used the same supplier: the Xinhua News Agency. Many newspapers cannot afford a network of foreign correspondents, but the problem in China is one of censorship rather than resources. While many papers have access to other international news sources, such as Reuters or the Associated Press, they are only permitted to use these newswires for certain stories."
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• Bertie Ahern, the Irish Prime Minister, Tells the Chinese Premier of His Human Rights Concerns

  2004-05-25
  The Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) said that he raised the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the suppression of the Falun Gong spiritual movement during a two-hour meeting with Mr Wen, who is on a two-day state visit to Ireland. "For decades China refused to engage at all with the various human rights bodies," he said. "They have now agreed to do so, which is a considerable achievement and they were responding to a request, not a request that I thought up, but a request that human rights bodies have asked us to do.
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• Question Tabled in Swedish Parliament about "Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion for Falun Gong Supporters in France"

  2004-05-25
  "The French police arrested about fifty Falun Gong supporters on January 24th-25th, 2004, in Paris. It appears as if the French authorities acted on the demands from communist China (PRC). What steps will the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers take to ensure the freedom of speech, freedom to wear yellow scarves, and freedom to express religious and political opinion publicly even for Falun Gong supporters in France?"
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• Germany: Clarifying the Truth to the Department of Chinese Literature at a German University

  2004-05-25
  The organiser of the seminar, a female priest, said that there are common grounds between the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance promoted by Falun Gong and the teachings in Christianity: they both teach people to be kind. She thanked the two practitioners for a wonderful information-packed night, and invited them to come back again at the same time next week to teach the five sets of Falun Gong exercises.
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