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Germany: Exposing the Evil Outside the Chinese Consulate in Munich on International Labour Day
2004-05-06On May the 1st, some practitioners from the southern region of Germany held an appeal activity at the Chinese Embassy in Munich, presenting a play and symbolic trial of Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, and Zhou Yongkang. After learning the truth, many passing tourists signed a petition calling for an end to these criminals' violations of human rights. -
Italy: Practitioners Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of “4.25”
2004-05-06Italian practitioners commemorated “4.25” by sending righteous thoughts, demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises and letting people know more about Falun Gong. On the sides of the stone bridge we hung up banners reading “Falun Dafa is Good”, “Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance” “Bring Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, Zhou Yongkang to Justice” and “The Laws are Just, Bring Jiang Zemin to Trial”, as well as lots of posters showing Falun Gong exercises. -
EFGIC: 31-year-old Woman Beaten to Death for Falun Gong Practice
2004-05-05LONDON (EFGIC) – On April 1st, 2004, Chinese police ransacked the home of Ms. Huang Zhao and her husband, stealing valuables and detaining the couple who both practise Falun Gong. Two weeks later, Huang was dead. Witnesses say by the second day of her detention, Huang had been severely beaten and could no longer walk. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal to Visiting Wen Jiabao
2004-05-05On May the 2nd, Falun Dafa practitioners handed over both German and Chinese versions of an open letter to the Chinese Embassy in Germany and asked them to pass on it to Wen Jiabao who is visiting there. A desk clerk received the letter. In the meantime, the letter was read aloud at the appeal activities in the afternoon. -
Germany: Open Letter from Falun Gong Practitioners to the Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
2004-05-05"Falun Gong, a cultivation method first introduced to the public in 1992, provides close links between German Falun Gong practitioners and the Chinese people. Falun Gong has been blossoming in many countries and was also introduced to our country. For many years, this practice has brought inner and external peace to many of us. We treasure it as a precious gift, a gift that develops widely and strongly in a free, democratic and stable society." -
Radio Free Asia Reports on Falun Gong Practitioners’ Peaceful Appeal During Wen Jiabao’s Visit to Germany
2004-05-05When Jiang Zemin visited Germany two years ago, protests by Falun Gong practitioners were widely noticed by the German media. Under pressure from the Chinese leadership, the German police adopted certain restrictive measures towards practitioners. Recently, it was announced that this had contravened the basic principles of the constitution. -
Germany: Photo Report - Falun Gong Practitioners Welcome Wen Jiabao and Appeal to Bring the Chief Persecutor of Falun Gong Practitioners to Justice
2004-05-05Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao commenced his visit to five European countries on May 2nd, 2004. On his first stop, German Dafa practitioners held petition activities respectively in Munich and Berlin to ask that the prime criminals of the persecution of Falun Gong brought to justice. -
Germany: Practitioners from the Rhine State in Northwest Germany Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of '4.25'.
2004-05-05On April the 25th 2004, the 5th anniversary of the '4.25' peaceful appeal, practitioners of Nordrhein- Westfalen in Northwest Germany, came to Kolong one after another to commemorate this historic moment and to let more people know about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China. -
On the Fifth Anniversary of “4.25”, Practitioners from Southern Germany Held a Commemorative Activity at the Chinese Consulate in Munich
2004-05-04On April 25th in front of the Chinese Consulate in Munich, Falun Gong practitioners from southern Germany commemorated the fifth anniversary of “4.25”, and unfurled the “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice” banner at the same time. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Welcome Wen Jiabao and Demand that Jiang be Brought to Justice
2004-05-04From 2nd May to 6th May, Wen Jiabao visits Germany. On 2nd May, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany and Austria welcomed Wen Jiabao and asked that Jiang be brought to justice in Munich, the first venue of Wen’s visit. Near a farm in Freising, over forty Falun Gong practitioners stood at two junctions of the road to welcome Wen Jiabao. -
FGIC (UK): World Press Freedom Day Spotlights China as the World’s Leading Jailer of Journalists
2004-05-04LONDON (FGIC-UK) – From the 139 countries observed for press freedom in 2002, China ranked second to last. The Independent Committee to Protect Journalists named Jiang Zemin in the Top Ten Worst Enemies of the Press for five years in a row for exercising the Communist Party's obsessive control over information. This has been partly enforced via harsh prison sentences that have now made China the world's leading jailer of journalists. -
Radio France Internationale: Falun Gong Practitioners from Around the World Gather in Hong Kong
2004-05-04"It was International Labour Day yesterday, over seven hundred Falun Gong practitioners from around the world gathered in Hong Kong to attend the 2004 Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. Falun Gong practitioners came from Taiwan, Canada, Australia, America, Malaysia, Thailand, Macao and Hong Kong. Huang Jieyi, the contact person for Falun Gong in Hong Kong, told the CNA reporter that some practitioners had been prevented from entering Hong Kong by the authorities." -
Switzerland: A Lively Human Rights Education Lecture
2004-05-03Brugg High School held an activity entitled ‘Chinese Culture Week'. There was an exhibition of pictures by the painter Zhang Cuiying and teachers invited Ms.Dai Zhizhen to introduce Falun Gong, with the story of her daughter Fadu illustrated by slides. Fadu was only eight months old when her father died, making a strong impact upon her young mother’s heart. -
Report from Radio Free Asia: German Judges Emphasise that Falun Gong Has Always Protested in a Peaceful Way
2004-05-03On May 2nd, the Chinese Premier will arrive in Germany. The Berlin Administrative Court judge, the representatives of the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs and representatives of the German Falun Dafa Association officially reached an agreement this week, confirming that the behavior of the Federal Department of Domestic Affairs during Jiang Zemin’s visit to Germany in April 2002 was illegal. Journalists interviewed Ms Zheng Zhihong, who participated in the lawsuit and attended the meeting. -
Austria: Dafa Practitioners Commemorate the “4.25” Peaceful Appeal
2004-05-03On April the 24th 2004, Austrian Dafa practitioners held activities in Steven Square, a famous tourist attraction in the centre of Vienna City, to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the“4.25” peaceful appeal and to demonstrate the beauty of Falun Dafa, as well as expose the facts of the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners over the past five years or so.