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Lawsuit against Germany's Federal Department of Domestic Affairs for Violating Practitioners' Basic Rights Is Favourably Resolved
2004-05-01At noon on April 26, 2004, a Berlin Administrative Court judge, representatives of the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs and German Falun Dafa Association representatives officially reached an agreement after discussion, so that the German Falun Dafa Association's lawsuit against the Federal Department of Domestic Affairs for violating the practitioners' rights could be resolved.
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Sweden: Swedish Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Hammarkullen Cultural Festival
2004-05-01On Saturday May 29th, 2004, the annual Hammarkullen Cultural Festival was held in Goteborg city. Participants from over twenty countries performed their national songs and dances, as well as displays of acrobatics and works of art. In addition, food and goods were also sold at a temporary market. The festival attracted over twenty thousand people. To let more people from different countries know the truth, some practitioners from Goteborg and nearby cities came to Hammarkullen to join the activities.
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Sweden: Swedish Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Hammarkullen Cultural Festival
2004-05-01On Saturday May 29th, 2004, the annual Hammarkullen Cultural Festival was held in Goteborg city. To let more people from different countries know the truth, some practitioners from Goteborg and nearby cities came to Hammarkullen to join the activities.
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UK: Speech Made by Lord Thurlow, Former Senior Diplomat, at the Symbolic Public Trial of Jiang Held on April 25th in London
2004-05-01On 25th of April 2004, UK Falun Gong practitioners held a symbolic public trial of Jiang Zemin in London to commemorate the fifth anniversary of 4.25. There was a press conference after the symbolic trial. During the press conference, the British Falun Dafa Association announced that Falun Gong practitioners in the UK would officially file a lawsuit against Jiang for genocide.
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Germany: Photo Report -- On the Fifth Anniversary of “4.25”, Practitioners from Southern Germany Hold a Commemorative Activity at the Chinese Consulate in Munich
2004-05-01On April 25th at the Chinese Consulate in Munich, Falun Gong practitioners from southern Germany commemorated the fifth anniversary of “4.25”, and unfurled a “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice” banner.
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Denmark: Practitioners Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the "4.25” Peaceful Appeal
2004-05-01To commemorate 4.25, some practitioners from Denmark and Sweden came to the largest square in the capital of Denmark and used pictures, banners and leaflets in different languages to tell people the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong and commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the “4.25” peaceful appeal.
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Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Welcome Wen Jiabao to Europe
2004-04-30From May 1, Wen Jiabao will visit five European countries and his first stop will be Germany. A couple of weeks ago, Falun Gong practitioners in Berlin began taking the initiative to contact the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and police stations in various districts of Berlin to make Falun Gong practitioners’ position clear.
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UK: Photo Report - Symbolic Trial Of Jiang Outside Royal Court in London
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Letters from Two Danish Members of the European Parliament to the French President
2004-04-29In January 2004, under pressure and deceit from Jiang’s regime, who are cruelly persecuting Falun Gong, the French police strayed from the truth and harassed Falun Gong practitioners in Paris. After the incident, Falun Gong practitioners enthusiastically clarified the truth to people from all levels of society, demanding that the responsible people take the legal burden and apologise to Falun Gong practitioners.
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Germany: Photo Report - On the Fifth Anniversary of “4.25”, Practitioners from Northern German Cities Held a Commemorative Activity
2004-04-29On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of “4.25”, Dafa students from Northern Germany held a commemorative activity in the capital Berlin on the 24th and 25th of April. They peacefully appealed on Potsdamer Platz, telling the passing tourists the truth about how Jiang slandered and persecuted Falun Gong around that time.
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Sweden: Photo Report - Practitioners Tell People the Facts About the Historic Zhongnanhai Appeal
2004-04-29In wet and windy weather, a group of Dafa practitioners gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 25th 2004, to tell people the facts about the peaceful appeal in Zhongnanhai. Despite the rain, passers-by were happy to take truth-clarification literature and some stopped for a while to discuss the facts in detail. The atmosphere was one of peace and tranquillity.
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Germany: A Peaceful Appeal Held in Munich to Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of "4.25"
2004-04-29Five years ago, on April 25th, after being interfered with many times and arrested with no place to appeal, Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed to the State Department Appeals Office, beside Zhongnanhai. More than ten thousand people stood quietly on the street. Matters were solved to everyone’s satisfaction and they left peacefully.
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The Former Mayor of Paris and Other French Politicians Express Concern About the Unlawful Harassment of Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-04-28In January of this year, a few people in the French government caved in to pressure and economic temptation from Jiang’s dictatorial regime and decided to exclude Falun Gong, a legally registered group in France that represents the best of Chinese traditional culture, from participating in the Chinese New Year parade on the Champs Elysees. Several Falun Gong practitioners were also illegally stopped, searched and detained by the police in Paris, by order of a few individuals in the French government under pressure from the Jiang regime.
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UK: Symbolic Public Trial of Jiang Outside Chinese Embassy Marks April 25th Event
2004-04-28The event in London highlighted Jiang’s personal campaign to eradicate Falun Gong through a Symbolic Public Trial. Facing the Chinese Embassy, the message of the trial was clear and strong; the truth will be revealed and the lies exposed one by one, and those who participate in the persecution of Falun Gong will have to face the rule of law.
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While Irish Falun Gong Practitioners were Commemorating the "4.25" Peaceful Appeal, an Eyewitness Pointed Out that the Persecution is a "Long-Premeditated Scheme"
2004-04-28"Since the message we convey in our appeals is to bring Jiang Zemin and his accomplices who persecute Falun Gong to justice, as opposed to aiming at the government, many officials in the Chinese government have come to know that this persecution is wasting money and not supported by the people’s hearts, and that it is not the entire Chinese government’s decision”.