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• Rundschau, A Weekly Journal Published in Bayerwald/Böhmerwald: Catching a Glimpse of the Far East

  2004-04-16
  "Ming Teng-Schwägerl practices Falun Gong, which has been confirmed scientifically to have positive effects on health and inner harmony...She said that, “Since November last year alone, sixty-four Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death. These were all innocent people.” One of the reasons for the brutal persecution in the People’s Republic is the jealousy of the communist leader, as the meditation movement quickly grew to a number that exceeded the communist party membership."
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• Czech Republic: Members of the Czech Parliament Appeal to President Vaclav Klaus to Express Support for Falun Gong Practitioners during his Visit to China

  2004-04-15
  Czech Falun Gong practitioners organised a Press Conference outside the seat of the President's Office. Several VIPs joined the appeal with a statement, “We join the appeal to stop the persecution of Falun Gong members and other prisoners of conscience in China and call on the President Mr Vaclav Klaus to unambiguously express support to these people.“
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• Falun Gong Information Centre Germany: Xiong Wei - Released From Detention But Not Yet Free!

  2004-04-15
  Commenting on the report of a special correspondent at the UNHRC for freedom of Religion and Belief, China’s claims concerning Xiong Wei are as follows: "In its work, the Beijing women's labour re-education facility strictly abides by the principles that inmates should be re-educated, guided by persuasion and thus reformed. The management methods that it applies are legal, civilised and scientific and no form of corporal punishment or ill-treatment is ever used against those undergoing labour re-education."
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• Yoko Kaneko (A Resident in Japan), Imprisoned in China for 1.5 Years for Practising Falun Gong, Gives Personal Testimony at U.N. Commission on Human Rights in Geneva

  2004-04-15
  "My name is Yoko Kaneko. I was born in China. I am now residing in Japan. I am a practitioner of Falun Gong. I travelled back to China from Japan on May the 24th 2002. I was arrested and put in labour camp without trial only for handing out Falun Gong fliers on the streets in Beijing. I was released after one and a half years. Here I would like to share some of my sufferings while under detention."
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• Radio Free Asia: Chinese Student in Germany Talks About the Persecution of His Mother in China

  2004-04-15
  The German Human Rights Association invited Chinese students in Germany to report the persecution of their relatives in China for practising Falun Gong. The following is summarised from a report by reporter Tian Yi of RFA in Germany on April the 8th 2004.
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• Finland: Stories from the Railway Station in Helsinki

  2004-04-15
  Every Saturday, Falun Gong practitioners in Helsinki demonstrate Falun Gong exercises and distribute materials about the persecution around the railway station. The gentle exercises of Falun Gong, traditional Chinese music and the peaceful manner of the practitioners brings many people to ask for more details. Here are a few short stories from the railway station.
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• Denmark: Falun Gong is Introduced in a New Book of Theology

  2004-04-15
  Recently, the theology department of Aarhus University Denmark supervised the publication of a new book, which details the background to Falun Gong. The publishing launch was held on the 26th March 2004 at the theology department of Aarhus University. The mayor of Aarhus attended the launch and gave a congratulatory speech.
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• The Suffering of Chen Aizhong’s Family Arouses Attention in the UN

  2004-04-14
  "Since Jiang’s group began suppressing Falun gong in 1999, authorities in Zhangjiagkuo City, Hebei Province, have followed Jiang’s persecution instructions to the letter. In addition to illegal imprisonment and sending a huge number of Falun Gong practitioners to forced labour camps, over ten practitioners have been persecuted to death in that city. Among them were two of Chen Aizhong’s family members, who were tortured to death in succession, Chen Aizhong and his younger sister Chen Hongping."
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• Letter to Practitioners from the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland

  2004-04-14
  "Thank you very much for letting me know the situation of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. I felt distress and anger when I read about the few brief and particular cases you mentioned in your letter. At the same time, I sincerely wish that the Falun Gong practitioners’ difficult situation can be improved and solved as soon as possible."
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• UN Forum: "Chinese State Terrorism - Persecuting Falun Gong"

  2004-04-14
  During the 60th Human Rights Conference at the UN, Falun Gong and the NGO “International Education Development” held a forum together, the theme of which was “Chinese State Terrorism: The Persecution of Falun Gong.” During question time, two people were sent by Jiang’s group, pretending that they were from an NGO. Even during the preparation time before the conference, Jiang’s group tried to bribe the guards and staff and hamper the conference’s preparation so that the conference couldn’t start on time.
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• United Kingdom: Activities during the Edinburgh Easter Festival Celebrations

  2004-04-14
  On Sunday the 11th of April, Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh held a day of Easter celebrations. To accompany and complement the parade there were also several smaller performances on two outdoor stages, as well as a variety of stalls. Falun Gong practitioners staged several performances as part of the festival.
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• Swiss Newspaper Tribune de Genève: Economic Slavery in Chinese Labour Camps - Victims Testify

  2004-04-14
  “In China, a thousand grim-looking forced labour camps produce, at unbeatable prices, goods that flood our markets: wigs, jewels, toys, balls, clothes. The Chinese economy, on the way to world domination, threatens our businesses and our jobs. It is based on unacceptable working conditions, massive violations of human rights and of ILO conventions. It is shameless dumping”, says, in essence, the action group for true democracy in China, which has just been created in Geneva.
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• France: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited by a Nursing School in Southern France to Introduce the Practice

  2004-04-14
  In March 2004, practitioners were invited to a nursing school to introduce the practice. They started by introducing Falun Gong’s guiding principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance to the class, and went on to talk about the five sets of exercises. Practitioners also informed the class about the illegal and brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.
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• Practitioners Send Their Greetings and Thanks to Master Li, Exactly Nine Years after He Taught Falun Gong in Sweden

  2004-04-13
  On the 11th of April 2004, people gathered as usual to practise the Falun Gong exercises at Bagaregårdens Hill in Gothenburg. However, this Sunday was special because it marked nine years since Falun Gong's founder, Master Li Hongzhi, personally held a seven-day seminar at Nordengården in Gothenburg to teach Falun Gong to over two hundred attendees.
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• United Kingdom: A Warm and Colourful Performance in the Edinburgh Easter Festival Parade

  2004-04-13
  
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