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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. -
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. -
United Kingdom: A Warm and Colourful Performance in the Edinburgh Easter Festival Parade
2004-04-13
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Spanish Chapter of Amnesty International Expresses Concern over the Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2004-04-13
"Amnesty International has been closely monitoring the Chinese Government's persecution of Falun Gong for a long time and have expressed its concern many times." -
Female Falun Gong Practitioner Testifies to the UNHRC about Violence Conducted Against Women
2004-04-13Ms. Yoko Kaneko, a Japanese Falun Gong practitioner who was imprisoned in a Chinese forced labour camp for one and half a years, gave an account at a forum of the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) of the brutal torture and brainwashing that she has experienced. She called for an immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: First Performance of the UK “Coming For You” Choir at the Edinburgh Easter Festival
2004-04-13
During the Edinburgh Easter Festival celebrations on Sunday the 11th of April 2004, the UK “Coming for You" Choir gave its first official public performance. The choir consists of almost 30 Falun Gong practitioners from across the UK, both Western and Chinese. They sang the song from which the choir gets its name: “Coming For You”. -
Finland: Falun Gong received Widespread Support at the Fashion and Wellbeing Event in the City of Mikkeli
2004-04-13
The Fashion and Wellbeing Summer 2004 event was held in the city of Mikkeli at Mikkeli concert hall on April the 4th 2004. Falun Gong practitioners from central Finland participated in the event by introducing the facts of the persecution, demonstrating the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and giving people a chance to learn them. -
Radio France Internationale: “The World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong” Publishes its Investigation Report
2004-04-13“The World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong” announced yesterday that it would launch a new book entitled “Investigation Reports on the Persecution of Falun Gong” in Geneva where the annual United Nations Commission for Human Rights is being held. This book was published at the end of March this year, and copies of the book will be given to the representatives of different countries participating in the commission meeting. -
Germany's CHAM Newspaper Reports on Falun Gong
2004-04-11In 1999, Falun Gong was banned in China by Jiang’s regime. Countless people were arrested overnight for practising a peaceful traditional meditation exercise system. Many were tortured physically and mentally, even to death. In the mean time, Falun Gong spread to the west and every continent on earth. It has many western practitioners. People all over the world call for the end of inhuman treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Law suits have been filed against the Chinese leaders responsible for the persecution. -
Sweden: Spreading Falun Gong and Explaining the Facts in the City of Lund
2004-04-11
On April the 3rd, practitioners in Lund gathered at Martens square to inform the public about the four year long brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. A common response from the public was that the already knew about the persecution and thought it was utterly wrong to persecute people who believe in Truthfulness-Compasison-Forbearance. -
Radio France Internationale: Thousands of Falun Gong Practitioners from over Sixty Countries will Parade through New York
2004-04-11According to a journalist from Taiwan’s Central News Agency, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners from over sixty countries around the world will parade through New York’s Chinatown in Manhattan this Saturday afternoon. This large-scale parade, entitled “The Journey of Fa-rectification,” will have nine sections, and will use means such as dancing to introduce Falun Gong and draw people’s attention to the persecution in China. -
Photo Report: Recent Activities in Geneva
2004-04-11
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For Years I Have Supported My Wife in Her Practice of Falun Gong
2004-04-11I located the Labour Education Committee in Kunming City, and asked them where my wife was being detained. They informed me that if I was not happy with her sentence, I could appeal for reconsideration. I told them that if this was a place with justice, my wife would not have been arrested, where else could I go to appeal? No one there could answer me. -
Creating Momentum to Oppose China’s Human Rights Abuses
2004-04-10According to news released by the Falun Gong Information Centre on April the 6th, during the 60th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, several dozen non-governmental organisations will gather at the U. N. headquarters in New York on April the 8th to urge the member countries of the U.N. Human Rights Commission to pay attention to China’s human rights practices. They also will urge the U.N. Human Rights Commission to support the resolution introduced by the U.S. to condemn China’s human rights practices. -
Falun Dafa Practitioners Visit over 40 Permanent Missions and Embassies During UN Human Rights Commission Meeting in Geneva
2004-04-10Between March the 14th and the 19th 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners visited the permanent missions and embassies of over 40 countries that comprise the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Among the visitors were practitioners that have been persecuted in China for upholding their belief in Falun Dafa. The practitioners clarified the facts and exposed the vicious crimes of Jiang and his followers.
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