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Speech by the "Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners" at a Press Conference in Geneva
2004-03-19"With the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva quickly approaching, we would like to encourage you to help rescue Falun Gong practitioners who are persecuted in China, to co-sponsor a China Resolution to highlight the Falun Gong persecution and other human rights abuses, and to obtain passage by the Commission of such a resolution." -
Swedish Liberal Party: "We Are Eager to Understand More About Falun Gong!"
2004-03-19In the latter half of February 2004, a western Dafa practitioner received a phone call from the Swedish Liberal Party, inviting practitioners to join their meeting and introduce Falun Gong to them. A party representative said that they were very eager to understand more about Falun Gong and why it is being persecuted in China. -
Radio France Internationale: Falun Gong Will Become a Major Focus During the Annual Meeting of the UN’s Human Rights Commission
2004-03-19'The Central News Agency says that the demonstration activities conducted by worldwide Falun Gong practitioners outside the conference hall will become a major focus. Information shows that there will be more than one thousand Falun Gong practitioners attending the demonstration in Geneva on Monday. Among them, more than one hundred practitioners are from Taiwan.' -
Norway: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong During the International Women’s Day Evening Banquet
2004-03-19When the banquet was over, the two of us went back in. We went to every table to collect any leftover leaflets, but we saw nothing. We had brought along over two hundred leaflets and it is great that people took them home to read carefully. We sincerely hope they can come to know the truth about Falun Dafa. That would be great for these people. -
EFGIC: A Call for Decisive Action to End the Genocide in China
2004-03-18As the United Nation's Commission on Human Rights convenes in Geneva this week, the European Falun Gong Information Centre (EFGIC) joins the growing chorus of voices urging the Commission to censure China for the horrific and widespread abuses of human rights against Falun Gong practitioners throughout China. As the U.S. State Department “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003” says, the situation in China has been “backsliding” in the past year, and the persecution against Falun Gong has been “particularly harsh.” -
European Union Nations Raised the Issue of the Persecution of Falun Gong many times in the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue
2004-03-18“This cooperative human rights dialogue will make sense only after China has the sincerity to improve its human rights. Nonetheless, the cruel persecution participated and inflicted by all levels of the entire Chinese government system on Falun Gong has lasted more than four years. The facts showed that the Chinese government doesn’t have any sincerity to improve its human rights.” -
Photo Report: Dafa Practitioners held a Parade in Geneva and Demanded the Chief Perpetrator of the Persecution of Falun Gong be Brought to Justice
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Romania: Falun Gong Practitioner Successfully Holds a World Tour of her Art Exhibition
2004-03-18On International Women’s Day, Zhang Cuiying successfully held the opening ceremony of her painting exhibition world tour in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. This is the first time that Cuiying has managed to successfully hold a painting exhibition in Romania. One lady from the Romanian National Women’s Association smiled and thanked Cuiying for bringing such beautiful things to Romania. -
Danish Newspaper MetroXpress: Falun Gong Protests at UN in Geneva
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Photo Report: Telling People the Facts on the Streets of Geneva
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Geneva: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal on the First Day of the United Nations Human Rights Commission Meeting
2004-03-17On Monday March the 15th 2004, the first day of the 60th annual United Nations Human Rights Commission meeting, more than five hundred Falun Gong practitioners arrived from more than 20 countries around the world. They wanted to appeal to the United Nations, governments and non-governmental organisations to help bring an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Greece: Displaying the Beauty of Dafa and the Evilness of the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy in Athens
2004-03-17Every now and then people passing the Chinese Embassy in Athens see a peaceful demonstration of banners, pictures and gentle meditation, giving them a good chance to learn more about Dafa and the evil persecution that is taking place in China. -
Letter from Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners to Other NGOs
2004-03-17"With the 60th Session of United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva quickly approaching, we write, on behalf of the 40 international human rights organizations signed below, to ask you to please join us to encourage the United States in taking the lead to draft a China Resolution to condemn Falun Gong persecution and other human rights abuses and to urge all countries with representatives at the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission to support passage of such a resolution." -
Scotland: Personal Meetings with Human Rights Organizations to let them Know the Facts
2004-03-17As practitioners continue to make efforts to tell people about Dafa and the persecution, more people have come to understand the truth. However many people still have an impression of Dafa that appears correct but is actually wrong, whilst some even have misunderstandings. We have sent truth clarifying materials to various human rights organizations in Scotland but overall not much feedback was received. In order to clarify the truth further, Dafa practitioners in Scotland decided to meet various human rights organizations face to face. -
Photo Report: Dafa Practitioners held a Candlelight Vigil at the Place Des Nations in Geneva on the Opening Day of the 60th Session of the UNHRC
2004-03-17