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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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Large-Scale Activities in Geneva Bring the Hope of a Brighter Future to the 60th Anual United Nations Human Rights Congress
2004-03-16On Monday the 15th of March 2004, the 60th annual United Nations Human Rights Congress began in Geneva, Switzerland. Around 500 Falun Gong practitioners from countries all around the world gathered in Geneva, to us this opportunity to raise the profile of the persecution of Falun Gong in the international community, and to explain in more depth the nature of the persecution.
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Forty NGOs Cosign Resolution to Urge the United Nations to Call Upon China to End Human Rights Abuses
2004-03-16"...it is the sense of the undersigned that the United States Government should continue its tradition in taking the lead in drafting a China Resolution to highlight Falun Gong persecution and other human rights abuses and taking the lead in organizing multilateral support to obtain passage by the Commission of such a resolution."
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Speech by Chairman of the European Falun Dafa Association outside the UNHRC in Geneva
2004-03-16"There is ample evidence and no doubt that a planned and deliberate policy of elimination has been directed at tens of millions of innocent people in China. Gross human rights violations have been committed against these people simply because they believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The criminal acts seek to destroy everything that is positive and good in our world and they seek to take away human beings’ fundamental rights to improve themselves physically, morally and spiritually."
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Dafa Practitioners from Around the World Tell People the Facts in Geneva before the United Nations Human Rights Commission
2004-03-16After activities in Geneva on Saturday the 13th of March to let people know the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution in China, practitioners continued to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and distribute leaflets by the lakeside in Geneva on Sunday the 14th of March.
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Photo Report: Before the Opening of UN Human Rights Commission, Practitioners from Around the World Promote Dafa and Tell People the Facts All Over the City of Geneva
2004-03-16 -
Photo Report: On the Day before the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Falun Dafa Practitioners from Around the World Join Activities in Geneva
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UK: Some Interesting Stories of Promoting Falun Gong during the Weekends
2004-03-15On February the 28th 2004, several Falun Gong practitioners arrived in Swansea, a city located on the south-western shore of the United Kingdom, to demonstrate Falun Gong exercises on the busy streets. Many people came over to the exhibition booth to sign their names on a petition calling for an immediate end to the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong in China.