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• Latvia: Falun Gong Practitioners Call for Jiang, Luo, Liu and Zhou to be brought to Justice Outside the Chinese Consulate

  2004-03-08
  Over the past few weeks, Jiang’s regime has intensified the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. As a result, the number of Falun Gong practitioners killed due to this persecution suddenly increased to 901. Falun Dafa practitioners in Latvia held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Consulate on February the 22nd 2004, in response to this situation.
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• Delegate from the Swedish Central Party: “We will continue to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong.”

  2004-03-07
  On the 3rd of March 2004, in Stockholm, Falun Gong practitioners raised the issue of the recent escalation of the persecution of Falun Gong in China and with the Swedish Central Party. Speaking decisively, Lena Ek, the delegate of the Swedish Central Party was resolute as she expressed her support: “the leaders of the Swedish Government will always use every opportunity to raise the issue of Falun Gong to the Chinese government at all levels. We will continue to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong whether we are in political, business or enterprise meetings. Good luck to Falun Gong!”
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• Ukraine: Second "Falun Dafa Around The World" Picture Exhibition Is held at Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky

  2004-03-07
  A photo exhibition entitled "Falun Dafa Around The World" was held at Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky in Ukraine from January the 23rd to January the 28th 2004. One hundred and twenty pictures were put on display. The picture exhibition was organised by Ukrainian Dafa practitioners, who have benefited greatly from learning Falun Dafa.
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• French TV Report on “Spring Telling” Exhibition Explains the Facts About Falun Gong

  2004-03-07
  A French TV station recently reported on Falun Gong practitioners' participation in the recent “Spring Telling” Exhibition in France. This provided a chance to clear the good name of Falun Gong and to explain the facts about the nature of Falun Gong and the persecution. This TV report was a significant opportunity to clear out the poisonous lies behind which the Jiang regime has hidden its evil persecution from the conscience of the world's people and the condemnation of the international community.
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• Irish MEP Writes to the President of France about "Extremely Disturbing" Violations of Human Rights in Paris

  2004-03-06
  "Falun Gong adheres to the three principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” and denying them the right to express these peaceful ideals is an obvious encroachment on their freedom of speech. Since Communist leader Jiang Zemin outlawed Falun Gong in 1999, 870 deaths have resulted as well as many more tortures and imprisonments. France’s contribution to this maltreatment of members of Falun Gong is disheartening and sets an extremely dangerous precedent."
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• EFGIC: Despite Cosmetic Reforms, U.S. Department of State Says Human Rights in China Backsliding

  2004-03-06
  'The 2003 US Department of State Annual Human Rights Report issued last week, points to China’s degenerating rights practices, some cosmetic beautification not withstanding. “Although legal reforms continued, there was backsliding on key human rights issues during the year,” says the report. One of these key issues is Falun Gong. As in previous years, the severe persecution of the practice is a central concern throughout much of the report, with extensive citing of torture, arbitrary detention, and unlawful killing, as well as denial of freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and association.'
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• Sweden: Teaching the Exercises to People who have been Waiting for Dafa for a Long Time

  2004-03-06
  During the last weekend of February 2004, practitioners in Gothenburg, Sweden, held a two-day Falun Gong exercise class. During these two days, many people who wanted to learn the exercises attended the course on both days. When they got to know Falun Gong further many people exclaimed, “Falun Gong is what I have been waiting for.”
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• Speech from the International Conference on "Genocide in the New Era": Genocide against Falun Gong in the Context of the Supposedly “Reformed” Chinese Legal System

  2004-03-06
  "The crimes of the Chinese Government against the practitioners of Falun Gong are not in dispute. There is no doubt that the vicious and gratuitous violence perpetrated on those who simply speak in favour of the movement or hold up Falun Gong banners, the incarceration, torture and mass murder of Falun Gong adherents, together with the government and media campaign of hatred and vitriol against them, combine to meet the legal definition of “Genocide”. What is difficult for many international observers to reconcile is how this can occur in a country which is described by many influential opinion makers as having made huge and rapid strides in implementing the rule of law."
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• MEP Patricia McKenna Writes to an Irish Practitioner about the “Shocking and Wrong” Actions of the French Authorities

  2004-03-05
  "The blatant denial of the participation of Falun Gong groups in the New Years Parade and the repression of their right to expression and peaceful protest by the French authorities is shocking and wrong. That the French government might have conceded to the request of Jiang Zemin to suppress and silence Falun Gong is extremely worrying indeed."
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• Falun Gong asks for the Persecution of Practitioners in China to be Discussed in the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue

  2004-03-05
  Bilateral talks on human rights between the European Union and China were recently held in Ireland’s capital, Dublin. Human rights organisations asked the Irish government to pay attention to China’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, along with China’s Internet censorship and information blockade. Falun Gong practitioners also took further steps in filing a lawsuit against the Chinese officials who persecute Falun Gong.
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• Switzerland: More Than One Thousands Skiers Learned about Falun Dafa in the Jungfrau Mountain Region

  2004-03-05
  Switzerland is a wonderful country with many world famous tourist attractions. One of the most beautiful is the majestic mountain of the Jungfrau Region. On February the 23rd 2004, Swiss practitioners set up a stall and some display boards in the town of Wengen at the foot of the Jungfrau Region, as part of an activity to let more people know about Falun Dafa.
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• Speech from the International Conference on "Genocide in the New Era": CIST Spokesman Examines Role of Media in the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2004-03-05
  "At a previous conference I attended entitled “Searching for Justice: Comprehensive Action in the Face of Atrocities”, I proposed the perspective of media and the Internet being a "new threat." One of the panellists mentioned that media is not itself bad, and the panellist was correct. Media is a tool, like a blade, and with regard to matters of persecution, genocide, international security and justice, the question is whether it will be a blade forged into a sword for Lady Justice or a sickle for the Grim Reaper...."
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• Article from Website “Journalism.co.uk”: Dungeons and Dragons

  2004-03-05
  'Last month saw five more Falun Gong followers imprisoned for posting news to an internet site on the torture of a student practitioner. Commenting on this case, international press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said: "The five internet users were convicted for posting online what is already very well-known to human rights organisations, that [practitioners] of Falun Gong are systematically tortured in prison".'
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• Reply Letter from Ms Liz Lynne MEP: “I applaud your continuing peaceful efforts”

  2004-03-04
  "I am aware that Falun Gong practitioners have long endured brutal persecution by the Chinese authorities and I applaud your continuing peaceful efforts to protest and reform the regime’s actions. It is regrettable that members of your group must also endure maltreatment in France, a country that professes tolerance and human rights."
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• Czech Republic: Zhang Cuiying holds a Successful Exhibition in the Parliament

  2004-03-04
  Between January the 23rd and January the 27th, Chinese-Australian painter Zhang Cuiying’s art exhibition could be seen inside the Parliament building of the Czech Republic in Prague. Mrs. Zhang, known for both her beautiful traditional Chinese art and her time in a Chinese labour camp after peacefully speaking out against the persecution of the Chinese spiritual practice of Falun Dafa, is currently on a European tour with her paintings. During the tour, she is also bringing attention to the serious human rights violations against Falun Gong practitioners by telling her own story and talking about the harsh situation that many Falun Dafa practitioners are enduring in Mainland China.
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