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  • UK: Promoting Falun Dafa and Celebrating Chinese New Year in Cardiff

    Falun Gong practitioners held large-scale activities to celebrate Chinese New Year on the streets of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. Falun Gong’s peaceful, graceful exercises and beautiful music attracted the attention of many passers-by. A petition to rescue practitioners’ persecuted relatives and friends in China received warm support and feedback from local people.
  • German Lawsuit: Persecuted Together in Mainland China, Now Suing the Evil Together Abroad

    From 2000 to 2002, Zhao Ming, currently studying in Ireland, and Chen Gang, currently staying in the United States, experienced cruel spiritual and physical torture at Beijing's Tuanhe labour camp because of their belief in Falun Gong. On November 21st 2003, they met again in Europe and gathered with thirty nine other Falun Gong practitioners from various countries to sue sixteen Chinese government officials.
  • Ireland: Practitioners in Dublin Hold a Press Conference Concerning the Situation of Liu Feng

    Ireland student Liu Feng was detained in Dalian Forced Labour Camp because he is a Falun Gong practitioner. Recently, practitioners received information that Liu Feng has been released but is in hospital. This only occurs when a labour camp detainee has been tortured close to death and prison authorities intend to shift the blame away from themselves.
  • European Choir of Practitioners Performs at Chinese Gala in New York

  • Israel: Lawyers Support Petition to Bring Jiang to Justice

    Recently, Israeli practitioners have started to send letters to those in the legal profession in Israel. Some lawyers have already signed the petition, and one of them was so moved by the letter that he requested to meet practitioners immediately. When practitioners met him, he was eager to help in any way he could and even asked to read “Zhuan Falun”. At the end of the meeting, there were tears in his eyes, and he hugged practitioners warmly.
  • EFGIC Press Release: European MEP Urges Paris not to Yield to Pressure from Chinese Regime

    "Next weekend (22-25 January) the Chinese regime will be arriving in Paris. Among the 5000 people coming, there will be many Chinese high officials. The image is one of a beautiful cultural show, friendship between nations … but yet there is also a hidden dark side - many have been excluded from the festivities."
  • German People are Glad to Hear that Xiong Wei has been Released

    One German practitioner described the responses he received after he telling people that Xiong Wei had been released. “After hearing the news of Xiong Wei’s release, I went to several stores where I put the “Free Xiong Wei” postcards and told them the good news. I express my appreciation to them by giving the workers Dafa postcards with pictures of Lilies on them.
  • UK: Practitioners Show Dafa TV Programmes During the Cambridge Chinese New Year Gala

    On January the 16th, UK and Cambridge Chinese Student together with the Scholar’s Associations organised a 2004 Spring Festive Gala. Over 1300 people attended the show. Falun Gong practitioners also joined in the celebrations, and displayed Dafa programmes on a colour TV near the entrance. This added to the festive spirit of the activities.
  • The Rescue Xiong Wei Team is Thankful To Everyone After Securing the Release of Xiong Wei

    Practitioners would like to extend their sincere appreciation to all those who have helped during the rescue activities for Xiong Wei. Without this help, practitioners could not have attracted the attention of the media and politicians to Xiong Wei’s situation. It is a pity that practitioners have no information about her current situation and environment. It is worrying that Xiong Wei and her parents are still under surveillance by the police.
  • UK: Letting Local Chinese People Know the Truth about Dafa in the Town of Hove

    On Sunday the 18th of January 2004, Falun Gong practitioners held a display of the 5 sets of Falun Gong exercises outside Hove Town Hall in East Sussex. The local Chinese Association was hosting an Educational and Cultural event at Hove Town Hall. This was part of the celebrations for the Chinese New Year and many Chinese people were there to help set up the event for many local Chinese people and businesses who were invited. All received flyers, Video-CDs and newsletters and some students sat by the practitioners who were meditating to have their pictures taken by their friends.
  • UK: Symbolic Play Brings Jiang To Justice in London’s Trafalgar Square

    UK Falun Gong practitioners performed a play with the theme of bringing Jiang Zemin, the instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong that has claimed over 860 lives, to justice. Held in London's Trafalgar Square, the play, written by practitioners, symbolically tried Jiang Zemin for his crimes against humanity in this persecution.
  • “World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong” is Collecting Evidence for the German Lawsuit

    On the 18th of December 2003, based on these findings, the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) officially announced a detailed investigation of nine government officials responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Liaoning Province. After further examination and verification of the facts, they will hand over all the evidence to the top Procurator in Germany, the International Court of Justice, Human Rights Organisations and every country’s government. They will sue and expose the illegal activities of these Chinese officials in their persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Some Stories From The First Minghui Winter Camp in Erbach

    The children in the intermediate class learned how to make paper lotus flowers and other art skills from the art teacher. They also read Hong Yin. When the children were doing the exercises, they were very careful and always helped each other to ensure that everyone’s exercises were correct. The children’s purity, eagerness and attentiveness moved everyone.
  • Latvia: Peaceful Appeal and Mourning For Liu Chengjun At The Chinese Embassy in Riga

    To mourn Liu Chengchun’s death and to protest against Jiang’s persecution of Falun Gong, Dafa practitioners from several cities in Latvia gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Riga city to peacefully appeal. Practitioners called for the wicked people that are responsible for the persecution to be severely punished.
  • France: Clarifying The Facts To The Precious Chinese People

    “We are all government officials. We feel angry but don’t dare to speak out. If we take Falun Gong materials, we will be influenced. Please do not resent us. We have to follow the government. Don’t be misled or bothered by our cold facial expressions. We know the situation in China is very cruel. It is not hard to imagine. Thank you very much, and we wish you happiness and peacefulness.”