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All Swiss Dafa Disciples Wish Our Respected Master a Happy New Year
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All Spanish Dafa Disciples Respectfully Wish Master Li a Happy New Year
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EFGIC: Press Statement Regarding Media’s Coverage of Fabricated Reports from China’s Communist Party Mouthpiece
2004-01-03The claims put forth by Xinhua in this story follow a pattern of fabricated reports that have – under the orders of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin – been faithfully churned out by China’s state-run media over the last four-plus years in an attempt to legitimise the persecution against Falun Gong, or at least dull the interest of would-be critics around the world. -
UK: Falun Gong Performance in London's Famous Lord Mayor's Parade
2004-01-03The support from the people of London touched the practitioners’ hearts. Many people received a leaflet revealing more about the exercises of Falun Dafa and the persecution against this peaceful practice in China. Practitioners also handed out beautiful handmade paper Lotus Flowers with labels reading exactly what one of the official parade announcers told the audience: “The world needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance!” -
Irish Examiner Reports on Dublin Embassy Appeal Following Liu Chengjun's Death
2004-01-03Following the news of Liu Chengjun's death, on 31st December, Irish Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Embassy in Dublin. Like similar appeals around the world, they demanded those responsible for his death to be brought to trial and punished for their crimes.In an article, entitled China Protest, The Irish Examiner explained the reason for the appeal: -
Germany: Deputy Chief of Public Security for Hubei Province in China, Zhao Zhifei, Faces Another Lawsuit (Part I.)
2004-01-02In comparison with the civil lawsuit against Zhao filed in the U.S., which was filed as a civil case, the lawsuit in Germany was filed pursuant to criminal code. It means that if the German Court decides that the defendant is guilty of the accused charges, he may be sentenced to life imprisonment. The court will issue an arrest warrant. If the defendant is apprehended, he may have to spend the rest of his life in German prison. -
Greek Practitioners Send New Year's Greetings to Master Li
2004-01-02New Year Greetings to our most revered Master.No words can possibly express our reverence and gratitude towards our Great Teacher. -
Ukraine: New Year's Greetings to Master Li from Practitioners
2004-01-01We, all Ukrainian practitioners, want to send New Year's greetings to our respected Master and all the practitioners in China! Our thoughts are always with you. Hope this year will bring more peace and goodness to the hearts of Chinese people. Wish you Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance! Happy New Year! -
All Dafa Practitioners in Holland wish Master Li a Happy New Year
2004-01-01The New Year is here. At this time of celebration, with the deepest respect, all Dafa practitioners from Holland send New Year greetings to our honourable, compassionate and great Master. -
Russia Dafa Practitioners Participate in the "2003 Sarov Symposium"
2004-01-01On December the 10th 2003, International human rights day, the annual “Sarov Symposium” was held in St. Petersburg. Human rights organisations, city congressmen and the media attended the symposium. Representatives of the Russian Falun Dafa Association were also invited to attend and to give a report about Falun Dafa. After learning the facts, those in attendance were “deeply shocked”. -
Germany: Practitioners Hold an Information Day in Tübingen City
2004-01-01This was the third time that Falun Gong practitioners had come to this city to hold information days. There was a obvious difference between this activity and the first two in that many people came to the booth out of their own initiative to learn the facts about the persecution and to sign their names to the petition form entitled “Bring Jiang to Justice”. Many people also enquired about the place and time for learning the Falun Gong exercises. -
Radio France Internationale: Seoul Court Officially Accepts a Criminal Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan after it was Filed by Practitioners in Korea
2004-01-01'Recently, a local Seoul court officially accepted a criminal lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan that was filed by a South Korean citizen, Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Shu...The lawsuit was applied for under the Korean national criminal law and the international convention about preventing and punishing the crime of genocide enacted in 1951.' -
Belgium: Dafa Practitioners Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy for Jiang Zemin to be Brought to Justice
2003-12-31On December the 16th, Dafa practitioners in Belgium held a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy to call for a public trial of Jiang Zemin, the main culprit in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In July 1999, Jiang issued orders to mobilise the Chinese state resources to suppress and persecute Falun Gong. -
Radio France Internationale: Mr. Chengjun Liu, Who Exposed the Atrocities Against Falun Gong over China's State-run Television, has been Tortured to Death on the 26th of December 2003 in Changchun
2003-12-31Radio France Internationale news, December 29th 2003: A report from Falun Gong stated that Mr. Chengjun Liu, one of the practitioners responsible for tapping into a local television network to broadcast the facts of the persecution against Falun Gong on March 5th, 2002, has passed away in Changchun city on December 26, 2003. The news from Falun Gong stated that, on the same day, the Jilin Prison cremated the body without an autopsy and against the family's wishes. -
EFGIC (European Falun Gong Information Centre): Man Who Exposed Atrocities Against Falun Gong over China’s State-run Television Tortured to Death
2003-12-30Mr. Chengjun Liu had spent more than two years working to let his fellow countrymen know about the torture and killings of Falun Gong practitioners throughout China - crimes former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin had kept hidden under a veil of misinformation and with full control over the state-run media. After repeated attempts by Liu’s family to secure his medical parole were denied by Chinese authorities, Liu died at 4 a.m. on December 26. Liu’s body was cremated seven hours after his death with neither an autopsy nor the family’s consent.