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  • Ukraine: A National TV Station Broadcasts a Film about Zhang Cuiying

    On the 26th and the morning of the 27th of November, 2003, Ukraine’s national TV Station broadcast the programme "Zhang Cuiying- Traditional Chinese Artist". The film introduced Ms. Zhang Cuiying's career as an artist, the benefits she received from cultivating Falun Gong and her detention in China.
  • Article from German Media "Markgraefler Daily News": André Huber Files a Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin

    André Huber is accussing Jiang of genocide and crimes against humanity. This lawsuit is aimed at Jiang Zemin himself as opposed to China. André said: “More than 800 people have lost their lives and more than 200,000 people have been illegally arrested over the past four years or so. Now it’s time to investigate who is responsible.
  • Scottish MP Calls for an End to the Persecution of Falun Dafa on World Human Rights Day

    "I very much share your concern at the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and agree that more action should be taken by the UN and its leading members to highlight this and bring pressure on the Chinese authorities to cease their disgraceful activities."
  • Germany: Telling the Facts to the People of Soltau

    Even though it was late, a local newspaper office published details of the activities. Furthermore, practitioners had a chance to talk with the Mayor of the town and tell her about the brutal persecution in China. On the day of the activities, she happened to come by and have a chat with the practitioners. She took more information home to read carefully.
  • Scotland: Clarifying the Facts about the Persecution of Falun Gong to 7,500 People at a Concert in Glasgow

    Three practitioners stood in front of the table handing out leaflets and collecting signatures while one sat behind and talked with people. Many people offered their support, some stopping for in-depth conversations, and a lot had already seen the article in The Metro, which had also been posted on the table for people to read. There was no mistaking the righteous and benevolent energy field that continued to attract passers-by to sign the petition, even when no one was manning the stall.
  • Article from "The Epoch Times": The Persecution Wastes Tremendous National Resources

    Zhao Ming, a graduate of Qinghua University, was arrested in China in early 2000. He was imprisoned in Tuanhe Forced Labour Camp in Beijing for twenty-two months... Now he is one of forty plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin. Recently, a reporter of the Epoch Times interviewed Zhao Ming when he was attending a press conference concerning the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in Berlin.
  • Czech Republic: Public Trial of Jiang Zemin Opposite the Chinese Embassy in Prague

    On Saturday December 6th, practitioners from the Czech Republic and Slovakia met in front of the Chinese Embassy in Prague to expose the crimes of former Chinese leader and instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong Jiang Zemin. The practitioners held a public trial of Jiang to let the world know the extent of his vicious deeds and to show that it is impossible for this dictator to escape from justice.
  • Spain: Dafa Practitioners Invited to Promote Falun Gong in Salamanca City

    On November the 30th, 2003, some Dafa practitioners in Madrid, together with Dai Zhizhen and her daughter were specially invited to Salamanca City to be interviewed by local reporters. During their visit, practitioners also spread Dafa to local people and clarified the facts to them. In the afternoon, reporters of the biggest local newspaper in Salamanca City, "Salamanca Tribune" (La Gaceta de Salamanca) came to the park to interview some practitioners, and conducted an exclusive interview with Ms. Dai Zhizhen, a practitioner from Australia whose husband was tortured to death and immediately cremated by the Jiang regime.
  • A Letter from the Chairperson of the Association for Threatened People – "To file a lawsuit against China’s former leader, Jiang Zemin, is a crucial step in bringing human rights abusers to justice."

    "At the moment, it is still not optimistic to expect China to become a country ruled by law. When security members and state agents violate human rights, citizens are not likely to be protected by the law. As a result, people are calling on the international community to bring China’s human rights abusers to justice by taking legal action. The Association for Threatened People, in particular, expresses our support for any legal action to bring the evildoers, including China’s former leader, to court."
  • Reference Material: South China Morning Post: Loosen Control Of Internet, Schroeder Urges Mainland

    "China must free up the internet if it wants to achieve its goal of becoming the world's biggest web market in four years' time, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said yesterday. "China will reach its ambitious aim . . . in four years only if the internet is attractive in the same way for Chinese and foreigners," Mr Schroeder said in a speech at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. He did not directly refer to Beijing's strict controls on access to internet content and the arrests of cyber-dissidents, but said China's goals can only be achieved by ensuring freedom of access to the internet."
  • Reference Material: AFP: Multinational Firms Accused Of Aiding Chinese Internet Censorship

    The Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged 14 companies ... to take a stand against any such repression, according to a statement. RSF said some of the firms, which are based in North America, Europe, Japan and South Korea, are selling material directly helping China to spy on and crack down on people using the Internet. Other companies simply close their eyes to the situation, it claims.....Beijing is presently censoring hundreds of websites of Western media outlets, political dissidents and others that are viewed as critical of the government or the ruling Communist Party, RSF said.
  • Italy: Promoting Falun Gong at a Health Expo in Biella

    This year’s expo was held in Biella University and is the second time that Falun Gong practitioners have been involved. The organisers of the expo specially erected two Falun Gong posters, one of them introducing Falun Gong and the other of practitioners doing the exercises. The organiser commended Falun Gong, saying that it is a practice that cultivates the heart, mind and body. The expo also provided an area for practitioners to demonstrate the exercises and for practitioners to teach people the exercises.
  • Finland: Successful Exhibition held in Helsinki

    A Falun Dafa photo exhibition was recently held in a library in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. The exhibition explains how Falun Gong was banned by Jiang Zemin, and how he launched a cruel persecution against its practitioners. The huge contrast between the evilness of the persecution and the beauty and peacefulness of Falun Gong can be seen very clearly.
  • Germany: A Large Parade and Information Day Held in Berlin

    The parade, included banners which read, "Bringing Jiang Zemin to court", "Urgently rescue Xiong Wei". Pictures of practitioners being persecuted and cruelly punished were also displayed. The purpose of the parade was to arouse people's concern for the brutal persecution in China, and at the same time appeal for support from people.
  • Press Release: Jiang Zemin Sued for Genocide in Germany

    On November the 21st, forty citizens of Germany, China, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the United States filed a lawsuit with the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office against the former president of China, Jiang Zemin, and other leaders who are responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong, accusing them of genocide, crimes against humanity, murder, cruel torture and grievous bodily harm to Falun Gong practitioners in China between 1999 and 2003.