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Reference Material: AFP: Multinational Firms Accused Of Aiding Chinese Internet Censorship
2003-12-07The 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.
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Italy: Promoting Falun Gong at a Health Expo in Biella
2003-12-06This 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.
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Finland: Successful Exhibition held in Helsinki
2003-12-06A 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.
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Germany: A Large Parade and Information Day Held in Berlin
2003-12-06The 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.
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Press Release: Jiang Zemin Sued for Genocide in Germany
2003-12-05On 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.
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Germany: Shopkeepers and Storeowners on Unter den Linden Praised the Falun Gong Parade
2003-12-05With soothing Chinese music in the background, the Falun Gong parade passed though Unter den Linden in Berlin. Men and women of different ages and nationality held flower wreaths or banners, in different languages. Passerby looked on in awe and the police, who would usually be tense while monitoring parades, were relaxed as if taking a leisurely walk.
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Ukraine: TV Station Broadcast Film Clarifying the Facts about Falun Gong
2003-12-05Recently, Ukraine’s national TV Station broadcast films two days in a row, which reported positively on Falun Gong. On the morning of the 26th of November 2003, the film “Cuiying Zhang – Traditional Chinese Artist” was shown. The film exposed the persecution, and also introduced Falun Gong to audience. These films were broadcast throughout Ukraine.
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EFGIC: Northeastern Province Records China's Highest Death Toll of Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-12-05132 deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in Heilongjiang Province have been verified since the spiritual practice was ordered “eradicated” by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in 1999. Of the 824 total verified deaths of Falun Gong practitioners throughout the country, China’s most northeastern province, Heilongjiang, accounts for approximately 16% – the highest of any province.
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Ukraine: Falun Dafa Press Conference Attended by More Than Ten Different Newspapers
2003-12-04On November the 19th 2003, Falun Dafa practitioners in the Ukraine protested peacefully beside the Chinese Embassy and held a press conference to highlight the Chinese government’s persecution of Dafa practitioners. More than ten newspapers attended the press conference. Practitioners truly seized the opportunity to let the media know more about Falun Gong.
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Report from "Radio Free Asia": Falun Gong Practitioners Sue Jiang Zemin and his Accomplices in Germany
2003-12-04'On November the 24th, German Falun Gong practitioners filed an official lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the German Federal Government against Jiang Zemin, who is the former Chinese President, Li Lanqing and Luo Gan. The defendants are being sued for committing crimes of torture and genocide against Falun Gong practitioners.'
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Italy: Promoting Falun Dafa at a Medical Seminar in Turin
2003-12-04On the 11th of November 2003, a medicine seminar was held in Turin, Italy and was sponsored by the Turin city council, Piemonte District and the Italian Sanitation Department. Ms Wang, a Chinese attendee from Sweden, a doctor of Chinese medicine and a Falun Gong practitioner gave a two hour lecture at the seminar, introducing Falun Gong via her own experiences.
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A Swedish Practitioner Appeals for Help from the Irish Government to Rescue Two Dublin Students Detained in China
2003-12-04"I learned that Liu Feng is in dangerous situation; he has been detained for 10 month with no visitors permitted to see him. I hope that the Irish Embassy in China can send an official to check on his safety. On behalf of Liu Feng and Yang Fang I am now asking the Irish government for help to rescue them and speak out on their behalf."
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Falun Gong Practitioners in Denmark Prepare to Launch a Lawsuit Against Jiang and His Accomplices
2003-12-03After sending letters asking for advice to Danish government officials, the Danish Falun Dafa Association received many letters from them after they had consulted the Danish Minister of Justice. One of the ministers commented, “I took a great interest in reading your letter. I think it is possible to sue China’s former leader Jiang for genocide in Denmark.”
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UK Citizen Detained in China Because He Practises Falun Gong
2003-12-03“The Falun Gong group recognised one of the practitioners who has been detained as being a British citizen, called Ray Tang. As with a lot of Hong Kong citizens, he also holds a British passport. His relatives own a company in the city of Shenzheng in mainland China, a neighbour of Hong Kong. On the 13th of November, Ray Tang and a few of the company’s workers were taken away by the police. The Falun Gong group said that the other practitioner who was arrested was Xueying Bo, a twenty-eight year old housewife. She was arrested on the 30th of October while distributing truth clarifying DVDs in Shenzheng.”
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Cyprus: Righteous Vigil at the Chinese Embassy
2003-12-03