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Germany: Practitioners in Munich Continue to Call for the Rescue of Jilin Practitioners
2003-11-11In order to urge the Chinese regime to stop the persecution of Falun Gong and to save the lives of Dafa practitioners who are on a hunger strike in Jilin prison, Dafa practitioners in Munich returned to the Chinese consulate to appeal again following the last activity on 30th of October. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate the Anniversary of “Falun Dafa Day” in the Bergsjön Region
2003-11-11Due to improvement in people’s health and the benefits Falun Gong has brought to society, on the 10th of October last year, the head of the Life and Health Department of that region announced that October 10th would be known as “Falun Dafa Day” in the Bergsjön Region. -
Ireland: Zhao Ming's Speech from the Public Hearing of the Criminal Jiang
2003-11-11"The major torturing methods they used included deprivation of sleep, beating, squatting for a long time and electric shocks with multiple electric batons. I experienced all of these kinds of tortures. Ten inmates, instigated by the police, beat me up and made me unable to walk for two weeks. On another occasion, five police guards shocked all over my body with six electric batons." -
Ireland: The First Proclamation of Falun Dafa Day in Ireland by a Mayor in County Laois
2003-11-10"Whereas, Falun Dafa started in china in 1992, and its activities of exercises and practices are based on the universal quality of Zhen-Shan-Ren, which means truth-compassion-forbearance; and, Whereas, Falun Dafa is designed to improve their physical condition, cleanse their mind, uplift their moral standards. Now, therefore, I, mayor of Ballylinan and district county Laois Ireland, do hereby declare November 9th 2003 as Falun Dafa day." -
Ireland: A Speech from the Public Hearing of Criminal Jiang Zemin in Dublin City Centre
2003-11-10"From my personal experience I can tell you there is currently a campaign of genocide being implemented in China to destroy the will and the body of Falun Dafa practitioners. There is no denying that this campaign to eradicate Falun Dafa practitioners is the notion of former chairman of China Jiang Zemin, because he has publicly pushed forward this campaign inside and outside of China. By any moral standard this is wrong and Jiang Zemin should not escape trial for his crimes." -
Ireland: Ireland Falun Dafa 2003 Experience Sharing Conference Successfully Held
2003-11-10On Sunday November 9th, Ireland hosted the 2003 Ireland Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference. The conference was attended by local practitioners, as well as practitioners from England, Scotland and Belgium. The conference opened with the reading of a proclamation from the Mayor of County Laois, who declared November 9th as Ireland’s first Falun Dafa Day. -
Ireland: Bringing Jiang to Justice in the Court of Morality and Conscience - Activities in Dublin City Centre
2003-11-09Many Irish people listened to the Public Hearing and learned about the Jiang Regime’s heinous crimes. One lady had tears in her eyes as she heard a practitioner discuss their harrowing experiences in the past four years of persecution. Many people approached practitioners and offered their support. -
Cyprus: The Murderer and Slaughterer of Innocent People Cannot Escape the Trial of Conscience, Morality and Justice
2003-11-09Falun Gong practitioners staged peaceful demonstrations outside the hotel where Wu was staying and outside the Cypriot Parliament. After learning the facts of the persecution, local police, security guards, media and residents were shocked and showed their support for human rights and justice in different ways. A Cypriot human rights attorney, Mr. Laris Vrahimis commented, “The world is looking on and they know what is happening in China. They (Jiang’s regime) will pay for what they have done.” -
Sweden: Gothenburg Practitioners Call for the Urgent Rescue of Practitioners Detained in Jilin Province
2003-11-09After discovering that over 100 Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned in a Jilin prison are facing brutal torture from prison guards, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful appeal outside the Gothenburg Chinese Consulate on 7th November. Many passing cars honked their horns as passengers waved their hands in support. -
Report from "French Weekly Exchange": Jiang has been Sued in Spain
2003-11-09'A group of Falun Gong followers, a movement with ancient Chinese origin’s, submitted a lawsuit in Madrid against the former Chinese leader and China’s current military leader, Jiang Zemin, suing him for crimes of genocide and torture.' -
Germany: Practitioners in Munich Call for the Urgent Rescue of Practitioners Detained in Jilin Province
2003-11-08Dafa practitioners in Munich went to the Chinese Embassy to call for people to pay attention to the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners specifically called for the release of Liu Chengchun, who participated in the interception of Changchun Cable Television signals and has been tortured to the extent that he is near death. -
Finland: Meeting Supportive People when Spreading the Fa
2003-11-08One Chinese person talked to the practitioners for a long time. When he later met a Chinese tourist group by accident, he went over and appealed to them not to “miss this chance to learn the truth”. He also said that “In China there is only one voice, deceit. Take this home and read it - It’s for your own good.” -
France: Practitioners hold a Public Trial of the Dictator Jiang
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"Something needs to be done, so that justice is served and the persecution against Falun Gong is stopped." - A Member of European Parliament Offers Help to Bring a Persecutor to Justice
2003-11-07"The measures that China has taken against Falun Gong, especially after the systematic persecution began in 1999, are not only strictly condemnable but also very concerning...Something needs to be done, so that justice is served and the persecution against Falun Gong is stopped. Therefore I am interested in helping you in your legal battle against Luo Gan, if a suitable opportunity arises." -
Italian MPs Write to the President of the European Commission and the Italian Premier, Calling on China to Improve Human Rights
2003-11-07Prior to the Summit meeting between the EU and China, Italian MP Giannu Vernetti and Senator Alessandro Forlani jointly wrote to the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and to the Italian Premier, Berlusconi, to urge them to put the issue of China’s human rights on top of their agenda during the bilateral dialogue with China.