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UK: Scottish MPs Sign a Petition to Support Bringing Jiang to Justice and Rescuing Practitioners Persecuted Friends and Family
2003-11-06One Scottish Member of Parliament wrote, This sort of barbaric practice has to stop, you cannot attack and torture people for exercising their belief in freedom, democracy and justice to speak for those who cannot. -
An Interview with a Representative of the European Branch of WOIPFG
2003-11-06"From the standpoint of the WOIPFG, the lawsuits have brought condemnation of the persecution from a moral level to a legal level. This is exactly the purpose of this organisation. Just like World War II war criminals, even tens of years after their crimes they still have to face trial in court if apprehended. This is international justice. We don’t think that we have to wait that long. This determination to legally deal with all of these crimes will shock the perpetrators. It would be best if we could stop their actions and let people in China and other countries know that the persecution of Falun Gong by Jiang and his accomplices is a serious criminal act." -
Article from Finnish newspaper "Pohjalainen": The Persecuted Falun Gong Comes to Vaasa
2003-11-06'According to the survey, 90 percent of those examined were suffering from illnesses and almost half of them had suffered from at least three diseases before they started to practise Falun Gong. After beginning the practice, 99 per cent of them improved their health in some regards, and 60 percent had completely gotten rid of their illnesses.' -
Austria: Dafa Practitioners hold a Candlelight Vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy to call for the Immediate Release of Detained Practitioners in Jilin Province
2003-11-05On the 28th and 30th of October, Austrian Falun Dafa practitioners held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy to expose the crimes that Jiang Zemin has committed, and demand the immediate release of Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained in Jilin prison. -
Netherlands: Photo Report - Dafa Practitioners Hold 48-Hour Hunger Strike and Urge Chinese Government to Immediately Release Fellow Practitioners in Jilin Prison
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UK: Promoting Falun Dafa at York and Leeds in Northern England
2003-11-04Throughout the 2 days activities, a lot of people learned more about Dafa and came to know the facts behind the persecution. Two Chinese students accepted the leaflets before asking a practitioner to be on a photo with them under the banners of Falun Dafa is Good and Truth, Compassion, Tolerance. The local media also came and talked with practitioners. -
Germany: Clarifying the Facts at the Wuerzburg Expo
2003-11-04Practitioners from Wuerzburg received an invitation from the government to perform in the citys arts festival. They attracted a lot of attention from spectators, including the festival presenter who is an experienced actor. He was very interested in practitioners exercise performance and when he learned about the brutal persecution in China he was shocked. -
An Appeal to the Cypriot People from Falun Gong Practitioners and the Family Members of Persecuted Practitioners
2003-11-03On October the 25th 2003, Wu Guanzheng, a high-ranking Chinese official who is directly involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Shandong Province, visited Cyprus. Persecuted Falun Gong practitioners and their family members also went to Cyprus at this time. Falun Gong practitioners wrote the following letter to the Cypriot Government, media and citizens. -
UK: Clarifying the Facts in a Scottish University
2003-11-03Practitioners set up a stall in the lobby area with leaflets, magazines, videos and Video-CDs, all offering information about the brutal and systematic persecution of innocent and peaceful practitioners in China. Many people signed a petition to rescue the practitioners who are related to UK residents, but are imprisoned in Chinese prisons and labour camps because they continue to practise Falun Gong and live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. -
Ireland: People in the City of Cork Learn More About Falun Gong
2003-11-03Practitioners went to the street and set up tables, posters and banners to let people know more about the persecution. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and spoke with local people. The response from the locals was very good, with many comments of support. During the few hours that practitioners held this activity, many people learned about Falun Gong. -
France: Photo Report - Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy to Support Practitioners Persecuted in Jilin Prison
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UK: Human Rights Lawyer Joins Practitioners to File a Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin
2003-11-02A UK human rights lawyer has agreed to work on a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, which has been initiated by UK Falun Gong practitioners. The lawyer has started the due process and begun to prepare information. Some other High Court human rights lawyers also showed strong interest and support for the case. They expressed shock at the horrific persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and wished practitioners success. -
France: Explaining the Facts at the Chinese Embassy in Paris
2003-11-02The French practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts, used a loudspeaker to unveil Jiangs crimes against humanity and gave leaflets to passers-by, including Chinese citizens who were at the consulate to apply for various documents. They came to learn the facts and many of them encouraged the practitioners. -
Speech by President of the German Branch of the China Democracy League at the First European Meeting of the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice
2003-11-02"In just a few years, the number of Falun Gong practitioners reached 100 million. This is twice the number of members in the Chinese communist party. As a result, Jiang Zemin was so afraid of Falun Gong that he used weapons, and he used scoundrel tactics to start the bloody persecution of Falun Gong, the worst persecution in history. Statistics show that there are over 700 practitioners who have been brutally tortured to death." -
Article from Greek Newspaper "Politikis": Neglected at the Chinese Diplomat's visit - They were all Chinese
2003-11-02'Mr Wu Guanzheng, a member of the Communist Party Politburo and third in the Chinese chain of command, almost found himself part of the Cypriot court 'system' while on an official visit to Cyprus yesterday...The lawsuit against Mr Guanzheng is included in the framework of an organised struggle begun by all Chinese citizens, not only those who have relatives or have themselves been imprisoned and brutalised by the Chinese government.'