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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.”
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.”
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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.