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• Vice-President of the French Parliament: The Chinese Government Must Change its Attitude towards Falun Gong

  2003-10-30
  Letters were sent from the Vice-President of the French Parliament to the Foreign Minister stating that France must react powerfully to the human rights violations against Falun Gong. The letters also said that the Chinese government must change its attitude towards Falun Gong.
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• Bulgaria: Falun Gong practitioners’ Painting Exhibition is Cancelled due to Pressure from the Chinese Embassy

  2003-10-29
  Mrs. Snezhina Chipeva MP expressed her astonishment at the cancellation of the painting exhibition under pressure from the Chinese Embassy. She also prepared an enthusiastic speech for the exhibition’s opening ceremony. She believed the cancellation of the exhibition is “interference in Bulgaria’s domestic affairs”. Many members of parliament questioned the Parliament’s Secretary General, and demanded an explanation of this issue. Just as a reporter stated, “The event is not over yet. I feel it will influence Bulgaria’s future. It is very dangerous for a government to place economic interests over human rights.”
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• Cyprus: Falun Gong practitioners Hold a Press Conference in Nicosia

  2003-10-29
  Being victims of genocide, Falun Gong practitioners attracted a lot of attention from the media. Reporters from four main TV channels, a few large newspapers, national radio and some news agencies were present at the conference. The press conference lasted for one hour, during which the reporters listened carefully and with interest.
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• Germany: Promoting Falun Dafa and Teaching the Exercises at Siegen Health Expo

  2003-10-29
  The organisers of the exhibition came to the Dafa stand to learn more about Falun Gong before giving an introduction of over the hall’s public address system. Their introduction recommended that people participate in learning the Falun Gong exercises, which were being taught for free.
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• A letter from a French MP to the Foreign Minister, asking how Severe Human Rights Abuses in China can be Stopped

  2003-10-29
  Since 1999, the Chinese government has begun a systematic suppression of Falun Gong believers. Nearly 71 million people are under persecution (subject to arrest, detention, torture, re-education through labour, forced into psychiatric clinics and death). As a consequence of this, Eric Dlard demands to know from the Minister, what diplomatic policy our government will adopt to end this severe human rights abuse.
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• EFGIC: 100 Go on Extended Hunger Strike in Chinese Prison Camp as Man Upholds Peaceful Appeal, Tortured to Brink of Death

  2003-10-29
  Reliable sources in China indicate that 100 Falun Gong practitioners are being held at Jilin Prison, and that most of them undertook a hunger strike to protest the ongoing severe torture by prison guards there. The lives of those engaged in the peaceful appeal are likely in danger.
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• FDI: Mary Kay Corporation under Pressure to Force Falun Gong Practitioners in China to Renounce Their Beliefs

  2003-10-29
  Two weeks ago, the Falun Dafa Information Center confirmed specific information about how the Mary Kay Corporation’s operations in China have been pressured by Chinese authorities to force employees and sales consultants to sign a statement guaranteeing they will neither practise nor advocate for Falun Gong – a traditional Chinese spiritual practice. Those who do not sign the statement are fired and potentially reported to local authorities.
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• Lawsuit Filed Against Chinese Human Rights Abuser Wu Guanzheng during his Visit to Cyprus

  2003-10-28
  A member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, Wu is a key figure in the 4-year campaign of brutal persecution against Falun Gong, during which at least 805 practitioners in China are known to have died of torture or ill-treatment. Wu has personally coordinated the persecution in Shandong Province where 93 practitioners are known to have died.
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• Article from "Electronic Freedom Times": Spanish Falun Gong Members File a Lawsuit Against the Former Chinese President Jiang

  2003-10-28
  The indictment points out that to this day, there are approximately 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners detained in Chinese prisons, suffering from torture and being persecuted to death. Hundreds of thousands of people have been locked up in labour camps, more than 2,000 people have been forcefully detained in mental hospitals and have suffered from mental and physical tortures, as well as being maltreated by the misuse of medicines.
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• A Letter from the Vice-President of the French National Assembly to the Foreign Minister: The French Government must Respond Strongly

  2003-10-28
  Facing this regrettable situation, we, in France, need to act vigorously to urge the Chinese government to change its attitude toward Falun Gong practitioners. I demand the Minister to inform the Chinese government of our position on this matter.
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• Norway: Promoting Falun Gong at the Alternative Therapies Fair in Stavanger

  2003-10-28
  There were always one or two practitioners who distributed flyers and talked with the visitors. The people were very eager, curious and interested to chat with the practitioners about Falun Gong. Practitioners often found themselves spontaneously surrounded by large groups of people who wanted to find out more.
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• Bulgaria: Falun Gong Practitioners Successfully Hold a Painting Exhibition

  2003-10-27
  Last week the Chinese embassy blocked a painting exhibition of Zhang Cuiying, a traditional Chinese artist and Falun Gong practitioner. After this was revealed to the public, many Bulgarian MPs, citizens and journalists condemned the Chinese embassy’s behaviour. With justice on her side, Ms. Zhang’s painting exhibition went ahead successfully.
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• UK: Celebrating Cambridge’s First Falun Dafa Week

  2003-10-27
  Chinese and western people all carefully read the posters about the lawsuit against Jiang and his human rights crimes. An elderly person who was with his granddaughter happily watched the practitioners’ performances and expressed hope that Jiang will be successfully brought to justice like the former leader of Yugoslavia. He felt very happy that evil people cannot escape punishment.
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• Letter from a French MP to a Practitioner expresses Concern over the Persecution of Falun Gong

  2003-10-27
  "Since 1999, the Chinese government has started a systematic persecution of the (Falun Gong) followers...Therefore, I thought it was necessary to write a written question to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs so as to understand how we can change Chinese leaders’ attitude. I will definitely immediately forward the reply from Mr. Dominique de Villepin (French Foreign Minister) to you."
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• Article from "Europa Press": Falun Gong Practitioners File a Criminal Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan at the National Spanish Court

  2003-10-27
  Several Falun Gong practitioners, including a Spanish citizen, have filed a criminal lawsuit against the former Chinese president and the present chairman of the military committee, Jiang Zemin, as well as the leader of the “610” office, Luo Gan, at the Spanish national court this morning. The defendants were sued for Crimes of Torture and Genocide since 1999, during the oppression of Falun Gong.
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