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  • Finland: Many People learn the Truth of the Persecution at a Concert in Helsinki

    Almost 2000 flyers were distributed and nearly everyone who passed by the Friends of Falun Gong booth accepted one. During the concert, whilst the audience was listening to the music, people who worked at the concert hall, security guards, vendors etc, all came to find out more.
  • UK: Promoting Dafa and Explaining the Facts at Cambridge University Freshers’ Fair

    Practitioners performed the five sets of Falun Dafa exercises, and distributed materials so that new students could learn more about the brutal persecution that is happening in China. Practitioners handed out around 3,000 English flyers. More than 100 Chinese Vdoe-CDs were handed out in one day.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Eckernfoerde

    People were surprised and could not quite understand why Falun Dafa is being persecuted. They expressed sympathy for the practitioners who are still being persecuted in China and immediately signed a petition to end this persecution. Passers-by also felt that China’s dictator, Jiang Zemin, should be brought to justice and held responsible for his actions.
  • Sweden: Exhibition informing People about Falun Gong

    Over summer and autumn, practitioners in the city of Gävle held an exhibition about Falun Gong in several different venues. The exhibition portrays the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and lets people know more about the lawsuits filed in several European countries against Jiang Zemin and members of his regime.
  • Report from the Finnish Magazine “Vioma”: The Main Criminal in the Persecution of Falun Gong is currently Visiting

    Luo Gan did not receive a warm welcome. Instead, he experienced a large-scale protest against him by Amnesty International, Falun Gong practitioners and Icelandic citizens. The people knew about Luo Gan’s role as one of the heads of the “610 Office”, an organisation specially set up in June 1999 to systematically persecute Falun Gong under the orders of former President of China, Jiang Zemin.
  • Germany: Photo Report - Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice Holds a Rally in Munich

  • France: Practitioners hold a Solemn Public Trial of Jiang Zemin

    Falun Gong practitioners staged a public trial of criminal Jiang Zemin. A journalist from Angers came to interview practitioners and participated in the entire trial of Jiang in the court of morality and justice. Lots of people watched the activity. During the trial, people could hear Chinese people laughing at the cartoon drawings of Jiang. This shows that Chinese people do not respect Jiang.
  • UK: Spreading Dafa to Officials of the current Ruling Party

    After accepting a flyer, one person said, “I saw you standing here distributing flyers in the rain, I think it must be very important, so I’ll look through it thoroughly.” Another person saw a practitioner wearing clothes reading “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” in both Chinese and English. He stopped his bicycle to ask for a flyer.
  • Article from Danish Newspaper “Berlingske Tidende”: Embassy Accused of Persecution

    'A Chinese businessman who is also a resident of Denmark has accused the Chinese embassy of destroying his business enterprise because he is a practitioner of Falun Gong...The Danish People’s Party spokesman on foreign policy, Peter Skaarup, is outraged at the case and is now requesting the Foreign Minister Stig Møller to investigate whether China and their embassy in Denmark have persecuted the Chinese businessman.'
  • Belgium: Press Conference about Genocide Lawsuit against Jiang

    On 9th October, world-renowned human rights lawyer Mr Georges-Henri Beauthier and the Belgian Falun Dafa Association held a press conference regarding the decision made by the state prosecutor over a lawsuit filed against the Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin. Important media organisations were invited to the conference. A representative from the Belgian Falun Dafa Association made a statement in the conference and expressed their determination: "We will continue to provide proof of the genocide against Falun Dafa."
  • UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal Against the Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy in London

    Falun Gong practitioners hand out leaflets to passers-by that contain details of the lawsuit against Jiang for his crimes in the persecution of Falun Gong. To date, more than 1600 practitioners have been persecuted to death. There are still 6000 Falun Gong practitioners illegally imprisoned, with hundreds of thousands of practitioners being detained in forced labour camps.
  • Sweden: Promoting Falun Dafa and Exposing Jiang’s Crimes at Nossebro Market

    There were many people there on that day to celebrate the market’s one hundredth birthday. Visitors received information about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution in China. Practitioners also collected signatures to appeal for the release of Charles Li, an American Doctor who has been unlawfully detained in China since January 2003.
  • Moldova: The President’s Friend is accused of Committing Genocide

    '“AP Flux” ran a story about how Luo Gan, the head of the “610 office”, did everything possible to implement and supervise cruel and violent terrorist activities against Falun Gong and practitioners in an attempt to eliminate the practice. Good people have been tortured, murdered, and raped during this persecution...Luo’s crimes include crimes against humanity and genocide, and the victims are Falun Gong practitioners.'
  • Sweden: More People stand up to Defend the Human Rights of Falun Gong Practitioners

    Since practitioners exposed the Gothenburg’s Chinese consulate’s attempts to stop a local radio station from broadcasting “Falun Gong Time” by using Sino-Swedish relations as a threat, people from various parts of Sweden have expressed great concern about the issue. Various media organisations continued to report on the news for days. Parliamentary members, professors of law and human rights organisations have commented on the issue one after another by condemning this act by the Chinese consulate that disregarded Swedish law and violated a democratic country’s freedom of speech.
  • Article from Moldovan Newspaper “Flux Daily News” during Luo Gan's Visit: Voronin's Friend’s Hands are Soaked with Blood

    On September the 17th, the Centre for Improvement of Health and Morality in St. Petersburg sent a letter to President Vladimir Voronin to draw his attention to something: The man who is currently paying an official visit to the Republic of Moldova has been prosecuted in several countries on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and cruel torture, and this man is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPA Central Committee. He is also the head of the so-called “610 Office”, which was specially established to implement the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.