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Germany: Collecting Petition Signatures and Revealing the Facts at a Town Festival in Nuremberg
2003-10-04In addition to enthusiastically signing their names to support the appeal, many young people asked their friends to sign their names too. Before the end of the activity, a German citizen who was very interested in Falun Dafa talked with a practitioner enthusiastically and was reluctant to leave. He ended up staying with practitioners and helping them to collect their materials and pack everything away.
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UK: Scottish Dafa Practitioners participate in the Glasgow Peace Festival (Part 1)
2003-10-04The event organiser had arranged for practitioners to teach the exercises to children that were at the festival. Looking at the childrens earnest and innocent appearance, the organiser and many passers-by also came and joined in learning the exercises. One young boy said to his grandmother: This is the best!
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Finland: Tragic Plight of 3-year old Fadu Awakens Peoples Sympathy
2003-10-04When the nearby police officers read our posters, they were very friendly. One practitioner walked over to them with Fadu and explained that the person eating in the nearby building was responsible for the persecution. Even before she had finished the sentence, little Fadu said to them: I havent got a daddy, my daddy was persecuted to death.
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EFGIC: Brutal Murder of 56-Year-Old Woman Illustrates Regimes Extreme Form of Censorship Regarding Falun Gong
2003-10-03Less than a month after being arrested, Ms. Zhao was dead. Photographs taken by her family on May 10th indicate her death was horrifyingly brutal. Ms. Zhaos face and body were covered with dark purple and blue bruises, there was a large open wound in the back of her head, her clothes were covered in blood and four of her ribs were fractured.
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Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners participate in an International Conference on Human Rights
2003-10-03Practitioners raised questions with the chairman of the UN commission about the continuing persecution of Falun Gong in China and the issue of immunity for dictators. The panellists explained from different angles and affirmed that the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese government has caught the attention of human rights organisations and led to condemnation by those organisations.
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Russia: Finnish Practitioners visit their Embassy in Moscow to let them know the Truth about Falun Gong
2003-10-03During the recent experience sharing conference in Russia activities were orgainsed to let more people know about Falun Gong. In the time between these activities, Finnish Falun Dafa practitioners visited the Finnish Embassy in Moscow to tell them the facts about Falun Dafa and the brutal persecution that has been happening for over four years in China.
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Germany: Picture Exhibition Exposing Jiang's Crimes of Genocide at Tourist Spots
2003-10-03People were shocked: How could this be happening in China? The reason for the persecution is simply because so many Falun Gong practitioners were trying to be good people. One after another, the Chinese visitors started to sign their names on a signature collection book that is being used to bring Jiang to justice and to rescue Xiong Wei, a German practitioner currently being illegally detained in China.
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A Letter from a French MP to Dafa Practitioners
2003-10-02"This persecution, launched by the Chinese Government under Jiangs control, is a clear violation of basic human rights. No excuse can justify the persecution. Please set your mind at ease. Your demonstrations have my complete support."
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UK MP raises a Question about the Misuse of Article 23 against Falun Gong in Hong Kong
2003-10-02On the 1st of September, 2003, UK MP Mr. Gregory Barker raised a question in the House of Commons to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been made to assess the Chinese Government's use of Article 23 against the practise of Falun Gong in Hong Kong.
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A Letter from the President of the France-China Friendship Association to Falun Dafa Practitioners
2003-10-02"At present, the French and European communities have periodically questioned China and have had to force China to admit human rights violations. With continuous dialogue, carried on by different politicians, we are gradually changing the human rights situations in China. Please trust me that I will raise this issue and will attach importance to the situation as you reported it."
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The Fourth Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference is successfully held in Moscow
2003-10-02The fourth Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held to help Dafa practitioners in Russia and the surrounding areas to improve together and make a further step forward in Fa-rectification.
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Letter to the Editor of Danish Newspaper Berlingske Tidende - The Criminal Jiang Zemin
2003-10-02"Jiang Zemins crimes are not just violations against Falun Gong. His persecution of Falun Gong is just a sign just like miners carrying a canary into the mine shaft to warn them about the lack of oxygen. Jiang Zemins crimes are a threat to all Chinese people, because they destroy the moral standards that are the base of a stable society."
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Swedish MP asked the Foreign Minister what Measures he will Take to Ensure that the Chinese Consulate respects Swedens Basic Laws
2003-10-01"Falun Gong practitioners broadcast a programme at a local radio station weekly, but Chinese consulate staff contacted the Chief of the radio station and the Vice-Chairperson of the Physical Education and the Association of Management Departments, attempting to stop the programme from being broadcast and to discontinue financial support for local radio stations...What measures would the Minister be prepared to take in order to ensure that the Chinese consulate respects our basic laws, which guarantees freedom of speech?"
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Director of the International Centre of Culture in Albania: I want to express my solidarity with the Falun Dafa movement.
2003-10-01She likes Zhang Cuiyings works not only because of the quality but also because of the spirit of the paintings. Theyre nothing to do with politics - different meanings come from her heart. She is also sympathetic to Cuiying, who was a victim of brutal persecution at the hands of Jiang Zemins regime because she practises Falun Dafa.
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Finland: A Righteous Human Rights Lawyer
2003-10-01Today I am entrusted by the Falun Dafa Association of Finland to hand in a lawsuit against Luo Gan for crimes of genocide and torture and for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China...I think this business is to preserve justice for mankind. A criminal who has committed such crimes as genocide, will have to face the consequence of being arrested while visiting a foreign country.