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Russia: The Fourth Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference successfully concludes in Moscow
2003-10-05
Hundreds of practitioners appealed in front of the Chinese Embassy. They held pictures of those who have been persecuted to death while standing on the square in front of the Embassy. They also sent forth righteous thoughts and demonstrated the exercises peacefully, whilst some practitioners handed out materials to passersby. -
Message from a Swedish Member of Amnesty International: You have done very well. I wish you success!
2003-10-05
In China, "people are being killed because they appeal to the government and because they are part of a peaceful group. In the distant land of Sweden, the Chinese Consul is using the ship from Guangzhou that is sailing to Gothenburg as an excuse to not let us speak and is also telling the local radio station to follow in the footsteps of the Chinese consulate and change what they broadcast. This was a threat and the consulate should be punished." -
UK: Scottish Dafa Practitioners participate in the Glasgow Peace Festival (Part 2)
2003-10-05
Though the weather was unstable and moved from rain to sunshine, Dafa practitioners exercise demonstration and traditional Chinese fan dance attracted a large audience. After the performance, practitioners voluntarily taught people the Falun Gong exercises. Many people came to learn. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Detmold
2003-10-05
Many passers-by stopped to look at the display boards and the exercise demonstration. After learning about the truth of the persecution and the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin that have been filed around the world, people praised practitioners for their quest for justice and wished them success. -
French MP Jean Tiberi: "The Suppression Is Totally Abject"
2003-10-04
"Your letter of the 23rd of July last drew my attention to Falun Gong, a traditional Chinese qigong freely practised by 100 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, it is not the same story in China. The practitioners of this particular practice are tortured and killed, total abject suppression as you fairly stated in your letter." -
Germany: Collecting Petition Signatures and Revealing the Facts at a Town Festival in Nuremberg
2003-10-04
In 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. -
UK: Scottish Dafa Practitioners participate in the Glasgow Peace Festival (Part 1)
2003-10-04
The 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! -
Finland: Tragic Plight of 3-year old Fadu Awakens Peoples Sympathy
2003-10-04
When 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. -
EFGIC: Brutal Murder of 56-Year-Old Woman Illustrates Regimes Extreme Form of Censorship Regarding Falun Gong
2003-10-03
Less 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. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners participate in an International Conference on Human Rights
2003-10-03
Practitioners 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. -
Russia: Finnish Practitioners visit their Embassy in Moscow to let them know the Truth about Falun Gong
2003-10-03
During 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. -
Germany: Picture Exhibition Exposing Jiang's Crimes of Genocide at Tourist Spots
2003-10-03
People 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. -
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." -
UK MP raises a Question about the Misuse of Article 23 against Falun Gong in Hong Kong
2003-10-02
On 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. -
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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