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• Sweden: “How Impressive – Falun Dafa has even reached the Small Island of Gotland!”

  2003-07-30
  Between the 6th and the 12th of July, many Swedish politicians spent a week on the small island of Gotland. Dafa practitioners took this opportunity to display the exercises and give flyers about Article 23 and the persecution of Falun Gong to the public and the politicians. The response was good and many of them wanted to know more about Falun Dafa and the Jiang regime’s persecution.
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• Meeting with the Icelandic Ambassador in Washington DC

  2003-07-29
  Practitioners are concerned about upholding values and ethics in society. Leaders in a democracy play an important role in this regard. Setting bad examples can be a threat to good values and have bad effects in society. In addition, we note that the view that a government takes on Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is the view of a nation, regardless of the people’s opinion. We hope that Iceland’s view will become positive.
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• France: Touched by Practitioners’ Behaviour, RATP Officials want to Help more People to Learn the Truth about Dafa

  2003-07-29
  Here in the busy subway, many passengers learned more about Falun Gong, enjoyed looking at the exercise display and heard the truth about Jiang’s persecution. People could see practitioners’ performance and a video of Falun Gong founder Master Li Hongzhi demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises on a huge screen hanging above the practitioners.
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• Germany: Global Committee to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners sends a Letter to the German Government

  2003-07-29
  In the letter, the committee made an urgent appeal to the German government to request the Chinese authorities to release Chen Xiaozhu who once studied in Germany, and Yu Hongli; both illegally imprisoned in Chengdu city of Sichuan Province. Just like thousands of Falun Gong practitioners, they are illegally locked up without trial. In a country governed by dictator Jiang’s terrorism, their lives are at risk at every minute in the prison where they are illegally held.
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• UK: Report on the SOS Car Tour to Rescue our Persecuted Family Members (6)

  2003-07-29
  When entering the City Hall, a receptionist received us and attentively listened to our introduction to Falun Gong and the persecution of practitioners in China. He told us that the Councillors happened to be holding a meeting that evening, and he would like to put our leaflets where they could be seen by all the council members. By doing so, the Councillors could read our flyers during their meeting, as well as the letters that we left for them.
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• Finland: TV and Newspapers Report on Practitioners’ Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy

  2003-07-28
  With banners and display boards, the practitioners attracted the interest of not only local people, but the staff of the embassy as well. A reporter from one of the largest TV channels in Finland came to interview the practitioners at the embassy. Later a story about the appeal appeared in newspapers as well.
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• Article from Dutch Newspaper Utrecht: Protest Against the Persecution

  2003-07-28
  “We are doing (Falun Gong) exercises. At the same time, we appealing to people to pay attention to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.” said Martai Walse. “Four years ago, Falun Gong was prohibited by the Chinese government. Ever since then, several thousand people have been arrested. Hundreds have been cruelly persecuted to death.”
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• UK: Report on the SOS Car Tour to Rescue our Persecuted Family Members (5)

  2003-07-28
  The practitioners were warmly received by officials from each city council, who promised to pass on the materials to all of their colleagues. The practitioners also contacted local media and told them about the activities to rescue their persecuted family members.
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• EFGIC: Woman Injected with Unknown Drugs Suffers Paralysis and Death

  2003-07-28
  According to sources familiar with her case, while detained in Zhongba Labour Camp Ms. Han endured torture and abuse at the hands of prison guards. In particular, Ms. Han was severely beaten by a female guard named Gu Xingying, 29 years old, who then enlisted 8 male guards to tie up Ms. Han and inject her with four doses of unknown drugs. From that point on, Ms. Han’s muscles began to atrophy, her lower limbs became virtually paralysed, she had difficulty breathing and her mental state was unclear.
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• Germany: Practitioners from across the Country Gathered in Berlin to Expose Jiang’s Four Years of Crimes Against Falun Gong

  2003-07-27
  “More and more people in China and in the west have learned the crimes of persecution against Falun Gong, and more and more governments and various human rights organisations have strongly condemned this persecution. What’s even better is that with the efforts of practitioners, both inside and outside of China, more and more Chinese people have seen through the lies and propaganda."
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• Central News Agency: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Series of Events in France to Protest Against the Persecution

  2003-07-27
  The media, international human rights groups and student organisations came to interview and witness the event. Falun Gong practitioners talked to the media in detail about the facts that Falun Gong is based on the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," that it teaches people to be good, and that Jiang Zemin launched the persecution against Falun Gong out of jealousy over its popularity.
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• UK: Explaining the Facts in the Busy City of York on July 20

  2003-07-27
  When the exercise music began, many passers-by stopped to watch. A lovely 2-year-old girl with golden hair and blue eyes watched the third exercise, and started imitating the hand movements. As we gave out leaflets and told people the facts, we met many Chinese people. Some of them came towards the information desk and asked for leaflets and Video-CDs.
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• France: Many Organisations and Groups Protest Against Hong Kong’s Evil Article 23 in front of the Chinese Embassy

  2003-07-27
  A representative of the French-Tibet Association stated that they joined the protest against Article 23 in Hong Kong without reservation. Their statement also said that since 1997, when Hong Kong was taken over by China, the Jiang regime has destroyed Hong Kong people’s basic freedom in spite of the “One Country, Two Systems” promise, and Falun Gong has been increasingly suppressed.
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• UK: Journalist Attends Rainbow School Weekly Falun Gong Class

  2003-07-27
  The teacher of the Rainbow School told the journalist, “Through Amnesty International we now understand the situation of Falun Gong. The ill treatment of Falun Gong practitioners deeply touches the children here...To organise this Falun Gong exercise class also gives us an opportunity to try to change things. This cultivation method actually is very good and very peaceful...My students and I cannot understand why such a peaceful and harmless cultivation method is persecuted in China.”
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• UK Foreign Office Minister welcomes Significant Amendments to Hong Kong National Security Legislation

  2003-07-26
  "We witnessed on 1 July the largest demonstration in Hong Kong since the handover with the estimated participation of up to 500,000 people from all sectors of society. It is a tribute to the people of Hong Kong that so large a demonstration could take place in such a peaceful manner. The march clearly showed the desire of Hong Kong people to retain the rights and freedoms they have long enjoyed."
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