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• Luxembourg: Luxembourg’s First Dafa Activity takes place in front of the Chinese Embassy

  2003-07-14
  On July 11, more than thirty Europan Dafa practitioners appealed in front of the Chinese Embassy in Luxembourg for an end to the four-year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Jiang regime. Two of the leading media organizations in Luxembourg came to interview practitioners, who told them how Jiang is being brought to court in the U.S. for crimes of Genocide.
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• Denmark: The Ministry of Justice Gave a Righteous Judgment - the Chinese Embassy’s Attempts to Sabotage Falun Gong Activities were in Vain Again (pictures)

  2003-07-14
  The Chinese embassy wrote a letter to high-ranking police officials to complain about our appeal. In the letter, the Chinese embassy took advantage of June 4th when many other groups, besides Falun Gong practitioners, made their protests. The Chinese officials tried to confuse the officials by intentionally implying that the protest methods used by other groups were part of Dafa practitioners’ peaceful appeal. In this way, the Chinese embassy launched slanderous attacks against us.
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• Sweden: Promoting Falun Dafa near a Busy Music Festival

  2003-07-14
  Practitioners from Arvika gathered in a park near a busy music festival to tell people about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution in China. Over the course of the day, thousands of people passed by and many wanted to find out more about the practice. No one could miss the practitioners performing the exercises or the Falun Dafa photo exhibition.
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• Poland: Practitioners Participate in 3 Human Rights Film Festivals and Witness the Importance and Magnificence of Fa Study

  2003-07-13
  At the first festival, practitioners were invited to give a brief introduction for the film about Falun Gong. Since then, the film festival has been held in 3 other Polish cities and practitioners have taken part in all of them. At all 3 festivals, they were allotted a period of time after the film to hold a panel discussion and take questions from the audience. The film about Falun Gong was always well-attended, the interaction with the audience was animated and the support and sympathy exhibited towards Dafa was touching.
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• Sweden: Photo Report - As the 5th year of Persecution Approaches, Swedish Practitioners Support Bringing Jiang to Justice

  2003-07-13
  
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• France: Human Rights Organisations held a Public Seminar on Falun Gong

  2003-07-13
  Falun Gong practitioners began their talk to the seminar attendees by comprehensively introducing the spread of Falun Gong from China, Falun Gong’s features, the cruel methods of persecution used by Jiang’s regime over the last 4 years, Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful and rational resistance, the worldwide spread of Falun Gong, and the countless voices of support from around the world.
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• Sweden: Video - Nordic Practitioners Collect Petition Signatures in Malmo City to Oppose Hong Kong’s Article 23

  2003-07-13
  To expose and stop the evil actions of Jiang’s regime, and out of concern for the beautiful future of the Hong Kong residents and the people of the world, Swedish and Danish Falun Gong practitioners explained the facts of Falun Gong to the people of Malmo City.Realtime downloadOnline ListeningHi-definition (2MB)|Lo-definition (324K)Hi-definition|Lo-definition
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• FDI: Woman Kidnapped and Beaten to Death as Chinese Police Attempt to Force Her to Renounce Falun Gong

  2003-07-13
  Sources say Ms. Li was kidnapped by police officers from the No. 1 Division of Fushun City Police Department because she practices Falun Gong. She was immediately taken to the local police station where she was beaten to death on the same day by four police officers in an attempt to extract a “confession” – a Chinese police term for renouncing Falun Gong.
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• Many Members of the UK House of Lords Criticise Hong Kong’s Article 23 Legislation

  2003-07-12
  Lord Howell of Guildford stated “…did we not tell the people of Hong Kong six years ago that they would not be forgotten? …will the Government nevertheless be very bold indeed, as the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, suggested, in pointing out to the Government in Beijing, at the highest level, that their pressure for these changes could lead to very serious long-term damage for Hong Kong? Does the Minister agree that quiet dialogue is no longer the appropriate medium for handling this issue?”
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• Denmark: Nordic Dafa Practitioners Collect Petition Signatures to Oppose Hong Kong’s Article 23 Legislation and Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2003-07-12
  In order to support the Hong Kong people’s call for justice, oppose Article 23 and stop the persecution of Falun Gong, Dafa practitioners from Denmark and Sweden carried out a series of activities under the theme, “Oppose Article 23 and End the Persecution.” These activities took place in on 5th and 6th July 2003, in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, and Sweden’s third largest city, Malmo.
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• UK MPs Raise Parliamentary Questions on the Human Rights of Falun Gong Practitioners in China and Hong Kong

  2003-07-12
  On 12 June 2003, Mrs. Calton MP asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs “what recent steps he has taken to support the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners in (a) China and (b) Hong Kong?”
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• Menorca: Falun Dafa was Warmly Received in Mahon

  2003-07-12
  As soon as we started to prepare ourselves, a policeman approached to find out a what we were up to. We told him about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China and showed him our permission slip. He took a leaflet with him and wished us well. We handed out many Spanish and English leaflets and collected petition signatures. We could have done with French, German and Italian leaflets as well! Just as we were finishing the policeman returned with a female colleague. She also wanted to learn about Dafa and was very pleased to see what we were doing.
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• Ireland: “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” Banner Displayed to Thousands of People at the Closing Ceremony of 2003 Special Olympic Games

  2003-07-11
  The local police very kindly provided some tickets for practitioners to take part in the ceremony. A banner reading “Falun Dafa, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” in English and a Chinese banner reading “Falun Gong Welcomes Chinese Athletes” were displayed in a prominent position in the main stand and could be seen by tens of thousands of people.
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• UK: Kind-hearted People make Great Efforts to Rescue UK Resident's Fiancée Yongjie

  2003-07-11
  UK practitioners have collected more than 12,000 signatures calling for Yongjie to be rescued immediately. A lot of people in England have expressed their support for this campaign. The British media, have widely reported on Yongjie’s case and pledged their support for the rescue activities initiated by her fiancé.
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• Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh Again Comments on Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners

  2003-07-11
  "When it comes to China there are many urgent human rights issues to be dealt with - and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners is undoubtedly one of the most serious. We are to continue paying close attention to the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners and the Chinese authorities' assaults on their human rights."
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