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• Austria: Falun Gong Information Day and SOS Parade in Graz

  2003-06-09
  People happily accepted materials about the inhuman persecution of Falun Gong in China and the genocide lawsuit against Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin. Many people were touched by the stark contrasts between the beautiful and peaceful Falun Gong exercises, and the horrific persecution of Falun Gong instigated by Jiang Zemin in China.
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• Sweden: To Support the Lawsuit against Jiang, Practitioners Send Righteous Thoughts at the Chinese Embassy

  2003-06-09
  Since the 7th of June, some Swedish Falun Gong practitioners in Stockholm have sent forth righteous thoughts every hour in front of the Chinese embassy in Stockholm. The appeal is to coincide with Fa-rectification activities happening around the world to support the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin.
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• Radio France Internationale (RFI): Falun Gong Practitioner Charles Li Suffers Force Feeding Through Tubes Whilst Imprisoned in China

  2003-06-09
  'On the phone, Charles Li said that he had been ill-treated and force-fed. According to the UN human rights annual report, force feeding is often used as a torture technique on detainees who are on hunger strike. The hunger striker severely suffers during the force-feeding procedure or even chokes to death.'
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• Swedish Ambassador in Thailand Escorts Mrs. Pirjo Svensson to Bangkok Airport

  2003-06-08
  Before boarding the plane, Mrs. Svensson read out a statement that she had written earlier that day. The Swedish Ambassador then made a statement to Pirjo’s friends, the reporters and the Thai police. In his statement, the Ambassador recognised the innocence of Pirjo and expressed his regret for the Thai government's ignorance of Pirjo’s rights as well as their failure to maintain the promise of protecting human rights.
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• Netherlands: Dutch and German Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the Asian Festival in Mondo Verde Park

  2003-06-08
  On the day before the Mondo Verde Asian Festival, the organizer received a fax from the Chinese Consulate asking him to cancel the Falun Gong demonstration. He rejected this irrational request and this incident was extensively reported by Dutch media; it became a talking point throughout the whole of the southern part of the Netherlands.
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• Report from The Epoch Times: UK MP Patsy Calton Supports a Chinese Scholar in Rescuing His Fiancée

  2003-06-08
  On June 2nd 2003, UK Member of Parliament Mrs. Patsy Calton invited Mr. Weiguo Xie, a Chinese scholar who practises Falun Gong, to her office in the London’s Houses of Parliament, and offered her full support in his efforts to rescue his fiancée, Miss Yongjie Zhu, who is now suffering in a labour camp in China.
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• Germany: Practitioners Appeal in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Munich for the Release of Dr. Charles Li

  2003-06-08
  Practitioners felt that they could not merely sit by and watch with Charles Li on his 7th day of a hunger strike. He is currently in a critical condition and so practitioners understood that they must exert great efforts to do their best to tell people about this matter.
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• UK: Dafa Practitioners Hold a Press Conference in Front of the London Chinese Embassy

  2003-06-08
  This day was the 1st anniversary of the permanent 24-hour peaceful vigil in front of the Embassy. The reasons for the press conference were to celebrate this historical day, to support the lawsuit against Jiang that has been filed in Chicago, and to call for the release of Dr. Charles Li, an American who is on hunger strike in a Chinese prison.
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• Letter to Pirjo Svensson from a Geneva Student Association

  2003-06-08
  "In the University of Geneva, in a very small period of time, more than 1000 students from the Faculties of Medicine, Law, Economic Science and Psychology have signed a petition asking Switzerland, the European Parliament and the United Nations to intervene for your freedom. A lot of students were worried about the outcome of this affair."
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• Germany: Clarifying the Facts on World Religion Day in Berlin

  2003-06-08
  More than two hundred thousand people from Germany and the neighbouring countries participated in the activities. Dafa practitioners from Berlin utilised the opportunity to clarify the facts, and collect signatures to rescue Ms. Xiong Wei, a Dafa practitioner who lived in Germany and is currently being detained in a Chinese labour camp for distributing Falun Gong flyers.
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• Jiang's Unreasonable Request When He Visited the US Last October Rejected by the Texas Government

  2003-06-08
  At that time, everywhere outside the hotel Jiang was staying in were all kinds of Dafa banners printed with "Falun Dafa," "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," "Stop the Persecution," etc. Jiang was very angry as well as frightened. He pressured the state government to force practitioners to remove all the banners. But the state officials immediately turned down his request, "No, this is a free country!"
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• Pirjo Svensson’s Statement to the Media from Landvetter Airport in Sweden

  2003-06-07
  "I want to thank the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Ambassador and Embassy staff in Thailand for their help and for standing up strongly for human rights, I thank all kind hearted people in Sweden and the world who signed their name on a petition for me, thanks to the NGOs and politicians who supported me."
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• Statement by the Swedish Ambassador to Thailand Regarding Thailand's Decision to Revoke Swedish citizen Pirjo Svensson’s Visa

  2003-06-07
  "Thailand's decision to revoke Mrs. Svensson's visa is regrettable. The Falun Gong Movement and its information materials are not prohibited in Thailand. According to our knowledge, Mrs. Svensson has never acted in such a way as to disturb peace in the Kingdom of Thailand nor against the Thai government. The opinion of the Thai authorities that Mrs. Svensson constitutes a risk to the country's security is therefore hard to comprehend."
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• Hungary: Overcoming Interference from the Chinese Embassy to Spread the Fa

  2003-06-07
  Practitioners held a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese embassy in Budapest. One Embassy official came and tried to drive us away and called the police. When the police arrived and heard his ridiculous demands, they laughed and did not take them seriously. One officer said, “They are just sitting here in meditation. How are these people disturbing you?”
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• UK: Dafa Practitioners Hold Hunger Strike in Front of the Chinese Embassy to Appeal for the Immediate Release of Charles Li

  2003-06-07
  According to sources in the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, Charles Li has experienced beatings and force-feedings while in custody. UK Falun Gong practitioners are seriously concerned about the safety of his life, as more than 10% of the Falun Gong practitioners who have died in Chinese custody have died from force-feeding.
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