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• Radio France Internationale: 2003 Amnesty International Human Rights Report Claims that Human Rights in China have Become Worse

  2003-06-01
  'Tens of thousands of people in China continue to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association or belief. Based on the Amnesty International Report, torture and ill-treatment remained widespread and appear to have increased as a result of the “strike-hard” campaign.'
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• UK: Falun Gong Practitioners’ Wonderful performance at the Lord Mayor's Parade in Oxford

  2003-06-01
  UK Dafa practitioners won an award for their performance and a certificate was read out and presented to them by the Mayor of Oxford. This performance attracted many people’s attention and encouraged them to come to the Falun Gong stand to find out more about the practice, and sign their names in a signature book appealing for the rescue of practitioners’ family members.
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• Response from the Swedish Foreign Minister to a Practitioner’s Question on the Foreign Ministry’s Open Day

  2003-05-31
  "Regarding the woman who is now jailed in Thailand, we have raised the issue with the Thai authorities and demanded her release and we have been trying to help her in every possible way, because this is another example of how someone has been stuck in another country, where Swedish law cannot reach them. So we have taken both jurisprudential and political actions. So far we have not succeeded. We hope to have better results in the near future."
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• UK: Strong Support for the Human Rights of Dafa Practitioners Suffering in China at the Kingston Spring Fair

  2003-05-31
  A group of practitioners set up an information table to let people know more about the persecution in China and about Falun Gong. The public offered a lot of strong support for the worldwide efforts to bring the persecution and human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China to an end and many people signed a petition.
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• Falun Dafa Association of Guadeloupe (France) Writes to the King of Thailand Appealing for Pirjo Svensson's Freedom

  2003-05-31
  "We write to you to express our sharp concern over the arrest of Mrs. Pirjo Svensson who has been imprisoned in Bangkok for more than 3 weeks now...We are hopeful that His Majesty will help Mrs. Pirjo Svensson be released and permitted to return to her husband, family and friends."
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• Germany: Introducing Falun Dafa and Explaining the Facts at Augsburg

  2003-05-31
  
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• Austrian News Report: “Sometimes Dai Really Wishes She Could Forget the Past”

  2003-05-31
  'From the day she lost her husband to the day her elder brother’s wife was detained; from her anxious wait for information to the time she read on the Internet about her husband not having survived the torture in a Chinese prison, Ms. Dai has often talked about what happened.'
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• Media Report from Belgium: “Falun Gong Practitioners Demonstrate Exercises in Antwerp”

  2003-05-31
  "When I was detained in Beijing, we received letters of support from the Belgian Premier, and from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, we had constructive talks with the Belgian representative who attended the Human Rights Meeting in Geneva. City Mayors have also approved our applications to demonstrate the exercises in their city."
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• Human Rights Organisation Writes to Thailand Prime Minister Calling for the Release of Detained Swedish Practitioner

  2003-05-30
  "Our human rights organisation, ACAT-Switzerland, which is affiliated to the International Federation FI.ACAT and has consultative status at the UN, is deeply concerned by the arrest of the Swedish citizen Mrs. Pirjo Svensson on April 29th 2003 in Bangkok...Mr. Prime Minister, we appeal to you to pay full attention to this case and seek cooperation with the relevant Ministries and administrative officials in order to release Mrs. Svensson as soon as possible and without any restrictions to her staying in Thailand."
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• France: Widespread Call for and End to the Persecution at a Human Rights Seminar (pictures)

  2003-05-30
  Practitioners exposed the schemes adopted by Jiang’s regime to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief, including murder, inhuman torture, forced brainwashing and sexual abuse. As this persecution involves tens of millions of Falun Gong practitioners and hundreds of millions of their relatives and friends, it has actually endangered the entire Chinese society. The practitioners' speeches aroused widespread concern.
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• Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Nuremberg

  2003-05-30
  The practitioners explained to the people of Nuremberg how tens of millions of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners have had their homes, jobs, families and livelihoods destroyed simply because they wanted to improve their health and moral standards through practising Falun Gong. Practitioners expressed hope that people would offer their support to stop this persecution.
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• Irish Parliamentary Questions About Falun Gong and the Detention of Two Ireland-Based Practitioners

  2003-05-30
  "[The Irish] Government takes seriously concerns about human rights in China, including those of Falun Gong members. Both the Taoiseach and I have raised this issue on a number of occasions with the Chinese Government. We will continue to raise human rights issues in our bilateral contacts."
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• FDI: American Held in Chinese Prison for “Preparing” to Unmask China’s Four-Year Lie

  2003-05-30
  'In April, when Dr. Jiang Yanyong blew the whistle on the SARS cover-up in China, the international community hailed him as a hero – one who put the lives and well-being of the people before concerns for his own personal safety. Approximately a month before, however, Chinese authorities had imprisoned a U.S. Citizen, Dr. Charles Li, charging him with “preparing” to do some very similar whistle-blowing of his own...'
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• UK: Introducing Falun Dafa to the People of Oxford

  2003-05-29
  The parade won an award from the Lord Mayor and received much support from the audience. The activities ran smoothly throughout the whole day and the people of Oxford were kindhearted and showed much support. They were concerned for the practitioners in China who are suffering at the hands of Jiang's regime.
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• Sweden: Collecting Signatures and Clarifying the Facts During the Annual Gothenburg Marathon

  2003-05-29
  On the 17th of May, during the annual Gothenburg Marathon, Falun Gong practitioners collected signatures to rescue Pirjo, a Swedish practitioner detained in Thailand without reason. After learning the facts, passers-by, spectators and runners were shocked by the brutal persecution, and many of them signed the petition for Pirjo’s release.
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