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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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• Belgium: Telling the Thai Embassy about the Illegal Imprisonment of Pirjo Svensson

  2003-05-29
  The Embassy secretary said that she had asked for an explanation behind Mrs. Svensson’s arrest and detention, but the government had not replied. She was very helpful, and it was obvious that she knew the arrest of Pirjo Svensson is not right by moral laws, Thailand’s laws, or by the laws of the rest of the world.
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• Letter to the King of Thailand from the French Falun Dafa Association

  2003-05-29
  "Falun Gong teaches the principles of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance. It is peaceful, non-political and represents the best of Chinese culture and values. The former leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Jiang Zemin, launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, and extended it to other countries by fabricating lies to frame Falun Gong; this regime is trying to put pressure on Thailand and viciously have it participate in the persecution of innocent people."
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• EFGIC: Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured to Death for Exposing Persecution in China

  2003-05-29
  'The circumstances of their deaths were recently uncovered and reported to the European Falun Gong Information Centre despite the Chinese government’s control of information about Falun Gong-related cases. This same control of media and information was exactly what these seven men and woman risked their lives to break through in order to raise awareness about the plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China.'
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• World Psychiatric Association Members Strongly Condemn China's Abuses of Psychiatry to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

  2003-05-29
  "Despite the resolution of the WPA at the 12th WPA conference in Yokohama Japan...there have been new cases of abuse and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in mental hospitals, some concluded in death, after almost four years of persecution the torture and killing of the practitioners continue. Over 1000 practitioners have been involuntarily detained in mental hospitals at least 91 hospitals have been identified for being engaged in this psychiatric abuse of the practise. Today the number of normal healthy Falun Gong practitioners incarcerated and abused in mental hospitals way way way exceeds one thousand."
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• Photo Report: European Practitioners Reveal the Facts about Dafa During EU Meeting in Salzburg

  2003-05-28
  
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• Sweden: Gothenburg Practitioners Hold Activities to Rescue Pirjo Svensson

  2003-05-28
  Sweden’s media has continued to report on Mrs. Svensson’s situation and media coverage has increased after the recent press conference staged by Swedish practitioners. This has allowed more people in Gothenburg to learn about the violations of human rights that Pirjo is suffering and many people are very concerned for her. With the facts revealed, more and more people have signed the petition form.
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• Letter from Finnish Falun Dafa Association to the King of Thailand

  2003-05-28
  "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sweden and the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok has formally contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand. TV, radio, and some major newspapers in Sweden have also reported the incident, and have emphasised that Mrs. Svensson is innocent. At present, the Swedish government is actively negotiating with the Thai government to help Mrs. Svensson regain her freedom."
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