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Austria: Photo Report - Practitioners Continue Clarifying the Truth in Vienna
2003-05-20
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Letter from Swedish Practitioners to the King of Thailand Regarding the Detention of Pirjo Svensson
2003-05-20
"Our kind-hearted friend Pirjo spends some of her spare time exposing the crimes commited during this persecution, hoping that kindhearted people will help Falun Gong practitioners in China. She is not against the Chinese government or anything related to China...We are hopeful that His Majesty, who once pledged to rule with righteousness, will help Mrs Pirjo Svensson be released and permitted to return to her anxious husband, family and friends." -
Sweden: Bringing the Wonder of Dafa to Every School in the Country (Part II)
2003-05-19
On May 5 2003, “The Story of Lotus” opened in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmo. The performance received a warm welcome from the schools in that area. “The Story of Lotus” is a drama performance that combines dance, music and poetry. The dance is also intended to expose the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by Jiang’s regime in China. -
Swedish Practitioners Write a Letter of Appeal to the Chinese Ambassador
2003-05-19"Currently, with the help of human rights lawyers and legal experts, Falun Gong practitioners in USA and Europe have sued Jiang Zemin and several top Chinese officials for crimes ranging from torture to genocide. In China Falun Gong practitioners have been met with illegal arrest and imprisonment – often resulting in them being tortured to death, abused in mental hospitals, and receiving long jail and labour camp sentences without trial." -
FDI: Fourth Annual World Falun Dafa Day Festivities Held in over 30 Cities around the World
2003-05-19
Between May 11 and May 13, practitioners and supporters of Falun Gong joined their communities in over 30 cities around the world to celebrate the fourth annual World Falun Dafa Day – an event marking the day Falun Dafa was first taught publicly by founder Mr. Li Hongzhi on May 13, 1992. -
Russia: First Experience Sharing Conference Successfully held in Rostov-on-Don
2003-05-18The first Rostov Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held in Rostov-on-Don on May 10th 2003. Practitioners’ incessant studying of the Fa and diligent cultivation, strengthened by Master Li’s great compassion, have led to Falun Dafa blossoming throughout Rostov-on-Don. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Produce a Programme for Local TV
2003-05-18
The program outlined how 36 western practitioners appealed against the persecution of Falun Gong on Tiananmen Square. Practitioners hoped that this program could show Chinese people that Falun Gong is practised in many countries, contrary to the claims of Jiang’s state-controlled media mouthpieces. -
RFI (Radio France Internationale): The “Self-immolation” on Tiananmen Square was Plotted by a Chinese Official
2003-05-18On the morning of the May 15 2003, RFI broadcast the following report about the staged self-immolation incident on Tiananmen Square in 2001. The report outlines the irrefutable evidence that this event was actually planned by members of the Jiang regime in order to turn Chinese people against Falun Gong. This has already been veriied by the United Nations. -
Swedish Newspaper: "Swedish Practitioner in Thailand to Appeal Against Deportation Threat"
2003-05-18Her friend in Sweden says that the arrest of Mrs. Svensson by the Thai government is a clear indication of the pressure that the Chinese authorities have actively imposed on other countries. A representative of the Swedish Falun Gong Information Centre commented, “The most obvious probability is that her name has been included on the Chinese government’s blacklist. -
EFGIC: Man Detained for Exposing Persecution of Falun Gong on Chinese State-Run T.V. Dies in Police Custody
2003-05-17“The persecution of Falun Gong in China has largely been sustained through an anti-Falun Gong propaganda campaign built on lies and deception. Jiang Zemin’s paramount fear is that this will be exposed, so those who make an attempt to expose it receive a swift and often brutal response...” - Peter Jauhal, Spokesperson for the European Falun Gong Information Centre. -
Sweden: Press Conference to Gather Support for the Trial of Jiang Zemin
2003-05-17
Practitioners listed the crimes committed by Jiang Zemin, including abuse of power and embezzling national funds to persecute Falun Gong. They also let the public understand the meaning and importance of bringing Jiang to justice on the grounds of morality, conscience and law. One Swedish journalist stated, “We should not wait while facing this kind of persecution. We should take action immediately and tell the world’s people.” -
Germany: Clarifying the Facts at a Spiritual Health Fair in Hannover
2003-05-17
All the practitioners in northern Germany came to enthusiastically support us. We demonstrated the exercises and talked to people who visited our booth about Falun Dafa. Through these activities, many people came to understand more about the magnificence of Falun Gong, and also about the Jiang regime’s persecution of 100 million innocent practitioners in China. -
Taipei Journal: The True Nature of China's Leadership
2003-05-17'The Tiananmen massacre 14 years ago unveiled the true, ugly face of communist totalitarianism under Deng Xiaoping. In a similar vein, the outbreak and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in China has exposed the wicked, corrupt nature of the post-Deng communist leadership. It is more than just a coincidence that in both episodes, communist authorities attempted to cover up the tragedies by imposing a media blackout and lying until the truth surfaced. In fact, the manner of handling human and natural disasters is their preferred method of dealing with crises.' -
The Epoch Times: Interview with WHO (World Health Organisation) Delegate about SARS in China
2003-05-17"In no way were we told the truth. The facts were in part concealed, in part minimised, in part belittled, in part merely implication and speculation. We had discovered that the actual circumstances did not look nearly as rosy as the people in charge want us to believe; that the disease is now under control. We can see this from the daily, drastically rising numbers of new cases of this infection, particularly in Beijing." -
NewsMax.com: World Health Organization Says China's SARS Cover-up Continues
2003-05-17'China continues to withhold information on SARS despite Beijing's new order to officials to make full disclosure about the disease, as NewsMax.com reported earlier China Enforces Disease Reporting . "We don't have detailed information from China on about half of the cases - We need this information to stop the spread of SARS," WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng told Reuters.'
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