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Spain: Appealing in front of the Chinese Embassy to Commemorate Four Years since the April 25 Appeal in Beijing
2003-04-30 -
France: Guadeloupe Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the Beijing Peaceful Appeal at a Human Rights High School
2003-04-30 -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners from Frankfurt Hold Activity to Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the Beijing Peaceful Appeal
2003-04-30 -
Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the April 25th Appeal
2003-04-29On April 25th 2003, Italian practitioners held a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese consulates in Milan and Florence to commemorate the April 25th appeal at Zhongnanhai in 1999. During the past four years, Dafa practitioners have consistently exposed the truth about the Jiang regimes persecution in China and around the world. -
Ireland: Dafa Practitioners Hold Activities to Commemorate April 25
2003-04-29On April 25 2003, Dafa practitioners from Ireland held a press conference outside the Chinese Embassy in Dublin to commemorate four years since the April 25 peaceful appeal in Beijing. They also collected signatures at Dublin's two universities to rescue practitioners Liu Feng and Yang Fang, who were detained after returning to China from Ireland in 1999. -
France: Falun Gong Practitioners Rally to Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the April 25th Appeal
2003-04-29Four years ago, ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to peacefully appeal to the government to uphold their basic rights as Chinese citizens. Jiang Zemin spread lies about this event to turn peoples heart against Falun Dafa and launch his brutal campaign of terror against Dafa practitioners. -
Denmark: Dafa Practitioners Commemorate the Peaceful Appeal in Beijing on April 25th 1999
2003-04-29One lady carefully read the materials that practitioners were handing out and also carefully examined the display boards, before she had to leave. She soon returned and silently placed a bunch of flowers in front of the photos of the practitioners who have lost their lives during the Jiang regimes persecution of Falun Gong. -
Austria: Dafa Practitioners Hold Activities to Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the Peaceful Appeal in Beijing
2003-04-29So many people were interested in learning about Falun Gong and the persecution that practitioners ran out of their leaflet on the genocide lawsuit against Chinese dictator Jiang in just one hour. People were shocked and infuriated when they learned about the persecution. Many Chinese people also stayed with practitioners for a long time to learn the true facts about Falun Gong. -
Ireland: Dafa Practitioners and Irish Branch of Amnesty International Hold a Signature Collection Drive Calling for the Release of 2 Chinese Students
2003-04-29Liu Feng and Yang Fang are two students who were arrested at Christmas 1999 in China, after they returned home to visit their families and peacefully appeal for Falun Gong. Prior to their return home to China, both were studying in Dublin. -
UK Practitioners Speech on April 25th: Rescue my Sister, Zhu Baolian (photo)
2003-04-29"Baolian is one of the many thousands of unlawfully detained Falun Gong practitioners in China. The persecution in China is still going on. As far as we know, thousands of practitioners have been incarcerated in mental hospitals and abused. Many hundreds have been sentenced to up to eighteen years imprisonment. More than 600 Falun Gong practitioners have died whilst in police custody. Many of them were badly tortured." -
Reuters: Could SARS Be Reform-fostering "China's Chernobyl"?
2003-04-29""SARS showed that the Chinese political system has got to catch up with the technology," Lord said. "In the age of the Internet and cell phones that it could keep this sickness secret from the Chinese people and ultimately the world ... the Chinese ought to get on top of this and change that system...It's going to cost them diplomatically and economically. I say this as a friend of China who continues to work for good relations but I believe in being candid," said Lord, who was ambassador to Beijing just before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of students demonstrating for political reforms." -
The Tech (MIT's newspaper): Lawsuits Against Genocide
2003-04-29'Individual Falun Gong plaintiffs in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit charging Jiang Zemin and other top officials in his "610 Office" with genocide and torture...This lawsuit will require Jiang Zemin to answer for the crimes he has committed against the Chinese people. It will restore China's dignity and virtue as well as social stability built on justice and human rights.' -
Hungary: Explaining the Facts to Tourists and Chinese People in Budapest
2003-04-28Practitioners hung banners above the grass near the entrance of the park. Accompanied by peaceful Dafa music, some practitioners practised the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts, whilst others distributed leaflets and talked to the tourists. The peaceful music and graceful exercises attracted the attention of many people who stopped to watch. -
Belgium: European Practitioners Peacefully Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy
2003-04-28The appeal began at midday with a press conference. Letters of support were read out from Members of the European Parliament and the Belgian Parliament. Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Xianghe, who lives in the Netherlands, spoke about how the Jiang regime has severely persecuted her family, solely because they are Falun Gong practitioners. -
Sweden: Activities Commemorating the April 25 Appeal take place in Stockholm
2003-04-28On April 25 2003, Dafa practitioners from Sweden gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to commemorate the April 25th appeal. On this day in 1999, ten thousand practitioners peacefully appealed to the Beijing authorities to cease their increasing persecution of Falun Gong.