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Germany: Letter from the Falun Dafa Association to the Foreign Minister
2003-03-08"We are asking the Federal Government to request the unconditional release of all Falun Gong practitioners in China during discussions with the Chinese Regime. We hope that as long as even one practitioner is held by force, the Federal Republic will spare no efforts in the rescue of individual cases, including our relatives and friends, from the brutal labour camps and prisons in China." -
Germany: Teaching the Exercises and Revealing the Truth in Bielefeld Fitness Centre
2003-03-08On the afternoon of March 1st, sixteen people came to the free Falun Dafa exercise class, including two coaches from the fitness centre. The effects we received were quite remarkable. People left with a deep impression about the goodness of Dafa and we made an appointment for the same time next week. -
Mayor of French City Fontenay-sous-Bois Declares His Support Again on the 1st anniversary of Falun Dafa Day
2003-03-07In the afternoon, around one hundred Falun Dafa practitioners celebrated the 1st anniversary of “Falun Dafa Day” in front of the city hall and demonstrated the exercises. The officials from the city hall and a representative of the French Green Party also joined the celebrations. -
Austria: The First Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was a Great Success
2003-03-07At the conference, practitioners talked about their experiences in revealing the truth about Falun Dafa to the Chinese people, and their understanding of righteous thoughts and righteous actions. It was a great opportunity for Austrian practitioners to share experiences and progress together. The atmosphere was solemn, sacred and peaceful. -
Germany: Practitioners from Hamburg Write to US Consul General about Charles Li
2003-03-07American citizen Charles Li flew to China on January 22nd and was arrested at Guangzhou airport shortly after landing. He now faces a sentence of 15 years imprisonment because he is a Falun Gong practitioner. This outrageous treatment of foreign citizens shows the Jiang regime's complete disregard for human rights and international laws. -
EFGIC Press Release: German Musician Arrested in China
2003-03-06'Lin visited Wuhan to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival together with her family. After visiting her family she went to Beijing on her own, where she was arrested by the 610 Office, a special police unit established just for the systematic persecution of Falun Gong in China. Lin now faces torture and brainwashing in Xiajiadian labour camp, in the city of Shiyan, Hubei province.' -
UK: University Starts a Weekly Radio Programme About Falun Gong
2003-03-06A PhD at Manchester University (UMIST) was invited to talk on the show. His fiancée has been imprisoned in Beijing because she practises Falun Gong. When the students heard the news, they all felt astonished. They could not believe that these kinds of things are still occurring in the world today. -
Letter from the Irish Falun Dafa Association to an MP
2003-03-06"Starting on July 20th 1999 those who cherish Falun Dafa and hold the principles Truth, Compassion and Tolerance deep in their hearts have been wrongfully thrown into prisons, labour camps and mental hospitals. The authorities, with the goal of forcing innocent people to give up their faith, have used a catalogue of torture methods." -
The Times of London: Bar stands up to the might of China
2003-03-06'But it is the coming power to proscribe organisations "subordinate" to those banned in the mainland that most worries Gladys Li, the chairman of Hong Kong "Justice". The Government has not explained why it needs to augment existing proscription powers under national security and anti-terrorism legislation, especially since Article 23 does not even require it. Falun Gong is an obvious target.' -
EFGIC Press Release: Falun Gong Woman Left Paralysed from Severe Torture in Chinese Forced Labour Camp
2003-03-05'..due to the torture Ms. Li had endured, the labour camp sent her to the People's Hospital of Hebei Province to be resuscitated. Ms. Li was emaciated. Many of her major organs were malfunctioning. Her pulse could not be detected, and she had to be put on a ventilator...Throughout Ms. Lis ordeal in the hospital, labour camp police monitored her 24 hours a day, apparently fearing what she may reveal regarding the torture she experienced in the labour camp.' -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal in Bonn Calling for the Immediate Release of Ms. Lin Wenrong
2003-03-05German Falun Gong practitioners organised a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in Bonn, calling on the Jiang regime to immediately release German practitioner Ms. Lin Wenrong. Lin was arrested during a visit to China to celebrate Chinese New Year with her relatives. -
Germany: Activities to Rescue our Friends During an Information Day in Hamburg (photos)
2003-03-05We collected many petition signatures to rescue Falun Gong practitioners who are imprisoned in China, including Xiong Wei, who previously studied at Berlin Industrial University. She was sent to a forced labour camp for distributing leaflets about the persecution of Falun Gong in Beijing. -
SOS Rescue Effort Launched Around Germany to Rescue Lin Wenrong
2003-03-04Ms. Lin Wenrong, who is studying in Düsseldorf, Germany, went back to her hometown of Wuhan to visit her family and relatives before the Chinese Spring Festival. She was arrested because she is a Falun Gong practitioner and has been imprisoned in China since then. -
BBC Monitoring: Taiwan protests against Hong Kong entry bar to Falun Gong practitioners
2003-03-04'In a news conference called to denounce the Hong Kong authorities' deportation of 80 Taiwanese Falun Gong followers on 20 February and 21 February, [Vice-President Annette] Lu said the former British colony has rapidly lost its shine as the Pearl of the Orient and a "beacon of freedom" since it was handed back to Beijing in 1997.' -
Germany: A Letter to Imprisoned Practitioner Lin Wenrong
2003-03-04"Though I dont know you, I feel we are closely connected. We are both Falun Gong practitioners, and the meaning of this is so great! I want to write this letter to tell you that all Falun Gong practitioners living in Germany are trying their best to rescue you."