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Citizens from the South of Sweden Appeal for the Release of Charles Li
2003-02-22"[The] Chinese government simply ignores the truth and continues to persecute practitioners using beatings, torture, and even killing thousands of people, breaking up their families and rendering them homeless. Furthermore the persecution has spread overseas, with the illegal detention of a US practitioner. This is absolutely intolerable."
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Letter from British Playwright to the BBC
2003-02-22Tinch Minter is a Cambridge-based playwright. After learning about the Jiang regimes brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners, she chose to portray her sympathy and concern by composing a play for two relatives of UK Dafa practitioners who are currently being illegally detained in China.
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The Washington Times: Proposed [anti-subversion] law sparks concern
2003-02-22Many observers say they believe at the heart of this proposed legislation lies Beijing's continuing crackdown on the outlawed Falun Gong movement. [Falun Gong] is illegal on the mainland but under Hong Kong law members are free to practice. Falun Gong supporters and human rights activists fear the new laws will be used to shut down the movement in Hong Kong.
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Ireland: Letter from a Practitioner to a Member of Parliament
2003-02-21In this country I've heard people complain about our justice system. [...] But, at least we have a Justice System. In China, anyone who is a practitioner of Falun Dafa, or is suspected of being a practitioner, can be picked up from home, work, the street, at any time, with no warrant, no reason, no trial and no evidence, and simply disappear.
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Letter from the Falun Dafa Association of Finland calling for the Release of Charles Li
2003-02-21"Charles Li has a fiancée in the US and friends who are longing very much for his release, as are all Falun Gong practitioners around the world. US consular officials are allowed only one 30-minute meeting with Charles Li per month. He may be under serious risk of being tortured and ill-treated just like hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China."
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Romanian Falun Dafa Association Officially Established
2003-02-20"We are happy to announce that on the 18 February 2003, the Romanian Falun Dafa Association was officially established. It took the Romanian practitioners more than 1 year to overcome different forms of interferences to bring this process to its conclusion."
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France: Telling People the Facts About Falun Dafa Outside the City Hall in Paris
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Norway: Revealing the Facts of the Persecution to Chinese people at a New Year party in Oslo
2003-02-20The practitioners hoped to give these people a chance to learn the truth and see that tens of millions of innocent Chinese people are being unjustly persecuted, slandered and suppressed. Nearly everybody took the materials, which included information about the Genocide lawsuit filed against Jiang in America, and also thanked us.
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Cambridge Evening News: Thanks to a kind stranger
2003-02-20"Though our practitioners have never accepted any donations from the public Dr Li told me she could not reject you at all, a beautiful girl with such a very kind heart. She and everyone who has heard this story are very touched by you and so am I. I have not been able to give Yongjie your teddy bear but as soon as she is released I would like to invite you to join me in giving it to her."
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Ireland: Letter from an Irish Citizen Appealing for Justice for Falun Gong practitioners in China
2003-02-20As both a human being and a Falun Gong practitioner, I feel I must ask you to condemn the murder, torture, and illegal imprisonment and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China...I implore you to bring this to the attention of the Irish government and urge them to condemn the persecution.
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To the Members of the Romanian Falun Dafa Association
2003-02-20"On behalf of the practitioners in Europe, we warmly congratulate you on the formation of the Romanian Falun Dafa Association. The [Jiang regime] in China will not be happy to hear this news."
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Video: Falun Gong Practitioners bring Chinese Traditional Festival to Cambridge
2003-02-20On one hand, Falun Gong practitioners used their artistic talent to introduce the traditional Chinese lantern festival to the British people. On the other hand, the artistic performances served as a means to expose large-scale human rights violations in China.
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Switzerland: Distributing Falun Gong Information to Every Corner of the Mountain
2003-02-19Our activities often moved people's hearts. We walked from the bottom of the valley to the highest mountain to distribute Dafa newsletters. People were touched very much and expressed their thankfulness to us from the bottom of their hearts.
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Norway: Falun Gong photo exhibition at the main library in Oslo
2003-02-19From December 5 2002 to February 1 2003, the main library in Oslo held a Falun Gong photo exhibition. The pictures detailed the spread of Falun Gong and showed the crimes against humanity that have occurred under Jiang Zemins in China.
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Teddy Bear to the Rescue! - An Open Letter to Laura from Dr Weiguo Xie
2003-02-19"I sincerely hope that all kind people can help our appeal to the Chinese Communist Regime to stop the killing and persecutions of Falun Gong practitioners. I was told that over 1500 people in Cambridge have already signed the petition forms. I am so grateful to you all. Sincere thanks to you and all the kind people in Cambridge."