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3000 Icelanders Take to the Streets to Support Falun Gong during Jiang's visit (photos)
2003-02-08 -
Italy: Falun Gong Spokesman Attends Parliamentary Hearing
2003-02-08 -
UK: Falun Dafa at a Midlands University
2003-02-07Passers by asked practitioners about the benefits they have received from practising Falun Dafa and were very interested to hear that Dafa brings people good health, improved moral standards and a calm and benevolent outlook in everyday life. -
Finland: Falun Gong is Discussed in Parliament Members Question Time
2003-02-07"According to reports from human rights groups, the situation of human rights in China is getting worse, especially in the case of Falun Gong, which is the largest group of people being persecuted very severely. The death toll is rising daily and by an alarming amount -- since November there have been over 20 verified reports of practitioners being tortured to death in the hands of the Chinese authorities. What is your opinion about the human rights situation in China and about Falun Gong?" -
Danish Falun Gong practitioners Express New Year Greetings to the Chinese Community in Denmark
2003-02-07"Over the past three years, tens of millions of Falun Gong practitioners, especially those in Mainland China, have done their best and even risked their lives to reveal the truth about Falun Gong to kind-hearted and righteous people. What we are demanding is simply to stop the persecution and restore the good name of Falun Gong and what we want is only to have the legal right to practise Falun Gong." -
Chinese New Years Greetings to our Master Li from European Dafa Practitioners (1)
2003-02-07 -
Asia Times: China's GDP figures: Are they bogus?
2003-02-07'"Local statistical offices are heavily influenced by local political leadership," the editors write, "and when career advancement depends on performance related to assigned targets, the targets tend to become self-fulfilling."' -
Flushing Times, NY: Falun Gong parade march in Flushing goes smoothly
2003-02-07'..threatened with an investigation by the city's Commission on Human Rights, parade organizers at last Thursday's meeting decided to allow the group to march...Falun Gong practitioners contend that as their movement has shifted to the United States, persecution has followed them, and they point to the parade controversy as an example of such discrimination.' -
UK: Message of Support from Councillor Brian Coleman on International Human Rights Day
2003-02-07 -
France: Falun Gong Activities During Chinese New Year
2003-02-06During this years Chinese New Years celebrations in Paris, France, practitioners handed out information on Falun Gong and also balloons with "Falun Dafa is good" on them. So many balloons were handed out that they could be seen everywhere. -
Austrian Practitioners Respectfully Wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year
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AFP (Agence France-Presse): Hong Kong government "fixed subversion law consultation results"
2003-02-06Democracy Party Chairman 'Yeung accused the government of "political calculation" to show that those who agreed with the legislation outnumbered those against the laws, which rights groups fear could curtail basic freedoms. "I think this is unacceptable," he told local radio.' -
UK: Righteous Thoughts and Actions at a Chinese New Year Party in York
2003-02-05To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Chinese students attended an evening of music and dance at York University. Falun Dafa practitioners from Scotland and England also attended the performance in order to give the Chinese students the opportunity to learn about truth about Falun Gong and to expose to them the slanderous nature of all the media reports on Falun Gong in China. -
Ukrainian Practitioners Send New Year Greetings to Master Li
2003-02-05 -
UK:Collecting Petition Signatures in a University for the Rescue Our Family Members Campaign
2003-02-04After learning about the persecution, some people expressed their sympathy for the suffering Dafa practitioners in Mainland China and expressed their anger at the brutal persecution that the Jiang regime has enforced on Falun Gong. I told them how Canadian practitioners successfully rescued seven family members with the help of the Canadian government and citizens. They all felt encouraged and were happy to offer their help in any way possible.