Politicians
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Politicians and Experts Condemn CCP's Forced Organ Harvesting
2021-02-28The International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) hosted a conference on February 24, 2021, on forced organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Over 100 medical and legal experts, as well as elected officials, attended the online discussion. -
U.K. Passes Law to Combat China’s State-sanctioned Organ Harvesting Crimes
2021-02-28This marks the first legislative action by the U.K. government in response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s heinous crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience. -
Prominent UK Human Rights Advocate Stages Hunger Strike on Christmas Eve Calling for Attention to Those Suppressed in China
2020-12-29While many families around the globe gathered to celebrate Christmas eve, Benedict Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, started a 24-hour hunger strike in protest of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of innocent people. -
Le Monde: French Parliament Members Express Concern about Illegal Organ Trafficking in China
2020-12-29Sixty Members of Parliament in France recently expressed their concern about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s harvesting of organs from living people for transplantations. They suggested introducing new legislation to prevent the French from going to China to receive these organs, according to a November 27, 2020, report in France’s largest daily newspaper Le Monde. -
27 EU Nations to Adopt “Magnitsky Act” Styled Framework to Sanction Human Rights Violators
2020-12-11This is the first time that the EU has set up such a sanction system to prioritise the protection of human rights in its foreign policies. -
Austria: Dignitaries Support Falun Gong and Call for an End to the Persecution
2020-09-02Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the exercises, collected signatures, and reenacted the CCP’s state-sanctioned live organ harvesting to raise awareness of the atrocity. -
Denmark: Dignitaries Support Efforts to End the 21-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong
2020-09-01Falun Gong practitioners from Denmark and Sweden came together at the Town Hall Square in Copenhagen and held activities to remind people of the ongoing persecution in China. -
606 Lawmakers from 30 Countries Call for an Immediate End to 21-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong
2020-07-26Six hundred and six legislators from 30 countries signed a joint statement on July 18, 2020, condemning the 21-year-long span of “systematic and brutal” persecution of the peaceful spiritual discipline of Falun Gong and calling for the Chinese Communist Party to stop the persecution immediately. -
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China Issues Statement Condemning 21-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong
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Netherlands: Member of the Dutch Parliament Marks World Falun Dafa Day
2020-05-15Martijn Helvert, Member of the Dutch Parliament for the Christian-Democrats, sent a letter of congratulations to mark the occasion. -
Germany: Elected Officials of Hesse Offer Congratulations for World Falun Dafa Day
2020-05-15Nine members of the Hesse State Parliament and the German Federal Parliament sent congratulations and wishes for the celebration of World Falun Dafa Day to be successful. -
German Politicians Send Greetings for World Falun Dafa Day
2016-05-11A Member of European Parliament, a Member of German Parliament, and a Member of State Parliament each sent greeting letters to the Falun Dafa Association in Germany for the upcoming 24th anniversary of Falun Dafa’s public introduction and World Falun Dafa Day. -
Czech Senate Human Rights Committee Resolution: Stop Persecuting Falun Gong
2012-06-26On May 23, the Czech Senate Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights, and Petitions reached a unanimous agreement to call for a stop to the persecution of Falun Gong in China, and passed a resolution. -
Flemish MP Notifies South Korean President of His Support for Falun Gong Practitioners Seeking Asylum in South Korea
2011-10-25Mr. Ward Kennes, Flemish MP and the Mayor of Kasterlee, a community in Belgium, sent a letter to the President of South Korea in support of persecuted Chinese Falun Gong practitioners seeking asylum in South Korea. A copy of the letter will also be sent to Ambassador Ho-Young AHN of the South Korean embassy in Belgium (Korean mission to the EU). -
Italian Youth Minister Expresses Indignation at the Persecution
2010-12-03On November 13, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners from more than twenty countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium, gathered in Rome, the capital of Italy, to hold a massive parade. Many EU and Italian officials wrote letters or came to join in the parade in support of Falun Gong.