Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Irish Practitioners Send Congratulations to Turkish Falun Dafa Practitioners
2005-04-22Irish Falun Dafa practitioners congratulate Turkish practitioners on the founding of the Turkish Falun Dafa Association. It is a wonderful and historic accomplishment that will no doubt bring blessings to the people of Turkey. -
Slovakia: The People of Topolcany Call for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong
2005-04-21The chief editor of the local newspaper stayed at the activity for a long time in order to get an insight into Falun Gong from different angles because he had not heard about it before. Slovakian practitioners were grateful for local people’s heartfelt concern and support in demanding that the human rights abuses against Falun Gong in China are stopped immediately. -
UK Falun Gong Association Congratulates the Establishment of the Turkish Falun Gong Association
2005-04-21The UK Falun Gong Association would like to offer sincere congratulations to the Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey for setting up the Falun Gong Association in Mersin City on 10th April 2005. The Turkish Association represents a tremendous step forward in the development of recognition of the Falun Gong practice in Eastern Europe. -
Germany: People in Sauelach were Happy to Learn about Falun Gong
2005-04-20Practitioners set up a stall, some poster display boards and a banner reading "Falun Gong". Passers-by stopped to listen to the practitioners talk about the campaign of genocide against Falun Gong in China and many people signed a petition calling for the instigator of the persecution, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice in a court of law. -
Celebrating Ten Years since Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden (1)
2005-04-19On the 16th of April 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from in and around Gothenburg gathered at the busy Baltesspannar Park in brilliant sunshine. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, distributed leaflets and presented the public with paper lotus flowers to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden. -
Finland: Falun Gong was Very Popular at the Mikkeli Health Exhibition
2005-04-19A few practitioners in golden exercise suits performed the exercises to the graceful Falun Gong music and this attracted the attention of many people. They watched for a long time, asked for leaflets and even took extra leaflets for their relatives and friends. Some people bought books and exercise demonstration video tapes from the Falun Gong stall. -
Germany: Activities in Chamer to Raise Awareness of the Persecution
2005-04-18Lots of people in Chamer understand that Falun Gong is being wrongly persecuted. Nevertheless, it is still very hard for people living in free, democratic countries to imagine how a despotic communist regime controls the thoughts and behaviour of its citizens. So on the last weekend of March, practitioners decided to hold an anti-torture exhibition. -
Sweden: Famous Swedish Diplomat Encourages Practitioners to “Keep Up the Good Work!”
2005-04-17A group of Falun Gong practitioners attended a lecture held by Jan Eliasson in Gothenburg. Jan Eliasson is the former Swedish Ambassador in Washington and later this year he will take over as president of the United Nations General Council. In the past, he worked as a UN Ambassador, as well as a Cabinet Secretary at the Swedish Foreign Ministry. -
"Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group" Submits Cases of Missing Falun Gong Practitioners to United Nations in Geneva
2005-04-17The Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group submitted a case report on the abduction of Huang Xiong to Mr. Stephen Toope, Chairman of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during the annual meeting of the U.N.H.R.C. in Geneva. He was surprised to know that Mr. Huang was abducted more than a year ago and said he would take action right away. -
German Practitioners Write to the Premier Calling for the Rescue of Jiang Renzheng and his Family
2005-04-16The German Falun Gong Information Centre disclosed that practitioners are now actively informing the German authorities, politicians, media and human rights organisation about the situation of Jiang’s family. They are appealing to the German Government to rescue the family and they want to help the public understand the situation under the Communist Party’s rule. -
Ireland: Falun Gong Exercise Demonstration and Cultural Performances at a Mind, Body & Spirit Exhibition
2005-04-16Those who visited the Falun Gong stall and asked questions showed that they had a better understanding of Falun Gong than last time. Many people bought the English version of the introductory text Falun Gong and the main book Zhuan Falun, as well as exercise demonstration tapes and DVDs. In a few days, over six thousand leaflets were given out. -
A Young Chinese Couple Learn the Truth from a Video-CD
2005-04-14Once I was on a boat ride back to my home country when I met a young Chinese couple. I began a discussion with them, telling them that I practise Falun Gong. They were happy to talk to me and we had a long discussion, mostly about the persecution against Falun Gong in China. They both had a higher level education, so we discussed issues on many levels and they asked many questions, most arising from the lies that the Chinese Communist Party have spread. -
Norway: Promoting Falun Gong’s Positive Health Benefits at an Annual Health Exhibition
2005-04-14At the Falun Gong stand, people could find out how practitioners have become physically and mentally healthy through Falun Gong cultivation practice. Practitioners showed details of health surveys from Beijing before Falun Gong was suppressed, health surveys from Taiwan and medical reports of Falun Gong’s effect on health in Germany. -
Geneva: Photo Report - Revealing the Persecution of Falun Gong during the UN Human Rights Commission
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United Kingdom: People from the City of Canterbury Learn about Falun Dafa and Support Practitioners’ Human Rights
2005-04-11On Saturday the 9th of April, Dafa practitioners from Kent in the south of England held an event in the centre of the historic city of Canterbury to promote the local Falun Dafa class and raise awareness of the ongoing persecution against the practice in China. People showed their support for Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights by signing a petition calling for former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice through a court of law.