Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Spain: Falun Gong gets a Big Welcome at the National Health Expo
2004-12-24From the 4th to the 7th of November, at the 20th National Health Exposition held in Madrid, the Falun Gong stall attracted many people from all over the country in all professions. Many people came to Falun Dafa’s exhibition table to ask for information or to watch and learn the exercises. The “Introduction to Falun Dafa” meeting got a big welcome from all the visitors. -
Germany: Appealing Against the Persecution on World Human Rights Day in Frankfurt
2004-12-23Practitioners gathered on World Human Rights Day to appeal to the Chinese Government to stop the persecution against Falun Gong. A large number of passers-by signed a petition calling for the immediate release of Xu Youlin, mother of a German practitioner who is being detained in Beijing’s Female Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. -
French Court Requests China to Investigate the Defendant’s Role in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-12-22On the 16th of December, the French Falun Dafa Association and lawyers William Bourdon and Georges-Henri Beauthier held a joint press conference to outline details of the international collaborative legal effort by French practitioners against senior Chinese Communist Party officials who are actively involved in persecuting Falun Gong. -
Sweden: Falun Gong at Gothenburg's Way of Life and Health Expo
2004-12-22The Falun Gong display attracted lots of people. They came to the booth one by one and signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution. A reporter from a local radio station interviewed a practitioner, mainly about the benefit that Falun Gong can bring to people’s minds and moral character, as well as the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun gong practitioners. -
Turkey: Exposing the Persecution on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-21On World Human Rights Day, I promoted Falun Gong and told people about the persecution against the practice in Ankara city centre. I set up a display booth with photos of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured by the Chinese authorities because they refuse to renounce their beliefs. Local people were very supportive. -
Russia: World Human Rights Day Appeal in St. Petersburg
2004-12-21World Human Rights Day on December the 10th saw Russian practitioners gather in the centre of St. Petersburg to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. People were very interested to listen to practitioners’ explanation of the facts about Falun Gong and many wanted information on their local practice sites where they can learn the exercises for free. -
France: Press Conference to Discuss French Judge’s Request for an Investigation into the Persecution Against Falun Gong
2004-12-19"In China, if you practise Falun Gong and you are persecuted, you don't have the right to ask for a lawyer. Indeed, the Party forbids anyone to defend practitioners. If you have been tortured or a member of your family has been killed you cannot even file a complaint. This means total impunity for those who torture and those who give orders against Falun Gong. But here in France justice works. This is why as a French citizen I wished to file a complaint for what I endured in China, together with Chinese plaintiffs who have been severely tortured." -
Russia: Rally on World Human Rights Day To Demand that Jiang, Luo, Liu and Zhou Be Brought to Justice
2004-12-18Many people stopped and carefully studied the exhibition. The facts of the persecution endured by practitioners in China deeply touched people's hearts. A middle-aged woman attentively viewed each of the posters and took some leaflets. She read them while walking. She turned back to ask some questions and sign the petition before continuig her journey. -
Sweden: Practitioners hold an Anti-Torture Poster Exhibition in Stockholm
2004-12-18On the 11th of December, Swedish practitioners held an anti-torture picture exhibition outside the Parliament building in Stockholm to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong. Hundreds of people gladly accepted flyers and continually stopped to look at the pictures and read the information translated into both English and Chinese. -
Czech Republic: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-17On Saturday the 11th of December, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the centre of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, to raise awareness about the five-year campaign of genocide against the practice. Many people stopped to read the posters and asked questions such as, “Why do they persecute you?” -
Sweden: Annual Falun Gong Presentation is a Favourite with Students of Dalarna College
2004-12-17According to the teacher the lecture by Falun Gong practitioners is one of the most appreciated events on the course. The practitioners showed a video of the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong. The students heard how the human rights of practitioners have been abused for the last five years under orders from former communist chief Jiang Zemin. -
Slovakia: Despite Freezing Weather, People’s Reactions are Warm on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16On World Human Rights Day, a press conference was held in Bratislava to inform the media about Falun Gong and the persecution against the practice. The Slovakian people were shocked that such a peaceful practice, which has brought improved physical and spiritual wellbeing to 100 million people in 60 countries, could be persecuted so brutally. -
Germany: Joint Activites with the International Society for Human Rights on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16On World Human Rights Day, December the 10th, the Munich branch of the International Society for Human Rights and German Falun Gong Practitioners held activities at the square in front of the National Theatre to call on German society to pay attention to China's human rights situation and put an end to the atrocities launched by Jiang Zemin and his Communist regime. -
United Kingdom: Press Conference held on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-15On the 10th of December 2004, World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK held a press conference to remind people of the continuing five-year campaign of genocide against Falun Gong practitioners in China and to support bringing to justice the people responsible for the abuse, torture and killing of countless men, women and children. -
Finland: On World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong Practitioners held an Anti-Torture Picture Exhibition in Helsinki
2004-12-14The 10th of December was World Human Rights Day. Helsinki Falun Gong practitioners went to the city centre to raise awareness about the cruel persecution in China. Widespread human rights abuse has been happening there for the last five years against people who practise Falun Gong and follow the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.