Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Speech by a Swiss practitioner at a Conference in the United Nations on the Abolition of Execution
2003-04-24"In prisons and in forced labour camps, persecutors use the most barbaric and horrific torture methods known to human civilisation. An incomplete report shows over 100 methods being used to torture or to kill Falun Gong practitioners, including: beating to death, burning alive, tying to motorcycles and dragging to death, throwing from high buildings, subjecting to electric shock treatment (to destroy the mind), raping, gang raping and throwing stripped female practitioners into male prison cells, stretching and tying practitioners limbs to the four corners of a metal bed, force feeding highly concentrated liquid pepper and saline solutions, and so on. Ten thousand practitioners have been forcefully sent to psychiatric hospitals to be tortured with injections of large doses of drugs that damage the central nervous system." -
Germany: Revealing the Truth and Supporting the Trial Against Jiang Over the Easter Holiday
2003-04-23On Easter Saturday, Dafa practitioners held an information day in the centre of Berlin. They supported the lawsuit against dictator Jiang Zemin by sending forth righteous thoughts and by telling many people about the crimes he has committed against peaceful and innocent Falun Dafa practitioners. -
Celebrating Eight Years Since Master Li Taught the Fa in Sweden (photos)
2003-04-22It was during Easter 1995 that Falun Gong was first introduced to Sweden by Master Li Hongzhi, and this is almost exactly 8 years ago today. At that time, Master Li gave a 7-day lecture in Gothenburg. Dafa practitioners in Sweden would like to send their most heartfelt thanks to Master for teaching the Fa in Sweden, and for the 8 valuable years that they have had the chance to cultivate in Falun Dafa. -
Italy: Practitioners Outline the Persecution in the Meeting Hall of the Vieira Provincial Government
2003-04-22We brought some printed photos to introduce Falun Dafa. At first, we planned to put them in some eye-catching outdoor places. But that evening the audience who attended the meeting took all of the photos. They said that they wanted to hang them in hospitals, schools, and some other public place for people to see, so that more Italian people can have a better understanding of Falun Gong. -
Italy: Teaching the Exercises at a Seminar in Savona City
2003-04-21The atmosphere was quite lively; some people said that they saw the seminar reported in the media, some said that they were touched by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, and others said that they had heard about the persecution of Falun Gong and were then interested in the seminar. Many people felt strong energy from practising the exercises and said that they were very lucky to get the chance to learn Falun Gong. -
Sweden: Introducing Falun Dafa at the Ju-jitsu Championships in Nybro
2003-04-21The judges, the competitors and the audience were all able to see the five sets of exercises being demonstrated in the match arena. One practitioner gave a short introduction to Falun Dafa over a microphone whilst the exercises were being performed, and at the same time told people the facts about the persecution of Dafa practitioners in China. -
Sweden: Teachers and Students Learn Falun Dafa Together
2003-04-20'During the Open Day, I held two introductory exercise-teaching classes: one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. As well as teaching the exercises I explained that Falun Dafa improves the mind as well as the body, and this improvement is based on improving ones moral standards in everyday life by assimilating to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.' -
The Swedish and Persian Versions of "Master Lis Lectures in Guangzhou" are Now Available
2003-04-19The Swedish Video-CD of Master Lis Lectures in Guangzhou and the simultaneously translated Persian video cassette version of Master Lis Lectures in Guangzhou are now available. -
Ireland: Activities to Rescue Students Liu Feng and Yang Fang at Dublin Morning Practice
2003-04-18TV stations, radio stations and newspapers all turned their attention to the practitioners who were meditating in the middle of Dublins busiest street. The news of the persecution spread once again to every corner of Ireland. The principles Truth, Compassion and Forbearance rang throughout the airwaves and newspapers. -
Norway: Falun Gong at a Health Fair in the City of Tonsberg
2003-04-18The first thing that most people saw when they came into the exhibition hall was the practitioners exercise demonstration. This made them feel relaxed and at ease, and they were glad to receive information about Falun Gong. Most people took our flyers, and many asked questions. We told them more about Falun Dafa and also about the inhuman and evil persecution against Falun Gong in China and abroad. -
Ireland: Practitioners Send Forth Righteous Thoughts Hourly in Support of the Lawsuit Against Jiang
2003-04-18On Sunday, we sent forth righteous thoughts every hour during our group Fa study in support of the lawsuit against the dictator Jiang Zemin in America. Jiang is guilty of the most heinous crimes, and is now becoming utterly isolated. His own followers and the people who are being forced to listen to his evils commands should immediately stop doing evil deeds. -
Ireland: Falun Dafa Association and Amnesty International Appeal to the Foreign Affairs Office to Support the Rescue of Liu Feng and Yang Fang
2003-04-15Representatives of the Irish Falun Dafa Association and the Irish branch of Amnesty International formally submitted five thousand postcards, with tens of thousands of signatures from Irish people, to Tom Kitt, Junior Minister of the Foreign Affairs Department. Mr. Kitt indicated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will highlight the cases of Liu Feng and Yang Fang in a joint meeting with China and also in the multilateral talks between the European Union and China. -
Switzerland: University of Geneva Student Associations Act Against Article 23 Legislation in Hong Kong
2003-04-14In the University of Geneva, students, professors, and people from all walks of life were shocked to learn that a government could consider implementing a law that would seriously jeopardise the fundamental freedoms of its own people and threaten those of citizens worldwide. -
Sweden: School Children Paint "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" in the Classroom
2003-04-13Sometimes, when some of the pupils got restless and talked a lot, I would point at the blackboard where I had written "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" in Chinese characters, and say in a friendly tone: "Just try to have more tolerance". They then often became calmer and got more strength to continue their work. -
Austria: Falun Dafa at the Natural Health Fair in Salzburg
2003-04-11On March 29th and 30th 2003, a natural health fair was held in Salzburg, Austria .This was a great opportunity to tell more people about Falun Gong and expose the Jiang regimes brutal and inhuman persecution of Falun Gong practitioners to the people of Salzburg.