Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Czech Republic and Slovakia: Exposing the Persecution and Promoting Falun Gong (III)
2005-07-31During the press conference, Xiong Wei described her own personal experience. After being arrested for handing out leaflets exposing the human rights abuseas aganst Falun Gong, she was imprisoned in a Chinese forced labour camp for two years and suffered various types of torture and abuse. Female journalists couldn’t hide their sadness and sympathy. -
Russia: Practitioners from St. Petersburg Raise Awareness on the Streets and Appeal to Stop the Persecution
2005-07-31On the afternoon of the 23rd of July 2005, practitioners in St. Petersburg once again held a rally in the city centre. Through demonstrating the exercises, displaying a picture exhibition to expose the torture, distributing leaflets and talking to citizens and tourists, practitioners called on the public to lend a hand and help stop the persecution. -
Estonia: Peaceful Appeal on the Sixth Anniversary of the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy Caught the Media's Attention
2005-07-30On July 25th 2005, just after commemorative activities marking six years of the persecution against Falun Gong in China, Falun Gong practitioners from Estonia, Latvia and Finland hold a peaceful appeal at the Chinese Embassy in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Several representatives from the media came to report on the activity. -
Spain: Mourning for Practitioners Who Lost Their Lives and Calling for an End to the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy on July 20th
2005-07-30On July the 20th six years ago, former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a campaign of genocide against Falun Gong practitioners. To mourn the practitioners who were murdered by the CCP and call for an end to this persecution, Spanish practitioners once again peacefully appealed outside the Chinese Embassy. -
France: Peaceful Appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Marseilles on the Sixth Anniversary of July 20th
2005-07-30On July the 23rd and 24th, a group of French Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese Consulate in Marseilles to hold a peaceful petition and candlelight vigil. They commemorated the six years of illegal persecution against Falun Gong and over 2,600 dead Falun Gong practitioners who lost their lives in the persecution. -
Holland: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Utrecht Commemorates Six Years of Persecution
2005-07-30In order to protest that the persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has lasted for six years and to call for an immediate end to the persecution, Falun Gong practitioners from Holland and Belgium held an anti-torture exhibition in Utrecht in the central part of Holland. Many people came to talk with the practitioners and find out more. -
Sweden: People in Gothenburg Hope for an End to the Persecution
2005-07-29On the afternoon of the 20th of July, Swedish practitioners told people about the six years of human rights abuses that have taken the lives of over 2,600 Falun Gong practitioners in China and have ruined the lives of thousands and thousands of others who have lost their jobs, homes and families because they refused to renounce their beliefs. -
Finland: Calling for an End to Persecution Against Falun Gong on July 20th
2005-07-29On July 20th, Finnish practitioners peacefully protested at the Chinese Embassy, calling for an end to the six years of brutal persecution against people who live by the principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance”. On July 20th six years ago, former Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin launched a campaign of persecution against Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: The 20th of July — A Day We Will Never Forget
2005-07-29On the 20th of July six years ago, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), headed by Jiang Zemin, launched a systematic and widespread persecution against Falun Gong. Many practitioners were illegally arrested and imprisoned, put into re-education through labour camps and subjected to cruel forms of torture. Over 2,600 have lost their lives. -
Russia: Continuing to Appeal for an End to the Persecution After Six Years
2005-07-29Practitioners from Saint Petersburg demonstrated the exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts and told passers-by about the persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The terrible weather that day did not stop them carrying out this activity to commemorate six years of genocide against Falun Gong. -
France: Anti-Torture Exhibition to Raise Awareness in Caen
2005-07-29We set up a display stand and anti-torture exhibition in a park in the city centre. It was a sunny and breezy weekend, with passers-by streaming through. The anti-torture exhibition, in which practitioners simulated the methods of torture used against Falun Gong practitioners in China by the communist authorities, deeply touched the hearts of passers-by. -
Austria: Practitioners Commemorate Six Years the Lives Lost in Six Years of Persecution
2005-07-28On July 20th 2005, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution against Falun Gong practitioners entered its seventh year. Austrian practitioners gathered in Vienna’s Stephansplatz to commemorate the victims and to let the Austrian people know about the human rights abuses that have been happening in China every day since 1999. -
Ireland: Candlelight Vigil at the Chinese Embassy on July the 20th to Condemn the CCP's Atrocities
2005-07-28Falun Gong practitioners depend on the righteous belief of “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” to face violence with kindness, to face terrorism with courage and to pass through the most evil persecution used in the annals of human history. Today, after six years, the CCP still violently persecute Falun Gong. -
Russia: Practitioners in Irkutsk held a Rally on July 20th to Call for an End to the Persecution
2005-07-28On July 20th 2005, the Russian practitioners in Irkutsk held a rally at the statue of Alexander III to call for an end to the brutal persecution against Falun Gong. During the rally, some practitioners demonstrated the exercises and others distributed leaflets. Passers-by all stopped to watch the photo exhibition of the cruel methods used in the persecution. -
Sweden: Practitioners Commemorate Six Years of Persecution and Urge the Chinese Communist Party to Stop Persecuting Falun Gong
2005-07-28Practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy to commemorate six years since the start of the persecution against Falun Gong. They sent forth righteous thoughts, practised the exercises and urged the Chinese Communist Party to immediately stop the persecution.