Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

UK: Letting People know the Truth on the Streets of Cardiff, the Capital of Wales

2003-08-26

Many people slowed down to read the boards with interest. Some people read the display boards and said that they felt indignant at the injustice and did not realize that such violations of human rights are still taking place in China. They said that without this Dafa activity, it would be difficult for them to learn the real situation from the media.

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UK: Telling people the facts and promoting the Fa in the famous City of Bath

2003-08-25

On August 16th, the sun shone brightly and the weather was fine. Practitioners from London, Birmingham, Oxford, Leicester, Nottingham, Cardiff, gathered in the King’s Parade in Bath to demonstrate the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, to display the information about Dafa, teach the Falun Gong exercises, collect signatures, and distribute various kinds of truth clarifying materials to passersby.

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Sweden: The Four Years of Persecution are in Vain. Truthfulness, Kindness and Tolerance are deeply rooted in people's hearts

2003-08-25

People there were happy to talk with us. They were delighted to receive the flyers and listen to the truth about the on-going persecution in China. Many people signed their names in the signature book to support the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin, who is the main instigator of the persecution. Some said: “Those who are responsible for this persecution must be brought to justice."

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Belgium: The Lawsuit against Jiang Attracts Great Interest from the Belgian Media

2003-08-24

After the press conference held on August 20th, the Belgian media continue to show strong interest in the lawsuit against Jiang. On August 21st, at the request of a TV station, practitioners from France, Sweden, Britain, Germany, Denmark, Australia, and also Belgium were interviewed at the Brussels practice site.

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European Dafa Practitioners go to Belgium to Support the Submission of the Lawsuit against Jiang

2003-08-23

Entrusted by Falun Gong practitioners, the renowned Belgian human rights lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier filed a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and Li Lanqing with the Federal Prosecutor on charges of genocide, anti-human behaviour and cruel torture on the morning of August 20th. Many Dafa practitioners from various European countries went to Belgium to support the case.

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Sweden: Telling People the Facts during the Gothenburg Festival

2003-08-23

Passers-by expressed their sympathy with the persecution that Falun Gong practitioners are suffering in China. They showed great interest in the lawsuits filed in many countries against the former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, who is the prime culprit of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Many of them indicated their support for the legal actions taken by Dafa practitioners.

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Special News Bulletin: Jiang Zemin Sued in Belgium for Genocide

2003-08-22

Our lawsuit is the 11th international lawsuit to emerge in the last two years against Chinese government officials or entities for their role in the persecution of Falun Gong. Three of these lawsuits in the United States have already handed down judgements against Chinese officials for torture and other crimes committed in the persecution of Falun Gong.But the real terror of Jiang's genocidal policy towards Falun Gong is not found merely in the number of dead or the number of imprisoned. What Jiang unleashed in July 1999 was a horrific form of genocide that not only seeks to "physically destroy" 70-100 million people because they believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance", but has sought to destroy that belief itself.

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Belgium: Lawsuit against Jiang Draws Great Interest from Belgian Media

2003-08-22

On the 20th of August, Belgian Falun Gong practitioners organised a press conference about the lawsuit against China’s dictator Jiang Zemin, at the Federation Court in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Major Dutch and Belgian media organisations attended the conference. Outside the court, Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful demonstrations of the exercises also attracted media attention.

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Sweden: Telling people the Facts at the Malmo Food Festival

2003-08-22

After we displayed banners, pictures of persecuted practitioners in China and information about the International Lawsuit against Jiang, people immediately came to sign our petition. We gave them materials and they were happy to receive them. When Chinese tourists saw our exercise demonstration, they accepted our newspapers and materials without worry.

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Germany: First Public Performance of the Play “Suing Jiang” in German

2003-08-21

A blue banner, with a German translation of “Suing Jiang Zemin for Genocide”, formed a stage curtain. Jiang was being charged with instigating the persecution against Falun Gong, which has now been going on for four years. Chinese practitioners acted as witnesses, giving evidence and recounting their horrendous memories from time spent in China’s labour camps.

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Finland: Helsinki Library holds Falun Dafa Photo Exhibition

2003-08-19

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Germany: Letting People Know the Truth at an Information Day in Limburg City

2003-08-18

At the very beginning, there were three young Chinese people standing at a distance from us and looking at us with suspicion. After talking to practitioners for half an hour, they came to our table to learn about the persecution of Falun Gong in China in detail. They told us that we should broadcast the truth about the persecution on TV.

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UK: A “Thank You” Letter to Practitioners from the Organisers of the Edinburgh Festival

2003-08-17

For the second year in a row, Falun Gong practitioners won first prize in the opening parade of Edinburgh’s world famous international festival. Pictures of practitioners also appeared on the front page of several Scottish newspapers. Recently, festival organisers wrote a letter to Falun Gong practitioners to express their gratitude and to ask them to pick up the first prize trophy.

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Finland: SOS Tour Attracts Media Attention in Every City

2003-08-17

During this SOS Tour, practitioners had some great opportunities to tell people about the legal process to bring Jiang to justice. In some of the cities they visited, people had never seen Falun Dafa before and were supportive. In every city, a journalist from the local newspaper came to report on the activity and practitioners appeared on the front page of the following day’s paper.

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Sweden: Celebrating Five Years of Falun Dafa in Kalmar City

2003-08-16

Five years ago, we did not even have a video tape to learn the exercises from. We had the book Falun Gong, with pictures of the exercises. We put a key on top of the page so that it was not turned over by the wind and then we practised the exercises, comparing our movements to the pictures. We tried to perfect our movements by pointing out each other’s mistakes.

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