Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Belgium: European Practitioners Peacefully Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy
2003-04-28The appeal began at midday with a press conference. Letters of support were read out from Members of the European Parliament and the Belgian Parliament. Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Xianghe, who lives in the Netherlands, spoke about how the Jiang regime has severely persecuted her family, solely because they are Falun Gong practitioners. -
Sweden: Activities Commemorating the April 25 Appeal take place in Stockholm
2003-04-28On April 25 2003, Dafa practitioners from Sweden gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to commemorate the April 25th appeal. On this day in 1999, ten thousand practitioners peacefully appealed to the Beijing authorities to cease their increasing persecution of Falun Gong. -
UK Practitioners Speech on April 25th: Please Help to Rescue My Fiancée (photo)
2003-04-28"I worry constantly about her safety. Every day I read about practitioners being subjected to severe physical, mental and sexual abuses and I dread to think what Yongjie might have suffered. She is a sweet-natured person who always thinks of others first and would never hurt anyone. She has not committed any wrongdoings and poses no danger to anyone. She does not belong in a labour camp that is meant for criminals. It is an insult to human dignity to put good people in those places." -
UK: Activities in London to Commemorate the Peaceful Appeal on the 25th April 1999
2003-04-27On April 25th 2003, Falun Gong practitioners met at the Chinese Embassy in London and held a press conference as part of the worldwide activities on this day. Practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts at the top of every hour to support the lawsuit against Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong. -
Slovakia: Television Station Reveals the Truth about Falun Gong
2003-04-27Throughout this week, Dafa practitioner Zhang Cuiying is holding a painting exhibition in Slovakia...Many people express hope that the exhibition would last longer, so that more people could see the beautiful pictures and learn about Falun Gong. -
Practitioners Speech given at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
2003-04-27On the morning of April 22 2003, a Swiss Falun Gong practitioner read a speech at the plenary session of the 59th United Nations Commission on Human Rights in place of the Representative of the Association of World Citizens to the United Nations and on behalf of the Association. This is the full text of the speech. -
Speech from Chairman of the European Falun Dafa Association on April 25
2003-04-27"The SARS tragedy demonstrates the Chinese regimes willingness to lie and spread propaganda for its own self-interest, even when the lives of millions are at stake. For almost four years, we have witnessed this regime severely persecute Falun Gong and then lie and spread propaganda to the world to cover it up. Its the same pattern, and it poses an extraordinary threat not just to China but also to the world." -
Sweden: Practitioners Appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg to Commemorate Four Years Since Zhongnanhai
2003-04-26On the April 25 2003, Swedish Dafa practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg to hold a peaceful appeal, commemorating the fourth anniversary of the Zhongnanhai event. -
Germany: Practitioners Send Forth Righteous Thoughts Outside the Chinese Embassy in Munich to Support the Lawsuit Against Dictator Jiang Zemin
2003-04-26Many passers by were attracted by the beautiful exercises and the exhibition boards. They were shocked by the crimes of Jiangs regime in China and scolded the Chinese government for the atrocities they have comitted against Falun Gong practitioners, encouraged us and conveyed their best wishes to us. -
UK: Falun Gong practitioners Appeal in Front of the Chinese Embassy for the Release of Family Members Detained in China
2003-04-26From April 18 to 21 2003, several UK Falun Gong practitioners appealed peacefully for the release of their friends and family members, Zhu Baolian, sister of Zhu Baosheng, Yongjie Zhu, fiancée of Weiguo Xie, and Zheng Xujun in front of the Chinese Embassy in London. Practitioners in the UK hoped to rescue those who are suffering from the persecution in China. -
Austria: Many Tourists Learn the Truth in Salzburg
2003-04-25Practitioners held an activity in Salzburg to commemorate their fellow practitioners who have been persecuted to death in China, and to expose this evil persecution. People asked why Jiang is persecuting Falun Gong and others asked where they could learn the Falun Gong exercises. People came in droves to take leaflets from the practitioners. -
Slovakia: Practitioners Painting Exhibition Successfully Held in Bratislava
2003-04-24Many people took their time to look carefully at the exhibition and admired the inner beauty of the paintings. One of the visitors at the opening ceremony was the Bratislavan Vice-Minister of Culture. After he was given one of Zhang Cuiyings paintings, he declared that it is so beautiful that he will make it available for everyone to see in the city gallery. -
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.