Press Conferences
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United Kingdom: Press Conference Outside South Africa House after Jiang Extends his State Terrorism to South Africa
2004-07-06The shooting of a Falun Gong practitioner in South Africa on June 28th prompted people the world over to immediately raise their concerns that this was the latest and most concerning example of the exportation of the persecution of Falun Gong outside of China. Practitioners in the UK went to South Africa House on the 1st of July where they held a press conference and handed out information to the public. -
Ireland: Falun Gong Practitioners Held a Press Conference Outside the Chinese Embassy to Condemn the Shooting Incident in South Africa
2004-07-06After hearing that Jiang’s accomplice Zeng Qinghong, who has played a big role in the campaign of genocide waged against Falun Dafa in China over the last 5 years, had visited South Africa and been involved in hiring thugs to shoot Dafa practitioners who were to file a lawsuit against him, Irish practitioners held a peaceful appeal outside of the Chinese Embassy. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Press Conference at the Chinese Embassy to Condemn Jiang and his Followers for Their Role in the Shooting of Practitioners in South Africa
2004-07-06Berlin Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference on June 29th at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin to expose the Jiang group’s persecution of overseas Falun Gong practitioners, to call on all governments, the media as well as kind-hearted people to condemn the Jiang group’s hiring of thugs to shoot and injure practitioners. -
United Kingdom: Press Conference Outside South Africa House Regarding the Shooting of a Falun Gong Practitioner in Johannesburg
2004-07-03On Wednesday 1st July, Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference outside South Africa House to tell people about the shooting of a fellow Falun Gong practitioner by Chinese criminals in South Africa on Monday. They handed in a letter to the South Africa High Commission asking for an investigation to be carried out into the shooting, which occurred as two senior Chinese Ministers, both with lawsuits against them for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, visited Pretoria to meet with South African officials. -
Lord Thurlow, Former Senior Diplomat: "The Shooting Incident is Most Likely Related to the Chinese Officials' Visit"
2004-07-02"The shooting incident in South Africa will not make Falun Gong practitioners retreat. We will continue to clarify the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to the whole world, to let people and governments from every country know the truth about Falun Gong and to support us to end this persecution as soon as possible." -
Russia: Dafa Practitioners Hold a Press Conference to Make Public a Lawsuit Against the Prime Criminal of the Persecution
2004-06-30On June 25th, Moscow Falun Dafa Association, held a press conference at the Moscow Journalists Association, primarily to make public that Russian Falun Dafa practitioners are to file a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in the Russian courts on charges of cruel torture, genocide and crimes against humanity. -
Austria: The Falun Dafa Information Centre Held a Press Conference in Vienna
2004-06-22The Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre held a press conference in Vienna on June the 17th 2004. The press conference detailed a series of activities, the theme of which was to be “jointly putting to a stop to China’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners”. Two Falun Gong practitioners then recounted abuses suffered by themselves or their family members. -
Rally in Vienna Calls for an Immediate End to the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-06-21On the afternoon of the 19th of June 2004, tourists and citizens of Vienna were deeply touched, and some moved to tears as they listened to speeches at a rally exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. The rally was part of a programme of large-scale events held by several hundred European practitioners to help more people understand the campaign of genocide initiated by Jiang Zemin. -
Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre Holds a Press Conference in Vienna
2004-06-02The Austrian Falun Dafa Information Center held a press conference in Vienna on June 17th 2004. The press conference unveiled a series of activities with the theme of “jointly putting to a stop to China’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners”. At the press conference, Mr. Zhao Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner from Ireland, gave an account of the miserable and cruel torture he had experienced while imprisoned in a Chinese labour education camp for almost two years. -
Members of the Swedish Parliament from Five Parties Call for Attention to Human Rights in China
2004-05-29On May the 12th 2004, Swedish MPs from five parties jointly held a seminar in parliament on human rights in China. This seminar aroused great interest from MPs, the media and human rights organisations, as well as the persecuted groups in China. This is the first time that a seminar on Human Rights in China was jointly held by MPs from five parties in Sweden . -
Finland: Falun Dafa Association held a Press Conference in Helsinki to Highlight the Violation of Human Rights in China
2004-05-23On the 13th of May 2004, a press conference was held in Helsinki about the human rights situation in China. The speakers included Jane Dai, whose innocent husband was killed because he practised Falun Gong, and Mr. Erping Zhang, Executive Director of the Association for Asian Research and widely recognised in the field of human rights. -
UK: Speech Made by Lord Thurlow, Former Senior Diplomat, at the Symbolic Public Trial of Jiang Held on April 25th in London
2004-05-01On 25th of April 2004, UK Falun Gong practitioners held a symbolic public trial of Jiang Zemin in London to commemorate the fifth anniversary of 4.25. There was a press conference after the symbolic trial. During the press conference, the British Falun Dafa Association announced that Falun Gong practitioners in the UK would officially file a lawsuit against Jiang for genocide. -
Czech Republic: Members of the Czech Parliament Appeal to President Vaclav Klaus to Express Support for Falun Gong Practitioners during his Visit to China
2004-04-15Czech Falun Gong practitioners organised a Press Conference outside the seat of the President's Office. Several VIPs joined the appeal with a statement, “We join the appeal to stop the persecution of Falun Gong members and other prisoners of conscience in China and call on the President Mr Vaclav Klaus to unambiguously express support to these people.“ -
Practitioners meet with United Nations Journalists in Geneva
2004-04-01For the opening session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva on Thursday the 11th of March 2004, the Swiss Falun Gong Association organized a meeting with United Nations journalists, to give them the latest news on the suppression of Falun Gong and on the peaceful means being implemented to combat it. Journalists of the major press agencies showed their interest by continuing a discussion with practitioners for the duration of the press conference. -
Russia: Telling the Facts to the Precious Chinese People
2004-03-28Many Chinese people visit Irkutsk. Most go to the shopping square downtown. In the beginning, they were not very interested in the truth-clarification materials that we had placed in the shops, but now it is much better. Most are willing to take the newspapers and Video-CDs that explain the truth about Falun Gong. We also hang up banners reading “Falun Dafa is good”, “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance” and “Falun Dafa will bring you a Beautiful Future.”