Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Switzerland: Falun Gong Practitioners Attend UN Human Rights Seminar and Call Attention to Persecution in China
2013-11-20The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held an Open House Day on September 14. Falun Gong practitioners from Geneva, Switzerland and other areas attended the event to raise awareness about the persecution in China. -
Public Screening of Free China Film in British Parliament Draws Wide Support
2013-07-21On July 1, 2013, the first public screening of the newly released, award-winning documentary Free China: The Courage to Believe took place in the British Parliament. Members of Parliament (MP) and the public were visibly shaken by the stories portrayed in the film. Several MPs talked about the importance of enabling more people in mainland China and the international community to see the film, so that more people will become aware of the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Seminars at Oxford and Cambridge Universities Explore the Chinese Regime's Crime of Live Organ Harvesting
2013-05-09On April 25 and 26, 2013, Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) sponsored two seminars entitled, "Unveiling Organ Transplant in China" at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The seminars served as the first comprehensive exposure of the CCP's forced organ harvesting crimes to be held at these major universities. -
Hearing Held in UK Parliament: Taking Action to Stop Live Organ Harvesting
2013-05-09On April 29, 2013, a special hearing on live organ harvesting was held in the UK parliament. It was organized by Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) and was held to expose live organ harvesting crimes occurring in China and to discuss the international society’s efforts to develop legal procedures to prevent this crime. -
United Kingdom: Leeds City Council Hears the Facts about Falun Gong
2012-08-07On July 11, 2012, at a General Assembly of the Leeds City Government, UK Falun Gong practitioners recounted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong to the Mayor of Leeds, nearly 100 councilors, and a dozen senior officials of the municipal government. They asked the Leeds Council to make a public statement calling for an end to the CCP persecution of Falun Gong. -
Czech Senate Human Rights Committee Resolution: Stop Persecuting Falun Gong
2012-06-26On May 23, the Czech Senate Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights, and Petitions reached a unanimous agreement to call for a stop to the persecution of Falun Gong in China, and passed a resolution. -
Italy: Exposing the CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong in Parliament
2012-05-06On April 17, 2012, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy were invited to attend a Human Rights hearing hosted by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament. Based on their personal experience of illegal imprisonment, torture, and forced labour, they testified to the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners that is taking place in China today. -
United Kingdom: "Doctors against Forced Organ Harvesting" Hold Seminar in Glasgow
2011-09-27On the 5th of September 2011, "Doctors against Forced Organ Harvesting” held a seminar in the UK entitled "Organ Transplant at a Crossroads”, which mainly publicised the conclusion of research that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harvests organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. The event triggered wide-ranging attention on the CCP’s crimes. -
Germany: Mayor of Offenbach am Main Pledges Support to Daughter of Falun Gong Practitioner Imprisoned in China
2010-09-06On July 18, 2009, 62-year-old Ji Guizhen, a Falun Gong practitioner from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, was arrested for her beliefs. Her daughter, Xu Anlan, and other family members haven't seen her since. After being illegally imprisoned for a year, Ji Guizhen was handed a two-year labour camp sentence for possessing Falun Gong informational materials calling for the end of the persecution. -
Slovakia: Falun Gong Practitioner Describes Torture He Endured in China to Slovak Members of Parliament
2010-08-01On July 19, Mr. Liu Hongchang visited Slovakia. Mr. Liu spent 5 years in a Chinese prison because he practised Falun Gong. He was received by two members of the Slovak parliament, Mr. Dostal and Mr. Sebej, who heard his story. The MPs expressed their sympathy for the people in China who are persecuted for their beliefs. -
Report on Falun Gong Wins Daniel Pearl Annual News Award in France
2010-06-07Student Yemeli Ortega won Third Place for her report on Falun Gong practitioner Feng Yajun, who was detained and tortured by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). She said that Ms. Feng Yajun's nobility of character had given her the courage and inspiration to write the story. -
Speech to UN Human Rights Conference Exposes CCP's Abuse of Psychiatric Drugs in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2010-03-21On the morning of March 15, 2010, Mr. Chen Shizhong made a speech at the 13th UN Human Rights Council Conference representing the United Nations Association, San Diego Chapter. He urged the UN Human Rights Council to take action to end the Chinese Communist regime's continuous violation of Falun Gong practitioners' freedom of beliefs. -
Victims of the Persecution of Falun Gong Invited to Participate in 13th Session of UN Human Rights Council
2010-03-14The 13th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is being held in Geneva from March 1 to 26, 2010. This year, the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group (FLGHR) invited four Falun Gong practitioners who suffered brutal persecution in China to further expose the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong with their own experiences. -
Shen Yun Performer Mei Xuan Meets with Special Rapporteur of UN Against Torture
2010-03-13Ms. Mei Xuan, an erhu soloist from Shen Yun Performing Arts, went to Geneva during her Shen Yun tour. Professor Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur Against Torture, met with Mei Xuan to hear testimony of torture experienced by practitioners in China, as well as information on the forced disappearance of her husband. -
Mr. David Kilgour Exposes CCP's Live Organ Harvesting in French Parliament
2010-01-01Under the invitation of WOIPFG (World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong) and Ms. Françoise Hostalier, Member of the French Parliament (MP), Mr. David Kilgour, Former MP of the Canadian Parliament, introduced his new book, Bloody harvest, on December 3, 2009 in the French Parliament.