Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Norwegian Political Leaders Receive the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
2009-10-20Ahead of Norway's general election, leaders of each party received a special gift – copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, which has been responsible for 60 million people in China quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The leaders said that this kind of information was very much needed. -
Germany: Raising Awareness of Chinese Communist Party Atrocities before Germany's General Election
2009-10-05Political candidate and TV station reporter Astrid Freudenstein said that when she taught at a university, she heard of serious human rights abuses by the CCP and its persecution of people with religious belief. She was shocked to know this time that the Chinese Communist regime even harvested organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for lucrative profits. She said she would take a copy of all the information materials home and read them carefully. -
European VIPs Strongly Recommend: Go to See Divine Performing Arts
2009-02-18On February 9th 2009, the vice president of the European Parliament hosted a reception in the European Parliament to welcome the Divine Performing Arts European Tour. At the reception, many European VIPs said that they saw the performance last year and were deeply impressed. They strongly recommended people to see the show. -
CIPFG Submits Over One Million Signatures Condemning the Persecution of Falun Gong to the European Union
2008-08-14On August 6th 2008, at the European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels, a representative of CIPFG (Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China) formally submitted over one million signatures collected globally to the European Union Commission, requesting its help to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Swedish MP: "The CCP's Incitement of the Attacks in Flushing Is an International Concern"
2008-06-06Mr. Lindblad said, "The Flushing incident must be initiated by the CCP regime. It tries to incite such things in other countries. It is horrible." When asked why he thought the CCP chose this time, Mr. Lindblad said that the CCP attempted to divert people's attention since it saw that the world's people protested the Olympic torch relay and its suppression in Tibet. -
Bulgaria: Economic Interests Lead to Disrespect for Human Rights
2007-03-17Bulgarian Falun Dafa practitioners were invited to a meeting with Mr. Krasimir Stefanov, Director of the Directorate of Asia, Australia and Oceania in the Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria, with Mr. Zdravelin Georgiev official in charge for China, and with one more official of the Ministry. The meeting was requested by the practitioners after a letter sent by the Ministry to the Sofia Municipality, in which Mr. Stefanov stated that a peaceful appeal by members of Bulgarian Falun Gong Association in front of the building of the Chinese Embassy in Sofia is inexpedient. The reason mentioned was a potential threat to the diplomats of China. -
Let us oppose the Chinese Communist Regime’s Human Rights Abuses Together
2007-03-04The Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners have been incessantly condemned by the international community. Through partnership with the Working Together for Human Rights Association since last year, Amnesty International has kept a close eye on various atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. On various formal occasions, it also appealed for Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights and strongly condemned the Chinese regime’s persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioner Presents a Petition to the Presidents of Germany and Italy
2007-02-18On February the 9th 2007, German Federal President Mr. Horst Kohler returned to his alma mater, the University of Tübingen. A Falun Gong practitioner studying at the University presented the German President with a petition calling for an end to the Chinese communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. The president repeatedly said “thank you.” When the Italian president looked at what was going on with curiosity, the practitioner also presented him the report on the investigation into the Chinese communist regime’s harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and other related material in Italian. -
United Kingdom: "We cannot allow such things to continue"
2006-08-04Former Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) for Canada and senior MP, David Kilgour, was invited by Lord Thurlow, former UK diplomat, to hold a seminar in the Houses of Parliament on July 17th regarding the CCP’s trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners’ organs. The UK MPs who attended the seminar appealed to the UK government to take measures to stop the CCP’s atrocities. Mr. Kilgour introduced the attendees to the report he wrote in Canada, and answered questions raised by the MPs and media. -
Sweden: During the Tällberg Forum, Practitioners Expose the CCP's Trade in Organs Harvested from Living People
2006-07-20Swedish human rights organization SHRIC had a stand called ‘Supporting Human Rights in China’, appealing for attention from all peace-loving people for human rights in China. Four Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted in China but now live in Sweden talked about their own experiences of persecution to people who came to read the posters. -
France: Council of Europe Focuses on the CCP Trade in Organs Harvested from Prisoners in Labour Camps
2006-07-11A forum to "Examine environmental pollution and the human rights situation in China” was held at the 7th meeting hall on June 27th, 2006. The organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners taking place in China’s labour camps became a focus of the meeting. -
Holland: Telling the Mayor about the Persecution of Falun Dafa
2006-05-27The mayor said, "I know all about Falun Gong. He looked at me, probably not expecting anyone in his city to practise Falun Gong. I showed him some materials about the Chinese Communist Party taking organs from living victims, including Falun Gong practitioners. He looked for a moment and said, "Too terrible, too terrible. These people are too bad; I will read this material carefully." I also told him some experiences of mine; he listened with attention. I finally said that just because of this, I have not seen my daughter for seven years. The Mayor's wife said: "This is one of the most intolerable things. Thank you for telling us your story." -
Czech Republic: The Czech People Appeal to the Government to Urge the Chinese Regime to Release Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-05-23On April the 20th and April 21st, Falun Gong practitioners protested in Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek against the CCP removing live Falun Gong practitioners’ organs.We prepared petitions to urge the President of the Czech Republic to ask the CCP to immediately release all Falun Gong practitioners who are imprisoned in the secret concentration camps. -
Germany: An Asian Specialist at the Chancellor’s Office is Concerned about the Harvest of Organs from Living Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-05-22On May 15th, 2006, a week before the German Chancellor Merkel’s visit to China, an asian specialist in the Chancellor’s Office received representatives of Falun Gong practitioners, China Democratic League and a German human right organisation. At the same time, practitioners rallied in front of the Chancellor’s Office. -
Czech Republic: The Czech People Appeal to the Government to Urge the Chinese Regime to Release Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-05-18On April 20th and April 21st, Falun Gong practitioners in Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek in the Czech Republic held an activity to tell people about the incident of harvesting organs in China, which has been disclosed recently. Falun Gong practitioners’ organs were forcibly removed while they were still alive and traded on the black market; they were mainly sold to rich foreigners.