Important Announcements
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Turkey: The Turkish Falun Gong Association is Officially Established
2005-04-18Turkish Falun Gong practitioners received a formal notice on the 10th of April that the Turkish Falun Gong Association has been officially established. This is the second Falun Gong Association to be established in Eastern Europe this year, after the Polish Falun Gong Association was officially formed in February. The founding of the Falun Gong Association illustrates Turkey’s recognition and welcome of Falun Gong. -
Slovak Republic: Introducing the Book Zhuan Falun to Slovak Readers
2005-04-02The book Zhuan Falun was introduced to the Slovak people in Bratislava’s Panta Rhei bookstore. Zhuan Falun is the main text of Falun Dafa and is the book that guides the 100 million Falun Gong practitioners through their cultivation practice. The book was launched this month and is now on sale in all good bookshops throughout the Slovak Republic. -
Summary of European Lawsuits against Jiang Zemin and his Accomplices from the Chinese Communist Party
2005-03-16Since July, 1999, Jiang Zemin has used the Chinese Communist Party to stage a campaign of genocide against Falun Gong. This unprecedented persecution has lasted for over five years and caused the deaths of at least 1,482 innocent Falun Gong practitioners. In addition, over 100 million practitioners, along with their families and friends, have experienced violations of human rights.Meanwhile, Jiang Zemin’s faction has extended the persecution to overseas countries, doing substantial harm to Falun Gong practitioners outside of Mainland China, as well as Chinese citizens. To stop the evil persecution and to safeguard human rights and justice, Falun Gong practitioners from Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and Africa, together with human rights organisations and human rights lawyers, have filed lawsuits against Jiang and his accomplices. Here is a summary of the European lawsuits. -
Zhuan Falun is Officially Published in Slovakian
2005-03-10The main book of Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun, was published in Slovak language this month. Zhuan Falun was a best-seller in Beijing, China during 1996, and not without reason. The core text of Falun Dafa practice is no ordinary book. Its contents and teachings have done nothing short of redefining qigong and cultivation practice. Moreover, the book nurtured Falun Dafa from a practice done by 200 thousand people in China to one taken up by over 100 million around the world -
French Human Rights Lawyer submits a Legal Petition requesting a Comprehensive Investigation into the 2004 Paris Incident
2005-02-20On the afternoon of the 11th of February 2005, on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners, Lawyer Fabrice Orlandi filed a legal petition to the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. The petition requested a comprehensive investigation into the incident on January 2004, in which, bowing to the pressure from the Chinese communist regime, French police harassed Falun Gong practitioners. -
To the 2005 European Experience Sharing Conference
2005-01-18Greetings to all Dafa disciples at the conference! While going through the persecution that has lasted for over five years, the Mainland Dafa disciples have--much as have the European Dafa disciples and Dafa disciples all over the world, who are exposing the persecution, clarifying the facts, and saving sentient beings--done what Dafa disciples should do. The Dafa disciples' combined efforts have made the truth known around the entire world and will leave the evil with no place to hide. This has fully displayed the magnificence of the Dafa disciples of the righteous Fa and righteous belief. -
Russian Falun Dafa Practitioners Send New Year's Greetings to Master
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Austrian Dafa Practitioners Wish Revered Master a Happy New Year
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All Falun Dafa practitioners from Finland Send New Year's Greetings to our Great and Benevolent Master
2005-01-01Finnish practitioners also wish Happy New Year to all Mainland Chinese Dafa practitioners, who have displayed great compassion despite five years of brutal persecution, and who have continuously explained the facts and demonstrated the righteousness of Falun Dafa in their environment in a peaceful manner. With their upright actions, they have also encouraged us to do better. -
Practitioners in Ukraine Send New Year's Greetings to Master Li and Practitioners in Mainland China
2005-01-01We, all Ukrainian practitioners, want to send New Year's greetings to our respected Master and all the practitioners in China! Our thoughts are always with you. Hope this year will bring more peace and goodness to the hearts of Chinese people. Wish you Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance! Happy New Year! -
French Judge Requests an Investigation into the 6-10 Office's Role in the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-12-18An examining magistrate at the Court of Justice in Paris, recently issued an International Letters Rogatory asking the Chinese authorities for a certain number of explanations and acts. An International Letters Rogatory is basically a request from a court for information from another, usually foreign, court. This ILR was transmitted to the Chinese authorities as a follow up to two complaints filed in France, one in December 2002 against the Head of the “610 Office”, Vice-Premier Li Lanqing, and the other one in January 2004 against the Chinese Minister of Culture – respectively for crimes of torture and complicity to torture in the repression of Falun Gong. -
Legal Action in the Netherlands Against Chinese Leaders for Crimes of Genocide and Torture
2004-12-06On December the 1st 2004, the Dutch Falun Gong Association filed a legal complaint based on crimes of Genocide and Torture committed by Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing and Bo Xilai against Falun Gong practitioners. This is the first time in the legal history of the Netherlands that a complaint has been filed based on Genocide. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Xiong Wei Successfully Rescued and Returned to Germany
2004-10-03Xiong Wei, a Falun Gong practitioner who studied in Germany but has spent the last 2 year illegally imprisoned in a forced labour camp in China, was successfully rescued and arrived back in Germany. Xiong Wei and German Falun Gong practitioners thanked the German Government, human rights groups and the German public for their help and support. -
Danish Version of the Book "Falun Gong" is Published
2004-09-26After careful translation by Danish practitioners, the Danish version of Falun Gong [the introductory book of Falun Dafa] is now published in book form and is being sold in Danish bookshops. This is good news for the Danish citizens and provides a good opportunity for more Danish people who want to practise Falun Gong. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners and Human Rights Lawyer Announce Lawsuit Against Prime Culprits in the Persecution of Falun Gong at a Joint Press Conference
2004-09-24At 1:00pm on the 21st of September 2004, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners and Swedish human rights lawyer Peter Bergquist held a joint press conference at Mynttorget Square in Stockholm, announcing that a lawsuit is to be filed against Jiang Zemin and his accomplices for persecuting Falun Gong.