Voices of Support
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Czech Republic: Little Students are Concerned for the Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2005-02-07The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by Jiang and his faction has destroyed many happy families and orphaned many young children. Children from Pomezi School expressed hope that the children of Falun Gong practitioners in China can be reunited with their wrongfully imprisoned parents and that the orphans can find a good home. -
Ukraine: Messages of Support and Best Wishes Left at the “Journey of Compassion Art Exhibition”
2005-02-06Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a very successful painting exhibition entitled “Journey of Compassion”. People who learned the truth about Falun Gong through attending this painting exhibition signed their names and left messages of support in the guest book. This guest book will carry best wishes from the Ukrainian people and travel with the painting exhibition throughout the entire country. -
A Touching Story about a Happy Elderly Lady in Ukraine
2005-02-03A kind elderly lady explained how she overcame difficulties and her poor health to come to attend the art exhibition held by Falun Gong practitioners. The lady carefully viewed each painting and did not want to leave. She was so happy that she looked as if she were a child again. The kind old lady felt extremely thankful for being able to view the paintings. -
Press Conference Speech from European Friends of Falun Gong
2005-01-17"During that time more than 1600 practitioners have been tortured to death while in police custody, and the brutal regime of former president Jiang Zemin, has been responsible for the imprisonment of many thousands more practitioners, for doing no more than exercising their constitutional right to freedom of speech and belief. So far the persecution has shown little sign of improving since the new government leader took over nearly two years ago. The continual persecution casts a shameful shadow over mankind which we must do our utmost to expurgate." -
Press Conference Statement of Support from Lord Hylton: "It is a disgrace that in the last five years many Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured"
2005-01-16It is a disgrace that in the last five years many Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured, some dying as a result. I denounce the imprisonment and incarceration in forced labour camps of over 100,000 practitioners. Equally odious is the enforced treatment of others in psychiatric hospitals, so similar to the abuses carried out by the Soviet dictatorship. -
Finnish Government Continues to Closely Follow the Persecution Against Falun Gong
2005-01-09"The Finnish Government continues to closely follow the human rights situation in China. In addition to other issues, Falun Gong’s situation is being monitored constantly both in the private relations between Finland and China and with regards to the human rights dialogue between the European Union and China." -
“Reporters Without Borders” Condemns the Chinese Regime’s Arrest of Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-01-07The reason the practitioners were arrested by the Chinese authorities is that they posted pictures of how they were tortured in prison on the Internet. Over twenty Falun Gong practitioners have already been put into prison for the same reason. “Reporters Without Borders” believes that Falun Gong practitioners have the right to use the Internet to condemn the violence against them in a country where there is no freedom of information. -
France: People of Marseille Offer Many Encouraging Messages of Support for Efforts to End the Persecution
2005-01-03December the 10th was World Human Rights Day. The France-China Friendship Association and the French Falun Gong Association took advantage of this occasion to jointly hold a one-day petition signature collection activity in France’s second largest city, Marseille. Over eight hundred people signed a petition and wrote down many encouraging messages of support. -
France: Practitioners Invited to a Conference by Human Rights Organisations Active in Southeast Asia
2004-12-30Asian human rights organisations exposed the serious human rights violations in authoritarian and communist countries. The ongoing persecution against Falun Gong by Jiang Zemin’s Chinese communist regime raised concern and attracted the attention of every organisation and participant in the conference. The persecution was strongly condemned. -
UK MP Visits Anti-Torture Exhibition to Show Support for China's Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners
2004-12-23After hearing about this event, Patsy Calton MP and her assistant went to the town centre especially to express their support. After making a statement, Ms. Calton signed a petition calling for the Chinese Government to stop persecuting Falun Gong. On December the 14th, she tabled an Early Day Motion in the UK Parliament about the persecution. -
Interview with a Dutch Lawyer About the Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin: “All countries should help to stop the crimes of genocide.”
2004-12-21On December the 2nd 2004, the Dutch Falun Gong Association filed a legal complaint against the former President of China Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing and the Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai, charging them with committing crimes of genocide and torture in the suppression of Falun Gong. Renowned Dutch human rights attorney Ms. Liesbeth Zegveld submitted the lawsuit on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners to the National Court in Rotterdam. On December the 7th, a reporter interviewed Ms. Zegveld. -
Germany: Joint Activites with the International Society for Human Rights on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16On World Human Rights Day, December the 10th, the Munich branch of the International Society for Human Rights and German Falun Gong Practitioners held activities at the square in front of the National Theatre to call on German society to pay attention to China's human rights situation and put an end to the atrocities launched by Jiang Zemin and his Communist regime. -
Amnesty International: “Human Rights Issues should be the Core Topic for Discussion between the EU and the Chinese Premier.”
2004-12-15Amnesty International Press Officer Oliver Sutton told Radio Free Asia that Amnesty hopes the European Union can raise the human rights problems to the Chinese leader Wen Jiabao. He continued, “The human rights issue should be the core topic for discussion between the European Union and the Chinese Prime minister. The European Union should urge China not to encroach on human rights activists and should not arrest and detain them. They also ask China to release all detained human rights activists.” -
Speech from Non-Governmental Organisation Friends of Falun Gong Europe on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-12"Despite condemnation from many quarters, the Chinese Government, mainly at the instigation of former President Jiang Zemin and also under the present leader Hu Jintao, has conducted a policy of persecution against Falun Gong which has seen over 1000 practitioners die as a result of torture in police custody, and many thousands more still languish in prisons, labour camps and mental hospitals, suffering unspeakably horrific conditions of squalor, torture and deprivation, with little or no prospect of an end to their misery." -
Statement from Jill Evans MEP on World Human Rights Day: "I share the concerns of many about the treatment of practioners of Falun Gong."
2004-12-11"I share the concerns of many about the treatment of practioners of Falun Gong. Peaceful freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that no government should violate...We must work together at the local and European level to bring pressure to bear on the Chinese regime so that it addresses our legitimate concerns on human rights."