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Sweden: Famous Swedish Diplomat Encourages Practitioners to “Keep Up the Good Work!”
2005-04-17A group of Falun Gong practitioners attended a lecture held by Jan Eliasson in Gothenburg. Jan Eliasson is the former Swedish Ambassador in Washington and later this year he will take over as president of the United Nations General Council. In the past, he worked as a UN Ambassador, as well as a Cabinet Secretary at the Swedish Foreign Ministry. -
"Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group" Submits Cases of Missing Falun Gong Practitioners to United Nations in Geneva
2005-04-17The Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group submitted a case report on the abduction of Huang Xiong to Mr. Stephen Toope, Chairman of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during the annual meeting of the U.N.H.R.C. in Geneva. He was surprised to know that Mr. Huang was abducted more than a year ago and said he would take action right away. -
Czech Republic: Anti-torture Exhibit Receives Public Support and Media Attention in Brno
2005-04-16On Friday the 8th of April, the peaceful sounds of Falun Dafa music spread through the Brno streets of Novobranska and Josefska. Practitioners from all over the Czech Republic, supported by a group of practitioners from England, gathered in Brno to tell the local people about the Chinese Communist Party‘s campaign of genocide against Falun Gong in China. -
German Practitioners Write to the Premier Calling for the Rescue of Jiang Renzheng and his Family
2005-04-16The German Falun Gong Information Centre disclosed that practitioners are now actively informing the German authorities, politicians, media and human rights organisation about the situation of Jiang’s family. They are appealing to the German Government to rescue the family and they want to help the public understand the situation under the Communist Party’s rule. -
Ireland: Falun Gong Exercise Demonstration and Cultural Performances at a Mind, Body & Spirit Exhibition
2005-04-16Those who visited the Falun Gong stall and asked questions showed that they had a better understanding of Falun Gong than last time. Many people bought the English version of the introductory text Falun Gong and the main book Zhuan Falun, as well as exercise demonstration tapes and DVDs. In a few days, over six thousand leaflets were given out. -
Ukraine: Journey of Compassion Painting Exhibition held in Konstantinovka
2005-04-15Practitioners in Ukraine recently staged a painting exhibition entitled the Journey of Compassion in Konstantinoyka City. Through watching the painting exhibition, many people felt angry after finding out about the cruel torture against Falun Gong practitioners initiated by the Chinese Communist Party. People signed their names on the petition form to support Falun Gong practitioners. -
A Young Chinese Couple Learn the Truth from a Video-CD
2005-04-14Once I was on a boat ride back to my home country when I met a young Chinese couple. I began a discussion with them, telling them that I practise Falun Gong. They were happy to talk to me and we had a long discussion, mostly about the persecution against Falun Gong in China. They both had a higher level education, so we discussed issues on many levels and they asked many questions, most arising from the lies that the Chinese Communist Party have spread. -
Norway: Promoting Falun Gong’s Positive Health Benefits at an Annual Health Exhibition
2005-04-14At the Falun Gong stand, people could find out how practitioners have become physically and mentally healthy through Falun Gong cultivation practice. Practitioners showed details of health surveys from Beijing before Falun Gong was suppressed, health surveys from Taiwan and medical reports of Falun Gong’s effect on health in Germany. -
Geneva: The United Nations Human Rights Commission raises Concern about the Human Rights Problems in China
2005-04-13Many U.N. (NGOs) spoke in the U.N.’s 61st session of the Human Rights Commission condemning China’s state terrorism. The Chinese Communist regime not only brutally persecutes its own citizens; it also entices international communities with money to violate their own values and principles. -
United Kingdom: Anti-torture Exhibition in Huddersfield Arouses People’s Sympathy
2005-04-12The purpose of this activity was to introduce Falun Gong to local residents and to tell them about the brutal persecution against the practice in China. The few torture methods re-enacted were just the tip of the iceberg; over 100 forms of torture are used under orders from the Chinese Communist Party. -
Where does the Money for these Geneva Activities Come From?
2005-04-12Since the year 2000, each March and April there are one to two thousand Falun Gong practitioners from Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America going to Geneva to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong in China. Where does the money for all their travelling and materials come from? -
Geneva: Photo Report - Revealing the Persecution of Falun Gong during the UN Human Rights Commission
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United Kingdom: People from the City of Canterbury Learn about Falun Dafa and Support Practitioners’ Human Rights
2005-04-11On Saturday the 9th of April, Dafa practitioners from Kent in the south of England held an event in the centre of the historic city of Canterbury to promote the local Falun Dafa class and raise awareness of the ongoing persecution against the practice in China. People showed their support for Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights by signing a petition calling for former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice through a court of law. -
Germany: The first Falun Gong Workshop at a School in Cham City
2005-04-11Four local newspapers and some newspapers from neighbouring cities published adverts for the Falun Gong workshop. One of them even printed a report about the workshop on its front page, as well as a thesis by an American medical doctor about Falun Gong’s beneficial influence on human health. Consequently, Falun Gong became a popular topic among residents and the workshop was attended by a lot of people. -
Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong at a Stockholm Health Fair
2005-04-10On April the 2nd and 3rd, Falun Gong practitioners participated in a health fair called ”Harmony Expo” in Liljeholmen, Stockholm. They demonstrated the five sets of exercises on a stage several times during the two days and handed out hundreds of leaflets and newspapers about Falun Gong and the persecution that has been taking place in China for the last six years.