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Sweden: Annual Falun Gong Presentation is a Favourite with Students of Dalarna College
2004-12-17According to the teacher the lecture by Falun Gong practitioners is one of the most appreciated events on the course. The practitioners showed a video of the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong. The students heard how the human rights of practitioners have been abused for the last five years under orders from former communist chief Jiang Zemin. -
Slovakia: Despite Freezing Weather, People’s Reactions are Warm on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16On World Human Rights Day, a press conference was held in Bratislava to inform the media about Falun Gong and the persecution against the practice. The Slovakian people were shocked that such a peaceful practice, which has brought improved physical and spiritual wellbeing to 100 million people in 60 countries, could be persecuted so brutally. -
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. -
Sweden: Exhibition at Karlstad University Reveals the Persecution of Female Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2004-12-16The exhibition was in the library's admission hall and can be seen by students, teachers and visitors. The audience can see photos and read the information boards, study a summary of the United Nation’s reports concerning the persecution of Falun Gong in China and read a report that lists the women who have died during the persecution from of torture. -
Spain: Calling for an End to the Persecution on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-15On World Human Rights Day, Spanish practitioners went to the main street in the centre of Madrid to raise awareness about the campaign of genocide that has been waged against Falun Gong practitioners in China for the last five years. They distributed flyers to passers-by, and talked to them about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: Press Conference held on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-15On the 10th of December 2004, World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK held a press conference to remind people of the continuing five-year campaign of genocide against Falun Gong practitioners in China and to support bringing to justice the people responsible for the abuse, torture and killing of countless men, women and children. -
Spain: 6-10 Office Representatives from Four Chinese Provinces are Under Investigation by the Spanish Police
2004-12-14On the 29th November, after hearing that four 6-10 Office representatives would be visiting Europe with a tourist group, Spanish Falun Gong practitioners immediately reported to Spain’s Highest Police Office that the four criminals who are persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in China might be entering Spain. In addition, practitioners handed in evidence of the crimes of the four people and testimonies of witnesses to the police, whilst demanding that the police immediately investigate all four of them. -
Finland: On World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong Practitioners held an Anti-Torture Picture Exhibition in Helsinki
2004-12-14The 10th of December was World Human Rights Day. Helsinki Falun Gong practitioners went to the city centre to raise awareness about the cruel persecution in China. Widespread human rights abuse has been happening there for the last five years against people who practise Falun Gong and follow the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. -
Speech by Lord Thurlow, Former UK Under-Secretary of State, on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-14"In 1999, Jiang Zemin, overriding the wishes of his colleagues in the Chinese Politburo, introduced a campaign to suppress the innocent group Falun Gong for nothing but their beliefs, amounting to no less than 100 millions Chinese citizens. Suppression of people for their beliefs is known under international law as genocide. The Chinese Government is guilty of genocide and those who have introduced this horror that has lasted for more than 5 years must be brought to justice." -
Holland: During the EU-China Summit, People were Shocked by the Brutal Persecution Against Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2004-12-13On the 8th of December, during the EU-China summit, Falun Gong practitioners from Holland, Belgium and Germany held an anti-torture exhibition on the square outside the Houses of Parliament in The Hague. This was the third day of activities in the square for Falun Gong practitioners, continuing their efforts to raise awareness of the persecution. -
Sweden: Falun Gong practitioners Appeal at Stockholm City Hall during the Nobel Peace Prize Banquet on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-13On the 10th of December, World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong-practitioners appealed at Stockholm City Hall during the Nobel Peace Prize Banquet held in the Blue Hall. The guests at the Nobel Banquet and people passing by clearly saw the practitioners’ peaceful appeal about twenty metres away from the entrance to the hall. -
Holland: Practitioners Request Human Rights Violator Bo Xilai is Expelled from the Country during EU-China Summit
2004-12-12Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed outside the EU-China trade talk venue by displaying banners, demonstrating the five sets of exercises, welcoming Wen Jiabao, requesting that human rights violator Bo Xilai be expelled from Holland and calling for chief persecutors Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing and Zhou Yongkang to be brought to justice. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Meet Christmas shoppers and Commuters on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-12On the 10th December 2004, World Human Rights day, practitioners went to Gothenburg city centre to inform Christmas shoppers about the persecution against Falun Gong in China. Many people stopped by to read the posters that illustrated details of the human rights crimes that have been committed on the orders of Jiang Zemin and his communist regime. -
Switzerland: Exposing the Torture Methods Used in China’s Labour Camps to Force Falun Gong Practitioners to Betray their Conscience
2004-12-12On a Saturday in November, Falun Gong practitioners met in Glarus Town Hall Square and set up an information booth. They talked to local people about the human rights atrocities that have been perpetrated against people who practise Falun Gong in China over the past five years. Passersby were shocked when they heard that over 1,100 people have lost their lives because they practice this peaceful meditation and exercise system, and because they refuse to renounce their belief in Falun Gong’s guiding principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Hold a Press Conference on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-11December 10th was World Human Rights Day. In London, Falun Gong practitioners gathered opposite the Chinese Embassy to draw attention to the five-year campaign of persecution waged against fellow practitioners in China. Several statements of support by VIPs were read out and practitioners spoke about the persecution they have suffered personally.