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  • France: Many Chinese and French People Happy to Receive Falun Gong Materials at New Year Parade in Paris

    Many French people already knew about Falun Gong and expressed their support to us immediately. Chinese people also accepted our material in a kind-hearted way. When they saw it was about Falun Gong, they nodded their heads, smiled, and said cheerfully, “Oh, it’s Falun Gong." They immediately concentrated on reading the booklet and put the VCD into their pockets gratefully.
  • Press Conference At International Conference on 'Genocide in the New Era’ in Stockholm

    The International Conference on 'Genocide in the New Era’, which was jointly held by the ‘International Advocates for Justice’ and ‘Friends of Falun Gong’, convened in Stockholm, Sweden, on January the 26th 2004. The conference was attended by eighteen international human rights groups, many famous human rights lawyers and a few social activists.
  • French Falun Gong Association Invited to the Senate for a Press Conference with NGOs and VIPs

    On January the 14th, the French Falun Gong Association was invited to the Senate in Paris for a press conference on human rights in China. Among the guests were Former Minister of Education Jack Lang, Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders, ECPM (Together Against Capital Punishment), France Tibet and Chinese dissidents.
  • European Falun Dafa Association Writes to the President of France

    "We were shocked to learn that a Western, democratic country founded on the principles of “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” so blatantly violated the human rights of peaceful, non-political citizens and visitors. It has been widely reported that during Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to France, excessive and unreasonable measures were used to intimidate and harass practitioners of Falun Gong. Both Chinese and Western practitioners were arrested, simply because they wore yellow scarves or yellow sweaters with the words of "Falun Gong" or "Zhen Shan Ren"."
  • France: Practitioners Hold a Press Conference and Prepare to Sue the Authorities Responsible for Unreasonably Arresting Falun Gong Practitioners

    On the morning of January the 28th 2004, the French Falun Dafa Association held a press conference outside the Supreme Court in Paris. They announced that the Falun Gong practitioners who were badly treated and arrested during Hu Jintao’s Chinese New Year visit are preparing to sue the responsible French authorities.
  • Delegates Attending the Stockholm Conference on "Genocide in the New Era" Hold a Press Conference with Dafa Practitioners

    On January the 28th, some delegates attending the international conference on ‘Genocide in the New Era’, together with practitioners from Europe, North America and Asia held a press conference at the Swedish Parliament, regarding the French Government’s treatment of Falun Gong and their kowtowing to Beijing. During the period of the Chinese New Year Parade and Hu Jintao’s visit to France, the Paris police unreasonably arrested several Falun Gong practitioners who did not do anything wrong.
  • UK: Promoting Falun Gong in Manchester’s Chinatown on Chinese New Year

    On January the 25th, Dafa practitioners went to Manchester’s Chinatown to hold celebration activities for the Spring Festival. While here, practitioners handed out flyers and clarified the facts about Falun Gong to Chinese people and westerners. The Chinese people's attitude had also changed a lot. When receiving information from practitioners, many of them sincerely said thank you. Some of them even asked for information about practice sites and said that they would like to learn the exercises.
  • China Culture Minister Sued in France for "Incitement of Massacre and Persecution"

    On January the 28th 2004, Four Falun Gong practitioners entrusted a senior French lawyer, Ms. Hauser-Phelizizon, with the filing of a lawsuit at the Paris prosecutor's office against the Chinese Minister of Culture, Sun Jiazheng, for "incitement of massacre and persecution." He is currently visiting France.
  • Lawyers From Different Countries Deliver Speeches at an International Conference on "Genocide in the New Era"

    The International Workshop on “Modern Genocide", which was jointly held by the “International Advocates for Justice" and “Friends of Falun Gong", convened in Stockholm, Sweden, on January the 26th 2004. The conference was scheduled to last three days. On the second day of the conference, lawyers from various countries spoke at the workshop.
  • Public Notice

    In and around the time of Hu's recent visit to France, China used economic incentives to lead a few people in the French government who were overcome by temptation to order the French police to arrest Falun Dafa practitioners for no reason. To those behind this incident--the people in China who ordered it, orchestrated it, and participated in it--you will be held responsible for all consequences. We will comprehensively investigate everyone involved both in China and abroad, and bring you all to justice in accordance with the law in the near future.The Falun Dafa Association The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong
  • UK: Chinese New Year Celebrations in London Provide a Great Opportunity for More People to Know the Facts

    In Trafalgar Square, Chinese people who understood the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution expressed that they opposed the persecution of Falun Gong instigated by the Jiang regime. Many people asked for truth-clarifying materials. Some western people specially asked for Chinese materials and told those who were distributing the materials that they were for their Chinese teachers. Some people said that they wanted to download the information from the Internet many times but failed and they were really happy to get it from practitioners.
  • France: "Coming for You Again and Again" - Heartfelt Wishes Resound Across Paris Sky

    On the evening of January the 23rd, clear calls of "Happy New Year, Master!" and "Falun Dafa is good!" were heard in front of the glittering Eiffel Tower. Piercing through the cloudy, cold evening Paris sky, these calls seemed to echo across the colossal firmament, breaking through layers of cosmic barriers. They represented the heartfelt wishes of Dafa disciples from various European countries and Taiwan.
  • International Forum on "Preventing Genocide: Threat and Responsibility" Held in Stockholm, Sweden

    On January the 26th, the Stockholm International Forum held a workshop on “Preventing Genocide: Threat and Responsibility". The Prime Minister of Sweden invited representatives from sixty countries to attend and discuss the important issues related to genocide, including humanitarianism, various policies, and the question of morality.
  • Practitioners Welcome Hu Jintao's Visit to France and Ask that Jiang Zemin be Brought to Justice

    Chinese president Hu Jintao began a four-day visit to France on January 26, 2004. Some international organisations in Paris hoped the French government leaders would bring up the persecution of Falun Gong during their meeting with Hu Jintao. Falun Gong practitioners welcomed Hu Jintao and at the same time requested that Jiang Zemin, the head of the criminal persecution of Falun Gong, be brought to justice.
  • A UK Citizen's Testimony: "Such a blatant export of Chinese human rights abuses to the free country of France is both shocking and totally unacceptable."

    "After coming back to the UK, I still feel shock and regret about what happened in Paris. I am a UK citizen and come from a democratic country, expecting France to be free and democratic as well. What I encountered was a nightmare that I think the French authority should apologise to me for their behaviour and prevent it from ever happening again."