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  • Slovakia: Petition Campaign in Bratislava against the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On Friday, August 21st in Bratislava, in SNP Square, there was a petition campaign with the goal of drawing attention of the public to the continuing persecution of Falun Gong, which did not stop during the Olympic Games. The media were informed about recent reports from the CIPFG, which drew attention to cases of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners continues and reported about a dozen hospitals, which were investigated and which confirmed this practice over the phone.
  • Germany: "For Human Rights and for You, I Will Sign my Name"

    On the 12th of July 2008 in the city centre of Dresden, Falun Gong practitioners held an activity to support the ‘World Million Signatures' campaign, calling for an end of the CCPs persecution of Falun Gong before the Beijing Olympic Games. People who understood what is going on in China eagerly came to sign, condemning the persecution. An assistant Minister of the State of Saxony passed by and immediately signed his name; he had a conversation with practitioners about China’s human rights record.
  • Germany: Activities Calling for the Resumption of NTDTV’s Signal to China

    On August 17th, Falun Gong practitioners held activities on the streets of Hamburg to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong. They also collected signatures calling on the Eutelsat Company to immediately resume broadcast of the New Tang Dynasty Television’s (NTDTV) signal.
  • Belgium: Representatives of Prime Minister Accepts Falun Gong Practitioners' Petition on Behalf of the Belgian Government

    On August 14th, the CIPFG (Coalition to Investigate Persecution of Falun Gong) submitted a global petition to the Belgian Prime Minister. The petition urged the Belgian government to help end the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)'s persecution of Falun Gong. Matthias Slaats, representative of the Belgian Falun Gong Association, and Belgian Senator Mr. Patrik Vankrunkelsven were witness to the submission.
  • Czech Republic: Falun Gong Practitioners Silent Vigil Seen on Television

    On the eve of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Association of Falun Gong in the Czech Republic organized a 24 hour vigil for dead practitioners of the Falun Gong meditation practice who were killed by the Chinese communist regime. The activity also pointed out that 1.3 million people demand a stop to the persecution of Falun Gong in a world-wide petition.
  • Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Join Activities at an 'Art Night' in Helsinki

    On the evening of August 22nd, 2008, during Helsinki Art Night, Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Esplanade Park to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Several young female practitioners were wearing beautiful ancient Chinese clothing as they distributed information leaflets and folded paper lotus flowers to the passers-by.
  • Il Giornale (Italian newspaper): Two Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured to Death

    On August 24th, Italian newspaper Il Giornale once again reported the news of Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The article said that two Falun Gong practitioners from Shandong Province were tortured to death in prison. 58-year-old Zhong Zhenfu was beaten to death in Pingdu police station. Liu Xiumei from Zhucheng was arrested in July, but 17 days after that Liu died mysteriously. When International News Service (INS) interviewed on these events, the Chinese local officials chose silence.
  • United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Activities in Cambridge

    On August 23rd, British Falun Gong practitioners held activities in the ancient university city of Cambridge to raise awareness about the facts of the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong. They hung banners reading "Falun Dafa is Good" and "Stop the Persecution", and called for help to stop the persecution.
  • Czech Minister Dzamila Stehlikova Expresses Support for Falun Gong Practitioners' Appea Before the Olympics

    The Czech Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities, Mrs. Dzamila Stehlikova, sent a statement to support the peaceful 24 hour gathering of Falun Gong practitioners in front of the Chinese embassy in Prague, which they held from 7th to 8th August, on the eve of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
  • United Kingdom: 2008 UK Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference in Cambridge

    On August 24th, 2008, the UK Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Cambridge, practitioners from all across the UK travelled to attend. About twenty Chinese and western practitioners gave speeches to share their experiences on studying the principles of Falun Dafa well, improving their character and raising awareness about the persecution.
  • Germany: International Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance Art Exhibition Held in Lorranch

    On August 8th, the German Falun Gong Association held an International Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance Art Exhibition in Lorranch. Not only did it draw much attention from politicians, but reporters from the media also came to cover the event. Many people came to see the exhibition one after another.
  • Nord Éclair (French newspaper) Publishes Article about Falun Gong

    Nord Éclair is one of three major newspapers in Northern France Nord-Pas-De-Calais; it published an article entitled "Two Chinese Youths Petitioned in front of The Commercial Centre in the French City of Calais on August 3rd". The article makes the point that people really need to awaken their conscience. Ordinary Chinese people live a life without freedom of speech, the CCP harvests organs from live practitioners.
  • Germany: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Practitioners held activities in Düsseldorf and Mülheim in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. They raised awareness about Falun Gong, as well as the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party during the past nine years. Many local people signed a petition supporting an immediate end to the persecution.
  • Belgian MP Demands Unconditional Release of Xu Na

    Xu Na, a Falun Gong practitioner from Beijing and a quite reputable painter, was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under the guise of the “Beijing Olympic Games”. Her husband Yu Zhou, a musician in the famous folk band “Xiaojuan & Co - Residents in the Valley”, was persecuted to death on February 6th, 2008, only eleven days after he and Xu Na were illegally arrested on their way home from a music concert.
  • United Kingdom: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in St. Martins Square London

    On August 18th, 2008, British Falun Gong practitioners held activities in St. Martins Square in central London again to expose the atrocities of the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. They condemned the Chinese regime’s escalation of the persecution before the Olympics and urged the general public to condemn the brutality.