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Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Perform during International Culture Week
2007-11-03
The organizers of the event and audience warmly welcomed their performance. Through their singing, practitioners Wang Yajun and Dai Ying spread the message that Falun Dafa is spreading throughout the world and that the Chinese Communist Party, which has persecuted Falun Gong practitioners for over eight years, will soon collapse. -
Personal Experiences from Sweden’s Human Rights Torch Relay: “I did something meaningful today.”
2007-11-02
This was an extraordinary parade with people of all ages from white haired old men to young children - flyer distributors, runners, bicycle riders and families in their cars followed. They were from different races and genders, but came for the same purpose: to call for an immediate end to persecution in China. -
Article from German Newspaper Westfalen-Blatt: Torture Victim has Operation in Brakel and Receives Hip Replacement
2007-11-02
Other prisoners forced him to crouch down and stretched his legs, pressing them into the ground in such a way that both of his hips were broken and joints and tendons snapped. Later, Wang was able to move only painfully and with the help of crutches. The operating surgeon, Dr. Rolf Haaker, chief of the Department of Orthopedics said: “These vicious tactics combined with additional brutal stresses in the forced labour camp caused serious damage that could only be alleviated by replacing the two hip joints with prosthesis.” -
United Kingdom: Human Rights Torch Relay in London
2007-11-01
A grey wintry day in London was brightened by a torch of hope on Thursday, October 25th. The torch is the symbol of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay. This event draws attention to the human rights abuses committed by the CCP and resolutely states that “Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot coexist in China”. -
Article from Welt Online (Germany): The reason why the West shuts its eyes concerning human rights violations in China
2007-11-01Liu Wei, born 1972 in Liaoning Province, China, was imprisoned in a pre-trial prison in the Beijing Dongscheng District from September 25th 2001 until January 25th 2003 because she practises Falun Gong. She was then transferred to a Beijing women’s slave labour camp. She recounted what she experienced since August 19th 2005, including psychological and physical torture. In an effort to make her renounce her belief, the torture she suffered ranged from hard slave labour to forced re-education and blackmail. -
Sweden: Seminar at the Swedish Parliament
2007-10-31
On October 11th, 2007 a seminar entitled "Can the Beijing Olympics improve human rights in China?" was held at the Swedish parliament. More than fifty senators, human rights organisations and China specialists attended the seminar to discuss the implications of China hosting the Olympic Games next year. -
Bulgaria: “Falun Gong is good! Welcome again to Kazanlak!”
2007-10-30
Many people had the chance to meet practitioners and to give their support for stopping the persecution against the practice. Some of the practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises; others gave out leaflets and invited people to sign the petition. Everybody was happy to support this noble cause and to condemn the atrocities done by the regime in China. -
Norway: Global Human Rights Torch Relay Arrives in Oslo
2007-10-30On Saturday the 13th of October, Bislet Stadium, where the Olympic torch was lit during the Winter Olympics in 1952, was again the centre of a torch relay. This time, though, it is the arena for the Global Human Rights Torch Relay. The Torch Relay started in Athens in August this year, one year before the opening of the Olympics in Beijing, and is being passed on to thirty five countries around the globe, with a demand to China to fulfill its promise about respect for human rights. The Torch Relay has received wide support from people, politicians and previous Olympic medalists both in Norway and internationally. -
Belgium: Falun Gong is Popular in Genk City
2007-10-29
On October 13th and 14th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the Natural Therapies & Natural Health Expo in Genk City, Belgium, to introduce the benefits of practising Falun Gong to the general public and expose the Chinese Communist regime’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
United Kingdom: Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Fine Art Exhibition Held in Plymouth
2007-10-28
From October 8th-14th, 20 prints of oil paintings, drawings and Chinese silk paintings from the Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Fine Art Exhibition were displayed at the Desmond Tutu Centre, University College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth. Students and staff at the university were invited to view the paintings and the local newspaper reported on the exhibition. -
Italy: The Truth about Falun Gong Spreads Quickly in Assisi and Perugia
2007-10-28
The annual Perugia and Assisi Peace Walk was held on October 7th, 2007. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Falun Gong practitioners raised awareness about Falun Gong and exposed the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners taking place in China by walking with participants from all over the country. -
United Kingdom: A Chinese Practitioner Shares Her Personal Experience of Persecution in a Chinese Labour Camp
2007-10-27
Annie, a business woman in her forties, spent one and a half years in a “living hell” - a Chinese forced labour camp - because she refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong. From October 15th - 19th, 2007, almost exactly one year after being granted asylum in the UK, Annie toured the southwest of England to give a series of talks about what she endured. -
France: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong at the Eiffel Tower
2007-10-27The famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France attracts tourists from all over the world. This is a good spot for Falun Gong practitioners to spread the truth. On Sunday afternoon on the 21st of October 2007, Falun Gong practitioners held a weekly event here as usual to promote Falun Gong and clarify the facts. As soon as one entered the open Champ de Mars in front of the Tower, the banner with four big letters “Falun Dafa”, which formed a sharp contrast with the blue sky, would meet the eye. The exercise demonstrations attracted spectators. Some exclaimed, “Falun Dafa is good!” -
United Kingdom: Continuous Concern over the Issue of Falun Gong Until the Persecution Stops
2007-10-26Recently a British MP, Mr. Keith Hill, raised the issue of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecuting and harvesting organs from live Falun Gong practitioners in the House of Commons during a three hour debate about the Foreign Affair Committee's annual human rights report. In the debate, Mr. Hill introduced to other MPs what Falun Gong is, the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong and he mentioned a report about the CCP’s practice of organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners by Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas and former Canadian Secretary of State David Kilgour. -
Germany: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong at the Frankfurt Book Fair
2007-10-25
The annual Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the largest of its kind, attracted publishers from around the world. Falun Gong practitioners held an activity opposite the famous Messe Frankfurt to introduce Falun Gong and expose the Chinese Communist Party’s atrocities of organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners.
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