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  • Germany: European Practitioners Hold a Grand Parade in Berlin Against the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners from European countries held a grand parade, calling on people to pay attention to the continuous persecution of Falun Gong in China, expressing support for eighteen million brave people who quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and disclosing the CCP's organ harvesting crimes.
  • Article from Turkish Newspaper: Falun Gong is the Latest Fad for Turkish People to Keep Fit

    On February 6th 2007, Turkish newspaper Takvim published a news article saying that Falun Gong has become a latest fad for Turkish people to keep fit. It reported that with the increasing popularity of Falun Gong among Turkish people, it has become a fad to practise Falun Gong exercises in Turkish parks. It added that Falun Gong’s principles and exercises have spread widely all over the world.
  • Russia: Raising Awareness about the Persecution at a Large-Scale Ski Tournament

    On February 11th, a large-scale ski tournament was held in Siberia’s Irkutsk city. Several Falun Gong practitioners went to the ski resort and distributed fliers to tens of thousands of people, letting them know what Falun Gong is and about how the practice is being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Article from Lower Austria News: Pictures That Strike a Chord in People

    The majority of the artists who are from Mainland China have personally experienced how human rights can be spurned. As practitioners of the cultivation school Falun Gong they live by the principles Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. This is the reason why they are persecuted in China.
  • Sweden: Exposing how the CCP Harvests Organs from Living Falun Gong Practitioners

    On January 27th, a group of Falun Gong practitioners in Stockholm and some volunteers from Swedish branches of the CCP Withdrawal Centre held an activity in Victory Square in the city centre. They exposed the CCP harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, encouraging the public to stop the unprecedented atrocity happening in China now.
  • MP from Belgium: “I fully support the investigation by the CIPFG”

    "We see a continuing violation of human rights, which even cannot be openly protested against without facing the consequence of immediate liquidation. It is also impossible for organizations to help people, because of the ever increasing corruption and abuse of power in China, as seems from the reports of Amnesty International. The most distinguished group of victims at the moment are Falun Gong practitioners. There is a whole case of evidence about the brutal persecution of this group of people."
  • The Latvian Clear Harmony Website is Officially Launched

    The Latvian Clear Harmony website is one of the 18 language versions of the European Falun Dafa website. It is published voluntarily by Falun Gong practitioners. The aim is to reveal the facts about Falun Gong, to give readers first hand information about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and to display the voices of support for Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioner Presents a Petition to the Presidents of Germany and Italy

    On February the 9th 2007, German Federal President Mr. Horst Kohler returned to his alma mater, the University of Tübingen. A Falun Gong practitioner studying at the University presented the German President with a petition calling for an end to the Chinese communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. The president repeatedly said “thank you.” When the Italian president looked at what was going on with curiosity, the practitioner also presented him the report on the investigation into the Chinese communist regime’s harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and other related material in Italian.
  • Irish Consultant Psychiatrist: “The spotlight of the world needs to be trained on these evil practices”

    "As a medical doctor I cannot feel kinship with my colleagues in China whilst these abuses are being perpetrated by other medics who abuse science, turning healing into an instrument of torture. We all have a collective responsibility to ask the Chinese Communist Party to end these practices against Falun Gong and admit responsibility for past sufferings."
  • Germany: European Divine Land Marching Band Displays Its Elegant Demeanour in Berlin

    This was the first time for the European Divine Land Marching Band composed of Falun Gong practitioners to make its appearance in Berlin. The melody of "Falun Dafa is Good" and the banners reading "Stop Persecuting Falun Gong" informed people of the theme of the parade, and also inspired people's concern over the human rights issues in China.
  • The Epoch Times: Organ Harvesting Cannot Be Tolerated, Says French Justice Minister

    At the recent 3rd World Conference Against the Death Penalty, current French Minister of Justice Pascal Clement and Minister of Justice during the Mitterrand government Robert Badinter said that the Chinese Communist regime's organ harvesting cannot be condoned and must be stopped. The Falun Gong group was invited to report on and display photos of the persecution of its members.
  • UN Representative Sends Best Wishes on Establishment of the European Brach of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong

    "As I am concerned with issues of spiritual liberty within the United Nations human rights procedures, I have been concerned with government repression against the Falun Gong since the start of the government ban. I believe that it is important to continue to stress the need for the Chinese government to respect the "Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief" for the Falun Gong as well as for other religious and spiritual movements."
  • Ukraine: Expose the Chinese Communist regime’s Organ Harvesting Atrocities

    On the 3rd of February 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Ukraine organised an activity in the city of Khmelnytskyi to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. When practitioners arrived at the activity site, many people gathered around even before they finished setting up their banners and display boards.
  • Report from Norwegian Newspaper Harstad Tidende Daily: “Practise Falun Gong for Peace”

    "It is important to inform people about the atrocities practitioners are subjected to," says Norwegian Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Terese Eriksen in an article in the Harstad Tidende Daily published on the 9th of January 2007. The article brings up the many inhumanities, including torture and organ harvesting, that Falun Gong practitioners are suffering in a persecution which started in 1999 in China. The article also mentions Falun Gong's positive effect on practitioners' health.
  • Chairman of the German International Society for Human Rights: “The persecution of Falun Gong is surely one of the saddest chapters in the history of mankind”

    "Since the beginning of this persecution in July 1999, based on our information, several hundred thousand arrests already had taken place – many thousands are being detained in forced labour camps, prisons and psychiatric institutes without legal procedures, merely because of their peaceful ideology. In these places, they are exposed to systematic torture. Currently over 3,000 known victims have died as a result of the tortures in these camps, the estimated number of unknown/unreported cases is not included."