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  • Ukraine: Painting Exhibition in a Small Farming Village

    Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a painting exhibition in a small farming village from January 20th to the 22nd. They introduced to the villagers the rapid spread of Falun Gong throughout the world and the truth of the persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime in China. Paintings by practitioners were on display in the exhibition.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal for Support to Rescue Jiang Renzheng

    Though it was freezing cold on January 14th 2006, in order to expose the evil persecution of Falun Gong taking place in China, practitioners set up a table with leaflets and other materials in the southern city of Speyer. The persecution of Falun Gong, initiated by the Chinese Communist regime, began on July 20th 1999 and has lasted for six and a half years.
  • Russia: Practitioners from Northern Russia hold a Mini Experience Sharing Conference

    On New Year’s Eve a small conference in which practitioners studied the principles of Falun Dafa together and shared cultivation experiences was successfully held in northern Russia. Falun Gong practitioners from Kandalaksha City and Arkhangelsk State got together and exchanged their understandings and experiences of cultivation.
  • Germany: Collecting Signatures for the Rescue of Renzheng Jiang

    Mr Renzheng Jiang, his wife and two small children were deported to the Peoples Republic of China on March 7th 2005, because the German authorities did not believe that Falun Gong practitioners were in any danger in China. Barely a month after returning to China, Jiang was sentenced to three years in a slave labour camp located in Benxi City. By following the link here you can download a petition for with which one can appeal for Jiang's release and repatriation.
  • The European Coming for You Choir Arrives in Manhattan

    In recent days, members of the European “Coming for You” choir have been filing into Manhattan to take part in NTDTV’s 2006 Chinese New Year Gala held in New York. They came to give three performances at Radio City Music Hall on the 20th and the 21st of January. Western Falun Gong practitioners form the majority of the choir.
  • Germany: A Chinese Couple Warmly Shook his Hands

    " ... Mihai caught them up and started to talk to them in English. He told them what kind of people Falun Gong practitioners are, how the Communist dictatorship persecutes practitioners for believing in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance, why Falun Gong practitioners tell people the truth and all about the so-called "self-immolation in Tiananmen Square" directed by the CCP. The truth of Falun Gong was revealed. Finally, they shook him warmly by the hand and wished Falun Gong practitioners good luck and success."
  • Switzerland: Anti-Torture Exhibition held in Wintry Weather

    On the first weekend after the New Year a cold front swept through Switzerland. Despite the severe cold, many Swiss Falun Gong practitioners left their warm homes and gathered at Winterhur to hold an anti-torture exhibition. They intended to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime.
  • Germany: Support for Falun Gong from the CDU Party

    "The CDU is well aware of the predicament of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the CDU/CSU Party in parliament, which is directed by Hermann Gröhe, is in constant contact with Falun Gong practitioners. In addition to Hermann Gröhe, many other CDU politicians have continued to specifically mention the human rights violations that are still being perpetrated against Falun Gong practitioners in China within the Committee for Human Rights and Human Aid of the German Parliament. The CDU has a continued commitment to uphold human rights."
  • Latvia: Truth, Compassion, Tolerance International Art Exhibition Held in Riga

    "Thank you Falun Gong practitioners for organising such a beautiful art exhibition. There are around a hundred million practitioners all over the world peacefully practising Falun Gong and following the principles of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance. There is a brutal persecution going on in China ... "
  • Germany: Practitioners Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of Mannheim

    On January 7th, 2006, in Mannheim, Falun Gong practitioners told people about the persecution of their spiritual practice by the evil communist regime in China. An information booth was placed prominently in the pedestrian area, opposite a busy farmers market. Passersby showed great interest and signed the petition to show their support.
  • Slovakia: Introducing Falun Gong the the People of Trnava and Exposing the Persecution Taking Place In China

    Falun Gong practitioners travelled to Trnava on January 14th, a cold Saturday morning, to draw the attention of the people of Trnava to the continuing persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese communist regime. Many people, in spite of the cold weather, showed their support by signing the petition. By midday a great deal of signatures had been collected.
  • Germany: Support for Falun Gong from the German Lower House of Parliament

    "We also have used the upcoming State Visit by the Chinese President as an opportunity to point to the perilous human rights situation in the PRC. We are deeply concerned about the high numbers of death sentences and persecutions in China, about the administrative detention system, the state sanctioned harassment of Christian communities that are not registered with the Chinese regime, about the situation in Tibet and the long sentences and detentions of Falun Gong adherents in slave labour camps."
  • Epoch Times Ireland: Spanish National Court to Investigate Genocide Crimes

    Last week Spain’s National Court announced to the media that Spain will begin the investigation of the crime of genocide against the Tibetan people by the Chinese Communist Party from the 1980s to 1990s. Reuters released the news saying that Comite de Apoyo Del Tibet (CAT) made an appeal to the secondary court against the crime of genocide committed by seven high-ranking officials of the CCP, including its former president Jiang Zemin.
  • Scotland: Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibition Appreciated by the People of Glasgow

    From the 4th to the 14th of January, 2006, the Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance Fine Art Exhibition was held in Hillhead library, Glasgow, Scotland. On display were a total of twelve paintings. Over the course of ten days the paintings touched many people's hearts and allowed people to understand the truth about Falun Gong on a deeper level.
  • Italy: A Reply from a Government Official in Biella Province Expresses Support for Falun Gong Practitioners

    "We have known the fact that the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began in 1999. In order to suppress this cultivation way and its practitioners, the Chinese Communist Party has been changing its methods of persecution continuously, such as excruciating torture, sending them into exile, forcing them to do heavy work and spreading propaganda of hatred aimed at Falun Gong. We can not accept the action of violating human rights..."