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  • Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Peaceful Protests at the Thai Embassy and Consulate

    On December 22nd, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners held peaceful appeals at the Thai Embassy in Stockholm and the Thai Consulate in Gothenburg. An Official associated with the Embassy told practitioners their letter of petition and information materials had been handed over to the Ambassador and the Thai government.
  • Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners call on the Argentinian Government to Stop China Extending its Persecution Overseas

    On the morning of December 20th, Italian Falun Gong practitioners submitted a petition to the Argentinian Consulate General in downtown Milan. Some practitioners practised the exercises outside the Consulate General as well as distributing fliers to passers-by. In the meantime, two practitioners entered the Consulate General to present the Italian Falun Gong Association’s petition. A secretary to the Consul General, Ms. Rolla, received them.
  • Turkey: People Strongly Condemn the Rape of Female Falun Gong Practitioners by CCP Police

    After the event of the Chinese Communist Party’s wicked police raping two middle aged female Falun Gong practitioners being exposed to the public, Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world have held protest activities at the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in their countries. The Turkish Falun Gong practitioners also told the local Turkish people about this conduct carried out by the Chinese police.
  • Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal to the Argentinian Government not to Submit to the CCP

    On December 22nd, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners went to the Argentinean Embassy to call for the Argentinean Government not to submit to the CCP; to remain firm on standpoints of justice and uphold human rights. Practitioners talked to passers-by while distributing Falun Gong leaflets and in a short time all the materials were gone.
  • Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Hand an Open Letter to the Thai Embassy to Protest against the Arrest of Falun Gong Practitioners by Thai Police

    In the letter to the secretary to the Ambassador and the first secretary of the Embassy, practitioners detailed the recent incidents of harassment of Falun Gong practitioners by Thai police, which took place between December 9th and 15th in Bangkok and Pattaya. Under the direction and instigation of the Chinese Embassy, the Thai police unreasonably interfered with the peaceful protest activity held by Falun Gong practitioners in front of the Chinese Embassy.
  • German Taz Newspaper: Letter to the editor

    "Many people from this area think that China is far away. Yet, they seek economic and political contacts with China. But, most of the time they have no idea what they are getting into. No one dares to bring up the subject of human rights during contacts with high-level political policy makers ... People practise Falun Gong throughout the world. No other country has banned Falun Gong, just the opposite, everywhere where Falun Gong comes to the public it is recognised favourably and receives support."
  • Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest the Arrest of Falun Gong Practitioners by Thai Police

    On December 19th, 2005, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners went to the Thai Consulate to hand in a letter to the Thai Consulate to protest the recent violation of Falun Gong practitioners' human rights by Thai police. On December 15th, the Thai police, under the direction of the Chinese Embassy, arrested eight Falun Gong practitioners who were protesting against the CCP policeman who raped two female Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Spain: The Person in Charge of Human Rights at the Argentinian Embassy to Spain States that Upholding Human Rights Underpins Argentina's Democracy

    On December 20th, the Spanish Falun Gong Association came to the Argentinian Embassy. They brought letters to the Embassy and asked the Argentinian government not to submit to the CCP’s despotic power, uphold justice, investigate the hoodlum's legal responsibility and trace the culprits. On the 14th of December, Luo Gan, one of the prime culprits of the persecution, was visiting Argentina and the CCP sent gangsters to beat peacefully protesting Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Report on German Website: “Fields of Shame” - Become conscious of the horror

    Fields of Shame" is an exhibition touring across Europe. The founder of this project, the Pole Wojciech Modelski said “Above all we hope that many people will learn about the existing reality in our world where murder, rape and torture on a daily basis is the norm.” ... The organiser was the International Organisation for Human Rights.
  • Austria: On International Human Rights Day, Practitioners from Salzburg Inform the Public about the Persecution of Falun Gong.

    On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, practitioners from Salzburg and Bavaria raised public awareness in the city of Salzburg about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The pictures displayed, exposing the brutal nature of the persecution by the CCP, were in stark contrast with the peaceful atmosphere of the city.
  • Spain: Canary Islands Supporting the Six Million Withdrawals from the CCP

    Just before Christmas 2005, a petition activity was organised in the Spanish Canary Islands to expose the brutal abuse of human rights by the Chinese Communist regime and to support over six million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party. People were shocked by the posters exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal abuse of human rights.
  • Germany's Chamer Newspaper: Silent protest against torture and the persecution

    “Truthfulness – Compassion – Tolerance:” These three words were written on the t-shirt worn by Falkensteiner’s Utz-Reiner Römer during his three-week travels through China. This may sound perfectly harmless to a European, while it gives a political message in China. In China, the words Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance are considered the pillars of the Falun Gong movement.
  • Finland: Practitioners Submit an Open Letter to the Argentinean Embassy

    On the 19th of December 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in Finland went to the Argentinean Embassy to submit an open letter to the Argentinean Ambassador. The letter called on the Ambassador and the Argentinean government to conduct a thorough investigation of the serious incident where Falun Gong practitioners were beaten by villains under the direction of the Chinese Embassy in Argentina's capital whilst Argentinean Police looked on. Argentinean people who wanted to stop the violence were also injured.
  • Irish Falun Dafa Association Writes to the Thailand Ambassador

    "Thailand is a democratic country, and also is a country which is proud to defend human rights. However it is totally incomprehensible that the attack of the Thai police towards a peaceful group of Falun Gong practitioners happened in Thailand. Also, the police in Thailand kowtowed to the Chinese Communism Party and abandoned their principles allured by business interest offered by the Chinese Communist Party. This incident violates the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners, and also breaks the nation's own laws."
  • Holland: Exposing the Persecution with a Picture Exhibition in Delft City

    Dutch Falun Gong practitioners held a picture exhibition to expose the truth of the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong to the public. Some people told practitioners that, in such adverse weather conditions, it is really admirable for them to be out on the streets talking to people and helping to stop the persecution happening in China.