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Iceland Ombudsman: Government Broke Law by Denying Falun Gong Entry
2005-12-16
On December 5th, the Ombudsman, a position designated to monitor the state administration and local authorities, released its opinion on the Falun Gong entry denial case from June 2002: The government broke the law by denying Falun Gong practitioners from crossing the border, and authorising Icelandair to carry out the decision by refusing to permit Falun Gong members to board Icelandair planes. This is the second positive decision made by the Iceland government-monitoring institutions. On June 5th 2003, the Data Protection Authority stated that the Justice Ministry acted unlawfully when it blacklisted members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement ahead of the state visit of Chinese president Jiang Zemin to Iceland. -
Holland: Anti-Torture Exhibition held on International Human Rights Day to Expose the Persecution by the CCP
2005-12-16
December 10th was International Human Rights Day. In order to call on people to pay attention to the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners in China and expose all kinds of methods of excruciating torture the CCP uses when persecuting Falun Gong, practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in the second biggest city in Holland. -
European Friends of Falun Gong Writes to the Thailand Ambassador in UK
2005-12-15"We wish to express our deep concern the recent Thai police harassment of Falun Gong practitioners during a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, which was held to protest against Chinese police brutality...We hope that Thailand will not succumb to the intimidation and pressure put on it by the CCP to contribute towards the persecution of Falun Gong. We urge you to try to convince your government that they should stop the harassment of Falun Gong practitioners and stop yielding to the CCP’s pressure, which is a serious compromise of Thailand’s fundamental moral and political principles." -
United Kingdom: On International Human Rights Day Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the CCP's Atrocious Abuse of Human Rights
2005-12-15
As well as Falun Gong practitioners, a number of VIPs attended the rally to express their support and all gave speeches condemning the awful human rights situation in China. -
Italian Monthly Magazine: Millennium China: "The path of Falun Gong cultivation"
2005-12-15
An Italian monthly magazine called “Viaggiand” took “Millennium China” as a topic and published a series of articles about China's five-thousand-year old culture in the November 2005 issue. In a special column entitled “The Spirit and the Rule”, Falun Gong is introduced under the title “Falun Gong, a path of cultivation” The article explains that Falun Gong is a cultivation practice to help people obtain intrinsic improvements. -
Germany: Recalling Falun Gong Practitioners' Peaceful Protests During Hu Jintao’s Visit to Germany
2005-12-14
While looking at some photos taken of practitioners' protests during Hu Jintao's visit to Germany, it seemed as if their voices are still lingering in my ears. "Falun Gong is good!" "Stop the persecution of Falun Gong!" During the first ten days of November, Hu Jintao could hear such voices wherever he went in Germany. It gave me the feeling that I was there again. -
France: On International Human Rights Day Falun Gong Practitioners are Invited to City Hall in Paris to Expose the Persecution
2005-12-14
On International Human Rights Day (December 10th) the French Falun Gong Association held an activity in front of City Hall in Paris at the invitation of the French branch of World Organisation Against the Death Penalty (ECPM France). The activity received strong support from the public, who gathered to watch Falun Gong exercise demonstrations. -
Czech Republic: During the Chinese Prime Minister’s Visit, Falun Gong Practitioners Call for an Immediate End to the Persecution
2005-12-13On December 7th, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrived in Prague for a two day visit. On Thursday, practitioners started a twenty hour appeal outside the Chinese Embassy, calling for action to end the persecution of Falun Gong. They hope that the public will pay closer attention to the on-going persecution of Falun Gong during Wen’s visit. Amnesty international and Olympic Watch also called on people to pay attention to human rights violations in China. -
Report in Finnish Newspaper: Peaceful Mind with Falun Gong
2005-12-13
Instead of morning coffee the Pekkarinen family in Oulu begin their day with meditation. Without it, the Falun Gong practitioners, Anja and Veijo Pekkarinen don’t feel properly awakened. "The exercise makes you wake up, it cleans the mind and make you alert", says Anja. The Pekkarinen family learned it four years ago."Since then I don't suffer from insomnia...The practise does lot of good things." -
Germany: Persecution Raises Concern on the Eve of International Human Rights Day
2005-12-12
IGFM and Falun Gong practitioners jointly held an event at the University of Regensburg to call for respecting human rights and ending human rights violations, especially the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). There was also a signature collection drive to end human rights abuses. -
Speech by European Friends of Falun Gong on International Human Rights Day
2005-12-12"2005 began with many members of the CCP renouncing their membership after the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the CCP, which told in great detail the real story of the Party’s violent past since it was formed in 1949. A long catalogue of atrocities involving mental and physical torture against anyone who does not toe the party line has now taken in Falun Gong as its main focal point. Several high profile dissensions have added momentum to the renunciations, including embassy officials in Australia and Canada." -
Austria: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of Vienna and Linz
2005-12-11
We organised two Falun Gong information days in the Austrian cities of Vienna and Linz in the past two weeks. In Vienna we had the opportunity to speak with a former Federal Chancellor. Of most interest to passersby was our poster exhibition, which recounted the Falun Gong story and the persecution practitioners of Falun Gong suffer in China. -
Radio France Internationale: Nearly One Hundred French MPs Urge the President to Raise Human Rights Issues with the Visiting Chinese Premier
2005-12-11In an open letter to Chirac, Jack Lang wrote that according to the available information, the Chinese government plans to not carry out true direct broadcasting during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, instead the broadcasts would be delayed by a few seconds. He pointed out that behind this technical issue of delaying a broadcast for a few seconds is Beijing’s true intention of avoiding all pictures of demonstrations. If this is true, then Beijing must be condemned. -
German MPs Back Calls For Wrongfully Deported Practitioners to Return to Germany
2005-12-10Upon Jiang’s arrest, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs had negotiated with China, demanding an explanation of Jiang’s case and an immediate release of Jiang. Two months later, China had given no response. On May the 30th 2005, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Koenigs on behalf of the German government raised Jiang’s case during human rights talks between China and Germany. Not until that occasion did China admit that Jiang was under arrest, but China still refused to release Jiang. -
Spain: Forum held in Madrid Exposes the True Nature of the Chinese Communist Party
2005-12-10
“…I have known the Falun Gong practitioners for three years. I feel privileged to know them, a group of people who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance; but I also feel sad at the same time for the Chinese practitioners who are being tortured. As a democracy, Spain even negotiates trade with a killer with blood on his hands.”
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