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  • Sweden: Seminar "Communism and Human Rights" Held in Stockholm

    Another “Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Human Rights” Seminar drew to a successful closure. The seminar generated a positive reaction from Swedish communities and media alike. Latecomers waited patiently outside the jam-packed hall for vacancies in the second half. Participants were stunned to learn that Mainland Chinese are withdrawing from the CCP on a large scale.
  • Germany: Condemning the CCP at the Chinese Consulate in Munich for the Killing of Gao Rongrong

    That day was United Nations Day in Support of Torture Victims. Practitioners in Munich and nearby areas gathered at the Chinese Consulate to protest against the six-year genocide and the use of hundreds of brutal torture methods against innocent Falun Gong practitioners. They demanded China to stop the persecution immediately.
  • Letter to the UK Prime Minister from European Friends of Falun Gong

    We wish to draw your attention to the serious situation of human rights abuse in China, and in particular to the plight of Falun Gong practitioners who have suffered the severest persecution at the hands of the Chinese Government since former President Jiang Zemin’s crackdown of the movement in July 1999. Approximately 2,500 practitioners have been tortured to death by the Chinese authorities and thousands more still languish in prisons and labour camps across the country with little hope of release.
  • Spain: People Condemn the CCP for Killing Practitioner Gao Rongrong

    Spanish practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Spain to protest against the Chinese Communist Party for killing Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong. They appealed for public attention to the campaign of genocide against Falun Gong and for Gao’s murderers to be severely punished.
  • Norway: Practitioners Protest After the Murder of Gao Rongrong

    Female Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong was so badly tortured and mistreated in China that she died on June the 16th 2005. On Saturday June the 25th, Norwegian Falun Gong practitioners held a demonstration at the Chinese Embassy in Oslo. They called for the murderers of Gao Rongrong to be brought to justice for their crimes.
  • Finland: Anti-Torture Exhibition Exposes the Truth about China’s State Terrorism (Part 1 — Tampere)

    The anti-torture exhibition began its tour in Tampere. Practitioners from Finland, Sweden and Germany took part. Practitioners informed the people about the persecution in many cities like Tampere, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Helsinki and Turku. Many Finnish people joined the worldwide voice to end this persecution by signing a petition.
  • United Kingdom: Stories from the Cambridge "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" International Art Exhibition

    Jane Nicolas, the administrator of the church, said, “This art exhibition has proven to be very attractive and its contents are very rich. Persecution and torture of any group or individual is fundamentally wrong. As Christians, it is our responsibility to support the people of every nation in their effort to expose and condemn all violence.”
  • Germany: Practitioners Protest at the Chinese Consulate in Munich

    On June 21st 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from the city of Munich and its outskirts gathered at the Chinese Consulate to strongly condemn the Chinese authorities for killing Gao Rongrong. Gao and a group of practitioners had the courage to expose the human rights abuses against her by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and this caught the attention of the world.
  • France: Protest at the Chinese Embassy Demands Murderers of Gao Rongrong be Brought to Justice

    Practitioners in France have held daily appeals outside the Chinese Embassy to protest against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) murder of Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong. The French practitioners called for the killers of Gao Rongrong to be brought to justice and for the persecution against Falun Gong to be brought to an end immediately.
  • Sweden: Calling for an End to the Persecution with an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Stockholm

    Practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition to expose the brutal methods of persecution used against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party. The practitioners hoped to encourage public support for an end to these human rights abuses against people who only want to peacefully practise their exercises and live their lives by the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.
  • Finland: Practitioners Appeal to bring the Murderers of Gao Rongrong to Justice

    Finnish practitioners held a peaceful protest outside the Chinese embassy in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, on 26th June 2005. The purpose of this activity was to expose the facts of the CCP’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong, calling for the murderers of Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong to be severely punished.
  • Sweden: Gathering at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to Condemn the CCP for Torturing Gao Rongrong to Death

    Swedish practitioners held a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm, strongly protesting against the human rights abuses committed by the CCP who murdered Gao Rongrong. At the embassy, practitioners unfurled banners which read “Stop Persecuting Falun Gong” and “Bring the Murderers of Gao Rongrong to Justice”.
  • France: Introducing Falun Gong in Besancon City

    From June the 17th to the 19th, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Switzerland, and Grenoble in southern France, along with Falun Gong practitioners in Besancon, held three-day long activities to promote Falun Gong and raise awareness about the human rights abuses in Besancon city centre.
  • Germany: CCP Spies in Germany? Looking at the Case of Jiang Renzheng

    Some Falun Gong practitioners in Germany have been monitored and harassed to such an extent that they felt quite shocked, despite knowing the awful state of the persecution that is taking place in China. Once, a German practitioner was standing in a public place and had the feeling that he was being filmed by someone, when suddenly a text message appeared on his mobile telephone reading: “We know wherever you are at any time but you can’t see us and we can kill you at any time.”
  • Denmark: Protesting Against the CCP for Killing Gao Rongrong and Persecuting Overseas Falun Gong Practitioners Using Secret Agents

    Danish Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to protest against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the killing of Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong. Practitioners held banners reading “Bring the Murderers of Gao Rongrong to Justice”, “Bring Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang and Liu Jing to Justice” and “2602 Falun Gong Practitioners Have Been Killed Since 1999”.