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  • Sweden: Practitioners from the Four Nordic Countries Gather in Stockholm to Expose Five Years of Persecution.

    On July 19th 2004, practitioners from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland gathered in the city centre of Stockholm to hold a torture exhibition and Falun Dafa photo display between 10am and 4pm. Practitioners also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises in the park between the two exhibitions.
  • Germany: Collecting Signatures against Terrorism and the Persecution in Wuerzburg

    On Saturday July 17th, practitioners in Wuerzburg held a signature-collecting activity in the city centre, exposing to the public the crimes committed by the Jiang regime during its five-year long persecution of Falun Gong. Many people who learned the truth came to sign our petition against Jiang’s terrorist activity and show their support for the lawsuit against Jiang in Germany.
  • United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong in Glasgow

    On July 15th, Scottish Dafa disciples promoted the Fa and clarified the truth in Glasgow, the biggest city in Scotland. Events took place in St. George’s Square. During our activities, we found that many people already knew the facts and there were people too who had misunderstandings about Dafa, which were disentangled after hearing the truth.
  • France: Practitioners Expose the Methods of Torture used by the Jiang Group to Persecute Falun Gong

    On July 17th, French practitioners gathered at one of the biggest Chinese districts and used a live theatrical approach to expose the persecution of Falun Gong conducted by the Jiang criminal gang. The Jiang regime employs various inhuman torture methods to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.
  • Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Candle-Light Vigil at the Chinese Embassy in Milan

    For the past two years, practitioners have come to the Chinese Embassy every day, and the local residents all now warmly say hello to us. They all expressed their support and blessings when they learnt that today marks five years since the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong and expressed their sorrow for the practitioners who have been tortured to death.
  • Radio France Internationale: French Practitioners hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition to Expose the Jiang Regime's Persecution of Falun Gong

    Yesterday, about 4,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Taipei to do exercises and hold a candlelight vigil to commemorate the practitioners who have been killed during the persecution. Also, they launched the 'Rescue Falun Gong practitioners Campaign' in Taiwan in order to express their support towards mainland practitioners. At the same time, French practitioners staged a torture exhibition show in China Town Paris to show the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China to the public.
  • Iceland: Activities during a Visit by the Chinese Vice-President

    The Vice president of the Chinese Government came for a public visit to Iceland between the 9th and 12th of July. Icelandic Falun Gong practitioners, with the help of a veteran Swedish practitioner, held a peaceful appeal and a press conference outside the Chinese embassy in Reykjavik on the 9th of July.
  • Slovakia: Practitioners Attract the Attention of the Media to their Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava

    On the 20th of July, the 5th anniversary of the suppression of Falun Gong, Slovak practitioners personally visited most of the local media to tell them the truth about the situation of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Most of the media reacted positively and received information.
  • July 20th Press Statement from the Belgian Falun Gong Association

    "The whole of China is turned into a tool to implement Jiang's personal vicious will and exterminate belief in 'truth-compassion-tolerance', which are the main principles of Falun Gong. Inhumane brainwashing, torture, various ill-treatments, murder, hate propaganda, etc.; all evil deeds throughout history, are used against innocent Falun Gong practitioners, their families and friends. Millions of innocent people are victims."
  • Germany: Activities in Bremen on World Anti-Torture Day

    Unable to find our exhibition immediately, we wandered in the city centre, which was full of visitors. No matter where we went, everyone we met looked at the display board and it really became a mobile information desk. We were very happy to see so many German people supporting us. They smiled at us and showed their sympathy. I felt that this warm sympathy to Falun Gong practitioners persecuted in China accompanied us wherever we went.
  • UK: The Ancient Falun Gong Exercises Come to Huddersfield Town

    ‘Millions of people took up the exercises leaving Chinese communist leader Jiang Zemin angry and feeling threatened by its influence. Falun Gong was banned and campaigners claim hundreds have been tortured, raped, brainwashed and injected with harmful drugs. Many were forced out of jobs, schools and homes. Chinese police officers were instructed to eradicate Falun Gong and no methods, it seems, were too extreme.’
  • EFGIC: Turning of the Tide?

    'LONDON [EFGIC]– Five years ago today, men and women throughout China were taken from their homes in the middle of the night to face an indoctrination process consisting of scare tactics, brainwashing, and other forms of coercion meant to break their beliefs...Yet, after five years of violent suppression, there is something on the horizon rarely seen amidst such terror: Hope. This hope is ushered in and reaffirmed by three developments.'
  • United Kingdom: A Letter from a Chinese National Working in the UK to the Chinese Embassy in South Africa

    "You may know that every one of the seven senior members of the Central Political Committee had some family members practising Falun Gong. On July 20th 1999, it was Jiang Zemin’s sole decision to persecute Falun Gong. Everybody of good sense could tell why Jiang opposed Falun Gong, because of his personal jealousy. Even Jiang himself knew that Falun Gong was not against the Chinese government."
  • Italy: Our Passport Extensions were Unreasonably Denied by the Chinese Consulate in Milan

    "Consul Liang Haitao received us and he told us that if we could write a letter stating that we would “not damage the image of China” [implying that practising Falun Gong, and appealing for justice for the detained practitioners in China was damaging the image of China], then our passport renewal could be processed."
  • EFGIC: Photos Reveal Electric Shock Torture Commonly Used on Falun Gong in China

    LONDON [EFGIC]– Photos of 36-year-old Ms. Gao Rongrong, whose face was severely disfigured from seven hours of electric shock torture, were obtained from sources inside China last week. The photos offer a glimpse of the systematic beatings and torture of Falun Gong practitioners in police custody and inside labour camps throughout China.