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Netherlands: Photo Report - Dafa Practitioners Hold 48-Hour Hunger Strike and Urge Chinese Government to Immediately Release Fellow Practitioners in Jilin Prison
2003-11-05 -
UK: Promoting Falun Dafa at York and Leeds in Northern England
2003-11-04Throughout the 2 days activities, a lot of people learned more about Dafa and came to know the facts behind the persecution. Two Chinese students accepted the leaflets before asking a practitioner to be on a photo with them under the banners of Falun Dafa is Good and Truth, Compassion, Tolerance. The local media also came and talked with practitioners. -
Germany: Clarifying the Facts at the Wuerzburg Expo
2003-11-04Practitioners from Wuerzburg received an invitation from the government to perform in the citys arts festival. They attracted a lot of attention from spectators, including the festival presenter who is an experienced actor. He was very interested in practitioners exercise performance and when he learned about the brutal persecution in China he was shocked. -
An Appeal to the Cypriot People from Falun Gong Practitioners and the Family Members of Persecuted Practitioners
2003-11-03On October the 25th 2003, Wu Guanzheng, a high-ranking Chinese official who is directly involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Shandong Province, visited Cyprus. Persecuted Falun Gong practitioners and their family members also went to Cyprus at this time. Falun Gong practitioners wrote the following letter to the Cypriot Government, media and citizens. -
UK: Clarifying the Facts in a Scottish University
2003-11-03Practitioners set up a stall in the lobby area with leaflets, magazines, videos and Video-CDs, all offering information about the brutal and systematic persecution of innocent and peaceful practitioners in China. Many people signed a petition to rescue the practitioners who are related to UK residents, but are imprisoned in Chinese prisons and labour camps because they continue to practise Falun Gong and live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. -
Ireland: People in the City of Cork Learn More About Falun Gong
2003-11-03Practitioners went to the street and set up tables, posters and banners to let people know more about the persecution. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and spoke with local people. The response from the locals was very good, with many comments of support. During the few hours that practitioners held this activity, many people learned about Falun Gong. -
France: Photo Report - Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy to Support Practitioners Persecuted in Jilin Prison
2003-11-03 -
UK: Human Rights Lawyer Joins Practitioners to File a Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin
2003-11-02A UK human rights lawyer has agreed to work on a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, which has been initiated by UK Falun Gong practitioners. The lawyer has started the due process and begun to prepare information. Some other High Court human rights lawyers also showed strong interest and support for the case. They expressed shock at the horrific persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and wished practitioners success. -
France: Explaining the Facts at the Chinese Embassy in Paris
2003-11-02The French practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts, used a loudspeaker to unveil Jiangs crimes against humanity and gave leaflets to passers-by, including Chinese citizens who were at the consulate to apply for various documents. They came to learn the facts and many of them encouraged the practitioners. -
Speech by President of the German Branch of the China Democracy League at the First European Meeting of the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice
2003-11-02"In just a few years, the number of Falun Gong practitioners reached 100 million. This is twice the number of members in the Chinese communist party. As a result, Jiang Zemin was so afraid of Falun Gong that he used weapons, and he used scoundrel tactics to start the bloody persecution of Falun Gong, the worst persecution in history. Statistics show that there are over 700 practitioners who have been brutally tortured to death." -
Article from Greek Newspaper "Politikis": Neglected at the Chinese Diplomat's visit - They were all Chinese
2003-11-02'Mr Wu Guanzheng, a member of the Communist Party Politburo and third in the Chinese chain of command, almost found himself part of the Cypriot court 'system' while on an official visit to Cyprus yesterday...The lawsuit against Mr Guanzheng is included in the framework of an organised struggle begun by all Chinese citizens, not only those who have relatives or have themselves been imprisoned and brutalised by the Chinese government.' -
Germany: Bringing Jiang to Justice in the Court of People's Conscience: Reports on a Series of Activities in Munich
2003-11-02Practitioners displayed boards introducing Dafa and exposing the evil persecution, and when they demonstrated the exercises the passing tourists slowed down. Many people were shocked by the cruel persecution and could not understand why the Jiang regime treats a group of people who cultivate Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in such a way. -
Spain: Clarifying the Truth to Amnesty International Before Filing the Lawsuit Against Jiang and Luo
2003-11-01"The intention to sue Jiang is not to win the case but to let more people know about the evilness of the persecution and to let more people know about the truth in order to stop this persecution. This persecution isnt just aimed at Falun Gong practitioners, but its also aimed at humankinds precious morality and the principles of the universe. Therefore, the victims of this persecution are not only Falun Gong practitioners, but people throughout the world." -
UK: Peaceful Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London to Support Practitioners on Hunger Strike in Jilin province in China
2003-11-01"Today we have learned that in China there are many Falun Gong practitioners who have been arrested because they broadcast the truth about Falun Gong on TV; one practitioners life is also now in danger. As a result, 100 plus Jilin practitioners who are currently jailed are helping them by hunger striking. We are also here to assist them. -
The First European Public Assembly of the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang to Justice held in Germany
2003-11-01The assembly attracted a large audience and received a lot of feedback. Many German citizens signed their names on a petition in support of the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin; some of them even offered their ideas about how to bring Jiang to justice. Tourists from China also said, Falun Gong should file a lawsuit against Jiang. The public will be happy about this lawsuit. Some of them even took photos of the scene and said that they would show them to their relatives and friends in China.