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Norwegian Practitioners Support Practitioners in Singapore who were Jailed for Spreading Information about the Persecution
2005-05-08
When news reached Norway that two female practitioners in Singapore had been jailed for spreading information about the six-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China, local practitioners wanted to help. So far, the Nordic Association has sent a letter to the Singapore Consulate in Oslo. Two practitioners went to the office of the consulate to express their concern and to deliver a letter from the Norwegian Association, together with information about Falun Gong and the persecution, information of the same kind that the accused women had spread in Singapore. They had a good conversation with a representative of the consulate who stayed after working hours to be informed. -
Turkey: Stories of New Practitioners
2005-05-08
The largest Turkish TV station SHOW TV interviewed practitioners who were doing the Falun Gong exercises in an Ankara park and videotaped the group practice. On the same night, the station broadcasted the interview nationwide in its news hour. Through practitioners’ persistent efforts in the last several years, the Turkish people are gradually learning about Falun Gong. -
Spain: Introducing Falun Gong at Tacoronte City in the Canary Islands
2005-05-07
Most of the people who practised the five exercises looked radiant afterwards. One lady said that her whole body felt easy and free. Another said that she would tell her husband to practise Falun Gong and would share this good thing she had found. A young girl said that this was the third time she had done the exercises and she felt great. -
France: Falun Gong Association Representative Invited to Armenian Rally
2005-05-07
Chairman of the French Falun Gong Association was invited to a rally and press conference. Organised by the General Association of Armenian Descendants in France, the activities were entitled “Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the liberation from Nazi concentration camps and commensurate the 90th anniversary of the holocaust of Armenians in Turkey.” -
Spain: Practitioners hold Activities to Commemorate April 25th 1999
2005-05-06
On April the 25th, Spanish Falun Gong practitioners held a photo exhibition at Socodover Square in Toledo city centre to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the April 25th peaceful appeal. They showed the peace and beauty of Falun Gong and the persecution practitioners are suffering in China, and they called on people to be concerned and make efforts to stop this persecution. -
Turkey: More and More People are Cherishing Falun Gong (I)
2005-05-06
There are already six practice sites in Ankara where Turkish people can learn the Falun Gong exercises for free and then practise together with other Falun Gong practitioners. More and more Turkish people have become practitioners; more and more people have been paying attention to Falun Gong and calling for an end to the persecution. -
Slovakia: People of Partizanske show Support for Falun Gong Practitioners’ Human Rights
2005-05-04
People in Partizanske found it hard to believe that these popular exercises could be the target of persecution, even though the older generation could remember the harm caused by the communists in Slovakia. People advised us wholeheartedly to stay longer, because there was going to be a cultural event in the city that afternoon. -
Russia: Activity in Moscow on the 6th Anniversary of the “4.25” Appeal
2005-05-02
On April 25th 2005, a group of Moscow Falun Gong practitioners held activities in the north-east district of Moscow City to commemorate of the 6th anniversary of the “4.25” peaceful appeal outside Zhongnanhai. Banners and photo boards were displayed to let the public know about the persecution happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Finland: Practitioners Call for an End to the Persecution on the Sixth Anniversary of the April 25th Incident
2005-05-02
Practitioners held a photo exhibition in Helsinki, in memory of the sixth anniversary of the “4.25” incident when 10,000 practitioners peacefully went to the Appeals Office in Zhongnanhai to tell the Chinese authorities about the human rights abuses against Falun Gong. Many people were shocked and concerned after seeing the astonishing photos of persecuted practitioners. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to a Culture Day in Ockelbo
2005-05-02
On Friday the 29th of April 2005, a large culture day was arranged with various activities at a senior-level school in Ockelbo, Sweden. The pupils had the opportunity to choose what to do during the day and two Falun Gong practitioners from the city of Gaovle were invited because pupils wanted to know more about the practice. -
United Kingdom: Exposing the Crimes of the Chinese Communist Party in London’s Chinatown
2005-04-30
On the 24th of April, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK once again organised an activity in London’s Chinatown to promote Falun Gong and raise awareness of the persecution against the practice in Mainland China. This was part of the series of activities held in the UK to commemorate the April 25th appeal in 1999. -
Finland: Bringing the Goodness of Falun Gong to the Finnish People
2005-04-28
On the evening of the 8th of April 2005, practitioners from two different cities in Finland drove several hundred kilometres to the Kylpyl Hotel near the mid-west city of Pori to participate in a two-day health exhibition. Some people told practitioners they had already seen Falun Gong on Finnish TV. Several members of the public said that they could feel a strong energy field at the Falun Gong stall. -
Sweden: Activities in Gothenburg to Commemorate the April 25th Incident
2005-04-27
On April 24th, Falun Gong practitioners from Gothenburg held an activity in the city centre to raise awareness about the persecution and inform the public of the anniversary of the 25th of April appeal. It was six years ago that 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully gathered at the Chinese Communist Party’s central appeal office in Beijing. -
Holland: To Commemorate the "4.25" Appeal, Practitioners Peacefully Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy
2005-04-27
To commemorate the "4.25" appeal in Zhongnanhai, when 10,000 Dafa practitioners went to peacefully appeal to the Chinese Government in 1999, Holland Dafa practitioners peacefully demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy and called for an end to the persecution on the 24th of April. -
Estonia: Activities to Promote Falun Gong Add a Touch of Spring to the Capital City of Tallinn
2005-04-26
From the 16th to the 17th of April, practitioners from Estonia, Latvia, and Finland attended a health expo in the Estonian city of Tallinn. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and told people about Falun Gong and the human rights abuses that practitioners in China are suffering. They also held a photo exhibition in a nearby park.
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