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| May 2007 |
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| Statement by the European Falun Dafa Association: EU-China Human Rights Dialogue [02.05.2007] |
"We sincerely urge the EU to take this valuable opportunity to openly and publicly speak out against the human rights abuses. The EU’s efforts and public condemnation of this senseless and horrific persecution can significantly contribute to easing the pressure that the practitioners in China are currently enduring and take us one step closer to ending their suffering. It has now been over 8 years since the crackdown began. Every day, we receive more news of yet another torture victim, another family torn apart, another human rights crime." |
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| December 2006 |
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| Spain: An Open Letter from Falun Gong Practitioners to the Singapore Government [13.12.2006] |
By bringing a false charge against Falun Gong practitioners several times and violating regulations in the process of judging them, the Singapore government has been completely on the opposite side of the values recognised by people in the world. It is threatening Singapore people’s rights to freedom and democracy. Now we would like to advise the Singapore government: Please maintain the image of a democratic country, correct your mistake of judgment and rehabilitate Falun Gong practitioners’ reputation. Never follow the evil CCP and walk towards the corner against humanity and don’t be buried alive with the evil CCP regime. |
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| Finnish Practitioners Send a Letter to the Singapore Government to Protest against the Unjust Court Verdict [10.12.2006] |
"We were shocked to learn that, on November 28th, 2006, a Singapore court resumed to hear the case of “Falun Gong practitioners’ protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy” and the two Falun Gong practitioners Ms Huang Caihua and Mr. Yu Wenzhong were found guilty ... We oppose your unjust action against Falun Gong practitioners, we hope the Singapore authorities consider morality and justice seriously, release the Falun Gong practitioners with a verdict of not guilty, restore their names, respect Falun Gong practitioners’ basic rights and freedom, no longer be manipulated by the CCP, and make a correct choice for Singapore’s bright future." |
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| October 2006 |
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| Letter to French President Jacques Chirac from the French Falun Dafa Association [30.10.2006] |
"For seven years now, over 3.000 practitioners of Falun Gong have been identified as being tortured to death by the notorious “610 office” which commits crime with impunity. Thousands are still detained in psychiatric hospitals where they are tortured, hundred of thousands are still in forced labour camps where they are used as free labour while being tortured. Innumerable practitioners, men, women and children, are in miserable conditions avoiding the persecution. The very last revelation is even more horrifying and unbearable: it is the massive traffic of organs taken from living Falun Gong practitioners." |
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| Germany: An Open Letter to Mr. Li Guangyao from "The Falun Gong Human Rights" Group [06.10.2006] |
"It is known to us that you will attend the opening ceremony of the “Hamburg Summit,” which will be held from September 13th to 15th. We, representing the German branch of the Falun Gong Human Rights organisation, would like to urge you and the Singaporean government to withdraw the unreasonable accusation against Falun Gong practitioners. We sincerely hope the Singaporean government can recognise the truth about Falun Gong and avoid becoming an accomplice of China’s persecution against Falun Gong practitioners." |
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| September 2006 |
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| An Open Letter to the Federal Chancellor Merkel from the German Falun Gong Association [24.09.2006] |
"It has been seven years since thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have died a violent death, as decreed by state sanctions. The investigative report on Falun Gong practitioners by the former Canadian Secretary of State, Parliamentary and State Attorney David Kilgour and the Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas shows clearly that living practitioners serve as organ donors that are held in an organ bank. This report shows clearly that Falun Gong practitioners are systematically murdered in China by unscrupulous Chinese officials." |
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| August 2006 |
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| The French Falun Dafa Association Sends a Letter to the French President and Prime Minister Regarding the CCP's Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners [02.08.2006] |
"The organisations harvest not only live prisoners’ organs, but especially Falun Gong practitioners’ to make a big profit by stealing and selling organs for profit. As China’s official policy, the illegal trade lets them make a profit and simultaneously eliminate the Chinese Falun Gong practitioners who are the targets for them to persecute. One of witness is an ex-wife of one doctor who harvested organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. The witness is seeking political asylum in the USA now". |
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| April 2006 |
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| Turkey: The Human Rights Investigation Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Strongly Condemns the Chinese Communist Regime’s Atrocities [20.04.2006] |
On behalf of all the Turkish Falun Gong practitioners, the Turkish Falun Gong Association recently sent a petition to the Human Rights Investigation Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities of persecution and killing of Falun Gong practitioners in over thirty concentration camps. The petition called on the Turkish authorities concerned to help put an end to the cruel persecution and reckless killing of Falun Gong practitioners in China, which has lasted for over seven years. |
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| Turkey: The Human Rights Investigation Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Strongly Condemns the Chinese Communist Regime’s Atrocities [15.04.2006] |
On behalf of all Turkish Falun Gong practitioners, the Turkish Falun Gong Association recently sent a petition to the Human Rights Investigation Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners in over thirty concentration camps. The petition called on the Turkish authorities concerned to help put an end to the cruel persecution and reckless killing of Falun Gong practitioners in China. |
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| March 2006 |
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| UK Falun Gong Association Statement on the Sujiatun Concentration camp [17.03.2006] |
"This is deeply, terribly disturbing, and confirms our worst fears: that CCP authorities remain intent on “eradicating” Falun Gong and in their desperation will go to any lengths. We need to be clear that the persecution has not gone away—it has merely become darker and more hidden. If Falun Dafa practitioners are sent to Sujiatun they have no chance of coming out ... The CCP won’t let a prisoner consume food forever. So what are they up to, then? The Falun Dafa practitioners are killed for their organs, which are sent off to various medical facilities. Organ sales are now a highly profitable business in China. They can't find enough bodies through executions, and no bodies are more readily available for this business than those of the[Falun Dafa practitioners." |
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| Bulgarian Falun Gong Association Urges Governments to take Action and Condemn the Persecution [14.03.2006] |
Various human rights organisations, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, who conducted an investigation in China several months ago, addresses the numerous killings, torture and violence against Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese labour camps and prisons. Up until now, more than 2,800 death cases as a result of torture have been confirmed by the Falun Gong Information Centre. It has been determined that the detention of practitioners is not motivated and is arbitrary, without due trials. Practitioners’ families, friends, and supporters are being intimidated, extorted and manipulated, while the detained are violently compelled to sign declarations denouncing their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. |
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| January 2006 |
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| European Falun Dafa Association Writes in Support of the Council of Europe Resolution [31.01.2006] |
"We hereby express our strong support for the resolution condemning the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes being raised in PACE. Being the largest group suffering persecution by the communist regime in China, we are very familiar with the crimes of communist dictatorships mentioned in the report by Mr. Göran Lindblad. Killings, torture, slave labour, brainwashing and psychological terror have all been used on Falun Gong practitioners in China in order to turn people into communist robots." |
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| December 2005 |
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| Irish Falun Dafa Association Writes to the Thailand Ambassador [27.12.2005] |
"Thailand is a democratic country, and also is a country which is proud to defend human rights. However it is totally incomprehensible that the attack of the Thai police towards a peaceful group of Falun Gong practitioners happened in Thailand. Also, the police in Thailand kowtowed to the Chinese Communism Party and abandoned their principles allured by business interest offered by the Chinese Communist Party. This incident violates the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners, and also breaks the nation's own laws." |
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| Letter from the Swedish Falun Dafa Association to the Argentinian Ambassador in Stockholm [23.12.2005] |
"On Wednesday the 14th of December 2005 agents from the Chinese delegation assaulted Falun Gong practitioners who were peacefully protesting against human right violations in China, outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, during the visit of Chinese official Luo Gan. The local time was between 11.00 – 11.30 am. First hand witness reports said that the Chinese assailants violently punched and kicked Falun Gong practitioner, and robbed them of their banners, fliers, cameras and cell phones." |
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| Swedish Falun Dafa Association Writes to the Thai Embassy [22.12.2005] |
"On December the 15th about twenty Thai police officers arrested three men, two women and their children aged five, six and fourteen. These Falun Gong practitioners did nothing wrong, but the Thai police choose to lock them up like they were criminals. They were peacefully meditating in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok on December the 15th most probably in sympathy with two female Falun Gong practitioners who were raped by the policemen of Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province in China. They were very sad about what happened to their fellow practitioners in China." |
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| November 2005 |
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| German Falun Dafa Association Writes an Open Letter to Hu Jintao [17.11.2005] |
"During your visit Germany, we strongly ask you to free the German Falun Gong practitioner, Jiang Renzheng, as well as all Falun Gong practitioners who are illegally imprisoned, giving them back their freedom. Meanwhile, we ask you to bring the arch-criminals who persecute Falun Gong — Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, Zhou Yongkang — to justice and immediately stop the persecution of Falun Gong." |
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| UK Falun Gong Association Requests Government to Bar the Entry of Bo Xilai [03.11.2005] |
The UK Falun Gong Association has requested the UK Home Office to bar entry to Bo Xilai. Bo Xilai is a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party who is guilty of crimes against humanity, genocide and the use of torture against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Such crimes are illegal under international law in accordance with the UN Conventions on Torture and Genocide and are crimes under Section 86 of the UK Criminal Justice Act of 1988. |
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| October 2005 |
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| Falun Dafa Association Announcement [11.10.2005] |
Since 1999 when the dictator Jiang Zemin initiated the bloody persecution of Falun Gong in China, the CCP has relied upon state power and an array of CCP terrorist mechanisms under its control to suppress innocent Falun Gong practitioners to the greatest extent possible. Under Jiang and the CCP's menace, many province- and city-level officials have acted as ringleaders or collaborators in the torture and killing of Falun Gong practitioners. Using their official positions, they have participated in this persecution to varying degrees, not only as initiators, co-conspirators and ringleaders, but also as aiders, abettors, and other types of accomplices. |
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| September 2005 |
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| Italian Falun Gong Association Congratulates the Establishment of the South African Falun Gong Association [21.09.2005] |
All the practitioners in Italy were pleased to learn that the South African Falun Gong Association was formally established after getting approval from the South African Government, and would like to extend our hearty congratulations to you. The establishment of this association is the result of your concerted efforts. We are firmly convinced that this association will play an important role in the process of Fa-rectification and is a blessing for all the people of South Africa. |
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| May 2005 |
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| German Falun Gong Association: “Singapore should not be an accomplice of the Chinese dictatorship.” [14.05.2005] |
Practitioners in Berlin held a protest in front of the Singapore Embassy. They demanded the Singapore regime to revise the judgement against two Falun Gong practitioners. Officials from the Singapore Embassy listened to the statement of the German Falun Gong Association and promised to relay the practitioners’ requests to the Singapore Government.
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| Russian Falun Gong Association Sends Letter of Protest to the Singapore Embassy [10.05.2005] |
Russian Falun Gong practitioners were very concerned when they heard that two Singapore practitioners were unjustly arrested by the Singapore Government after distributing material revealing the persecution to tourists from Mainland China. On 6th May 2005, representatives from the Russian Falun Gong Association went to the Singapore Embassy in Moscow and handed in a letter of appeal, requesting Singapore to cancel its unfair judgement. |
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| An Open Letter to the Singapore Government from the Spanish Falun Gong Association [07.05.2005] |
Your nation’s recent unjust conviction of Falun Gong practitioners Ng Chye Huay and Cheng Lujin has raised a serious question mark over Singapore’s democracy and rule of law in the international community. Laws should be established based on morality and human conscience. They are used to maintain social fairness and justice, not for justifying self-interest. We believe Singapore is a signatory to the World Human Rights Declaration. The actions of two Falun Gong practitioners were in no way exceeding the scope of basic freedom of speech and belief, especially considering that Falun Gong is a registered legal group in Singapore. |
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| Letter from Nordic Falun Dafa Association to the Norway Singapore Consul [06.05.2005] |
There are today court cases in some 20 different countries against the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and his collaborators. They face charges of torture, crimes against humanity and genocide. These cases are according to the development of international law. The Swedish Government for instance plans to allow for court proceedings in Sweden against such crimes, independent of where they are carried out – a plan in the spirit of Martin Luther King jr: “A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” |
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| April 2005 |
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| Irish Practitioners Send Congratulations to Turkish Falun Dafa Practitioners [22.04.2005] |
Irish Falun Dafa practitioners congratulate Turkish practitioners on the founding of the Turkish Falun Dafa Association. It is a wonderful and historic accomplishment that will no doubt bring blessings to the people of Turkey. |
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| UK Falun Gong Association Congratulates the Establishment of the Turkish Falun Gong Association [21.04.2005] |
The UK Falun Gong Association would like to offer sincere congratulations to the Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey for setting up the Falun Gong Association in Mersin City on 10th April 2005. The Turkish Association represents a tremendous step forward in the development of recognition of the Falun Gong practice in Eastern Europe. |
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| February 2005 |
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| A Letter from the European Falun Dafa Association [07.02.2005] |
"We have recently learned of a sinister campaign being conducted by the Chinese authorities to target foreign governments and their institutions. Their aim is to spread lies, incite hatred and create misunderstanding against people who practise a popular form of traditional Chinese practice called Falun Gong. In the Ukraine, for example, they have disseminated their sensational and outrageous propaganda to the Ministry of Education and Sciences forcing the authorities to disseminate it to all departments and areas. We would like to forewarn you of the latest ploy in their campaign both at home and abroad to “eradicate Falun Gong”." |
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| October 2004 |
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| Falun Dafa Practitioners from Finland Warmly Congratulate the Establishment of the Indian Falun Dafa Association [15.10.2004] |
Finnish Falun Dafa practitioners are happy and glad to learn that the Indian Falun Dafa association is now officially established in the ancient country of India. We are sure that this will give more people in India a chance to know the truth about Falun Gong and about the ruthless persecution now going on China against Falun Dafa and its practitioners. |
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| All Austrian Dafa Practitioners Congratulate the Establishment of the Indian Falun Dafa Association [14.10.2004] |
All Austrian Dafa practitioners sincerely congratulate the establishment of the Indian Falun Dafa Association. The Association established in India shows more and more Indian people understand both Falun Dafa and the truth of Dafa being cruelly persecuted in China. |
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| September 2004 |
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| Irish Falun Dafa Association Congratulates the Founding of the Japanese Falun Dafa Association [09.09.2004] |
"When more governments and people outside China recognise Falun Dafa it must strengthen those within China who are opposed to the persecution and are trying to stop it. Irish practitioners send a message of congratulations to the Japanese practitioners and the Japanese government, under difficult circumstances you stood up for Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. This could only be good for the Japanese people. Well done." |
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| July 2004 |
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| Switzerland: A Letter from the Swiss Falun Gong Association to the Swiss Federation President and Minister of the Economy. [25.07.2004] |
We think that this shooting incident is an act of terrorism. We feel profoundly shocked by the brutal methods employed by the Jiang group to eradicate Falun Gong inside and outside China. In March, 2002, Jiang Zemin issued an order to shoot at Falun Gong practitioners. However, South Africa is not part of China. This shooting incident indicates that the Jiang group employed hired gunmen to attack Falun Gong practitioners, just like China used money to buy the votes of poor nations during the UN Commission on Human Rights Meeting. |
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| April 2004 |
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| Statement by the Falun Gong Association of the Czech Republic [16.04.2004] |
"Every step made by the Czech Government can become a historic moment when the Government leans either toward the defence of human rights or toward “quiet acquiescence” with the abuse. Actually, human rights and trade with China are tightly connected and that is why we think that upholding human rights is a necessary prerequisite to a successful realisation of all projects with China which we may wish to commit ourselves to undertake." |
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| March 2004 |
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| Speech by Chairman of the European Falun Dafa Association outside the UNHRC in Geneva [16.03.2004] |
"There is ample evidence and no doubt that a planned and deliberate policy of elimination has been directed at tens of millions of innocent people in China. Gross human rights violations have been committed against these people simply because they believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The criminal acts seek to destroy everything that is positive and good in our world and they seek to take away human beings’ fundamental rights to improve themselves physically, morally and spiritually."
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| February 2004 |
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| Spanish Falun Gong Practitioners Deliver a Letter to the French Ambassador in Spain [15.02.2004] |
"Currently the verified number of deaths of Falun Gong practitioners is almost nine hundred, but the real death toll is far more than that. Over 200,000 people are being unlawfully detained; over one hundred million people are being made victims of this large-scale persecution. So far the persecution has lasted for four and a half years and is still continuing. Many renowned lawyers around the world came to an agreement that this is the largest and most evil genocide ever since World War II." |
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| An Open Letter to the French President from the German Falun Dafa Association [13.02.2004] |
"In China, through covering up the facts and spreading lies, the persecution of Falun Gong has lasted for over four years. Until now, over nine hundred innocent Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death. We think that a country like France should not support this kind of persecution. We hope you can stand up, based on upholding human rights, clarify the facts about the Paris incident to people and enable France to continue to maintain the traditional culture of believing in justice and freedom." |
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| Nordic Falun Dafa Association Writes to the President of France [12.02.2004] |
"We are deeply alarmed by reports that the French police have harassed and detained at least 50 Falun Gong practitioners in the Champs-Elysées area during the Chinese New Year celebrations in Paris this year for peacefully distributing Falun Gong information material, or merely for wearing yellow clothes...We are also shocked to learn that some of those people had been handcuffed like criminals. No proper reason was given for their arrest only irrational remarks like, “yellow is forbidden today.” The unreasonable action by the French authorities violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms." |
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| Italy: A Letter from the Italian Falun Dafa Association to the French Consulate [10.02.2004] |
"The Italian Falun Dafa Association is sorry to hear that Falun Gong practitioners were recently unreasonably arrested and imprisoned in Paris. We would like to let you know the offensive methods used by the French police. As far as we know, these Falun Gong practitioners are from different countries and did nothing against the law. They were detained merely because they wore clothes printed with the characters of Falun Dafa or because they were together with Falun Gong practitioners. We express our concern at such actions that go against human rights." |
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| Austrian Faun Dafa Association Writes to the President of France [07.02.2004] |
"We have deep respect to your great nation for its wonderful culture and its principles, therefore we urge you to apologise for and to take action to rectify this unjust behaviour, so that something like this can never occur again in France. We hope you can also make efforts together with other countries and people to help the millions of people in China who are right now suffering the persecution of Falun Dafa. Please help to end this persecution." |
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| Denmark Falun Dafa Association Writes to the Ambassador of France about Human Rights in Paris [06.02.2004] |
"As you may be well aware of by now the French authorities displayed a very discriminating and harsh stance towards Falun Gong practitioners in regard to the French Association of Falun Gong’s participation in the New Year parade. However, the discrimination against us was not limited to the exclusion from the festivities; much more serious than that was the implemented policy of eliminating the physical presence of Falun Gong practitioners in areas visited by the Chinese authorities." |
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| Belgian Falun Dafa Association Writes to the Mayor of Brussels [04.02.2004] |
"All over Europe, and also in Brussels, police officers and city officials know that wherever Falun Dafa practitioners come to demonstrate, it is sure that no problems, violence or any other disturbance will arise. However, it is also known that wherever Falun Dafa practitioners come to expose the persecution, Chinese ‘officials’ will come to cause trouble, trying to influence local police and city officials by spreading hate propaganda against Falun Dafa." |
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| European Falun Dafa Association Writes to the President of France [02.02.2004] |
"We were shocked to learn that a Western, democratic country founded on the principles of “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” so blatantly violated the human rights of peaceful, non-political citizens and visitors. It has been widely reported that during Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to France, excessive and unreasonable measures were used to intimidate and harass practitioners of Falun Gong. Both Chinese and Western practitioners were arrested, simply because they wore yellow scarves or yellow sweaters with the words of "Falun Gong" or "Zhen Shan Ren"." |
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| December 2003 |
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| Falun Gong Practitioners Ask the European Court of Human Rights to Hear Their Call for Justice [17.12.2003] |
"We thank everybody who has supported this case thus far, and have joined our call for justice. We are grateful to the Belgian government for allowing the possibility of starting this procedure in front of the European Court. Our confidence in the legal system is firm and it is for this reason that we continue to insist on wishing to defend our case in front of a Belgian judge. Martin Luther King once said that ‘Justice is indivisible. A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ and that ‘a man can only be a man if he can stand up for what he believes in'." |
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