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| August 2006 |
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| Russia: Practitioners in St. Petersburg Rally to Protest against the Persecution of Falun Gong [11.08.2006] |
At the beginning of the suppression, Jiang Zemin issued an order to eradicate Falun Gong in 3 months. However, seven years have passed and practitioners inside and outside China have become more and more mature and steadfast during the course of their efforts to end the persecution. The persecution is doomed to fail and the CCP will collapse.
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| Austria: Candlelight Vigil to Protest the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong [11.08.2006] |
On July 20th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Austria held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese consulate in Vienna to protest the CCP(Chinese Communist Party)'s brutal persecution of Falun Gong. During the past 7 years, Falun Gong practitioners in China and overseas have been unceasingly revealing the situation to people all over the world.
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| Germany: North German and Hamburg Practitioners appeal at the Chinese Consulate [10.08.2006] |
Hamburg practitioners protested at the Chinese Consulate on July 20th to mark seven years of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party in China. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, chatted to passersby about the background to the persecution and also attempted to deliver a letter in the hope that the Consulate staff would accept it.
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| Italy: Practitioners Stage a Protest against the Chinese Communist Regime’s Persecution [10.08.2006] |
On July 20th, 2006, Italian Falun Gong practitioners organised various activities to mourn for the 2,920 Chinese practitioners persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist regime and to protest against the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioner initiated by the Jiang Zemin group and the Chinese Communist regime since July 20th, 1999. Practitioners staged protests at the Chinese Consulates in Milan and Florence as well as the Chinese Embassy in Rome respectively. Many practitioners came all the way from various places, even several hundred kilometers away, to participate in these activities. |
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| Israel: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest to Mark Seven Years of Persecution by the CCP [10.08.2006] |
On July 20th, 2006, Israeli Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and photo exhibition on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to protest the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners collected several hundred signatures against the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong. Some young Israelis also participated in the activity.
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| Germany: Practitioners in Frankfurt Protest the Persecution on July 20th in Front of the Chinese Consulate [09.08.2006] |
The vile CCP has persecuted Falun Gong for seven years. On July 20th and July 22nd, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Frankfurt held activities in front of the Chinese Consulate and in a downtown shopping area to peacefully protest the against persecution. They also exposed the CCP’s inhuman trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners.
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| Germany: Protesting the Persecution of Falun Gong in Front of the Chinese Consulate [08.08.2006] |
On July 20th, 2006, seven years after the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution against Falun Gong began, practitioners from Bavaria gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Munich to protest the inhuman crimes committed by the CCP, in particular the trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners.
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| Sweden: Peaceful Appeal Outside the Chinese Consulate General in Gothenburg [07.08.2006] |
Falun Gong practitioners and practitioners from other parts of Sweden held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Consulate General in Gothenburg. The Consul General Cui Jianchao had a farewell party, which meant that there were many visitors who came to the Consulate General, both Chinese and Swedish. Staff from the Consulate came out to take pictures.
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| Czech Republic: Czech Media Reports on Practitioners' Appeal for an End to the Persecution [05.08.2006] |
Falun Gong practitioners in the Czech Republic presented an open letter to the Chinese Ambassador to call on the Chinese Communist regime to put an end to the genocide against innocent citizens. In the evening, a candle-light vigil was held in condolence of their fellow practitioners being persecuted to death in mainland China.
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| Germany: Vigil at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin [05.08.2006] |
Falun Gong practitioners held a day long vigil to mark seven years since the start of the persecution of Falun Gong at the Chinese Embassy on Jannowitz Bridge, Berlin. Many people passing by accepted flyers with information about the organ removals from live Falun Gong practitioners in China and signed a petition to support Falun Gong.
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| The Netherlands: Falun Gong Practitioners Condemn the CCP's Atrocities and Appeal for an End to the Persecution [04.08.2006] |
On the morning of July 20th, 2006, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Consulate. Practitioners displayed photos depicting the worldwide popularity of Falun Dafa and unfolded banners to condemn the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners, in particular harvesting organs from living practitioners.
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| France: Falun Gong Practitioners in Paris Protest against the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Chinese Embassy [03.08.2006] |
At 5pm on July 20th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Paris, together with some pro-democracy activists and overseas Chinese held a protest at the Chinese Embassy in France to condemn the seven year persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP. They particularly condemned the CCP's trade in organs harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners, and at the same time they appealed for the end of the brutal CCP regime and an end to the persecution of Falun Gong. |
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| Finland: Practitioners Protest at the Chinese Embassy against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Persecution of Falun Gong [01.08.2006] |
"Under that enormous black curtain, how huge is the black market of trading organs? We have no detailed understanding of it. But we know that this is “an evil that has never happened on this planet before,” just as David Matas, one member of the Canadian independent investigation group, commented. No words can depict evil of the brutal violence happening in China..."
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| July 2006 |
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| Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners in Mannheim Rally to Condemn the CCP's Atrocities [31.07.2006] |
On Saturday July 22nd 2006, Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in Mannheim, Germany. They exposed the CCP’s persecution against Falun Gong practitioners to the passersby. They carried out a reenactment of the CCP’s organ-harvesting from living people and imprisonment of practitioners in a small cage, and held a photo exhibition. They also collected signatures calling for a stop to the CCP’s atrocities.
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| Sweden: Letter from Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners Concerned about the Future of Compatriots in the Business Affairs Department of the Chinese Embassy [31.07.2006] |
Practitioners in Sweden are concerned about the future of their fellow countrymen in the Business Affairs Department at the Chinese Embassy. At 5:00 p.m. on the 19th of July, some twenty practitioners came to the Embassy to express their concern by handing in a letter of advice along with leaflets. They also did a group exercise demonstration.
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| Denmark: Practitioners Call on Singapore Authorities to Withdraw the Unreasonable Accusations against Falun Gong Practitioners [30.07.2006] |
On the morning of July 21st 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark went to the General Consulate of Singapore in Copenhagen and delivered a letter from the Falun Dafa Association of Denmark, requesting the Singapore authorities to withdraw their unreasonable accusation against Falun Gong practitioners, and not to join the persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP.
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| Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest in Front of the Chinese Embassy [29.07.2006] |
On the morning of July 21st, 2006, practitioners from all over Sweden gathered in front of the Swedish Chinese Embassy to carry out a peaceful protest. They strongly condemned the seven-year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the recently exposed crimes of harvesting organs from living practitioners.
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| Italy: Practitioners Appeal to Stop the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong [29.07.2006] |
On the morning of July 20th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Rome held an activity on Montecitorio Square at the House of Representatives to let more people know about the brutal persecution of the practice and expose the CCP's crimes of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, and call for an end to the seven year long persecution. A few police on duty were moved by practitioners’ rationality and steadfastness and repeatedly read the information on the exhibited display boards. |
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| Norway: Protesting at the Chinese Embassy against the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong [27.07.2006] |
Falun Gong practitioners in Norway started a twenty day protest at the Chinese Embassy, condemning the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong and the harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in forced labour camps and prisons. They appealed to the international community to stop this unprecedented atrocity.
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| Belgium: Protesting against the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong and Appealing to the European Union to Help to Stop this Atrocity [26.07.2006] |
On July 18th, Falun Gong practitioners from Belgium and Holland held an activity near Place Schuman outside the Headquarters of the European Union to protest against seven years’ of brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist Party and to appeal to the European Union to take action to stop the killing. Many staff from the EU offices passed the site frequently.
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| Finland: Candlelight Vigil to Mourn Practitioners Persecuted to Death and Call for an End to the Persecution [26.07.2006] |
In the evening of July 20th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in front of the Houses of Parliament in Helsinki held a candlelight vigil to mourn those practitioners persecuted to death, to protest against the Chinese Communist Regime’s seven-year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and to appeal to the Finnish government and citizens for support.
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| Sweden: Protesting Outside the Chinese Consulate General in Gothenburg to Mark Seven Years of Persecution [26.07.2006] |
Falun Gong pracitioners from Gothenburg and nearby places protested outside the Chinese Consulate General on the 20th of July. On 20th July 1999, this persecution was officialy initiated by the Chinese regime. During the Sweden protest, Falun Gong practiioners distributed a special flyer that revealed the background of the persecution. Falun Gong is a qi gong method for body and mind that became very popular in China.
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| Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners in Europe Call on the European Union to Condemn the CCP's Live Organ Removal [22.07.2006] |
On July 18th 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Europe called on the European Union and Belgium to take action against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners then cremating their bodies. The CCP's persecution since July 20th 1999 has led to several thousand deaths, many from torture, and has violated the human rights of millions of Falun Gong practitioners.
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| Russia: Russian Falun Dafa Practitioners Protest against the CCP's Atrocities at the Chinese Consulate in St. Petersburg [13.07.2006] |
On June 30th, 2006, Russian Falun Gong practitioners held activities outside the Chinese Consulate in St. Petersburg to protest against the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Gong. For several years, Falun Gong practitioners’ applications to protest at the Chinese Consulate in St. Petersburg have not been ratified by the Russian government.
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| Russia: Police Illegally Detain Falun Gong Practitioners [12.07.2006] |
On June 30th, 2006, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, Moscow Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful protest at the Chinese Embassy against the CCP's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. When the first group of practitioners arrived, the police were already standing there waiting for them. Local government did not agree with this protest.
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| Turkey: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest in Front of the Chinese Embassy [07.07.2006] |
On June 26th, 2006, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners protested outside the Chinese Embassy. In front of the Embassy’s main entrance, Falun Gong practitioners displayed a banner printed with the words ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and sat in meditation, in protest against the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
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| June 2006 |
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| Russia: Exposing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Crimes in St Petersburg [27.06.2006] |
Practitioners from more than ten cities including Moscow, Kiev and Pyaqigorsk, gathered in St. Petersburg from June 10th through June 12th 2006. On the first day, group practice was held in a park on the beach. A rally followed on Pushkin Square, along with a reenactment of the live organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners. Passersby stopped to learn what was going on.
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| Sweden: Exposing the Organ Harvesting from Living Practitioners and Supporting the Eleven Million People Who Have Withdrawn from the CCP [24.06.2006] |
Falun Gong practitioners and volunteers from the Service Centre for Quitting the CCP in Sweden held an activity to support the eleven million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). To expose CCP brutality, practitioners re-enacted the harvesting of organs from living people.
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| Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest Li Changchun for His Crimes in Persecution of Falun Gong [23.06.2006] |
Standing Committee Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party( CCP), former Secretary of the CCP Committee of Guangdong Province, Li Changchun ran into Falun Gong practitioners' protests during his visit to Norway from June 14th to 19th, because of his crimes of torture in the persecution of Falun Gong. Aftenposten of Norway reported the protest.
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| Belgium: Photo Report: Shocking - Atrocities of the CCP Exposed Outside EU Summit [21.06.2006] |
From June 15th to 16th, leaders of 25 European Union member states held a summit in Brussels, Belgium. Outside the headquarters of the EU, Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and reenacted the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit.
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| Germany: Supporting Eleven Million People Quitting the CCP during the World Cup [20.06.2006] |
Because it was the World Cup, tourists from all over the world passed by in a steady stream. The practitioners re-enacted the CCP’s harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. People were shocked and curious of the re-enactment and many were inspired to voice their conscience and denounce the CCP's atrocities.
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| Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Call for End to the CCP's Brutality during European Union Meeting [20.06.2006] |
On June 15th, leaders from 25 European Union countries were assembled in Brussels to conduct a two-day summit meeting. Falun Gong practitioners held activities in front of the European Parliament building to call upon the European Union for help stop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit.
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| United Kingdom: What Can I Do to Help You? [14.06.2006] |
It is almost two months since Falun Gong practitioners of London in the UK began to expose the persecution of Falun Gong in Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister. Many people signed the petition expressing their support for Falun Gong practitioners, often asking practitioners: “What can I do for you?”
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| Austria: A Long Line of Lights at the Chinese Embassy in Vienna [08.06.2006] |
Practitioners from Austria carried a stream of lights at the Chinese Embassy in Vienna on the 26th of May. At the same time, the Embassy held a reception for VIPs which included many guests from China and Austria. All the visitors saw our banners with which we also exposed the harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners' organs which is taking place in China.
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| Italy: Exposing CCP Atrocities to Delegates at the International Conference on Liver Transplant Technology [01.06.2006] |
From May 4th - 6th, 2006, an international liver transplant technology exchange meeting was held in Milan. The participants were famous surgeons and professors from countries all over the world. Falun Gong practitioners in Italy revealed to the participants the Chinese Communist Party's act of stealing and selling Falun Gong practitioners' organs. |
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| May 2006 |
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| Germany: A Dissident Reveals that the CCP Uses Psychiatric Hospitals to Imprison Healthy Falun Gong Practitioners [27.05.2006] |
For two of three years in Ankang Hospital, Wang Wanxing was looked after by a male nurse working there. He was also a policeman as well as a Falun Gong practitioner. Because of the growing internal pressure from the police system, he was forced to resign. Wang Wanxing once promised this Falun Gong practitioner that, if one day he could leave the hospital, he would tell the whole world about this Falun Gong practitioner’s story. He also met two other Falun Gong practitioners being detained in Ankang Hospital. |
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| Germany: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People in Leipzig [25.05.2006] |
On May 13th 2006, to celebrate Falun Dafa Day, German practitioners in Leipzig held an event downtown to tell local people about the persecution of Falun Gong. Many pedestrians happily received flyers and earnestly viewed the photos. Some people requested to sign their names to support or enquired how to start to practise Falun Gong.
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| Ukraine: Protesting at the Chinese Embassy to Mark the 7th Anniversary of the "4.25 Incident" [09.05.2006] |
On April 25th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Ukraine held an activity at the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the “4.25 incident", when ten thousand people peacefully appealed in Beijing seven years ago. Practitioners at the Embassy also protested against the CCP persecution. People accepted leaflets and enquired about the current situation of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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| Germany: Würzburg Practitioners Peaceful Protest Catches the Media's Attention [08.05.2006] |
German newspaper Main Echo reported: “At Easter in Würzburg, signatures from hundreds of people have been collected. These signatures will be sent to the German government, requesting Germany to take action and to comprehensively investigate into all labour camps and concentration camps in China, furthermore demanding the CCP to release all detained Falun Gong practitioners.”
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| Germany: German Practitioners go to Washington DC to Expose the Persecution [06.05.2006] |
A gentleman asked me why I was going to America. I handed him some material about the CCP slaughtering Falun Gong practitioners and selling their organs illegally. I told him that it was because the head of the Chinese Communist Party was visiting America, and I wanted justice for Falun Gong practitioners inside China. Upon hearing this he immediately said to me in Chinese: “Oh, Falun Gong, I know. I saw you yesterday in Karlsplatz. Are you going to America to protest? Excellent!” He checked me in very quickly and said goodbye. |
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| Germany: North German Practitioners Protest on April 25th and Expose the CCP's Organ Harvesting [05.05.2006] |
This protest by the North German Falun Gong practitioners aimed at exposing the systematic organ harvesting of live Falun Gong practitioners, who are used in the Chinese concentration camps, prisons, and slave labour camps as raw material for organ transplants. Large banners that could be seen by passing cars, spoke of the crime perpetrated in China.
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| Spain: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Peaceful Protest in Front of Chinese Embassy to Mark the "April 25" Peaceful Appeal [05.05.2006] |
In order to commemorate the "April 25" appeal, practitioners in Spain held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy. They strongly condemned the continuous seven-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. They displayed pictures documenting the persecution, which attracted passersby to stop and vehicles to drive slowly and watch.
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| Ireland: Practitioners Commemorate the “4.25” Event at the Chinese Embassy and Call for an End to the Persecution [04.05.2006] |
On May 25th 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Ireland gathered at the Chinese Embassy to protest against the CCP's seven year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and to remember all practitioners who were persecuted to death.
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| Finland: In Commemoration of the 7th Anniversary of the "4.25" Incident Practitioners in Finland Expose the CCP's Atrocities [01.05.2006] |
On April 25th, 2006, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Helsinki city centre to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the “4.25” incident, to expose the CCP’s crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in labour camps, as well as to support 10 million withdrawals from the CCP in China.
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| April 2006 |
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| Latvia: Practitioners Hold a Rally to Call for an End to the CCP's Atrocities [30.04.2006] |
On April 21st, Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters held a rally in the centre of Riga after a hunger strike. The rally protested the Chinese Communist Party atrocities of having removed organs from live Falun Gong practitioners and called upon the international community to make immediate investigations into all forced labour camps in China.
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| Sweden: Practitioners Protest at the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg on April 25th [29.04.2006] |
On the 25th of April 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Gothenburg and from the surrounding area held peaceful protests at the Chinese Consulate. April 25th was a special date for this activity because it marked the seventh anniversary of the peaceful gathering of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing on the 25th of April 1999.
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| Holland: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest Against the CCP's Atrocities in Memory of the "4.25" Incident [29.04.2006] |
Dutch practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to remember the 7th anniversary of the “4.25” Incident. They protested against the large-scale organ-harvesting on Falun Gong practitioners committed in China’s labour camps. The appeal was made to the international community for an immediate investigation so that the atrocity can be put to a stop.
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| Belgium: Practitioners Mark the "April 25th" Incident and Protest Against the Chinese Communist Regime's Persecution [29.04.2006] |
On April the 25th 2006, Belgian practitioners protested to mark the seventh anniversary of ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealing in Beijing to rescue their fellow practitioners who were unreasonably arrested and to call for a free environment.
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| Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Held a Protest at the Chinese Embassy [23.04.2006] |
On April 12th and 18th, Norwegian Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to protest against the removal of Falun Gong practitioners’ organs while still alive. The practitioners displayed banners, practised the exercises, distributed flyers to passers-by and placed a letter of protest into the Chinese Embassy mailbox.
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| Russia: Practitioners in Russia Expose the Crimes of the Chinese Communist Party at the Chinese Embassy [20.04.2006] |
Falun Gong practitioners in Russia engaged in a protest against the crimes of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Almost all passersby accepted leaflets and condemned the ruthless killing and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the evil CCP.
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