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| April 2007 |
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| United Kingdom: To Mark April 25th, UK Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London for an End to the Persecution [29.04.2007] |
April 25th, 2007, is the eight anniversary of the April 25th Appeal in Beijing. UK Falun Gong practitioners held a protest activity at the Chinese Embassy in London and a candlelight vigil to mourn the mainland China practitioners who have been persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Practitioners called for an end to the persecution.
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| Austria: Commemorating the April 25th Appeal [28.04.2007] |
On April 25th, 2007, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil at the Chinese Consulate in Vienna to commemorate the peaceful appeal by ten thousand people eight years ago in Beijing. They had come to request the release of arrested Falun Gong practitioners. At that time, the Chinese Premier had a conversation with representatives of the practitioners and the problem seemed resolved. Then Falun Gong practitioners dispersed peacefully and quietly.
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| Ukraine: Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong Throughout the Country [27.04.2007] |
In order for more Ukrainians to learn about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, practitioners in Ukraine hold activities almost every weekend in cities large and small throughout the country. On April 21st, 2007, they visited a small town in the eastern part of Ukraine, Severodonetsk.
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| Norway: "Freedom of Speech in China" Seminar Held in Stavanger [25.04.2007] |
The Chinese regime has officially denied the recent disclosure about organ harvesting and says that "nobody will believe this absurd lie". The Nazis also claimed the same about their camps. In 1943 a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the US refused to believe information from a polish diplomat about the Holocaust, saying: "I did not say that the young man lies. I said I was unable to believe what he told. There is a difference."
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| Germany: Raising Awareness in Hannover about Falun Gong and the Persecution [23.04.2007] |
When an international computer exhibition was held in Altstadt, Hannover, Falun Gong practitioners held activities to raise awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution taking place in China. Practitioners distributed materials in various languages to help people understand what Falun Gong is, and how it has spread all over the world.
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| Belgium: Protest against the Russian Government for Deporting Ma Hui and her Daughter to China [21.04.2007] |
Falun Gong practitioners held activities at the Russian Embassy to Belgium to protest against the Russian government’s illegal deportation of Falun Gong practitioner Ma Hui and her daughter, which has aided the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its persecution of Falun Gong.
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| Germany: German Parliament Human Rights Committee Holds a Hearing of Witnesses’ Accusations [21.04.2007] |
In a reply to Falun Gong practitioners’ letter, the German Christian Democratic Federation Parliament party and the corps of human rights issues spokesperson Ms. Steinbach mentioned that on March 29th, 2007, two Canadian independent investigators and a few members of the International Human Rights Committee held a hearing of witnesses in the German Parliament, the persons who are in charge of the German Parliament Human Rights Committee are very worried about the fact that living Falun Gong practitioners are selected for the removal of their organs. |
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| Germany: People of Munich Support the Withdrawals from the CCP [20.04.2007] |
"Withdraw from the CCP! Quickly withdraw from the CCP! Quickly withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party Youth League! Withdraw from the Red Guard!" Calls to “Withdraw from the CCP” echoed through St. Maria Square in Munich on April 14th. Chinese and Western tourists alike were attracted by the sound.
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| Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Rally in Saint Petersburg [19.04.2007] |
Recently, bowing to the Chinese Communist regime’s pressure and temptation, the Russian government has repeatedly did something wrong in dealing with Falun Gong issues. Russia is a country that has just got out of the Communist Party’s rule. However, at this historic juncture, the head of the government has sought immediate interest at the expense of justice and conscience. They were even led by nose by the evil spectre of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Which direction is Russia heading for? What kind of future will the Russian nation have? |
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| United Kingdom: VIPs and Media Call for Wenjian Liang to be Released [18.04.2007] |
Wenjian Liang and her husband Zhiyong Lin were taken from their home in February together with six other Falun Gong practitioners. They were sentenced to two years in a labour camp without trial in March. Amnesty International issued an urgent action call about their case on March 20th. In the UK, the Liberal Democrat Party Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Shadow Foreign Secretary gave his moral and active support to the free Wenjian campaign.
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| France: Supporting 20 Million Withdrawals from the CCP and Calling for the Release of Ma Jian and Ma Hui in Front of the Chinese Embassy [18.04.2007] |
On April 4th, 2007, the Falun Dafa Association of France, the French Service Center for Quitting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), and Chinese people living in Paris held a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Paris to "Support 20 Million Withdrawals from the CCP." During the rally, participants used an amplifier to broadcast their prepared statements and speeches to the embassy staff, telling them that doomsday has come for the CCP.
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| Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Central Railway Station [17.04.2007] |
On April 14th, 2007, a group of Finnish practitioners went to the central railway station to tell people that the CCP has never stopped the horrible persecution of Falun Gong. They appealed to the Finnish government and people to give a helping hand, to stop this eight year cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China.
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| Germany: Falun Gong "Information Day" in Hanover [16.04.2007] |
A huge trade show was held in Hanover from March 15th until 21st, 2007. Falun Gong practitioners took advantage of the large numbers of visitors to their city to raise awareness about the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who persecute Falun Gong and trade in organs harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners.
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| Denmark: The Twinning of Aarhus in Denmark and Harbin in China - Chinese Ambassador Intervenes [16.04.2007] |
Heilongjiang is the province with the second highest death toll among thirty provinces. One third of the deaths took place in the provincial capital, Harbin. There are large quantities of concrete testimonies from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong with specific dates, times and locations in which the persecution was perpetrated, as well as names of perpetrators and witnesses. 500 pages of testimonies tell of atrocities, which include shocking Falun Gong practitioners with electric batons, force-feeding them with human excrement and various other cruel torture methods. The brutality is beyond imagination. |
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| Denmark: Rally in Copenhagen to Support Twenty Million Withdrawals from the CCP [15.04.2007] |
On April 1st, an activity to support twenty million people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held on Town Hall Square in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Lots of people passing by stopped to look, converse and discuss. On the central square of the oldest city in northern Europe, banners and signs caught people’s eye.
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| France: Activities in Paris to Mark the Twenty Million Withdrawals from the CCP [15.04.2007] |
On March 31st, 2007, the French Branch of the Global Service Centre for Withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held activities in Chinatown in the thirteenth District of Paris marking twenty million Chinese people withdrawing from the CCP and its affiliated organisations. They called on the Chinese people to recognise the evil nature of the CCP.
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| Ukraine: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of Slavjansk [14.04.2007] |
Falun Gong practitioners in Ukraine held activities in Slavjansk, introducing Falun Gong to local residents and exposing the truth about the brutal persecution of practitioners in China. Practitioners displayed photos and information posters and demonstrated the five simple Falun Gong exercises.
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| United Kingdom: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong and the Persecution in Woking [14.04.2007] |
People asked if it was really true as they simply could not believe that such things could be happening these days. Some people also expressed their support for us. A few footballers stopped by and very happily imitated the movements of practitioners along to the calm music. Although expecting it to be a kind of martial srts, after telling them that for doing these exercises people are being killed in China, each young footballer took a flyer before they went to watch the Woking football team conference match. |
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| United Kingdom: Film and Discussion in the Peace Studies Department of Bradford University [13.04.2007] |
On March 13th, a Falun Gong practitioner arrived in Bradford to share her experiences of the persecution of Falun Gong in China and to draw attention to recent allegations of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. The event was held at Bradford University and was made possible with the assistance of staff from the Peace Studies Department.
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| Spain: Spanish People Support Activities Marking 20 Million Withdrawals from the CCP [13.04.2007] |
With these activities, the bleak square seemed to come to life. The hustling people started to slow their pace and came in groups to view the display boards exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities. From time to time, we could hear people condemning the atrocities and expressing their support for the campaign against the persecution.
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| Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in a Health Exhibition in Skvde [13.04.2007] |
On March 24th and 25th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners attended Skvde's annual health exhibition and set up an information booth in the city’s election hall. Reporters from local newspapers came to interview practitioners. They wanted to know the benefits that Falun Gong had brought to practitioners as well as Swedish citizens.
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| Germany: "CCP's Dictatorship Makes This Kind of Things Become Possible" [12.04.2007] |
On the night of March 29th, 2007, the seminar hall inside the Victims of Stalinism Memorial Library in Berlin was fully seated, and some attendees even went to find chairs elsewhere. The topic which kindled so much interest from the German attendees is "The Chinese Communist Party's Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners".
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| Sweden: Rally to Support the 20 Million Brave People Who Have Quit the Chinese Communist Party [12.04.2007] |
On March 31st, 2007, Chinese people living in Sweden held a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to support the 20 million Chinese who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They made speeches and read out their messages to the Chinese Embassy with a loudspeaker, urging staff to quit the CCP.
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| Ukraine: The Chinese Communist Party’s Ruthless Conduct Shocks the Ukrainian People [12.04.2007] |
When practitioners informed people that two days earlier, due to pressure from the CCP, the Russian authorities deported a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner and her eight-year-old daughter to China, even though they held the status of international refugees, they were indignant. After hearing about this injustice, many of them signed a petition calling for the mother and daughter to be rescued from China as soon as possible.
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| Czech Republic: Touring the Cities of Moravia (part 5) [12.04.2007] |
Just as they had in previous cities, many people in Vsetín rushed to sign the practitioners' petition calling for an end to the persecution after hearing about the suffering inflicted on Falun Gong practitioners in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). After practitioners thanked them for signing the petition, a lot of people replied something along the lines of: “Do not thank me. Signing this petition should be everyone’s duty“.
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| Czech Republic: Touring the Cities of Moravia (part 4) [11.04.2007] |
Many people expressed their worries about innocent practitioners having their internal organs harvested and sold to transplant seekers before the practitioners’ bodies are cremated. One lady took a handful of leaflets and placed them in a City Information Centre. Lots of people signed the petition calling for an end to the organ harvesting.
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| Germany: People in Langen Condemn Organ Harvesting Atrocities [11.04.2007] |
“This is horrific and beyond human imagination! Where can I sign?” A woman asked, after a practitioner recounted a testimony of a Chinese surgeon's ex-wife in which her husband was ordered to remove more than 2,000 corneas from innocent Falun Gong practitioners in two years and the bodies were cremated after other organs were also removed. The woman's face showed fear and agony. After she signed the petition, her two boys said that they wanted to sign. Before they left, they expressed their best wishes: “We wish you success! Thank you!” |
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| Belgium: “The Chinese Communist Party’s Cruel Persecution of People Must Stop” [10.04.2007] |
On March 31st 2007, volunteers from the Belgium “Quitting the CCP Service Centre” along with Falun Gong practitioners, held an activity at the city centre of Brussels in support of the 20 million Chinese people who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). People were shocked upon learning about the CCP’s crimes of brutal persecution of the Chinese people.
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| Czech Republic: Touring the Cities of Moravia (part 3) [10.04.2007] |
On the fourth day of their Moravian tour, the practitioners arrived in Zlín and told local people about crimes against humanity happening in China. Many people were not aware that over 3,000 innocent people have lost their lives just because they practise this peaceful meditative system and live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance.
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| France: Lille University Library Displays Falun Gong Materials [10.04.2007] |
Practitioners in Lille told several library staff members about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) organ harvesting atrocities. The person in charge was shocked and decided to offer some help. The library decided to make available Falun Gong materials so that more people can read them.
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| Czech Republic: Touring the Cities of Moravia (part 2) [09.04.2007] |
After visiting Přerov and Kroměříž, practitioners visited the city of Olomouc. As well as talking about the practice of Falun Gong, they told people about the 8 years of persecution inflicted on the practice by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They talked about the CCP’s atrocities of harvesting organs from healthy Falun Gong practitioners.
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| Russia: Supporting the Tide of Quitting the CCP at Irkutsk City [09.04.2007] |
Falun Gong practitioners from Irkutsk City, with volunteers supporting withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), together held a rally to support the 20 million withdrawals from the CCP. When volunteers set up banners and display boards, many people from the Chinese community and passersby were attracted by the display, and carefully read all the content.
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| Germany: This is Our Obligation [09.04.2007] |
"It is our obligation to condemn these crimes," said Mr. Saman from India. After seeing the photos exposing the CCP's crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, he signed his name on the petition form without any hesitation. He also told the reporter that people should not ignore these crimes and that it is everyone's obligation to condemn the CCP.
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| Czech Republic: Touring the Cities of Moravia (part 1) [08.04.2007] |
Czech Falun Dafa practitioners organized a week-long tour around the cities of central Moravia so that the people there could learn more about the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. The persecution has already lasted 8 years and over 3,000 practitioners have had their livbes taken by the Chinese communist regime.
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| Finland: People Gather in Helsinki to Express Support for 20 Million Chinese Quitting the CCP [07.04.2007] |
When resignations from the CCP exceeded 20 million, people who support human rights in China, the Service Centre for Quitting the CCP, and Falun Gong practitioners collected petition signatures and displayed pictures to show the CCP’s crimes of persecution of innocent Chinese people since it took power in China, especially its cruel persecution of Falun Gong.
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| Finland: A Chinese Lady Takes a Copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party [04.04.2007] |
On March 24th, 2007, the sun shone brightly and it felt like spring had arrived at last. People shed their winter clothes. Falun Gong practitioners went to Helsinki Central Railway Station at noon as they had before. They hung a striking banner reading, “Falun Dafa is Good,” and demonstrated the exercises to show the peace and grace of Falun Dafa.
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| Germany: New Evidence of the Chinese Communist Regime's Organ-Harvesting Shocks the People of Munich [03.04.2007] |
"The atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit do exist in China. China's military is extensively involved in the crimes to make exorbitant profit," said Mr. David Matas, as he announced these conclusions at a seminar held at Munich University.
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| France: Support for the Twenty Million Withdrawals from the CCP [01.04.2007] |
After the Epoch Times newspaper's editorial, the “Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party” was published, the momentum of the Chinese people’s withdrawal from the CCP and its affiliated organisations has continued unabated. On March 24th and 25th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners rallied at several locations in Paris to support the twenty million withdrawals from the CCP and raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong.
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| March 2007 |
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| Belgium: People Genuinely Concerned about the Persecution of Falun Gong in China [31.03.2007] |
Falun Gong practitioners attended the Eco-Therapeutica Beurs Expo in the city of Leuven. While folding paper lotus flowers at the Falun Gong stand, visitors also listened to practitioners talk about the ongoing brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many people asked what they could do to help. It was a regular occurrence see tears in people’s eyes.
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| Sweden: ”Behind the Scenes in China” Seminar Held in Kalmar [30.03.2007] |
Supporting Human Rights In China (SHRIC) and the International Society For Human Rights (ISHR), together with Epoch Times Sweden, aorganised the seminar “Behind the scenes in China”. One subject discussed was how tyrannically the Chinese communist party rules China and how important it is to consider the CCP seperately from the Chinese people.
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| Belgium: Lotus Flowers Blossom at a Secondary School in Limburg [30.03.2007] |
On March 7th, 2007, practitioners were invited to introduce Falun Gong to thirty 13 to14 year old pupils at a secondary school in Lommel. A practitioner gave a presentation about the cultivation practice of Falun Gong, the persecution of Falun Gong in China and the actions practitioners take to raise awareness about the unlawful persecution.
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| Germany: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong in Munich [29.03.2007] |
During the activity someone might say, “These things are happening in China, is what you are doing here useful?” When someone made a comment like this, it incurred immediately refutations from a crowd of people: “Of course it's useful, this is not only China’s matter, but the matter of each person in the world”.
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| Sweden: Rally in Gothenburg Celebrating 20 Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party [29.03.2007] |
On the afternoon March 24th, a striking banner in front of the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg attracted the gaze of a large number of people. A rally was being held there by the Swedish Centre for Quitting the CCP, celebrating the 20 million brave Chinese people who have broken away from the CCP. Many Falun Gong practitioners also participated in the activity.
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| Ireland: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong and Depicting the Charm of Traditional Chinese Culture During a St. Patrick’s Day Parade [27.03.2007] |
Invitated by organisers, Falun Gong practitioners participated in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in County Laois. Their depiction of the beauty of Falun Gong and the charm of traditional Chinese culture won Best Culture Award. Nearly ten thousand people turned up to watch the parade despite the weather.
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| Germany: People in Passau Condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s Trade in Organs Harvested from Living People [26.03.2007] |
On March 16th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Passau held an activity to expose the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Upon hearing about this, many people felt it was unbelievable that nowadays such bestial cruelty still existed in China and immediately signed practitioners' petition.
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| Sweden: Falun Gong Welcomed at an Iranian New Year Gathering [25.03.2007] |
When the practitioner mentioned Falun Gong, the girl asked, "Why is Falun Gong practised by so many people around the world and why does China ban it? Is Falun Gong really like what the newspapers and TV in China say?” When the girl heard about the Chinese regime’s trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners, who are imprisoned simply because of their belief, she was very shocked.
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| Austria: Supporting Justice without National Boundaries [24.03.2007] |
On March 17th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners came to Stephansdom Cathedral in Vienna city centre to hold activities. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and set up banners and display boards to expose the CCP’s crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners and called for the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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| Germany: Letting Bielefeld Know about the Persecution of Falun Gong [24.03.2007] |
“Why is he sitting there?” asked a pedestrian. He wanted to know why a young Chinese man sat on a chair in the pedestrian zone. There were crutches right next to his chair and he held up a piece of paper that said, “Ask questions of a labour camp survivor.” Initially, the man could not make sense out of this scene but slowly he opened up and a long conversation ensued.
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| Russia: Raising Awareness about the Persecution in the Republic of Karelia [23.03.2007] |
Over the weekend, Falun Gong practitioners set up banners and display boards, and talked to passers-by about the brutal persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, as well as the huge tide of quitting the CCP that is taking place in China. A young practitioner demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Passers-by stopped to read the display boards. Some chatted with Falun Gong practitioners, and some took the leaflets home to read.
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| Turkish Falun Gong Practitioners Visit a Women’s Association Conference [21.03.2007] |
On March 6th, 2007, a Women’s Association held a conference in Mersin and over one hundred participants attended. Falun Gong practitioners were also invited by the conference organisers to participate in the conference and submitted a document to appeal to the Chinese authorities to end the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
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