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Germany: On World Falun Dafa Day and during the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, Practitioners Inform the People of Berlin about the Persecution
2007-05-24
On the occasion of the eighth World Falun Dafa day and the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, many activities were organised in the form of an awareness-raising day on the square of Berlin’s Gedächtniskirche (Remembrance Church). Around 250 Falun Gong practitioners from all over Europe arrived for these activities. -
Bulgaria: People of Plovdiv Welcome Falun Gong and Condemn the Persecution in China
2007-05-24
Practitioners exhibited posters that attracted passersby. They gathered in front of the petition and carefully read the information on the panels. Many of them asked questions about the essence of the practice and the reasons for the persecution. Many children signed the petition and gladly took colourful paper lotus flowers as souvenirs. -
Turkish Magazine Interviews Practitioner About Falun Gong and the Persecution in China
2007-05-24
"Today in China, people who practise Falun Gong are not accepted to schools and universities, they are fired from their jobs, and their houses are ransacked and phones tapped. Women and men are kidnapped, given electric shocks and are not allowed to sleep, and they are exposed to all kinds of torture methods and persecution. Over three thousand have been confirmed tortured to death, but it is believed that the real number is more than ten thousand. There are also hundreds of thousands of people in jail and prison camps, and most of these people are innocent Falun Gong practitioners." -
Finland: Nordic Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate the 8th Anniversary of World Falun Gong Day in Helsinki
2007-05-23
On May 13th, 2007, Finnish and Russian practitioners celebrated World Falun Gong Day in Helsinki. On May 13th, 1992, Master Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong to the public in Changchun, China. There are practitioners in over eighty countries practising Falun Gong; the book Zhuan Falun has been translated into more than thirty languages. -
Germany: Hamburg Practitioners Commemorate the Peaceful April 25th 1999 Appeal in Beijing
2007-05-23
On April 24th, 2007, practitioners from Hamburg and Hanover gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Hamburg. They were commemorating the April 25th, 1999 peaceful appeal by 10,000 practitioners in Beijing. Practitioners called for attention to the persecution of Falun Gong and the cruelties perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party. -
Falun Dafa News (Austria): A country choked by propaganda
2007-05-23The board of the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced at the end of last year that it had issued nine new digital channels to TV stations of the People’s Republic of China. Some of the Canadian media, along with various members of Parliament openly disagreed with the CRTC’s decision because the same stations, which are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), are known to spread slander and hate propaganda against Falun Gong as well as other groups persecuted by the regime. -
Germany: Practitioners Appeal to the EU to Stop China from Extending the Persecution of Falun Gong to Russia
2007-05-22On May 14th, 2007 on the eve of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue in Berlin, international media carried the shocking news that the Russian government, bowing to pressure from the Chinese Communist Regime, forcibly kidnapped and deported Falun Gong practitioner Gao Chunman to China. Mr. Gao, 73, a former professor from Tsinghua University in China. He was granted refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in Russia in 2003 and his wife is a Russian citizen. -
Turkey: Experience Sharing Conference Held in Ankara
2007-05-22
On May 12th 2007, a group of practitioners in Ankara successfully took part in the first Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference in the local Cultural Centre. The conference proceeded peacefully from beginning to end, and practitioners shared their understandings with each other and exchanged their personal experiences of cultivation. -
Italy: Celebrating Falun Dafa Day
2007-05-22
On May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy separately gathered in Rome and Milan to celebrate the 8th Falun Gong Day and extend their wishes and thanks to the founder of the practice, Mr. Li Hongzhi. Introduced in 1992, Falun Gong has benefited over one hundred million practitioners around the world, so practitioners wish more people could share this good news. -
Finland: Rally to Support 21 Million Withdrawals from the CCP and its Related Organisations
2007-05-22
On May 12th, 2007, the Finnish Service Centre for Quitting the CCP held a rally and a parade in Helsinki's Central Square to support the twenty-one million withdrawals from the CCP in China. People from many Nordic countries participated in the event, which attracted a lot of tourists and local people’s attention. -
Vice-President of the European Parliament: "The greatest mistake committed by the Chinese Communist Party is to crack down on belief"
2007-05-21
Prior to the EU-China human rights dialogue, eight non-governmental human rights groups in Europe held a seminar at the Silken Berlaymont Brussels Hotel, next to the EU headquarters. Those present called on the EU to take action before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to ensure that China’s human rights will be improved by then. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Stage a Rally in Berlin
2007-05-21
Prior to the EU-China human rights dialogue that is to take place in Germany next week, on Saturday, May 12th, 2007, over 300 Falun Gong practitioners staged a rally in Breitscheidplatz, in downtown Berlin, to expose the bloody persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which began eight years ago. -
EU and UK Parliamentarians Raise Labour Camp Case with Chinese Regime
2007-05-21A total of 20 UK parliamentarians have written to the Chinese communist regime or the UK Foreign Office since Wenjian Liang, her husband Zhiyong Lin and 6 other Falun Gong practitioners were detained in February, and sentenced to labour camps without trial in March. Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action and the UK media also reported on their plight. Against this background, the EU has raised Ms Liang's case at the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue in Berlin on 14th-15th May 2007. -
Czech Republic: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the CCP's Organ Harvesting
2007-05-21
On May 1st, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in the Czech Republic participated in a gathering with the theme “A May Day without the Communist Party” at Letná Park in Prague. Practitioners enacted scenes of torture and organ harvesting to expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong. -
Germany: Falun Gong Wins China Free Culture Movement’s “2007 Special Spiritual Belief Award”
2007-05-20“The most gratifying thing to us is that we stood side by side with Falun Gong during the nearly eight years of the persecution!” said Zhong Wei Guang, after China Free Culture Movement awarded “2007 Special Spiritual Belief Award” in April to Falun Gong. Zhong Wei Guang is an expert in contemporary studies of totalitarianism and one of the founders of China Free Culture Movement. From not knowing anything about Falun Gong to giving an award to Falun Gong, what kind of emotional journey has he undertaken?
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