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  • "Do Not Think that You Are Helpless! Let's Come Together to Help!"

    Having visited a website founded by the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group, many people are learning the facts about the brutal and inhumane persecution taking place against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist regime. Many sign their names on the web page to condemn the persecution and support Falun Gong. Below is a sampling of comments from the German language edition of the website:
  • Austria: Practitioners Celebrate Falun Dafa Day in Salzburg

    Tourists and local people alike stopped and watched the Falun Gong exercise demonstration and viewed a photo exhibition exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution, as well as the atrocity of organ removal from living Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • Ukraine: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Drujkovka and Raising Awareness about the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners went to Drujkovka to introduce Falun Dafa and expose the persecution of Falun Gong to local people. A woman and her teenage daughter were very interested in Falun Gong. Later, practitioners heard that she is the director of the Interior Department in the Drujkovka administration.
  • Belgium: The People of Eeklo Show Warm Support for Falun Gong.

    On Saturday afternoon on May 5th, 2007, at the 175th anniversary of the founding of Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Doorn College, Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to visitors. The five Falun Gong exercises were shown on a large TV screen. Falun Gong practitioners distributed Falun Gong leaflets to the people in an endless stream.
  • Czech Republic: Forum Opposing Communism

    On May 1st, 2007, thousands of people attended a forum at Letna Park, Prague, Czech Republic, in a protest against communism. The forum, entitled “Against Communist, Against Fascism, Against Totalitarianism,” was organised by the Confederation of the Czech Political Prisoners.
  • Italy: Practitioners in Rome Raise Awareness about Falun Gong

    Falun Gong practitioners in Rome held an activity near Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, commemorating the eighth anniversary of the April 25th peaceful appeal by Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing. They condemned the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong and trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Comparisons Between the Holocaust and the Genocide of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

    On May 1st, a new law meant to put an end to organ harvesting was supposed to be enacted in China and already experts have designated it to be ineffective. David Matas, a respected Canadian human rights attorney, together with David Kilgour, the former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia and Pacific Affairs, have collected evidence showing that China harvests organs from Falun Gong practitioners. Matas, who is Jewish, compared the dilemma of Falun Gong practitioners in China with that of the Jews during the Third Reich.
  • Finnish Foreign Student Writes a Letter to an MP, Appealing for the Rescue of her Stepfather Zhang Weijie

    It is near the time that the 2007 Europe-China human rights dialogue will be held on May 15th and 16th in Berlin. Foreign student Sunny wrote a letter to Finnish parliament members and human rights organisations to appeal to them help urge the CCP to release her stepfather who was imprisoned illegally and stop the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Finland: Finnish People Express Concern about Zhang Weijie’s Kidnap by the CCP

    On May 5th, a group of Finnish Falun Gong practitioners went to the central railway station to raise awareness about the persecution. Passersby read information boards about Zhang Weijie’s kidnap, while others read posters about the persecution which the CCP inflicts on Falun Gong practitioners. One young lady said, "I know that the CCP only does bad deeds".
  • Ukraine: The CCP's Trade in Organs Harvested from Living People Shocks the People of Odecca

    On April 14th, 2007, Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners went to Odecca to hold an activity to expose the CCP’s atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. The CCP's brutal and ruthless conduct aroused Odecca people’s indignation and practitioners collected signatures from the Ukrainian people to protest against the persecution.
  • Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners in St.Petersburg Raise Awareness of the Chinese Communist Party's Atrocities

    The CCP has been secretly putting pressure on the Russian Authorities and has attempted to export its persecution overseas. At the rally, there was a large group of police “maintaining order”. Although the police were somewhat nervous and indifferent, Falun Gong practitioners kept trying to speak to them.
  • Ukraine: People in Kharkiv Welcome Falun Gong and Condemn the Persecution

    The Chinese Communist regime has incessantly persecuted Falun Gong during the past eight years, but these kind-hearted people who believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" have not been defeated by the atrocities. Instead, more and more people have started to practise Falun Gong. Currently, Dafa has spread to over eighty countries and regions around the world.
  • France: Falun Gong Practitioners Rally Outside the Chinese Embassy in Paris to Commemorate the April 25th Appeal

    Falun Gong practitioners rallied outside the Chinese Embassy in Paris to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the April 25th appeal. Paris practitioners protested against the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and particularly against organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Ukraine: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong in Western Ukraine

    Falun Gong practitioners from the capital of Ukraine made use of their three day vacation and went to western Ukraine to raise awareness about Falun Gong, expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China, and expose the evil nature of the CCP. During the three days, practitioners visited four cities.
  • MP's Statement During Activities in London to Commemorate April 25th: “I share your concerns about the persecution of Falun Gong”

    This statement by David Marshall, Member of Parliament for Glasgow East, was read at a press conference opposite the Chinese Embassy in London on Saturday April 28th 2007. The press conference was the start of a day of activities to commemorate April 25th 1999 when Falun Gong practitioners in China appealed to the government to release fellow practitioners who were wrongfully imprisoned. This appeal was used by members of the Chinese Communist Party as an excuse to publicly launch the persecution against Falun Gong, which had previously been happening clandestinely.