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  • Statement by the European Falun Dafa Association: EU-China Human Rights Dialogue

    "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."
  • Ireland: Commemorating April 25th, 1999

    On the 25th of April 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Ireland held a protest at the Chinese Embassy to Ireland. They commemorated the 25th of April 1999, when ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners in China peacefully appealed at the Beijing Bureau of Complaint. Practitioners in Ireland protested against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) eight years of brutal persecution, raised awareness about the peaceful appeal on the 25th of April 1999 and exposed organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners, which is taking place today.
  • Ukraine: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate April 25th 1999

    On April 25th, Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil at the Chinese Embassy in Kyiv to commemorate the 1999 appeal n Beijing and to protest against the brutal persecution of the practice. The practitioners strongly called on the world to take action to end the CCP’s genocide of Falun Gong.
  • Spain: Spanish Practitioners Rally at the Chinese Embassy to Commemorate the April 25th 1999 Appeal

    On April 25th eight years ago, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed to the Chinese State Council’s Appeal Office in Beijing, requesting the Chinese Communist government to release the Falun Gong practitioners who had been illegally arrested in Tianjin and to allow Falun Gong practitioners to practice the Falun Gong exercises in public places.
  • Denmark: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate the April 25th Appeal in Front of the Chinese Embassy

    On April 25th eight years ago, over ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners went to the State Council Appeals Office in Beijing, to appeal to the state leaders about interference and unfair treatment of practitioners by the Public Security Bureau in Tianjin.
  • Holland: Rallies Held in Two Cities in Holland to Support the 20 Million Withdrawals from the CCP

    On April 21st and 22nd, over ten human rights organizations including the Epoch Times and the Service Center for Quitting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) held large scale activities supporting the 20 million brave people who quit the CCP and its associated organizations. The theme of the event was "The evil CCP has been uprooted."
  • Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (Germany): “Unfortunately the conclusion indicates that the allegations are true”

    On April 5th, the daily newspaper “Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung” in northern Baden Württemberg carried a special report on the Chinese Communist regime’s systematic harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, with the headline “Harvesting Organs is Lucrative in China.”
  • United Kingdom: To Mark April 25th, UK Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London for an End to the Persecution

    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.
  • Italy: To Commemorate the Beijing April 25th Appeal, Italian Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Peaceful Protest at the Chinese Consulate

    On April 25th, Italian Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Consulate in Milan to protest against the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong and mark the special day “April 25th”. Over the past seven years there have always been Falun Gong practitioners here raising awareness of the persecution.
  • Germany: Practitioners Protest at the Chinese Consulate in Munich to Mark the April 25th Appeal

    On April 25th, Falun Gong practitioners from Munich and surrounding areas held an activity at the Chinese Consulate to protest against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution of Falun Gong and mark the 8th anniversary of the April 25th Appeal and inform people about the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong and the tide of withdrawals the CCP.
  • Senior Chinese Communist Party Official Wu Guanzheng Sued for his Involvement in Persecuting Falun Gong

    On the morning of April 17th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit against Wu Guanzheng for the crimes of genocide and torture. Wu, a member of the Standing Committee of China’s Communist Party Politburo and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party, is currently visiting Spain. Wu Guanzheng was the Party Chief of Shandong Province between 1997 and November 2002. During this period, Wu was directly involved in carrying out Jiang Zemin’s order to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Austria: Commemorating the April 25th Appeal

    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.
  • Ukraine: Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong Throughout the Country

    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.
  • Holland: European Celestial Band Leads the Way During an Annual Parade

    On April 21st, 2007, the 60th 'Great Flower Vehicle Parade' was held in Holland, with this year's theme being ‘‘Joyful Celebration’’. The 'Celestial Band', a marching band consisting of European Falun Gong practitioners, walked at the front of the parade, leading the way with a piece of music specially composed by Falun Gong practitioners. Forty vehicles took part in the whole parade, and they proceeded slowly to warm applause from the gathered crowds.
  • Norway: "Freedom of Speech in China" Seminar Held in Stavanger

    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."