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  • Italy: Practitioners Stage a Protest against the Chinese Communist Regime’s Persecution

    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.
  • Finland: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong on July 20th in Helsinki

    Practitioners exposed the 7-year persecution of Falun Gong beside the central train station in Helsinki on July 22nd. They re-enacted organ harvesting atrocities and displayed poster boards which depicted the situation in China. While some practitioners distributed leaflets, others chatted with passers-by and collected signatures.
  • Israel: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest to Mark Seven Years of Persecution by the CCP

    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.
  • Ireland: 2006 Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference held in Dublin

    The conference, which opened at 10am, is part of a three-day long series of activities for Dafa practitioners in Ireland. These activities also include a parade, truth clarification activities in Dublin city centre, Fa study and experience sharing. More than fifty practitioners from Ireland and other parts of Europe attended.
  • Germany: Practitioners in Frankfurt Protest the Persecution on July 20th in Front of the Chinese Consulate

    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.
  • Ireland: SOS Car Tour - Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the CCP's Organ Harvesting from Living Persons

    Between June 26th and July 9th, 2006, a team of Irish Falun Gong practitioners launched a two week SOS car tour to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atrocities of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. In the two weeks, practitioners visited fifteen counties across Ireland and met many kindhearted people.
  • Scotland: Support for Falun Gong in Scotland's Remote Western Isles

    A practitioner from Glasgow was asked by her husband to visit Scotland’s Western Isles with him as a holiday. At first this practitioner was reluctant to go as she was very busy, but after thinking about it, she realised that this was a rare opportunity. The practitioner thought that the people on these islands should know about the organ harvesting situation in China.
  • Germany: Protesting the Persecution of Falun Gong in Front of the Chinese Consulate

    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.
  • Swedish Oriental Daily Newspaper Exposes the CCP's Crimes of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners

    "According to the investigation report recently published by a Canadian former MP and a human rights lawyer, sixty thousand organs have been harvested between the year 2000 and 2005 and 41500 organs cannot be traced to their sources. The living prisoners of conscience have become merchandise for making profit. Their organs were harvested when they were lucid ... "
  • Germany: Informing Football Fans About Falun Gong and the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners in Frankfurt organised an activity to inform the public about the persecution of Falun Gong in China, in particular the forced removal of organs and torture. While some practitioners reenacted forced organ removal and torture in front of the grand old opera building in Frankfurt, others collected signatures from passersby.
  • Sweden: Peaceful Appeal Outside the Chinese Consulate General in Gothenburg

    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.
  • Czech Republic: Support for Falun Gong in Five Cities

    Between July 10th and 14th, several Falun Gong practitioners traveled around the towns and cities of Kroměříž, Zlín, Přerov, Olomouc and Vsetín. Their goal was to inform local communities of the discriminatory practices of the Chinese communist government, which at present illegaly detains two million Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese prisons.
  • De Standaard (Belgium): China performs organ harvesting on live prisoners

    "Falun Gong practitioners are not only ruthlessly persecuted in China. According to an international investigation, they are also forcefully taken as stock for organ transplant, and are being killed for this purpose. Last week the Canadian David Kilgour, former public prosecutor, State Secretary and Member of Parliament, introduced a report in Brussels. He led his investigation together with attorney David Matas, a famous advocate for human rights and defender of torture victims."
  • Germany: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution at the Bielefeld Culture Carnival

    Falun Gong practitioners held an exhibition exposing the human rights condition in China.One after another people signed the petition calling for ending the persecution. Some talked with practitioners for a long time to get detailed information. In this bustling city, the truth about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of practitioners, in particular the trade in organs harvested from living victims, woke people up like a gust of chill wind.
  • Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the CCP Persecution

    On July 20th, 2006, Italian Falun Gong practitioners organised activities in all parts of Italy to mourn their fellow practitioners in China who had been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party to death and also to protest against the brutal persecution of Falun Gong launched on July the 20th 1999.