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  • Russia: Exercise Demonstration and Exposing the Persecution at the "International Conference of Traditional Medical Treatments"

    Moscow Falun Gong practitioners attended the 4th International Conference of Traditional Medical Treatments. During the conference practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises, telling the attendees about what Falun Gong is, and about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) six years of persecution against the peaceful practice.
  • Italy: Practitioners Participated in the Virgin Mary Ascension Day and the City Mayor Personally Expressed Thanks

    When practitioners were setting up display boards exposing the persecution and cruel torture happening in China, owners of the stores in the neighbourhood could not wait to ask questions. They were all shocked to believe that such things still happen in the world today. A great number of people signed their names on the petition.
  • Switzerland: Appealing for Support from United Nations Participants to Rescue my Auntie

    My auntie, Ms. Qiu Minghua, is being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party because she refuses to give up practising Falun Gong. She has been illegally imprisoned since November 25th 2004. In order to appeal for her rescue, during the period of the UN Human Rights Committee from the end of July 2005 to the beginning of August I talked to about one hundred officials from different countries in the United Nations and to members of NGOs (non-governmental organisations). I appealed to them to support the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in Mainland China. The effect was good.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Invited to Demonstrate the Exercises at a Health Seminar in Lerum

    There were about three hundred and fifty people attending the seminar. Almost everybody was given a pamphlet introducing the practice of Falun Gong and explaining why this peaceful method is so brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. There were many people who stopped to watch when Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the exercises.
  • Article from UK Newspaper: Peaceful Protest over Persecution by Chinese Government

    'Followers of the eastern practice of Falun Gong protested against persecution in China yesterday. A group of practitioners handed out leaflets, demonstrated exercises and collected signatures on a petition in Abbey Church Yard. The petition, which calls for the release from labour camps of family members of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners who live abroad, will be sent to the British Government. It is hoped that the government will put diplomatic pressure on China to end the persecution which, according to campaigners, has led to more than 2,750 people being tortured to death.'
  • United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners submit a petition and signatures to the British Prime Minister's Office

    In order to urgently seek the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners taken into custody and persecuted illegally in China, several British practitioners went to London to the British Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street on September 1st. They submitted a petition of more than eight thousand signatures to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
  • Sweden: Thoughts on Malmo Festival

    Malmo is the third biggest city in the south of Sweden, elegant and beautiful. The grand Malmo Festival was held from the 20th to the 27th of August. I took part activities to promote Falun Gong that took place over two days during the Festival.
  • French Falun Gong Information Centre: Economic Trading and Human Rights

    From September 5th to September 12th, Zhejiang Province held “Zhejiang Week” in Paris. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the French Falun Gong Information Centre sent out a declaration to the press, economic trading and human rights organisations, and relevant government divisions in the hope that French society might pay attention to the bloody persecution of Falun Gong and that the emphasis on morality and the respect for human rights are guarantees to normal business.
  • United Kingdom: Moving Performances to Rescue the Orphaned Children of Murdered Falun Gong Practitioners

    On August 29th, UK Falun Gong practitioners held a performance in London's famous Trafalgar Square to rescue the orphans of Falun Gong practitioners. Daily sightseeing tourists came and went in a continuous stream and practitioners’ performance attracted much attention. People stood in a circle and watched with great interest.
  • Latvia: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in Auce City

    On August 20th, 2005, invited by the Chairman of Congress, Latvian Falun Gong practitioners came to Auce City. A great number of passers-by gathered in front of the display boards that practitioners had set up. Two practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises, some distributed leaflets and others talked to interested people.
  • Spanish TV Station: Falun Gong Cultivation Method Beneficial to Mind and Body.

    Falun Gong is founded on the principle of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.” Its five sets of exercises are slow-moving, harmonious and easy to learn. Yet the generated powerful energy field can bring benefits to practitioners’ physical and mental health. “In reality, because of its noticeable benefits to one’s health, Falun Dafa is very popular in China. Besides, its focus on cultivating one’s mind also contributes to upgrading human morality.”
  • Article from Danish Newspaper Berlingske Tidende: China’s Procurator General Risks Lawsuit

    The Danish Falun Gong Association intends to file a lawsuit against Jia Chunwang, the former minister of public security, for the systematic torture and killing of thousands of innocent practitioners of Falun Gong. And Denmark must not let this man go, explains the association’s spokesperson Marco Hsu. “Jia Chunwang is at the top of the so-called “6-10 Office”, which was set up with the sole purpose of eliminating Falun Gong. Therefore he is responsible for all that has happened and he will be brought to court.”
  • Denmark: Danish Falun Gong Practitioners File a Lawsuit against Jia Chunwang, the Former Minister of the Public Security Bureau and the Head of the "610" Office in China

    On August 28th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark filed a lawsuit with the Danish police, which requested the Danish procurator to arrest Jia Chunwang who is currently visiting Denmark. As the former Minister of the Public Security Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Jia committed serious crimes in persecuting Falun Gong.
  • Finland: Holding an Anti-torture Exhibition to Let More People Know the Facts of the Persecution

    On August 14th, some Falun Gong practitioners from North Europe and Latvia gathered at the busiest business centre in Helsinki to let people know about Falun Gong and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and held an anti-torture exhibition. Tourists from various countries signed the petition one after another.
  • France: Promoting Falun Gong on Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris

    Place Denfert-Rochereau, located in the 14th district of Southern Paris, is famous for its large lion sculpture expressing France’s courage and determination. It is also a busy traffic inter-section leading to the Orly Airport. On August the 27th, 2005, French Falun Gong practitioners came here as part of a nationwide tour to promote Falun Gong.