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European News Agency: Falun Gong Exposes the Crimes of Genocide in China
2005-08-03Six years ago, on the 20th of July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started a persecution against Falun Gong in China that shocked the world. To commemorate over 2,600 Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death and to appeal for an end to these human rights abuses, Spanish practitioners held a peaceful protest. -
Ukraine: Practitioners from Donetsk Appeal to Stop the Persecution on the Sixth Anniversary of July 20th
2005-08-02More than 2,600 Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China have been confirmed to have had their lives taken. In order to stop the persecution and to expose the crimes of Genocide the CCP has committed against Falun Gong, Ukrainian practitioners held peaceful activities to protest in Donetsk City from 10:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 23rd July 2005. -
Russia: Telling the Facts in Moscow and Calling for an end to the Persecution
2005-08-02Moscow Falun Gong practitioners gathered on Arbat Street in the city centre in order to appeal to more people for help to stop the cruel persecution of Falun Gong happening in China. The practitioners used various ways to tell people the truth. Nine exhibition boards were crammed with pictures and literary explanations. -
Germany: Informing People in Hannover about the Human Rights Violations Against Falun Gong in China
2005-08-02Coming from the train station and from a distance, one was able to see the bright yellow colour of the tarpaulin and read the words “Falun Gong”. During the course of the day, a centre for discussion had developed at this location. There was much to be done by the practitioners from this region. We distributed thousands of flyers, re-enacted some of the methods of torture used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, talked to people, imparted information and demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. -
Belgium: Promoting Falun Gong on the 150th Anniversary of Belgian National Day
2005-08-01The 21st of July 2005 was Belgium National Day’s 150th birthday. Local Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises in a park in the city centre. They brought the peacefulness and grace of Falun Gong to the Belgian people. Lots of people stood reading the flyers and watching the exercises for a long time. -
Norway: Many People Learned about Falun Gong on an SOS Tour of Northern Norway
2005-08-01During the tour, the practitioners visited several villages and towns and handed out many flyers about Falun Gong and the persecution, as well as pinning these leaflets to prominent public notice boards for more people to see. The flyers revealed the systematic nature of the persecution against Falun Gong and how over 2,600 people have already lost their lives. -
Sweden: Introducing Falun Gong at Mynttorget in Stockholm
2005-08-01The practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong’s peaceful exercises and many people stopped by to have a look and find out more. There was also an exhibition about Falun Gong that exposed the persecution in detail. Many people got to learn about Falun Gong that day and join the worldwide voice of justice that is calling for an end to this persecution. -
United Kingdom: Exposing the Persecution in London’s Chinatown to Mark the 6th Anniversary of the "7.20 Incident"
2005-08-01Falun Gong practitioners in London’s Chinatown held activities to expose the persecution and let people know about the human rights abuses inflicted on Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Passer-by stopped to look at the brightly coloured banners and watch the short movies that played continuously on a TV. -
Member of Swedish Parliament’s Opening Speech Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition in Gothenburg
2005-07-31"We can all contribute in different ways to show that we do not accept how the Chinese Communist Party attacks and slanders justice, freedom and human rights. We must show our solidarity with the victims of the persecution, and the many people who are denied their fundamental right to voice their opinion. We can do it by writing about it. We can talk about it and we can do it by affirming the positive message of various art forms." -
Finland: Falun Gong Photo Exhibition Tours Lapland (Part II)
2005-07-31From this photo exhibition the viewer could learn about the history of Falun Gong and that it was the former Chinese president Jiang Zemin's communist regime that launched a persecution campaign against Falun Gong in China in July 1999. This is now six years ago. ongoing persecution has destroyed countless Chinese people’s lives. -
France: Practitioners were Invited to Demonstrate Falun Gong Exercises at an Overseas Chinese Democracy and Peace Conference
2005-07-31The Chairman of the French Falun Gong Association also delivered a speech in the conference. In the speech, he denounced the persecution that the Chinese communist regime is conducting against Falun Gong practitioners. He also gave an account of Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful journey of anti-persecution in the past six years. -
Czech Republic and Slovakia: Exposing the Persecution and Promoting Falun Gong (III)
2005-07-31During the press conference, Xiong Wei described her own personal experience. After being arrested for handing out leaflets exposing the human rights abuseas aganst Falun Gong, she was imprisoned in a Chinese forced labour camp for two years and suffered various types of torture and abuse. Female journalists couldn’t hide their sadness and sympathy. -
Russia: Practitioners from St. Petersburg Raise Awareness on the Streets and Appeal to Stop the Persecution
2005-07-31On the afternoon of the 23rd of July 2005, practitioners in St. Petersburg once again held a rally in the city centre. Through demonstrating the exercises, displaying a picture exhibition to expose the torture, distributing leaflets and talking to citizens and tourists, practitioners called on the public to lend a hand and help stop the persecution. -
Estonia: Peaceful Appeal on the Sixth Anniversary of the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy Caught the Media's Attention
2005-07-30On July 25th 2005, just after commemorative activities marking six years of the persecution against Falun Gong in China, Falun Gong practitioners from Estonia, Latvia and Finland hold a peaceful appeal at the Chinese Embassy in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Several representatives from the media came to report on the activity. -
Spain: Mourning for Practitioners Who Lost Their Lives and Calling for an End to the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy on July 20th
2005-07-30On July the 20th six years ago, former Chinese Leader Jiang Zemin and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a campaign of genocide against Falun Gong practitioners. To mourn the practitioners who were murdered by the CCP and call for an end to this persecution, Spanish practitioners once again peacefully appealed outside the Chinese Embassy.