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Radio France Internationale: Guo Guoting, a Renowned Chinese Lawyer, Published his Resignation from the Chinese Communist Party
2005-06-16
According to Radio France Internationale, The Epoch Times reported the announcement by Guo Guoting, a renowned Chinese lawyer, of his resignation from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Epoch Times website reported that Guo Guoting had initially been under house arrest in China due to defending Falun Gong practitioners. He arrived in Canada at the end of May this year. Guo announced on the website his renouncement of the CCP and other CCP subsidiary organisations. -
Finland: Anti-Torture Exhibition Helps People See Through the Lies of the Chinese Communist Party
2005-06-15
On June 14th 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Ukraine, Latvia, Russia, Spain, Italy and Taiwan attended an anti-torture exhibition held by Finnish practitioners in the central park of Helsinki. Most of the practitioners came directly from the European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference that was held in Stockholm. -
Radio France Internationale: Update on Chen Yonglin’s Case
2005-06-15'Yesterday, Chen Yonglin made a direct application to Mr. Downer, the Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs. After accepting the application, Mr. Downer said Australia does not usually provide this kind of refuge. When Chen Yonglin’s case roused a big argument in Australia’s political realm, another Chinese security official who fled to Australia earlier, told the Australian Broadcasting Company that what Chen Yonglin said is completely true. Chen Yonglin claimed that there are thousands of spies from China active in Australia.' -
German Foreign Office will Devote Efforts to Release of Jiang Renzheng
2005-06-14Since Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Renzheng was deported from Germany and subsequently sentenced to a forced labour camp in China, the German Falun Dafa Association, along with practitioners in Germany and around the globe, have been calling for the German Government to rescue Jiang Renzheng. Their petitions were echoed by many international organisations including the International Human Rights Organisation, Amnesty International and the United Nations Refugee Council. -
Agence France Presse: Swedish Falun Gong To Press Charges Against China's Jiang Zemin
2005-06-14Swedish members of the banned Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong said Friday they plan to press criminal charges against China's former president Jiang Zemin and other senior officials for murder, torture and kidnapping. "The persecution of Falun Gong is extensive and has been going on for several years. It is directly inspired by the Communist Party and is led by a special body that was created by Jiang Zemin," the group's Swedish lawyer, Peter Bergquist, said in a statement from Falun Gong. -
France: Appealing in Paris for Public Awareness of Persecution against Falun Gong
2005-06-14
Practitioners in France decided to promote Falun Gong on various streets in Paris. Though there were not many practitioners to take part, our banners were so eye-catching that many passers-by stopped to read the captions that went with photos about the persecution. Some were shocked and took the initiative to sign the petition. -
Radio France Internationale: Chen Yonglin's Defection to Australia is due to his Opposition to China’s Persecution of Falun Gong
2005-06-14Radio France Internationale reported that Mr. Qin Jing, Chairman of the Alliance for Chinese Democracy in Australia, was interviewed by a reporter about the political asylum application made to the Australian Government by Chen Yonglin, First Secretary of the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney. When interviewed, Mr. Qin Jing said that there were two reasons for Chen Yonglin’s defection. The first one was that he was against China’s high-pressure policy towards dissidents, which was a political matter. The other was that he was against China’s brutal persecution of the Falun Gong group, which has been consistently extended to foreign countries. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Filed a Lawsuit in France against Wang Yunkun, Secretary of the CCP’s Jilin Provincial Party Committee
2005-06-13
Jilin has been one of the most notable provinces in China where Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted. The number of documented deaths in Jilin had reached 301, ranking fourth worst among China’s thirty one municipalities, provinces and autonomous regions. In the afternoon of June the 8th 2005, the French Falun Gong Association filed a lawsuit in the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. -
Germany: Local People Support the Anti-Torture Exhibition in Wuppertal
2005-06-13
Falun Gong practitioners from the German state of North Rhine Westfalia held an anti-torture exhibition there. When passers-by saw posters depicting the cruel torture methods used in attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their beliefs, they were shocked at the human rights violations happening in China. -
Opening Speech from the 2005 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference 2005 in Stockholm
2005-06-13For Swedish practitioners and those from the rest of Europe, 1995 was an unforgettable year. It was in this year that our compassionate Master came to the continent of Europe. He showed the way for his disciples and He brought beauty to Europe. And now, during the ten-year anniversary of Master visiting Europe and teaching the Fa in Sweden, we hold our European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in the capital city, making this conference even more special and historically important. -
Finland: Falun Gong Photo Exhibition Tours Lapland (Part 1)
2005-06-12
During spring 2005, we contacted several libraries in Lapland and made inquiries about holding a Falun Gong photo exhibition. Several librarians were interested to hold an exhibition during the spring and summer. Most of them knew about Falun Gong already and those who didn’t were interested to hold the exhibition and find out more. -
Ukraine: Exposing the Persecution during a Mythology Drama Presentation
2005-06-12
On May the 28th and 29th, Ukrainian practitioners took part in a mythology drama held by Dnepropetrovsk City Council in a local park. During the gathering, people viewed a display of pictures exposing the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Many people were attracted by the paper lotus flowers made by practitioners. -
Little Swiss Girl Katharina's Wish Hasn't Come True Yet
2005-06-11
Katharina is seven years old. At school she is a good student and all her schoolmates and teachers like her. At home, she is mummy and daddy’s young helper. She helps mummy to look after her younger sister and do some simple housework. Katharina should be an unworried girl but she is feeling heavy in her heart because her big wish to end the persecution of Falun Gong has not yet come true. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in an Alternative Health Fair in Uddevalla
2005-06-11
On the 28th and 29th of May, Falun Gong practitioners took part in an alternative health fair in Uddevalla. They performed the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and informed the participants about Falun Gong and the ongoing persecution occurring in China. They also set up an exhibition of posters and photos, accompanied by an information table. -
Germany: Excellent Performances at the Bielefeld Cultural Festival
2005-06-10
Germany’s Ninth Bielefeld Cultural Festival was held and around 1,500 people from seventy organisations participated in a parade. Many people clapped along with the beat of the waist drum performance. Practitioners’ peaceful and graceful demonstration of the five sets of exercises on a float was the target of the crowd’s cameras.
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