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  • Radio Free Asia: A German Human Rights Lawyer Says that the Chicago Trial has Laid the Legal Foundation for Future Trials

    'On June the 4th 1989, on TV screens all over the world, the Chinese Government arbitrarily slaughtered college students who called for democracy and had no weapons. After ten years, the leadership of the Chinese government again launched a brutal campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners who adhere to their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.'
  • Scotland: Promoting Falun Gong and Revealing the Truth about the Persecution in Aberdeen

    A number of Falun Gong practitioners from all over the UK, travelled to Aberdeen in Scotland to let people know about the persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners were demonstrating Falun Gong exercises, handing out leaflets and collecting petition signatures from the public.
  • Amnesty International Annual Report Exposes China’s Suppression of Falun Gong

    Amnesty International released its annual report on human rights status across the world on May the 26th 2004. This report outlines the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, including the rising death toll. It also portrays details of the death of a practitioner from Jilin Province who was beaten to death by prison inmates who were instructed to do so by the prison officials.
  • Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre Holds a Press Conference in Vienna

    The Austrian Falun Dafa Information Center held a press conference in Vienna on June 17th 2004. The press conference unveiled a series of activities with the theme of “jointly putting to a stop to China’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners”. At the press conference, Mr. Zhao Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner from Ireland, gave an account of the miserable and cruel torture he had experienced while imprisoned in a Chinese labour education camp for almost two years.
  • Sweden: Many People at Hammarkullen Carnival had the Good Fortune to Learn the Truth About Falun Dafa

    On May the 30th 2004, Swedish practitioners let people know the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China at Hammarkullen Carnival by demonstrating the five sets of exercises, a photo exhibition, performing some musical pieces, flyer distribution and talking with people.
  • UK: Some Stories from the Twenty-Four Hour Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London

    The twenty-four hour peaceful appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London by UK Dafa practitioners has lasted more than seven hundred days now. During these trying days, we have personally experienced the change in the surrounding environment as our cultivation progresses. The following stories tell the change in people’s hearts after they learnt the facts about Falun Gong and continue to remind us of our honour and responsibility as Dafa practitioners.
  • UK: Third Day of the 2004 Scotland Car Tour

    The 2004 Scotland Car Tour reached the city of Inverness in its third day, which is one of the northern-most cities in Scotland. Practitioners went to visit local officials to tell them about the persecution of Falun Gong in China so that they can join the voices all over the world calling for an end to this enormous violation of human rights.
  • A Seminar on Human Rights in China was Held in the Norwegian Parliament

    The Norwegian Parliament was the venue for a seminar on the human rights situation in China. It was hosted by Parliament members and co-arranged by the Norwegian Falun Dafa Association. Many parliament members and representatives from human rights organisations and persecuted groups attended the seminar.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Hammarkullen Cultural Festival

    On Saturday May 29th, 2004, the annual Hammarkullen Cultural Festival was held in Gothenburg city. Participants from over twenty countries performed and the festival attracted over twenty thousand people. To let more people from different countries know the truth, some practitioners from Gothenburg and nearby cities came to Hammarkullen to join the activities.
  • United Kingdom: 2004 Scotland Car Tour enters its Second Day

    The practitioners went to two television stations and explained the truth about Falun Gong to the journalists there. After speaking to a local radio station, the practitioners moved on to the office of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen. The Lord Provost was moved as he heard the truth and was shocked and sympathetic to hear about the persecution of Dafa practitioners.
  • France: Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in Paris to Support the Hearing Against Jiang Zemin in the Chicago Court of Justice

    On May the 27th, joining other countries, practitioners in Paris went to the Chinese Embassy to appeal and support the hearing taking place in Chicago against Jiang Zemin. Passersby stopped to look at information boards illustrating the beauty of Dafa and the cruelty of the persecution happening in China.
  • United Kingdom: First Day of the 2004 Scotland Car Tour

    After its launch by Member of Scottish Parliament Mike Pringle, UK Falun Gong practitioners’ 2004 Scotland Car Tour left Edinburgh and travelled to the city of Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, the Car Tour practitioners joined other UK practitioners for a large scale outdoor event to let more people know about the brutal persecution that is happening in China.
  • Radio Free Asia: Supporting the Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin in a Chicago Court

    According to a report by a journalist for Radio Free Asia, German and other European Falun Gong practitioners, human rights groups and the Global Alliance to Bring Jiang to Justice, participated in various activities at the Chinese Embassies and Consulates around Europe to voice their support for the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin currently taking place in a Chicago court. The lawsuit against Jiang Zemin filed by Falun Gong practitioners began proceedings in Chicago on May 27th.
  • UK: 2004 Scotland Car Tour is Launched by Member of Scottish Parliament

    On Saturday the 29th of May, UK Falun Gong practitioners began their 2004 Scotland Car Tour aiming to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Four practitioners from both Scotland and England will be taking part in the Car Tour, which will visit 6 Scottish cities in 6 days. The tour was launched in Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh by local Member of Parliament Mike Pringle.
  • Germany: To Support the Lawsuit in Chicago, Practitioners in Berlin Send Forth Righteous Thoughts at the Chinese Embassy

    On May 27th, the US Federal Seventh Circuit Court conducted a court debate on Falun Gong practitioner’s lawsuit against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin on charges of torture, genocide and crimes against humanity. In this lawsuit, the defendant Jiang is sued for leading the movement in China that attempts to eliminate Falun Gong.