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On the Fifth Anniversary of “4.25”, Practitioners from Southern Germany Held a Commemorative Activity at the Chinese Consulate in Munich
2004-05-04On April 25th in front of the Chinese Consulate in Munich, Falun Gong practitioners from southern Germany commemorated the fifth anniversary of “4.25”, and unfurled the “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice” banner at the same time. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Welcome Wen Jiabao and Demand that Jiang be Brought to Justice
2004-05-04From 2nd May to 6th May, Wen Jiabao visits Germany. On 2nd May, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany and Austria welcomed Wen Jiabao and asked that Jiang be brought to justice in Munich, the first venue of Wen’s visit. Near a farm in Freising, over forty Falun Gong practitioners stood at two junctions of the road to welcome Wen Jiabao. -
FGIC (UK): World Press Freedom Day Spotlights China as the World’s Leading Jailer of Journalists
2004-05-04LONDON (FGIC-UK) – From the 139 countries observed for press freedom in 2002, China ranked second to last. The Independent Committee to Protect Journalists named Jiang Zemin in the Top Ten Worst Enemies of the Press for five years in a row for exercising the Communist Party's obsessive control over information. This has been partly enforced via harsh prison sentences that have now made China the world's leading jailer of journalists. -
Radio France Internationale: Falun Gong Practitioners from Around the World Gather in Hong Kong
2004-05-04"It was International Labour Day yesterday, over seven hundred Falun Gong practitioners from around the world gathered in Hong Kong to attend the 2004 Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. Falun Gong practitioners came from Taiwan, Canada, Australia, America, Malaysia, Thailand, Macao and Hong Kong. Huang Jieyi, the contact person for Falun Gong in Hong Kong, told the CNA reporter that some practitioners had been prevented from entering Hong Kong by the authorities." -
Switzerland: A Lively Human Rights Education Lecture
2004-05-03Brugg High School held an activity entitled ‘Chinese Culture Week'. There was an exhibition of pictures by the painter Zhang Cuiying and teachers invited Ms.Dai Zhizhen to introduce Falun Gong, with the story of her daughter Fadu illustrated by slides. Fadu was only eight months old when her father died, making a strong impact upon her young mother’s heart. -
Report from Radio Free Asia: German Judges Emphasise that Falun Gong Has Always Protested in a Peaceful Way
2004-05-03On May 2nd, the Chinese Premier will arrive in Germany. The Berlin Administrative Court judge, the representatives of the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs and representatives of the German Falun Dafa Association officially reached an agreement this week, confirming that the behavior of the Federal Department of Domestic Affairs during Jiang Zemin’s visit to Germany in April 2002 was illegal. Journalists interviewed Ms Zheng Zhihong, who participated in the lawsuit and attended the meeting. -
Austria: Dafa Practitioners Commemorate the “4.25” Peaceful Appeal
2004-05-03On April the 24th 2004, Austrian Dafa practitioners held activities in Steven Square, a famous tourist attraction in the centre of Vienna City, to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the“4.25” peaceful appeal and to demonstrate the beauty of Falun Dafa, as well as expose the facts of the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners over the past five years or so. -
Czech Republic: Zhang Cuiying holds an Exhibition in the Czech Parliament and visits the Office of the Czech President
2004-05-02In February 2004, an exhibition of the paintings of Australian Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Cuiying was held for five days on all three floors of the Atrium of the Czech Parliament in the Waldstein Palace. Many MPs, VIPs, parliamentary officials, members of the public and a reporter attended the opening of Zhang Cuiying’s exhibition. -
Germany's Federal Department of Domestic Affairs Acknowledges Violation of Dafa Practitioners' Basic Rights During Jiang's Official Visit
2004-05-02At noon on April 26, 2004, a spokesman for the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs (GFDDA) officially admitted that the restrictive measures they took against Falun Gong practitioners who stayed at Adlon Hotel in Berlin when former Chinese president Jiang Zemin visited Germany in April 2002 were against German laws. The German Falun Dafa Association embraced the response. -
France: MPs Call for a Reasonable Explanation for Recent Incidents
2004-05-02"It looks like as if the reason for those people being arrested is because they were wearing yellow, a colour that is associated with Falun Gong. Many instances of this kind of interrogation were filmed and it is possible that the filming will be shown in China so as to prove the legitimisation of the persecution against this group of people. He wished to know the cause of these incidents and to have a reasonable explanation regarding the qualifications for these measures." -
UK: Photo Report - Symbolic Trial Opposite the Chinese Embassy on April the 25th
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Russia: Promoting Falun Gong and Explaining the Facts at the "New Era Health Expo” in Moscow
2004-05-02On April the 24th 2004, Moscow Falun Gong practitioners held a three-hour activity at the “New Era Health Expo” in Moscow to let people know about the practice of Falun Gong and see the truth behind the Jiang regime's brutal persecution of this peaceful cultivation practice. -
Ukraine: To Commemorate the "4.25" Peaceful Appeal, Dafa Practitioners Tell People the Facts Outside the Chinese Consulate
2004-05-02On April the 27th 2004, Ukrainian Dafa Practitioners went to the Chinese Consulate to stage a peaceful appeal, send forth righteous thoughts and tell people about the persecution against Falun Dafa in China. They told people about the incident which took place beside the Zhongnanhai government compound in Beijing, China on April the 25th, 1999. -
EFGIC: Brutalized Body Shows Evidence of Torture in China
2004-05-01LONDON (EFGIC) – With his mouth blackened from repeated shocks from a cattle prod, a square piece of flesh missing from his heal and a body covered in black and blue patches, Mr. Li Yinglin was released by Chinese police only to die six days later from his injuries. -
Lawsuit against Germany's Federal Department of Domestic Affairs for Violating Practitioners' Basic Rights Is Favourably Resolved
2004-05-01At noon on April 26, 2004, a Berlin Administrative Court judge, representatives of the German Federal Department of Domestic Affairs and German Falun Dafa Association representatives officially reached an agreement after discussion, so that the German Falun Dafa Association's lawsuit against the Federal Department of Domestic Affairs for violating the practitioners' rights could be resolved.