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Radio Free Asia: Chinese Student in Germany Talks About the Persecution of His Mother in China
2004-04-15The German Human Rights Association invited Chinese students in Germany to report the persecution of their relatives in China for practising Falun Gong. The following is summarised from a report by reporter Tian Yi of RFA in Germany on April the 8th 2004. -
Finland: Stories from the Railway Station in Helsinki
2004-04-15Every Saturday, Falun Gong practitioners in Helsinki demonstrate Falun Gong exercises and distribute materials about the persecution around the railway station. The gentle exercises of Falun Gong, traditional Chinese music and the peaceful manner of the practitioners brings many people to ask for more details. Here are a few short stories from the railway station. -
Denmark: Falun Gong is Introduced in a New Book of Theology
2004-04-15Recently, the theology department of Aarhus University Denmark supervised the publication of a new book, which details the background to Falun Gong. The publishing launch was held on the 26th March 2004 at the theology department of Aarhus University. The mayor of Aarhus attended the launch and gave a congratulatory speech. -
The Suffering of Chen Aizhong’s Family Arouses Attention in the UN
2004-04-14"Since Jiang’s group began suppressing Falun gong in 1999, authorities in Zhangjiagkuo City, Hebei Province, have followed Jiang’s persecution instructions to the letter. In addition to illegal imprisonment and sending a huge number of Falun Gong practitioners to forced labour camps, over ten practitioners have been persecuted to death in that city. Among them were two of Chen Aizhong’s family members, who were tortured to death in succession, Chen Aizhong and his younger sister Chen Hongping." -
Letter to Practitioners from the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland
2004-04-14"Thank you very much for letting me know the situation of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. I felt distress and anger when I read about the few brief and particular cases you mentioned in your letter. At the same time, I sincerely wish that the Falun Gong practitioners’ difficult situation can be improved and solved as soon as possible." -
UN Forum: "Chinese State Terrorism - Persecuting Falun Gong"
2004-04-14During the 60th Human Rights Conference at the UN, Falun Gong and the NGO “International Education Development” held a forum together, the theme of which was “Chinese State Terrorism: The Persecution of Falun Gong.” During question time, two people were sent by Jiang’s group, pretending that they were from an NGO. Even during the preparation time before the conference, Jiang’s group tried to bribe the guards and staff and hamper the conference’s preparation so that the conference couldn’t start on time. -
United Kingdom: Activities during the Edinburgh Easter Festival Celebrations
2004-04-14On Sunday the 11th of April, Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh held a day of Easter celebrations. To accompany and complement the parade there were also several smaller performances on two outdoor stages, as well as a variety of stalls. Falun Gong practitioners staged several performances as part of the festival. -
Swiss Newspaper Tribune de Genève: Economic Slavery in Chinese Labour Camps - Victims Testify
2004-04-14“In China, a thousand grim-looking forced labour camps produce, at unbeatable prices, goods that flood our markets: wigs, jewels, toys, balls, clothes. The Chinese economy, on the way to world domination, threatens our businesses and our jobs. It is based on unacceptable working conditions, massive violations of human rights and of ILO conventions. It is shameless dumping”, says, in essence, the action group for true democracy in China, which has just been created in Geneva. -
France: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited by a Nursing School in Southern France to Introduce the Practice
2004-04-14In March 2004, practitioners were invited to a nursing school to introduce the practice. They started by introducing Falun Gong’s guiding principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance to the class, and went on to talk about the five sets of exercises. Practitioners also informed the class about the illegal and brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Practitioners Send Their Greetings and Thanks to Master Li, Exactly Nine Years after He Taught Falun Gong in Sweden
2004-04-13On the 11th of April 2004, people gathered as usual to practise the Falun Gong exercises at Bagaregårdens Hill in Gothenburg. However, this Sunday was special because it marked nine years since Falun Gong's founder, Master Li Hongzhi, personally held a seven-day seminar at Nordengården in Gothenburg to teach Falun Gong to over two hundred attendees. -
United Kingdom: A Warm and Colourful Performance in the Edinburgh Easter Festival Parade
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Spanish Chapter of Amnesty International Expresses Concern over the Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2004-04-13"Amnesty International has been closely monitoring the Chinese Government's persecution of Falun Gong for a long time and have expressed its concern many times." -
Female Falun Gong Practitioner Testifies to the UNHRC about Violence Conducted Against Women
2004-04-13Ms. Yoko Kaneko, a Japanese Falun Gong practitioner who was imprisoned in a Chinese forced labour camp for one and half a years, gave an account at a forum of the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) of the brutal torture and brainwashing that she has experienced. She called for an immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: First Performance of the UK “Coming For You” Choir at the Edinburgh Easter Festival
2004-04-13During the Edinburgh Easter Festival celebrations on Sunday the 11th of April 2004, the UK “Coming for You" Choir gave its first official public performance. The choir consists of almost 30 Falun Gong practitioners from across the UK, both Western and Chinese. They sang the song from which the choir gets its name: “Coming For You”. -
Finland: Falun Gong received Widespread Support at the Fashion and Wellbeing Event in the City of Mikkeli
2004-04-13The Fashion and Wellbeing Summer 2004 event was held in the city of Mikkeli at Mikkeli concert hall on April the 4th 2004. Falun Gong practitioners from central Finland participated in the event by introducing the facts of the persecution, demonstrating the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and giving people a chance to learn them.