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Austria: Revealing the Truth about the Persecution through Music and Poetry
2003-07-02Between music performances and poetry reading, the audience listened to the story of Dai Zhizhen, a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner with Australian citizenship, who lost a husband and a father due to the Jiang regimes persecution. Practitioners told people about the arrest of U.S. citizen Charles Li, for being a Falun Gong practitioner. The audience was also told about Yellow Express, a group who aim to use their music to tell people about the persecution. -
The Gothenburg Post: Condemning the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-07-02'On April 29, the Chinese Prime Minister paid a state visit to Thailand. On that day, I was arrested in my house in Bangkok. The Thai government wanted to deport me and revoked my visa. Later, I learned that the Chinese government had pressured the Thai government on this matter.' -
RFI Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong Practitioners in Ireland Expose the Lies of the Jiang Regime during the 2003 Special Olympic Games
2003-07-02"Today, I saw the Chinese delegation and the athletes receiving a warm welcome and a good service, which made me think that among our Falun Gong practitioners in China, not only the ordinary practitioners have been brutally persecuted and tortured, but also those practitioners with special needs have been persecuted and tortured as well. Some of them have even been tortured to death. I think that this brutal crackdown should not have happened." -
Agence France Presse (AFP): Proposed Hong Kong Legislation could Undermine Autonomy: EU
2003-07-02"(The EU) has now studied the... proposed amendments issued on 3 and 6 June. The European Union welcomes the proposed changes but regrets that the elements relating to the proscription of local organisations remain fundamentally unchanged," [written statement by the EU] -
Members of the UK House of Lords Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang
2003-07-01While Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin is being sued in Chicagos Federal Court, former member of the UK House of Lords, Lord Moyne (2nd from right), gave a speech expressing his support for the lawsuit. Many other Lords, including Lord Hylton (2nd from left) and Lord Avebury, have expressed their support for Falun Gong. -
France: Photo Report - Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa at Bastille Square to Support Bringing Jiang to Justice
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Germany: A Successful Falun Gong Demonstration at Magdeburg Mid-Summer Night Festival
2003-07-01Several hundred college students and visitors gathered in the University campus to watch many different performances. Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and gave a voiceover outlining the practice. The demonstration lasted more than ten minutes and was very successful, receiving enthusiastic applause from the audience. In the University, there were many students from China. They saw clearly the huge difference between the false propaganda manufactured by the Jiang regime and the truth about Falun Gong. -
Switzerland: Photo Report - Practitioners Tell People the Facts in Zurich University on the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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France: Photo Report Promoting Falun Dafa in Chinatown to Support the Global Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin
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UK: A Parade Against HK's Article 23 Legislation Held in London
2003-07-01The Global Coalition against Article 23 Legislation held a press conference and parade in London to support the people of Hong Kongs appeal against Article 23. UK citizens who are concerned about the democracy, freedom, and future of Hong Kong, including some Falun Gong practitioners, took part in this parade. -
The Guardian: Hong Kong's Flawed Law
2003-07-01'The most worrying clause requires the government to proscribe any group found to be linked to an already proscribed mainland organisation. The obvious example is the Falun Gong [group], already banned on the mainland where it is claimed, ludicrously, to be a threat to national security.' -
AFP (Agence France-Presse): Massive Protest to Mark Anniversary of Hong Kong's Handover from Britain
2003-07-01'Hong Kong will mark its sixth anniversary under Chinese rule on July 1 with a huge protest march over proposed national security legislation which many fear will restrict fundamental freedoms...United States and Britain have joined international human rights and press groups to condemn the planned laws.' -
MEP Writes to UK Ambassador for China regarding a Practitioners Persecuted Family and Friends
2003-06-30"I have been informed that this people have been imprisoned solely due to their belief in Falun Gong and I would urge you to convey my concerns about these people to your government. I would ask your government to allow family and friends from the United Kingdom to visit these people in China as soon as possible." -
Belgium: Dafa Practitioners Collect Signatures to Oppose Torture and Support the Global Lawsuit Against Jiang
2003-06-30One Belgian woman signed the petition immediately and clearly realized the terrible nature of this persecution. A Danish businessman told the practitioners that he fully supports our activities. He signed the petition and wished us good luck before he left and said he was sure the trial against the dictator Jiang will be a success. -
Sweden: Telling People about Falun Gong, Article 23 and the Lawsuit Against the Instigators of the Persecution
2003-06-30This weekend, practitioners in Växjö took to the streets to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and let more people know about the severe persecution of practitioners in China. We told people about the lawsuits against several of the people responsible for this persecution, and we told them about Article 23, which is an enormous threat against democracy and human rights in Hong Kong.