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Respekt (Czech newspaper): All Alone on Tiananmen Square
2003-06-07'Whilst living in Australia, Zhang didn't have any problems practising the Falun Gong exercises, but she knew that since 1999 millions of practitioners in China have been forbidden from practising. The Chinese dictatorship cracked down on the practice of Falun Gong when they felt that it had become too popular. Over 100,000 people have been imprisoned in labour camps or mental hospitals. Many have died from torture.' -
Report from Finnish Newspaper 'Kaleva': China Covers Up Information and puts Pressures on Other Countries
2003-06-07'By covering up the facts about the SARS-epidemic, for example, China has already caused great economic damage to itself and to the countries that it has trade relations with. Indirectly, the entire world may have to suffer from SARS because the cover up has led to its rapid spread outside of China. The media has an important role to play in telling the facts about this matter. Nothing should be able prevent this.' -
French Green Party Writes to King of Thailand
2003-06-06"We also know that the former chinese president Jiang Zemin is responsible for the death of many Falun Gong followers. Jiang Zemin and several other Chinese leaders are now sued by courts in USA and Europe for genocide and crimes against humanity. Our Party has for several years now expressed its continuous support to the efforts of Falun Gong followers to let the truth of the persecution they endure be known. We can say they are not at all the kind of people described by the chinese propaganda ; they are good people." -
Germany: Speech by Peter Muller of the International Human Rights Association at a Falun Dafa Appeal in Hannover
2003-06-06"It is every U.N. members responsibility to guarantee [basic human] rights. However, none of these rights are guaranteed in China. In this regard, no one knows this better than the Falun Gong practitioners in China. Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted and tortured to disability or death in China. Their family members and friends are even oppressed by the dictator and his accomplices, and this is absolutely unacceptable." -
Irish Press Release: SARS is Just the Tip of the Iceberg in Terms of What Jiang Zemin is Hiding - Irish Student Among Thousands still Detained without Cause
2003-06-06Nobody should be maltreated as a result of their belief this is stated in the United Nations Declarations of Human Rights states Mr Brian Trought, a spokesperson for the Irish Falun Gong Information Centre. But this is exactly what has happened to Feng Liu. He must be released immediately and unconditionally. -
Slovakia: Practitioners Appeal at Chinese Embassy in Bratislava and Visit a Foreign Ministry Representative
2003-06-06Practitioners from Slovakia and Austria met in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava to send forth righteous thoughts and appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many passers-by read the leaflets we handed out, looked at the banners and watched the peaceful exercises. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Frankfurt
2003-06-06Using an exhibition and an information booth, practitioners will provide an opportunity for Frankfurts citizens to understand the peaceful nature of Falun Gong over the next few weekends. They will clarify the facts about the persecution in China and detail the crimes committed by the Jiang regime against Falun Gong practitioners. People will also be informed about how practitioners in different countries are bringing lawsuits against Chinese dictator and instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin. -
Radio France Internationale (RFI): Granddaughter of Qi BaiShi, the Famous Master of Traditional Chinese Painting, Suffers Persecution for Practising Falun Gong
2003-06-06The following news was broadcast in Mandarin by RFIs news program on the 2nd of June to Mainland China and the Chinese region of Paris. -
European Friends of Falun Gong: It is Time to Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice
2003-06-05"We believe that it is right that Jiang Zemin, the perpetrator of a four-year campaign of brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China, be brought to account for his evil actions in a court of law, and that the worst example of mans evil against man in recent history should be exposed to the world. We give our full support to those in Chicago (USA) and Switzerland who are currently in the process of prosecuting Jiang Zemin through the courts in their own countries." -
EFGIC: American Beaten and Force-Fed in Chinese Prison
2003-06-05Dr. Li is now being subjected to some of the very same human rights violations that Chinese officials allege he was preparing to expose, as they use a show trial to imprison him, isolation to try to break his will and pressure tactics to force him to give up his beliefs, says UK Falun Gong Information Centre spokesman, Mr. Peter Jauhal. -
Austria: Practitioners from Different Countries Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong during the Eastern European Summit
2003-06-05The summit was attended by leaders from various countries and media outlets. Information about Falun Dafa and the persecution instigated by Jiang Zemin was quickly distributed. A photographer told practitioners that a local TV station would broadcast a report about Falun Gong that evening. -
Finland: Practitioners asked to Return to a School and let Students Know More about Falun Gong
2003-06-05The Dafa practitioner briefly introduced the practice, and told the students about the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong and the terrible human rights abuses in China. After the introduction, everyone practised the exercises together. The reactions were very positive and the effects were apparent. Very soon, there was a serene atmosphere in the classroom and nothing seemed to trouble the students. The students were very grateful, and the teacher was excited when she discovered that she could learn more about the Falun Gong exercises for free at the local practice site. -
European Falun Dafa Association Sends Congratulations on the Establishment of the Bulgarian Falun Dafa Association
2003-06-05The European Falun Dafa Association sends congratulations on the establishment of the Bulgarian Dafa Association. This is particularly encouraging for all practitioners in Europe. Our one-body is again getting stronger and stronger. -
German Falun Dafa Association Sends Congratulations to the Bulgarian Falun Dafa Association
2003-06-05The German Falun Dafa Association sends congratulations, on behalf of all practitioners in Germany, on the founding of the Bulgarian Dafa Association. This will certainly help the Fa-rectification in Europe. -
Irish Falun Dafa Association Sends Congratulations on the Establishment of the Bulgarian Falun Dafa Association
2003-06-05On behalf of all Dafa practitioners in Ireland, we congratulate the establishment of the Bulgarian Falun Dafa Association. During this sacred period, let us strive forward together as one body and fulfil our responsibilities as Fa-rectification Dafa disciples.