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Belgium: Spreading Falun Gong at the Himalayan Culture Expo
2003-06-02Amnesty employees stated that the Internet in China is being strictly controlled and monitored and this has led to the internet police in China brutally persecuting people who express their opinions online. The basic human rights of freedom of speech and freedom of information are being trampled on. They said that this is no different from what is happening to Falun Gong practitioners who are still being cruelly persecuted. Amnesty are also doing their best to appeal for Falun Gong practitioners and to provide help to them. -
Sweden: Clarifying the Facts and Collecting Signatures to Appeal for the Rescue of Pirjo Svensson (Part V)
2003-06-02Practitioners set up a stall so that people could come and learn the facts of the persecution and sign their names to appeal for Mrs. Svenssons release. Practitioners also distributed materials about SARS and the genocide lawsuit against Jiang Zemin. All of the practitioners were surrounded by people who were listening to the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Lord Bishop of Oxford Writes to Chinese Ambassador to Express His Grave Concern Over the Treatment of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
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Holland Theme Park Mangament Refuses to Bow Under Pressure from Jiang's Regime
2003-06-02The People's Republic of China has urged the theme park Mondo Verde in Landgraaf, The Netherlands not to allow Falun Gong practitioners to take part in their 'Asian Week'. The Manager refused to do this and pointed out that the former Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs Van Aartsen has stood up for Falun Gong, as well as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. -
FDI: American on Hunger Strike in Chinese Prison
2003-06-02A U.S. consulate official told Ms. Foo, Charles Li's fiancée, that the Chinese government is "completely responsible" for Dr. Li's well-being. "The U.S. government and the American people are watching this case closely and seriously," the consulate official told Ms. Foo. -
Croatia: Practitioners Present Falun Gong at a Congress Sponsored by the Ministry of Health in Zagreb
2003-06-01We had 15 minutes to briefly introduce Falun Gong and demonstrate the exercises. At the end, we told the audience about the brutal persecution in China and the peaceful activities of practitioners around the world who are kindly appealing for help to stop the persecution. The audience responded with warm. A detailed article describing Falun Gong also appeared in the official congress book. -
Germany: The People of Siegen City Learn the Truth about Dafa
2003-06-01Dafa practitioners held activities in Siegen to help people learn more about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution in China. A lot of passers-by signed their names to help rescue Xiong Wei, a Falun Gong practitioner who was living in Germany but is currently illegally imprisoned in China. Many people showed an interest in learning the exercises. -
Radio France Internationale: 2003 Amnesty International Human Rights Report Claims that Human Rights in China have Become Worse
2003-06-01'Tens of thousands of people in China continue to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association or belief. Based on the Amnesty International Report, torture and ill-treatment remained widespread and appear to have increased as a result of the strike-hard campaign.' -
UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Wonderful performance at the Lord Mayor's Parade in Oxford
2003-06-01UK Dafa practitioners won an award for their performance and a certificate was read out and presented to them by the Mayor of Oxford. This performance attracted many peoples attention and encouraged them to come to the Falun Gong stand to find out more about the practice, and sign their names in a signature book appealing for the rescue of practitioners family members. -
Response from the Swedish Foreign Minister to a Practitioners Question on the Foreign Ministrys Open Day
2003-05-31"Regarding the woman who is now jailed in Thailand, we have raised the issue with the Thai authorities and demanded her release and we have been trying to help her in every possible way, because this is another example of how someone has been stuck in another country, where Swedish law cannot reach them. So we have taken both jurisprudential and political actions. So far we have not succeeded. We hope to have better results in the near future." -
UK: Strong Support for the Human Rights of Dafa Practitioners Suffering in China at the Kingston Spring Fair
2003-05-31A group of practitioners set up an information table to let people know more about the persecution in China and about Falun Gong. The public offered a lot of strong support for the worldwide efforts to bring the persecution and human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China to an end and many people signed a petition. -
Falun Dafa Association of Guadeloupe (France) Writes to the King of Thailand Appealing for Pirjo Svensson's Freedom
2003-05-31"We write to you to express our sharp concern over the arrest of Mrs. Pirjo Svensson who has been imprisoned in Bangkok for more than 3 weeks now...We are hopeful that His Majesty will help Mrs. Pirjo Svensson be released and permitted to return to her husband, family and friends." -
Germany: Introducing Falun Dafa and Explaining the Facts at Augsburg
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Austrian News Report: Sometimes Dai Really Wishes She Could Forget the Past
2003-05-31'From the day she lost her husband to the day her elder brothers wife was detained; from her anxious wait for information to the time she read on the Internet about her husband not having survived the torture in a Chinese prison, Ms. Dai has often talked about what happened.' -
Media Report from Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Demonstrate Exercises in Antwerp
2003-05-31"When I was detained in Beijing, we received letters of support from the Belgian Premier, and from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, we had constructive talks with the Belgian representative who attended the Human Rights Meeting in Geneva. City Mayors have also approved our applications to demonstrate the exercises in their city."