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Latvia: Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Peaceful Appeal Outside the Chinese Embassy in Support of Bringing Jiang Zemin to Justice
2003-05-04From April 26 to 29 2003, Falun Dafa practitioners in Latvia held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Embassy, which enabled the media in the Baltic Sea area and local residents to the have chance to learn about the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and the "610" Office for their crimes against humanity. -
Washington Post: China Feels Side Effects From SARS
2003-05-04'Officials loyal to Jiang, who stepped down from the presidency in March, are believed to have backed the idea of underreporting the SARS epidemic and lying to the World Health Organization and foreign governments about its spread..."The Jiang clique has miscalculated the situation and is becoming rapidly irrelevant," said Yu, the specialist at the U.S. Naval Academy. Chinese Internet chat rooms are full of invective against Jiang and significantly are not being censored.' -
Belgium: First Benelux Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Is Solemnly Held in Brussels
2003-05-03During the conference, some practitioners talked about the tremendous physical and mental improvements they obtained through practising Falun Dafa. Many practitioners shared their experiences and understandings of how they overcame various hardships to clarify the truth to governments, the public and the Chinese people and to help more people learn about Dafa and the persecution in China. -
Czech Republic: Practitioners Meet with Members of Parliament
2003-05-03Dafa practitioner and artist Zhang Cuiying's visit to the Czech Republic to exhibit her paintings, gave her the chance to meet with many Members of Parliament and government ministers. They were all happy to meet Cuiying and to learn more about the persecution of Dafa practitioners in China. Many invited the artict to return to the Czech Republic to hold more exhibitions in the future. -
Hungary: Practitioner Reveals the Details about her Husbands Death to the Budapest-Helsinki Committee
2003-05-03Australian Dafa practitioner Jane Dai, together with Hungarian and Austrian practitioners, met with a member of the Budapest-Helsinki Committee. She gave the committee details about how her husband was tortured to death because he refused to stop practising Falun Gong in China. -
Switzerland: Practitioners Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of April 25 Appeal in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Zürich
2003-05-03In front of the Chinese Consulate, practitioners in Switzerland performed Falun Gong exercises and with this peaceful form demanded that the Chinese government immediately stop this unreasonable persecution. Many passersby were willing to accept Dafa truth-clarifying newsletters. The current SARS epidemic has allowed people to more clearly see through the Jiang regime's lies. -
Netherlands: Commemorating the Fourth Anniversary of April 25th Appeal - Falun Gong Practitioners Send Forth Righteous Thoughts Outside the Chinese Embassy
2003-05-03They called for the Chinese government to immediately stop persecuting Falun Gong. They also condemned some of the Embassy staff members for spreading propaganda to slander Falun Gong and deceive the public. -
France: Falun Dafa Practitioners Continue to Send Forth Righteous Thoughts Outside the Chinese Embassy to Support Bringing Jiang to Justice
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Croatia: Wishing the Croatian People Lifelong Happiness Filled with Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance
2003-05-02During the two-day event, people came to a deeper understanding about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong through the painters works and her personal experiences of brutal suffering whilst wrongly imprisoned in China. At the press conference, practitioners introduced Falun Gong and demonstrated the exercises for the reporters. Some reporters requested information for their colleagues. -
Czech Republic: Zhang Cuiyings Exhibition for VIPs in Prague
2003-05-02One Senator was deeply moved by the experiences of Falun Gong practitioners in China, as well as their kindness, and he was touched by the beauty of Zhang Cuiyings paintings. He offered his help and said that he believes Dafa practitioners can find a lot of support among the Czech government officials. -
Ireland: Parliamentary Questions to the Irish Foreign Minister concerning Falun Gong and Human Rights in China
2003-05-02"Concern persists in relation to the lack of respect for human rights in China, including the freedom of expression, of religion and of association. Likewise, there is concern about the ongoing violations of the human rights of pro-democracy activists, the proponents of free trade unions and the followers of the Falun Gong..." -
Austrian News Report: My Husband Was Tortured to Death
2003-05-02'All of her family in China practise Falun Gong and they have all lost their jobs. Some have even had their belongings and property confiscated. Ms. Dais sister-in-law has been arrested many times and was tortured so brutally that she went insane. Her father-in-law also passed away due to the continued stress.' -
International Society for Human Rights Passes a Resolution Demanding China to Immediately Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong
2003-05-01"The Chinese government has launched a comprehensive persecution of Falun Gong. Government officials and police are inflicting this persecution with no legal basis. The persecution penetrates all classes and political life in China. The state-run media in China is using deceitful lies and manufacturing stories to slander Falun Gong and mislead the people. This is to turn public opinion against Falun Gong. In particular, women are subjected to sexual violence, gang rape, sexual harassment and forced abortion." -
Croatia: Human Rights Official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Encourages Practitioners to Appeal for Human Rights
2003-05-01In April 2003, practitioner Zhang Cuiying exhibited her artwork in Zagreb. She also accompanied practitioners to visit the Chief of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who encouraged her to continue holding exhibitions to help people learn the true facts about the persecution of Falun Gong. The practitioners presented detailed information about the genocide lawsuit against Jiang Zemin to the Foreign Ministry. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Activities to Commemorate the April 25 Appeal
2003-05-01The beautiful exercise demonstration attracted many people who expressed their anger at the Jiang regimes persecution of Falun Gong. They signed the petition to urge the German government to be more proactive in rescuing the detained Falun Gong practitioner Xiong Wei, and other detained family members of German Falun Gong practitioners.