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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. -
Czech Republic: Opening Day of Painting Exhibition in Prague is a Great Success
2003-05-01A Czech TV station sent a camera crew to film the exhibition preparation and this footage was shown as part of an interview with the artist. During the interview, footage of the Jiang regimes state terrorism against Falun Gong practitioners was shown. This was broadcast nationwide on the Czech Republics main television channel. -
EFGIC: 12 More Falun Gong Practitioners Confirmed Dead From Torture in China Actual Death Toll Remains Unknown
2003-04-30'Inside sources in China have reported the deaths of 12 more Falun Gong practitioners, raising the total confirmed dead in the Jiang regimes persecution of Falun Gong to 673. With the regimes tactics of lying to hide unpleasant news from leaking out made tragically clear to the world in the cover-up of the SARS epidemic, the true number of Falun Gong deaths is surely many times greater.' -
Belgium: Statement of Support from a Member of the European Parliament on April 25
2003-04-30"For a long time, I have been following the Human Rights situation in China and the extremely harsh repression the Chinese regime is using against Falun Gong practitioners who cultivate "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance". For me, condemning "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" is telling people that they are not allowed to be good and blatantly opposes common moral standards." -
Hungary: Zhang Cuiyings Painting Exhibition Successfully held in Budapest
2003-04-30Many people were deeply touched by Cuiyings paintings and her personal story of suffering in Chinese jails for 8 months because of her practice of Falun Gong. Visitors to the exhibition sat down and keenly watched the Falun Dafa videos that exposed the facts of the persecution. A Hungarian television crew were at the exhibition. They were also deeply moved by Cuiyings artwork. -
Germany: Letter to the Chinese Embassy in Berlin on the 4th Anniversary of the April 25 Appeal
2003-04-30"Practitioners peacefully waited for more than 13 hours without banners or slogans, until the Prime Minister Zhu Rongji made clear the official stance on the matter...The ban and persecution of Falun Gong has endangered the lives of more than 70 million Chinese citizens and their relatives, as well as threatened their chances of education and work. We are here to urge you to please listen to the truth about the Zhongnanhai event, and witness the facts." -
Finland: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong in the City of Oulu
2003-04-30Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises on a pedestrian street in the centre of the city, and displayed materials as well as handing out flyers that exposed the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many people were happy to take the flyers and stopped to talk to the practitioners to learn more. -
Germany: Practitioners Clarify the Facts about the Persecution to Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the April 25th Appeal
2003-04-30Practitioners quietly practised the exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts, and exposed the Jiang regimes persecution of Falun Gong by displaying posters and banners. The content of the posters was comprehensive and people read them carefully. Many people wanted to learn more about Falun Gong and we often had the chance to talk with people individually. -
Spain: Appealing in front of the Chinese Embassy to Commemorate Four Years since the April 25 Appeal in Beijing
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France: Guadeloupe Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the Beijing Peaceful Appeal at a Human Rights High School
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Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners from Frankfurt Hold Activity to Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the Beijing Peaceful Appeal
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Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of the April 25th Appeal
2003-04-29On April 25th 2003, Italian practitioners held a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese consulates in Milan and Florence to commemorate the April 25th appeal at Zhongnanhai in 1999. During the past four years, Dafa practitioners have consistently exposed the truth about the Jiang regimes persecution in China and around the world.