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Ireland: Dafa Practitioners and Irish Branch of Amnesty International Hold a Signature Collection Drive Calling for the Release of 2 Chinese Students
2003-04-29
Liu Feng and Yang Fang are two students who were arrested at Christmas 1999 in China, after they returned home to visit their families and peacefully appeal for Falun Gong. Prior to their return home to China, both were studying in Dublin. -
UK Practitioner’s Speech on April 25th: “Rescue my Sister, Zhu Baolian” (photo)
2003-04-29
"Baolian is one of the many thousands of unlawfully detained Falun Gong practitioners in China. The persecution in China is still going on. As far as we know, thousands of practitioners have been incarcerated in mental hospitals and abused. Many hundreds have been sentenced to up to eighteen years imprisonment. More than 600 Falun Gong practitioners have died whilst in police custody. Many of them were badly tortured." -
Reuters: Could SARS Be Reform-fostering "China's Chernobyl"?
2003-04-29""SARS showed that the Chinese political system has got to catch up with the technology," Lord said. "In the age of the Internet and cell phones that it could keep this sickness secret from the Chinese people and ultimately the world ... the Chinese ought to get on top of this and change that system...It's going to cost them diplomatically and economically. I say this as a friend of China who continues to work for good relations but I believe in being candid," said Lord, who was ambassador to Beijing just before the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of students demonstrating for political reforms." -
The Tech (MIT's newspaper): Lawsuits Against Genocide
2003-04-29'Individual Falun Gong plaintiffs in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit charging Jiang Zemin and other top officials in his "610 Office" with genocide and torture...This lawsuit will require Jiang Zemin to answer for the crimes he has committed against the Chinese people. It will restore China's dignity and virtue as well as social stability built on justice and human rights.' -
Hungary: Explaining the Facts to Tourists and Chinese People in Budapest
2003-04-28
Practitioners hung banners above the grass near the entrance of the park. Accompanied by peaceful Dafa music, some practitioners practised the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts, whilst others distributed leaflets and talked to the tourists. The peaceful music and graceful exercises attracted the attention of many people who stopped to watch. -
Belgium: European Practitioners Peacefully Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy
2003-04-28
The appeal began at midday with a press conference. Letters of support were read out from Members of the European Parliament and the Belgian Parliament. Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Xianghe, who lives in the Netherlands, spoke about how the Jiang regime has severely persecuted her family, solely because they are Falun Gong practitioners. -
Sweden: Activities Commemorating the April 25 Appeal take place in Stockholm
2003-04-28
On April 25 2003, Dafa practitioners from Sweden gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm to commemorate the “April 25th” appeal. On this day in 1999, ten thousand practitioners peacefully appealed to the Beijing authorities to cease their increasing persecution of Falun Gong. -
UK Practitioner’s Speech on April 25th: “Please Help to Rescue My Fiancée” (photo)
2003-04-28"I worry constantly about her safety. Every day I read about practitioners being subjected to severe physical, mental and sexual abuses and I dread to think what Yongjie might have suffered. She is a sweet-natured person who always thinks of others first and would never hurt anyone. She has not committed any wrongdoings and poses no danger to anyone. She does not belong in a labour camp that is meant for criminals. It is an insult to human dignity to put good people in those places." -
Time Magazine: Hiding The Patients (Photo)
2003-04-28"We have clearly told the government the international community doesn't trust your figures," said Henk Bekedam, the WHO representative to China. -
UK: Activities in London to Commemorate the Peaceful Appeal on the 25th April 1999
2003-04-27
On April 25th 2003, Falun Gong practitioners met at the Chinese Embassy in London and held a press conference as part of the worldwide activities on this day. Practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts at the top of every hour to support the lawsuit against Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong. -
Slovakia: Television Station Reveals the Truth about Falun Gong
2003-04-27
Throughout this week, Dafa practitioner Zhang Cuiying is holding a painting exhibition in Slovakia...Many people express hope that the exhibition would last longer, so that more people could see the beautiful pictures and learn about Falun Gong. -
Practitioner’s Speech given at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
2003-04-27On the morning of April 22 2003, a Swiss Falun Gong practitioner read a speech at the plenary session of the 59th United Nations Commission on Human Rights in place of the Representative of the Association of World Citizens to the United Nations and on behalf of the Association. This is the full text of the speech. -
Romanian Embassy Writes to Falun Gong Practitioners
2003-04-27"The respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms is a principle upheld by the Constitution of Romania and to which the Romanian Government is strongly committed. Against this background, Falun Gong has [been] legally registered in Romania since February this year." -
Speech from Chairman of the European Falun Dafa Association on April 25
2003-04-27"The SARS tragedy demonstrates the Chinese regime’s willingness to lie and spread propaganda for its own self-interest, even when the lives of millions are at stake. For almost four years, we have witnessed this regime severely persecute Falun Gong and then lie and spread propaganda to the world to cover it up. It’s the same pattern, and it poses an extraordinary threat not just to China but also to the world." -
Press Statement by Irish Falun Dafa Association: On the Fourth Anniversary of April 25
2003-04-26'During the past four years, while facing inhumane persecution, Falun Gong practitioners have maintained the spirit of tolerance, rationality and non-violence at all times. We are here today to commemorate this historical event that occurred four years ago and to call for people to pay attention to this groundless and brutal persecution that has also lasted for nearly four years.'
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