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Celebrating Eight Years Since Master Li Taught the Fa in Sweden (photos)
2003-04-22It was during Easter 1995 that Falun Gong was first introduced to Sweden by Master Li Hongzhi, and this is almost exactly 8 years ago today. At that time, Master Li gave a 7-day lecture in Gothenburg. Dafa practitioners in Sweden would like to send their most heartfelt thanks to Master for teaching the Fa in Sweden, and for the 8 valuable years that they have had the chance to cultivate in Falun Dafa. -
UK: The Beautiful Display by Dafa Practitioners at the Edinburgh Easter Festival
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Italy: Practitioners Outline the Persecution in the Meeting Hall of the Vieira Provincial Government
2003-04-22We brought some printed photos to introduce Falun Dafa. At first, we planned to put them in some eye-catching outdoor places. But that evening the audience who attended the meeting took all of the photos. They said that they wanted to hang them in hospitals, schools, and some other public place for people to see, so that more Italian people can have a better understanding of Falun Gong. -
Several Medical Personnel in Beijing Reveal That the Authorities Deceived World Health Organization Inspectors (photos)
2003-04-22Time, a prominent magazine based in the United States, revealed that the Chinese government hid SARS cases in Beijing from the World Health Organization (WHO). On Friday, Time quoted several doctors and nurses at Beijing hospitals who revealed that on Thursday, hours prior to the WHO inspectors' arrival at the No. 309 People's Liberation Army Hospital, the hospital moved 46 of the confirmed SARS patients to a hotel, and there are about ten SARS patients in the ward. -
Italy: Teaching the Exercises at a Seminar in Savona City
2003-04-21The atmosphere was quite lively; some people said that they saw the seminar reported in the media, some said that they were touched by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, and others said that they had heard about the persecution of Falun Gong and were then interested in the seminar. Many people felt strong energy from practising the exercises and said that they were very lucky to get the chance to learn Falun Gong. -
Ireland: Young Dafa practitioners Send Forth Righteous Thoughts in front of the Chinese Embassy in Dublin
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Sweden: Introducing Falun Dafa at the Ju-jitsu Championships in Nybro
2003-04-21The judges, the competitors and the audience were all able to see the five sets of exercises being demonstrated in the match arena. One practitioner gave a short introduction to Falun Dafa over a microphone whilst the exercises were being performed, and at the same time told people the facts about the persecution of Dafa practitioners in China. -
Denmark: Practitioners Continue to Send Forth Righteous Thoughts to Support the Lawsuit Against Dictator Jiang
2003-04-21Practitioners from Denmark were joined by Swedish practitioners for this important activity to send forth righteous thoughts and to let more people know that the Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin, who instigated the brutal persecution against Falun Dafa in 1999, will be brought to justice for his horrific crimes against humanity. -
Time Asia: Unmasking A Crisis
2003-04-21As a Time reporter continued through the ward, a nurse who wouldn't give her name stopped him and explained, "[...] All of these wards are full of SARS patients, there are over 100 at least. Don't believe the government--they never tell you the truth. They say it's a deadly disease with 4% mortality? Are you kidding me? The death rate is at least 25%. In this hospital alone, there are over 10 patients dead already." -
AP: Hundreds Demonstrate For Falun Gong Movement
2003-04-21'Several hundred demonstrators peacefully protested in Times Square and elsewhere in the city Saturday to attract attention to China's ban on the Falun Gong meditation movement. The protesters listened to music and speeches and passed out literature to people passing by in Chinatown and midtown Manhattan.' -
Jiangs Regime Persecutes a Dafa Practitioner in the Netherlands
2003-04-20Today, in order to force me to give up practising Falun Gong, the Chinese Embassy confiscated my passport. The Embassy's actions are inhumane. Looking at it from another angle, Chinese citizens have the freedom of belief, which is guaranteed by the Chinese Basic Law. What is the Chinese Embassys excuse for interfering with citizens right to believe, particularly when they are outside of China? -
Sweden: Teachers and Students Learn Falun Dafa Together
2003-04-20'During the Open Day, I held two introductory exercise-teaching classes: one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. As well as teaching the exercises I explained that Falun Dafa improves the mind as well as the body, and this improvement is based on improving ones moral standards in everyday life by assimilating to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.' -
UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Send Forth Righteous Thoughts Outside Chinese Embassy to Support the Lawsuit Against Dictator Jiang Zemin
2003-04-20Upon seeing our flyers and posters regarding the lawsuit against Jiang, many kind-hearted people said that this is really an effective way to solve the problem of the Jiang regime's persecution. They also expressed their understanding and support for our persistent peaceful appeal and sincerely wished us great success! -
Radio Free Asia Reports on Appeals in Support of Lawsuit Against Dictator Jiang Zemin
2003-04-20Radio Free Asia broadcast a report about Falun Gong practitioners in Germany and Europe holding peaceful appeals in front of the Chinese embassies to support the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin. Practitioners are successively filing lawsuits in the courts of European countries, charging Jiang with genocide and anti-humanitarian acts through his persecution of Falun Gong. -
Central News Agency (Taiwan): SARS Strikes Beijing, Citizens Are In a Panic
2003-04-20"The Beijing Travel Bureau recently conducted an investigation of local hotels, and discovered that since March, hotel occupancy rates have seriously declined. A large number of tour groups have canceled their trips to Beijing. SARS has caused the country to "to stop all foreign contact" and people are in a panic. Both international conferences and general mass activities had to be canceled, causing a severe blow to the general development of the Chinese economy."