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  • Germany: The Touring "Fields of Shame" Exhibition Concludes Successfully in Hamburg

    November 17th 2005 was the official opening day of the four day photo exhibition “Fields of Shame” in Hamburg. The German division of the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) had organised the exhibition, which critically exposed the human rights situation in select communist ruled countries. The group invited Falun Gong practitioners to provide information about the persecution in China, as part of the exhibition.
  • Moldova: Moldavian People Treasure Falun Dafa in their Hearts

    Several Romanian practitioners visited Moldova and met practitioners there. A local practitioner told the visiting Romanians how Falun Dafa arrived in Moldova two years ago. At the beginning, the practitioners had no Falun Dafa books. They went without food to save enough money to use an Internet café for a few minutes where they could read the Falun Dafa teachings.
  • Germany: The Predestined Relationship between Falun Gong and Goettingen City

    From 2001 to 2003, several practitioners from Goettingen demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises at the Old Town Hall Square every day. Their perseverance brought about a series of changes in Goettingen, including the University offering a Falun Gong course for a whole semester. This article shares several tales of Falun Gong's development in Goettingen.
  • Spain: Human Rights Lawyer Speaks on the Chinese Communist Party’s Persecution of Falun Gong

    According to Mr Iglesias's introduction, because the CCP dictatorship could not tolerate Falun Gong’s principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance that were recovering people's morality in China, it launched this brutal persecution of innocent people. People were deprived of their freedom of belief and even tortured to death.
  • Germany: Falun Gong was Introduced Daily at a Week-long Health Fair

    Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises several times each day. In the anonymous atmosphere of a modern shopping centre, the Falun Gong practitioners in their shining yellow outfits presented peacefulness, dignity and concentration. The demonstrations were eye-catching and attracted a lot of positive attention.
  • Holland: People Pay Attention to Young Victims of the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

    November 20th was International Children's Day. In order to bring attention to the children who are victims of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, Dutch practitioners held a poster exhibition on the streets of Rotterdam. Many people signed a petition to express their support and offer their efforts to help rescue these children who are living under very difficult circumstances.
  • Germany: Speech from the Opening of the Travelling Exhibition ‘Fields of Shame”

    "Four-year-old Wan Shu-Jie lived in Laiwu City, Shandong Province. On July 19th 2000, a group of police broke into the home of little Shu-Jie’s uncle and arrested all grown ups in front of the little girl. On December 3rd 2000, the police arrested Shu-Jie’s father and took him to the police station for interrogation. The child fainted when she was forced to watch the mistreatment of her father. After she came to, she broke out in cold sweat and had a fever. Since then, she was no longer herself, hit her head against the wall, cried a lot and stopped growing. She was in shock and suffered trauma since this experience with the police. She lived in constant fear. At the age of four, Shu-Jie died on July 15th 2002."
  • Spain: The Film “Sandstorm” Receives a Warm Welcome at a Human Rights Film Festival

    In October, the third International Human Rights Film Festival hosted by Asociacion Gandhi, a Spanish human rights organisation, toured eight major cities in Spain. Award-winning movie Sandstorm was shown at the film festival. “Sandstorm” is set in China where Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to a brutal persecution.
  • Sweden: Reading the “Falun Dafa Association Announcement” at the Chinese Embassy

    Practitioners read the “Falun Gong Association Announcement” to officials in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm. Next, they demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Passers-by stopped and watched the demonstration. They asked for leaflets and talked with practitioners to find out more about Falun Gong and the persecution.
  • Germany: Travelling Exhibition “Fields of Shame” Shown in Hannover

    Two groups of Falun Gong practitioners collected petition signatures during the afternoon for two petitions: one petition demanded that the instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin, be brought to justice in a court of law for his crimes; the other petition demanded the return to Germany of Jiang Renzheng and his family.
  • Germany: Learning the Truth Awakens Police's Sense of Justice

    During Hu Jintao's visit to Germany, practitioners took the opportunity to clarify the truth to the police officers, who have direct contact with practitioners during their appeals and activties.
  • France: Children from Province of Nord-Pas-de-Calais Support their Chinese Friends

    November 20th was Universal Children’s Day, and French practitioners held an event called “Rescue Falun Gong Children Persecuted in China” at the Human Rights Plaza in Paris. They held an anti-torture exhibition, a photo exhibition and a Falun Gong exercise demonstration. In addition, they told the passersby that many children of practitioners have been orphaned due to the brutal persecution.
  • Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of St Petersburg

    On November 5th and 12th respectively, practitioners in St Petersburg held rallies to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. A lot of civilians were touched by practitioners’ compassionate and peaceful hearts. They gladly accepted the materials, and some of them discussed with practitioners in depth.
  • Denmark: Practitioners Read an Announcement by the Falun Gong Association at the Chinese Embassy

    On November 23rd, Danish practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to read an announcement by the Falun Gong Association. It says, amongst other things, that all those who have committed crimes against Falun Gong but want now to correct their mistakes still have an opportunity to abandon the evil path and choose to be good.
  • Germany: Practitioners Rally to Condemn the Persecution During Shandong Governor’s Visit

    On November 23rd, the Bavarian governor held a banquet for visiting Shandong Governor Han Yuqun. Outside, practitioners rallied to condemn the persecution of their Chinese fellows by the Shandong government. Since 1999, at least 281 practitioners have been persecuted to death in Shandong province, ranking it 5th among all the provinces.