Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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A Letter to the People of Hong Kong: Bravely say "NO!" to Article 23
2002-12-30"Here I willingly and sincerely tell you: you have a duty to express your concerns against the legislation of Article 23 to your relatives and friends and to government officials. Only through kindness and defending human rights and freedom today can we be ensured of our human rights and freedom tomorrow! Once Hong Kong loses its democracy and freedom, its prosperity will degrade relentlessly." -
Dafa Practitioners Revealed the Truth about Article 23 in the European Parliament
2002-12-29The activities outside the European Parliament demonstrated the successful efforts of Falun Gong practitioners from all over Europe to deny the persecution of Falun Gong. The meaning of the activities outside the European Parliament served not only to voice practitioners opposition to Article 23 legislation but also to lay a deeper foundation for revealing the truth of the persecution all over Europe. -
Italy: A Letter to the Hong Kong Government Regarding Article 23
2002-12-29"Hong Kong has enjoyed prosperity for several decades without this law; why does Beijing so urgently push the Hong Kong government to enact the so-called anti-subversion law after only 5 years of Hong Kongs return to Chinese rule?" -
Denmark: Appealing Against Article 23 in Copenhagen (photos)
2002-12-26Danish practitioners have all come to a clear understanding that Article 23 will allow Jiang Zemin to directly persecute Dafa practitioners in Hong Kong, as well as other groups such as Christians and democrats. Therefore, they have taken the initiative to personally speak to Members of the European Parliament, reveal the truth to local Chinese people and send letters of appeal to Danish Government agencies, parliamentarians and foreign embassies. -
Switzerland: Practitioners Appeal outside Chinese Embassy Against Article 23
2002-12-26On December 22 2002, some Swiss Dafa practitioners overcame many difficulties, and gathered outside Chinese Embassy in Switzerland to do the Falun Gong exercises and send forth righteous thoughts to join in the worldwide activities against the Article 23 legislation in Hong Kong. -
Germany: Photo report - Many Associations gathered in Frankfurt to Appeal Against Article 23
2002-12-26On Friday December 21st, many different associations and members of the public gathered to publicly voice their opposition against Jiang Zemins attempts to export his regime of hatred to Hong Kong and persecute innocent Hong Kong citizens and visitors to the area. -
France: Peaceful Appeal Outside of the European Parliament Building
2002-12-25On 18 and 19 of December, more than 50 Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. They practised the Falun Gong exercises and together called upon the European Parliament to publicly denounce the enactment of Article 23 in Hong Kong. -
Switzerland: Nearly 21,000 People Sign a Petition in Zurich (photos)
2002-12-24Zurich is the sister city of Kuming in China. Falun Gong practitioners in Zurich are very concerned about the practitioners in Kunming who are suffering beatings, torture, illegal imprisonment and even death at the hands of Jiang Zemins regime. They have drafted a petition to request the Zurich City Council to pass a resolution to appeal for an end to Kunmings persecution of Dafa practitioners. 20,967 people have signed this petition. -
Italy: Exposing the Persecution During Activities held by Amnesty International in Milan
2002-12-24After the seminar, the Chief of Amnesty International in Italy and the Chief of the Italy-Tibet League clearly understood the persecution of Dafa in China. They also expressed concern over Article 23 and said that they would pay attention to this from now on. -
France: Falun Dafa Practitioners Rally in Strasbourg to call on the European Union to oppose Article 23
2002-12-24Officials and visitors to the European Parliament building were very impressed by the peaceful scene that confronted them as the practitioners did Falun Gong exercises and collected signatures against Article 23. They gave encouragement and support to the practitioners. -
Sweden: People Support our Efforts against Article 23
2002-12-23Swedish practitioners held a peaceful appeal in Stockholm to inform people about Jiang Zemin's attempts to export his persecution of innocent people to Hong Kong through the implementation of Article 23. Many Swedish people signed a petition against this violation of human rights. -
Italy: Falun Gong at a Health Exhibition in Biella
2002-12-22One visitor to our booth said, "Its really amazing that Falun Gong practitioners can face this persecution peacefully and rationally after suffering so much...I believe that people all over the world will be concerned about Falun Gong in the future and more people will learn Falun Gong. -
Norway: Promoting Falun Gong at the Annual Alternative Health Fair
2002-12-21Every day practitioners held an introductory session in a large room nearby where they spent an hour teaching the Falun Gong exercises. They also told the audience about the horrific persecution that is taking place in China at the moment and how millions of innocent Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted because they want to improve their health and moral standards. -
Germany: Appeal on Xiong Weis Birthday
2002-12-21On December 8, Falun Gong practitioners once again went to the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. They called for the release of Xiong Wei, who was arrested in Beijing last January when she was distributing materials about the truth of persecution of Falun Gong. -
Belgium: Photo Report - Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts in front of Chinese Embassy
2002-12-20