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Auckland, NZ: Human Rights Lawyer Calls for an End to the Persecution in China

New Zealand practitioners gathered on Aotea Square in Auckland on July 20 and again on Central Square in Hamilton on July 21 to raise awareness of the 18-year-long persecution in China. Using posters and reenacting forced organ harvesting, they explained how practitioners are mistreated for their beliefs. Human Rights Lawyer: Your Efforts Will Make a …

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Australia: Gold Coast Community Leaders Mourn 18th Anniversary of Persecution in China

By an Australian Dafa disciples On July 21, 2017 Gold Coast community leaders joined in remembering the brutal persecution Falun Dafa practitioners have endured in Mainland China for the past 18 years. Australian Dafa practitioners held an information stall, displayed banners and collected petition signatures at the touristic Cavill Mall in Surfers Paradise. Many people …

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U.S. Lawmakers, NGO Leaders Support Falun Gong’s 18-Year-Long Peaceful Resistance

Several hundred Falun Gong practitioners from across the U.S. held a rally on Capitol Hill Thursday, calling for help in stopping the persecution of Falun Gong that began 18 years ago, on July 20, 1999. Several members of Congress, the chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and several speakers from religious and …

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Torture of Practitioners in Jinan Prison Leaves Some Unable to Care for Themselves

Jinan Prison in Shandong Province has employed numerous torture methods to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief, including beatings, being subjected to freezing and sweltering conditions, sleep deprivation, injection of unknown drugs, and solitary confinement. Some practitioners have lost the ability to care for themselves as a result of such mistreatment. Practitioners Left …

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New York: Rally, Candlelight Vigil Call for End to Persecution of Falun Gong

Nearly 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese consulate in New York on Sunday, marking their 18th year of peaceful resistance against the persecution of Falun Gong by the communist regime in China. Several survivors of the persecution told attendees about their own experiences of being …

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Belgium: Practitioners in Antwerp Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong

The attention of shoppers on Meir Street in Antwerp was drawn by the seemingly quiet activities of Falun Gong practitioners, who put up posters exposing the 18-year-long persecution of the practice in China, which has largely been hidden from the public there. They also gave out fliers containing information about the persecution of the ancient …

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Lisbon, Portugal: Practitioners Protest Visiting Chinese Official for Persecuting Falun Gong

Portuguese Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Belém Palace in Lisbon on the morning on July 12, 2017, to protest visiting Chinese official Zhang Dejiang. With banners reading “Bring Zhang Dejiang to Justice” and “Stop Forced Organ Harvesting in China,” practitioners explained how Zhang had been heavily involved in the suppression of Falun …

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Ireland: Forced Organ Harvesting Discussed by Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence of the Irish Parliament discussed the issue of forced organ harvesting in China on July 6, 2017. The committee recommended that the legislature do what it can to stop this brutality and urged the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to bring this up at …

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