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Published on 5/18/2003 Washington DC Dafa practitioners hold press conference to protest Jiang regime’s imprisonment of Charles Li and call upon everyone to help rescue him--Dr. Li was arrested on January 22 of this year immediately after he got off a plane in the Guangzhou Airport. He has been imprisoned since then. His friends and family overseas are not allowed to call him, and the U.S. Consulate official is only allowed 30 minutes to visit him every month. Beijing denied that his arrest was related to his belief in Falun Gong, but his Falun Gong books were taken away and he does not have freedom to practice Falun Gong, even though he is a U.S. citizen.

Press conference in front of Chinese Embassy in Washington DC to call for rescue of Dr. Charles Li. May 16, 2003

Published on 5/27/2003 At the time of the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister to Thailand on April 29, a Swedish Falun Gong practitioner, Mrs. Pirjo Svensson, was arrested in her home in Bangkok. Immediately upon her detention, the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok demanded an explanation from the Thai Authorities. Sweden also forwarded an official protest against the detention to the Government of Thailand, demanding Mrs. Svensson’s immediate release, and that she should not be expelled but should retain the right to remain in Thailand for the duration of her present visa. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm has also summoned representatives of the Embassy of Thailand to deliver the Swedish demands.

Pirjo wanted to appeal but the Thai Government refused to consider her appeal. Pirjo left Thailand in the evening of the 5 June. The Swedish ambassador took her to Bangkok airport personally.

Practitioners in Sweden hold press conference to rescue Pirjo Svensson. May 23, 2003

Published on 6/7/2003 UK Falun Gong practitioners have sustained a 24-hour peaceful protest in front of the Chinese embassy for over one year now. The present appeal to support Charles Li using this relay hunger strike, as well as the lawsuit against Jiang, have added a historic meaning to the anniversary of the 24-hour peaceful protest. A Falun Gong practitioner who has participated in this peaceful protest from the beginning, said: "To maintain a constant presence outside of the Chinese embassy has not been easy, but those of us who regularly go there become only more determined to continue. Come rain or shine, sleet or snow, we will be there - this persecution is wrong and must end."

UK practitioners hold press conference in front of Chinese Embassy to support Charles Li and lawsuit against Jiang. Jun 5, 2003

Published on 6/30/2003 Violence Against Dafa Practitioners in New York City Shakes Overseas Chinese People--On June 26, 2003, Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference at a Holiday Inn to clarify the truth about the assault directed by Liang Guanjun outside the Yidong Restaurant against Falun Gong practitioners on the evening of June 23, and to correct many media organizations’ false reports. They also displayed at the press conference enlarged photos, and showed a piece of video filmed by the media.

Practitioners in New York hold press conference to clarify the truth about the assault directed by pro-communist people. Jun 26, 2003

Published on 7/3/2003 San Francisco: Practitioners Hold Press Conference Regarding Two Chinese Officials Found Guilty by US Court of Crimes Against Humanity-At 1:30 p.m. on July 2, 2003, Falun Gong practitioners and an attorney from the CJA (Center for Justice & Accountability) held a press conference in front of the Federal District Court of the Northern San Francisco. The press conference announced that San Francisco Judge Edward M. Chen recently denied foreign sovereign immunity to former Beijing Mayor, Beijing Party Secretary Liu Qi and Deputy Governor of Liaoning Province Xia Deren. In a report Judge Chen submitted to the court, both Chinese officials were found guilty of overseeing the torture of Falun Gong practitioners. The press conference also informed the media of the lawsuit underway against former Chinese leader Jiang for genocide and crimes against humanity.

Chairman of Civil Litigation of CJA, attorney Mr. Joshua Sondheimer at press conference in San Francisco, July 2, 2003

Published on 7/5/2003 Ireland practitioners hold press conference in front of Chinese Embassy to support lawsuit against Jiang.

Ireland Falun Gong practitioners hold press conference to support the lawsuit against Jiang. July 5, 2003

Published on 7/23/2003 On July 20, which marked the fourth anniversary of Jinag Zemin regime’s persecution of Falun Gong, some practitioners held a news conference in downtown, calling for justice and conscience in the world and requesting to bring Jiang Zemin to public trial and to stop the persecution against Falun Gong.

Canada: Vancouver Practitioners Hold News Conference Calling to Bring Jiang to Justice

Published on 7/23/2003 On July 20, which marked the fourth anniversary of Jinag Zemin regime’s persecution of Falun Gong, some practitioners held a news conference in downtown, calling for justice and conscience in the world and requesting to bring Jiang Zemin to public trial and to stop the persecution against Falun Gong.

Canada: Vancouver Practitioners Hold News Conference Calling to Bring Jiang to Justice

Published on 8/20/2003 Special News Bulletin: Jiang Zemin Sued for Genocide in Belgium--a criminal lawsuit charging the former Chinese Communist leader, Jiang Zemin with the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and state directed torture, was submitted to federal prosecutors by six Falun Gong practitioners residing in Belgium. Two of Jiang’s senior-most accomplices, Luo Gan (the head of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee) and Li Lanqing (the former director of the "610 office") are also named in the lawsuit.

Practitioners Dai Zhizhen, Shi Yuhong and lawyer George-Henri Beauthier held a press conference in Brussels, Belgium (AFP), Aug. 20, 2003

Published on 9/2/2003 Spain: Practitioners Hold a Press Conference to Expose Jiang Zemin’s Crimes in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises before the press conference. Aug. 29. 2003

Published on 9/22/2003 Exposing Chinese Diplomats’ Hate Crimes in Canada--On September 18, Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Rob Anders, M.P., and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) held a press conference on the hill to expose wide spread hate crimes and interference in Canada by Chinese diplomats.

For the past 4 years Chinese embassy and consulates in Canada are being used as tools to silence support for Falun Gong overseas by displaying hate pictures in their public visa offices, manipulating Chinese media to slander Falun Gong and pressuring our government officials and communities to not support Canadian Falun Gong practitioners.

Toronto Falun Gong practitioner Joel Chipkar relates the persecution he and his family members have encountered at press conference Sept. 18, 2003

Published on 10/15/2003

Bulgaria practitioners hold press conference regarding the art exhibition being cancelled due to pressure from Chinese Embassy. Oct. 09, 2003