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Sunday, March 30, 2014

France: Rally in Front of Paris Chinese Embassy During Visit by CCP Official

He pointed out at the rally, “The CCP exerts pressure on Western countries through economic and diplomatic means to avoid condemnation of its crimes against humanity.”

(Minghui.org) Following a rally in Lyon, France a few days prior, Falun Gong practitioners held another in front of the Chinese Embassy in Paris on March 27, 2014. These rallies coincided with the visit of Xi Jinping, head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and practitioners called for bringing to justice the key perpetrators in the persecution of Falun Gong.
Falun Gong practitioners speak to Parisians in front of the Chinese Embassy on March 27, 2014.
Mr. Alain Tang, president of Falun Dafa Association of France, spoke at the event, “During CCP chief Xi Jinping’s visit to France, this rally in front of the Chinese Embassy bears great deal of significance. We call on Mr. Xi to bring to justice the main perpetrators—Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Zhou Yingkang, Zeng Qinghong, and Li Lanqing—and to stop the persecution of Falun Gong in China.”
“At least 3,745 deaths have been confirmed. Hundreds of thousand practitioners have been detained in prisons, mental hospitals, labor camps, and brainwashing centers,” he continued.
Dr. Harold King, a French representative from DAFOH (Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting), called for an immediate end to the forced organ harvesting from innocent people in China. According to Dr. King, almost all organs for transplants in China are from prisoners, many of whom are prisoners of conscience, primarily Falun Gong practitioners. Killing them for their organs violates basic medical ethics.
Mr. Tang vowed to continue efforts to expose the CCP’s crimes to the world and bring an end to the persecution.
He pointed out at the rally, “The CCP exerts pressure on Western countries through economic and diplomatic means to avoid condemnation of its crimes against humanity.”
Indeed, the rally on March 27 almost didn’t happen. Due to pressure from the CCP, the Paris Police Department declined the rally application on March 26, a day before the event.
The Falun Dafa Association in France made an urgent appeal to the Paris Administrative Court (Tribunal Administratif de Paris) , who subsequently held a hearing on the afternoon of March 26.
Judge Doumergue ruled that the ban issued by the Paris Police Department was illegal, and violated freedom of expression and assembly. She ordered that the police department withdraw the ban, and pay 1,500 Euros to the Falun Dafa Association of France.
The ruling, issued to the Falun Dafa Association and the Minister of Interior, and copied to the director of the Paris Police Department, confirmed Falun Gong practitioners’ constitutional rights and the significance of holding a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy during Xi Jinping’s visit to France.
The following excerpts appeared in the court ruling:
“The claimant association is justified to claim that [...] this refusal is a severe and clearly illegal violation of the freedom to protest and freedom of expression; Its implementation should therefore be suspended; The chief of police must be urged to let the protest happen as claimed with the conditions described above without a need to impose fines and injunctions;”
(Sixth conclusion):
“6. Considering that in the circumstances of the case, the State, the losing party in this instance, must be ordered to pay the cost of 1,500 euros to the Association of Falun Gong France (Falun Dafa France) required by article L.761-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice.”
Attorney Gabard, legal counsel for the Falun Dafa Association of France, welcomed the ruling. He said that the Paris police had downplayed the significance of the location and timing of the rally.
Mr. Gabard also clarified that the rally was not a protest against Mr. Xi, but against the policy of persecuting Falun Gong. It was not appropriate for the Paris police to position the rally as an event hostile toward Mr. Xi.
Attorney Gabard outside of the Paris Administrative Court after the hearing on March 26.
Related article in Chinese language: http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2014/3/27/巴黎法庭判决-法轮功将如期在中使馆前反迫害-289230.html
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习近平访法 法轮功请愿胜诉 要求法办江泽民

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tde82qmzRtw)


【新唐人2014年03月28日讯】从3月25日，习近平开始对法国进行为期4天的正式访问。法国法轮大法协会在3月21日向巴黎警察局递交了在中使馆前的请愿申请，但请愿活动被警察局在3月25日通知禁止进行。应法国法轮大法协会的要求，3月26日，巴黎行政法庭针对此禁令紧急开庭，并于当晚作出判决：宣布巴黎警察局的这一禁令是非法的，严重的侵犯了言论和集会自由，并紧急命令警察局让法轮大法协会的活动在中使馆对面3月27日如期进行。请和我们一起到请愿现场看一看。
3月27日上午10点半，请愿活动在中使馆对面准时开始。
法国法轮大法协会会长唐汉龙：〝紧急呼吁到访的中共一号人物习近平，快速法办江泽民、曾庆红、罗干、周永康、李岚清、刘京等在迫害法轮功事实里犯下的反人类罪。〞〝其实我们也是同时在这让更多的人了解法轮功被迫害的情况，更快让这场血腥的镇压马上停止。〞 
美联社的记者也到场采访了法国法轮大法协会会长唐汉龙先生。 
此次请愿活动选在中使馆对面，而且习近平就住在使馆附近的四季酒店，法轮大法协会的聘请律师Gabard认为这有很强烈的象征意义。
法轮大法协会聘请律师Gabard〝过去的请愿活动一向都是非常和平的，不存在任何妨碍公众秩序的问题，今天我们选在中使馆对面请愿是有非常重要的象征意义的。巴黎行政法院的紧急审理法官判决我方胜诉，要求警方停止禁令的实施，并紧急命令警察局让法轮大法协会的活动照常进行。〞
此次习近平访法，共签署了180亿欧元的合同，巴黎处处戒严，警察也格外小心，法国政府此举可能是为了保证顺利签下大笔订单。但巴黎行政法庭判法国政府败诉，命令警察局让法轮大法协会的活动如期进行，意义重大，捍卫了普世价值和法兰西的真正利益所在。
新唐人法国记者站报导
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

画：入静 Painting: Meditation

中国传统画家章翠英作品 -入静

Painting By Zhang Cuiying – Meditation

【大纪元2012年01月07日讯】
静如松 稳如钟
精进不分老与童
修炼踏上归真路
那管春夏与秋冬
二零一二年一月九日
（责任编辑：林珊如）

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Friday, March 28, 2014

干扰柏林神韵　中共恶行被曝光 Berlin, Germany: Local Media Exposes Chinese Communist Interference of Shen Yun Performances

 一位女教师表示：“我原来是东德人，太了解共产党那一套了。”因为柏林曾被分割成东西两座城市，柏林人对共产党认识得非常清楚

A teacher shared with practitioners: “I am originally from East Germany. I’m all too familiar with the communist tricks.” Many people who used to live in East Berlin expressed similar sentiments. 

德国法轮功学员在街头揭露中共对神韵的干扰
德国法轮功学员在街头揭露中共对神韵的干扰 Falun Gong practitioners expose the CCP’s interference of Shen Yun
 
《柏林日报》揭露中共干扰神韵演出的报道 The February 12, 2014 article on the Berliner Zeitung, a daily newspaper in Berlin
《每日镜报》报道中使馆企图阻止神韵演出的消息 Der Tagesspiegel, the Daily Mirror, reported the interference as well

ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW

【明慧网二零一四年三月二十三日】（明慧记者德祥德国柏林报道）“什么？！您说的是在中国吧？真的在柏林？他们居然要在柏林干扰神韵演出，太令人气愤了！”
从二零一四年三月十八日开始，在德国柏林陆续十几处地方都有法轮功学员在拉横幅和分发资料，曝光中共妄图干扰神韵演出的丑行。看到横幅拿到资料的德国民众，很多都发出了以上的惊呼，人们几乎不敢相信他们听到和看到的事情，很多人表示要到剧院看演出，以声援神韵艺术团。
德国民众声援神韵艺术团
Deme先生拿到报纸后，表示要先回去看看。之后，他又转回来对法轮功学员说：“我把每一篇文章都读过了，这下我明白了为什么中共要干扰神韵演出，因为神韵是要帮助人们恢复传统文化。”
在亚历山大广场值勤的警察对法轮功学员说：“我们支持你们，他们（指中共使馆）这样做太过分了。”两位警察看到神韵介绍的短片之后，说：“太好看了，中共到底在害怕什么？！”
一位女教师表示：“我原来是东德人，太了解共产党那一套了。”因为柏林曾被分割成东西两座城市，柏林人对共产党认识得非常清楚。不少人都跟法轮功学员提到他们原来是东柏林人，深知共产党会做出什么样的坏事。
很多人询问如何才能帮助神韵艺术团，法轮功学员告诉他们，最好的方法是到剧院去，亲自体验一下神韵到底在演什么，中共到底在害怕什么。用自己的行动来对中共说不。不少人都表示一定要去看演出，声援神韵艺术团。还有人当场拨打神韵演出票务的热线电话，也有人询问是否可以签名来声援，还有人要了不少资料，要带到公司或政府机构分发。
柏林最有影响力的主流媒体曝光中共干扰神韵失败
近来，柏林最有影响力的两家主流媒体分别报道了有关中共使馆官员给柏林波茨坦广场Stage剧院施压、企图干扰神韵在柏林上演和最后中共以失败告终的消息。
《柏林日报》（Berliner Zeitung）二零一四年二月十二日以《波茨坦广场的冷战——中国大使馆要阻止舞蹈演出》为题，曝光中共使馆因神韵艺术团将在柏林演出，派官员陈平到演出的剧场施压。文章一开始就把中使馆对神韵的干扰与前东德对艺术作品和文章的审查联系在一起。文章中写道：“自从东西德合并以来，在柏林就没有发生过对艺术领域的审查事件。但是，中共使馆却试图干扰神韵艺术团在柏林的演出。”
《柏林日报》的记者很惊讶，没想到这种似乎早已被丢进历史垃圾桶的行径竟然出现在柏林。
另一家受柏林中上层社会喜爱的《每日镜报》（Der Tagesspiegel）也于三月十九日用《舞蹈对抗审查——中使馆试图阻止芭蕾舞演出，因为神韵维护传统文化》为题，报道了中使馆企图阻止神韵演出的消息。报道中提到，中使馆对神韵演出的干扰没有成功，还起到了意想不到的宣传效果，法兰克福中领馆似乎已经放弃了给剧院施压的尝试。
文章引用主办方郑女士的话说：“不仅在柏林，中共在其它地方也曾经试图干扰演出。五年前慕尼黑也曾经上演过神韵晚会，当时就有媒体曝光中使馆阻止人们观看演出的行为，后来反而有更多人来看演出。”
中共使馆干扰神韵屡屡碰壁
神韵艺术团于二零零六年成立，以复兴中华神传文化为己任，将五千年中华传统文化以及真正的中国古典舞带上了世界舞台。在经济低迷、文艺演出市场不景气的境况下，神韵逆势而上，在各地创下票房奇迹，成为世界一流的演出品牌。
神韵的成功引起中共的恐慌，这些年来，中共动用了外交、特务等手段进行破坏，在德国也不例外。
二零零八年三月，中共驻慕尼黑领事馆的官员频频向慕尼黑托尼卡尔演出公司施压，先是每隔十分钟的电话轰炸，三月十一日，中领馆副总领事王彦敏及其同事陈某还登门进行威胁，试图阻止托尼卡尔公司邀请神韵艺术团到慕尼黑演出，被该公司总经理海尔穆特·保利气愤地拒绝，并称中领馆“行为可耻”。
二零零九年一月，当时的法兰克福总领事李海雁以外交公函形式致信黑森州政府，还照会各国外交代表机构，试图阻拦他们观看神韵。这封公函被德国人权组织曝光，成为中共滥用外交特权在海外渗透的又一佐证。
二零一三年三月，两家与神韵合作的德国公司分别接到法兰克福中领馆的电话，要求他们收回合作，都遭到拒绝。其中一家公司的主管说：“我们在德国有言论自由，要怎么做是我们自己的事情。”
此次，中共使馆对柏林神韵演出的干扰依旧失败，目前法轮功学员正在柏林地区大面积揭露中共的卑鄙行径。这些活动得到了很多德国民众的支持。
(Minghui.org) “I’m from the former East Germany. Among the Chinese, it was the same as our [East German] rulers. They are afraid.” said Mr. Jörg Seefeld, director of the event department at the Stage Theater at Potsdamer Plaza, where Shen Yun is scheduled for four performances during March 23 and 26, 2014.
The Berliner Zeitung , a daily newspaper in Berlin, reported the above in its February 12 article “Chinese Embassy Tries to Block Dance Theater.” It compared the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) interference of Shen Yun performances with the arts censorship in the former East Germany and called it “Cold War at Potsdamer Plaza.”
Chinese Embassy official Chen Ping visited the Stage Theater to pressure the theater to cancel its contract for the four Shen Yun performances there.
Der Tagesspiegel (the Daily Mirror), another influential daily newspaper, also reported the interference on March 19 in an article titled “Dance against Censorship: Chinese Embassy Tries to Prevent a Ballet Performance Because Shen Yun Maintains Old Culture.”
According to the report, the CCP has tried to interfere with Shen Yun performances in many locations in addition to Berlin. It did similar things five years ago in Munich. Media reported the censorship attempt, and more people went to see the performance as a result. Because of this, the Chinese consulate in Frankfurt abandoned a similar plan.
Germans Support Shen Yun Performing Arts
“What?! Are you talking about China? This really happened in Berlin? They tried to stop Shen Yun’s performances here? This is outrageous!” Many Berliners share this sentiment when told about what had happened.
Falun Gong practitioners have set up sites on the street to expose the interference since March 18, 2014. Many passersby who viewed these displays were outraged by the CCP’s interference. They said that as a result, they would go see the performance to support Shen Yun Performing Arts.
Mr. Deme told practitioners that he had read the media articles: “Now I understand why China interferes with Shen Yun performances. Because Shen Yun helps Chinese people restore their traditional culture.”
A policeman at the Alexander Plaza said to practitioners: “I support you. What they [CCP] have done was too much!” Another two policemen saw the Shen Yun trailer and commented: “This is so beautiful! What is the CCP afraid of?”
A teacher shared with practitioners: “I am originally from East Germany. I’m all too familiar with the communist tricks.” Many people who used to live in East Berlin expressed similar sentiments.
A lot of Germans asked how they could help Shen Yun. Practitioners told them: “The best way is to experience Shen Yun for yourselves in the theater. You will find out what the performance is about, and what the CCP is so afraid of. Say ‘no’ to the CCP with your actions.” Some of them also took extra copies of materials to spread the information.
Past CCP Interference
Shen Yun Performing Arts is headquartered in New York. Its mission is to revive the divine-inspired Chinese traditional culture, and has successfully created a globally recognized presence. Meanwhile, the CCP has been trying to sabotage Shen Yun by diplomatic and espionage means all over the world. Germany has been no exception.
Two German corporations that partnered with Shen Yun received phone calls from the Chinese consulate in Frankfurt in March 2013. The companies refused to comply with the CCP’s demand that they withdraw from the partnership. One company responded by saying, “We have freedom of speech in Germany. We decide what we want to do.”
In attempts to prevent Shen Yun from performing in Frankfurt, Li Haiyan, then-Consul General of the Chinese Consulate in Frankfurt, wrote to the Prime Minister of the State of Holstein, denigrating Shen Yun in the form of a state diplomatic letter, on January 6, 2009.
He also contacted consulates of other countries in Frankfurt, and lobbied them not to attend the Shen Yun shows. These attempts not only failed to stop the shows, but actually encouraged more people to see the shows. A German human rights organization exposed Li Haiyan’s letter to the Prime Minister, which became evidence of the CCP’s abuse of diplomatic power.
In March 2008, the local Shen Yun promoter, the Tonicale Concert Agency in Munich, was threatened by the Munich Chinese consulate. Tonicale first received harassing phone calls roughly every 10 minutes and then a personal visit from the Chinese vice-consul Wang Yanmin on March 11. Tonicale’s managing director was threatened that, if the show were not canceled, he might never be able to enter China again and the agency would be blacklisted from conducting business with Chinese partners.
Despite the pressure, the German agency held its ground and the shows were successfully held on schedule.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Lawyers Detained in China for Attempting to Free Falun Gong Practitioners

By , Epoch Times | March 23, 2014
Mainland human rights lawyers (L–R) Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian, Wang Cheng, and Zhang Junjie stand outside a brainwashing center before being arrested. They are still in custody. (Courtesy of the subjects)
Four prominent rights lawyers were detained Friday in China for attempting to free Falun Gong practitioners held in a brainwashing center. 
Lawyers Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian, Wang Cheng, and Zhang Junjie were detained by security officers after being followed to their hotel, and are now in custody in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province. Several relatives of the imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners were detained with the lawyers. 
Two of the lawyers, Jiang Tianyong and Tang Jitian, were given 15-day administrative detentions (detained with no trial or hearing) for “using cult activities to endanger society.” It is unclear where they will be held.  
After the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Chinese authorities attacked it with negative labels in order to incite hatred. Throughout the 1990s the practice had become extremely popular, gaining 70 million practitioners with its blend of slow-motion exercises and the moral principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. 
The four lawyers were taken away by over 10 security officers the day before they were intending to bring suit against the Jiansanjiang Procuratorate for the illegal detention of the practitioners in Qinglongshan brainwashing center, a black jail, which is identified as the Heilongjiang Land Reclamation Bureau. This was the third time that the lawyers and family members had gone to the brainwashing center, trying to bring about the release of the practitioners. The extralegal facility operated with no oversight, and was located behind the local Public Security Bureau. 
Responding to the kidnapping of the lawyers, over 100 rights lawyers and hundreds of concerned citizens released a statement condemning their confinement, which is in circulation on the Internet. 
Human rights defense lawyers who handle Falun Gong cases are being targeted in the same way as the adherents they seek to defend, according to lawyer Li Fangping. “This is a new development and a new challenge,” he said, according to a blog post by Joshua Rosenzweig, a human rights researcher based in Hong Kong. Li said that several lawyers traveled to Jiamusi to intercede with public security officials there.  
This is not the first time that the rights lawyers have attempted to free Falun Gong practitioners held in brainwashing centers. Last year a group of lawyers, including Jiang and Tang, were beaten at the Er’ehu Legal Education Center in Sichuan Province and were detained overnight.
“We just arrived at the legal education center and didn’t expect them to be so aggressive and violent. They leapt up and starting hitting us. Later they took us to the local police lockup—there were a lot of plainclothes police and domestic security officers there. The entire time they were extremely violent;” Jiang told Epoch Times in an interview.
Jiang Tianyong, a Christian, has specialized in religious persecution cases, and has been detained, blocked from traveling, and disbarred from practicing law in China. He testified before a U.S. House of Representatives Human Rights Commission hearing in 2009 on the “level of harassment, suppression, and persecution, because we serve as defense counsels in cases of safeguarding the freedom of religious belief.”  
Tang Jitian has also been detained and lost his license to practice for his work with Falun Gong practitioners, the melamine-tainted milk victims, and other human rights cases. In 2011, he was held and tortured, then placed under house arrest. 
Wang Cheng was instrumental in the launch of an online signature campaign calling on Beijing to ratify the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He too has been detained for his advocacy activities.  
Shandong-based Zhang Junjie worked with Jiang Tianyong on the case of activist Xue Mingkai, whose father died under suspicious circumstances. 
“This naked frame-up is a serious abuse of power and violation of the law—a serious rule-of-law disaster that tramples on human rights,” accused the authors of the statement of condemnation.
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