(Clearwisdom.net) On May 6, 2004, the China Human Rights Tour began its journey at Oslo University in the capital of Norway. The tour features a group of lecturers that are mainly brought together by a famous Canadian lawyer, the chairperson of Asia Research Association in America, the chairperson of the Labor Studies Fund Association, as well as Falun Gong practitioners that have been persecuted in China. The speeched aim at helping governments and people in northern Europe to understand more about the current human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners, Christians and other minority groups in China, and to adopt more effective approaches to make China improve the its human rights situation.
The talk given in Oslo University was jointly sponsored by Falun Gong practitioners studying in the University. The local students' chapter of Amnesty International very interested in the event. They were shocked by the true state of human rights in China. After the event finished, a lot of the audience stayed and talked to the lecturers, wanting to know more about the situation.
From left to right: Ms. Zhizhen Dai whose husband was persecuted to death and their daughter, Tibet committee representative Mr. Preston, Mr. Brown from the Christian missionary, Falun Gong Association representative Mr. Giertsen, Canadian lawyer Mr. Ansley, Asia Studies chairperson Mr. Erping Zhang and one of the organizers, Ms. Erikson.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200405/19533.html
Category: April 25 Events
