Before the opening that would be held at 2:00 in the afternoon, the participants and many journalists from news offices all gathered together. Mr. Porschke gave a speech first, and then the representatives of other groups made statements, including the Falun Gong representative.

The representative of Falun Gong addressed the Jiang regime’s persecution of practitioners in China, and the persecution’s extension overseas. The representative also listed the unlawful and aggressive violent measures employed by German policemen on practitioners, when Jiang visited Germany in April 2002.

We would like to thank Green Party again for their concern about human rights in China, and also pass on the thanks of the Chinese practitioners who cannot speak in public. It goes without saying that what we want is their freedom to practise Falun Dafa and not be under threat of violence, incarceration and even death.