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United Kingdom: Belfast Telegraph reports on the City’s “Persecution Meets Principle” Exhibition
2005-03-13
British newspaper The Belfast Telegraph published an article entitled “Show to focus on torture in China” on March 4th 2005. Marie Foy reported that Falun Gong practitioners held anti-torture exhibitions in fifteen cities in the UK to expose the brutal torture that the regime in China has conducted against them because they refuse to abandon their belief. -
Finland: Activities in Helsinki to Raise Awareness of the Persecution
2005-03-12
On the 6th and 7th of March, Dafa practitioners in Finland held a two-day activity in Helsinki. This activity included a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Consulate calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution of people who follow Falun Gong’s principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance”. -
Sweden: Support at a Gothenburg Health Expo: “I think that the whole world should practise Falun Gong!”
2005-03-12
Many people looked curiously at the Falun Gong stand and watched the video of the Falun Gong exercises. The practitioners handed out paper lotus flowers to the expo visitors. One of the visitors said, "If everyone practised Falun Gong, there would be no evil." Another said, "I think that the whole world should practise Falun Gong!" -
Germany: Participating in the Vietnamese New Year Festival in Bremen
2005-03-11
Vietnamese residents celebrated the New Year together in Bremen. Every year for fifteen years, Bremen’s Vietnamese community has come together for this event, which offers elaborate stage performances and tasty Vietnamese delicacies. This year, north German Falun Gong practitioners were asked to participate in the activities. -
Zhuan Falun is Officially Published in Slovakian
2005-03-10
The main book of Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun, was published in Slovak language this month. Zhuan Falun was a best-seller in Beijing, China during 1996, and not without reason. The core text of Falun Dafa practice is no ordinary book. Its contents and teachings have done nothing short of redefining qigong and cultivation practice. Moreover, the book nurtured Falun Dafa from a practice done by 200 thousand people in China to one taken up by over 100 million around the world -
Slovakia: The People of Hlohovec give a Warm Welcome to Falun Gong
2005-03-08
On Saturday the 5th of March, practitioners of Falun Gong visited Hlohovec, a medium-sized city in western Slovakia. They told people about the benefits they have received from practising Falun Gong, as well as the brutal persecution that is happening in China and has already taken the lives of over 1,400 people. People greeted the practitioners with a warm and friendly welcome. Many people stopped to sign the petition and show their disdain and disapproval of the persecution. -
Switzerland: Collecting Petition Signatures to Rescue a Practitioner who is Wrongly Imprisoned in China
2005-03-06
The practitioners organized this event at the last minute and did not have much time to prepare their information stall. However, it was enough to have the sincere wish to help fellow practitioners in China, who are under threat of persecution, torture and even death for wanting to practise Falun Gong. The impact of the information stall was very positive and many people came to find out more. -
Czech Republic: Brno Activity Exposes the Persecution against Falun Gong
2005-03-05
Many people stopped to read the poster display boards, which detailed the methods of persecution and torture used in cruel attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief. Several thousand leaflets were distributed and many people talked with practitioners and offered messages of support. Around 200 petition signatures were collected calling for an end to the persecution. -
France: Introducing Falun Gong at the Primrose Expo in Lyon
2005-03-04
The practitioners introduced Falun Dafa to between fifty and sixty thousand people from Lyon and other neighbouring cities. They also informed them about the abuses of human rights that are happening to people who practise Falun Gong in China, with a large-scale campaign of suppression being enforced by the Chinese Communist Party. -
United Kingdom: Students and Staff from the University of Glasgow show their Support for Falun Gong Practitioners’ Human Rights
2005-03-03The student chapter of Amnesty International held a Falun Gong seminar after the anti-torture exhibition. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and talked about the practice; they told the students about Falun Gong’s popularity in 60 countries, former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin using the Chinese Communist Party’s long history of persecution in his personal vendetta against Falun Gong and the many atrocities and human rights abuses that practitioners have endured over the past six years. They explained that Falun Gong’s guiding principles are Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance and there has never been a single case of practitioners retaliating against their persecutors, even under severe torture. -
Swedish Newspaper "Skövde News" Reports on Falun Gong at the Skövde Health Expo
2005-03-03
The report mentioned that the health expo gave people a unique kind of feeling and provided different ways to achieve physical and spiritual health. The report also revealed how Falun Gong practitioners from Gothenburg and Lerum demonstrated the exercises on a large stage and talked to the public about the practice. -
European Practitioners Appeal during a European Union Meeting despite Freezing Weather
2005-03-02
European Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the EU Congress Hall to stage an anti-torture exhibition and remind the EU and the world that the Chinese Communist regime have not let up in their campaign of genocide against Falun Gong. People visiting the EU lingered in front of the anti-torture exhibition and talked with practitioners, before carefully reading the posters. -
Slovakia: Mayor of the City of Pezinok Attended Falun Gong Appeal to Sign a Petition calling for and End to the Persecution
2005-03-02
Saturday the 26th of February began as a nice, sunny day so practitioners of Falun Gong took advantage of the good weather to visit Pezinok city. They called for public attention to the persecution against Falun Gong, which has continued for almost six years. Documented evidence details the killing of 1,379 practitioners, although Chinese Government estimates put the unofficial figure close to 10,000. -
Falun Gong Practitioners' 2005 New Year Parade in Paris a Great Success
2005-03-01
On February 12, practitioners in yellow scarves gathered in Place Jean Rostand under a grey sky. By midday, the number of practitioners had increased dramatically, and onlookers had gathered to watch the waist-drummers rehearsing and female dancers in costume warming up. By the time the parade began, the atmosphere had become powerful. -
Switzerland: Local Government Official Expresses Support at an Anti-Torture Exhibition
2005-02-28
People were astonished as they read the poster boards and learned about the torture methods used on Falun Gong practitioners in China in cruel attempts to force them to give up their beliefs. They expressed their indignation at the persecution, instigated by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and carried out by the Communist Party.
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