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  • Germany: Falun Gong Is Warmly Welcomed at Hamburg Multi-Culture Festival

    After winning awards in 2003 and 2004, Falun Gong was again the focus of the 2005 Hamburg Multi-Culture Festival held on September 10th. Led by bands, floats and splendid dancing groups, more than eighty civil organisations participated in the parade. The float and the Lotus Dance given by Falun Gong practitioners attracted loud applause from the crowds.
  • France: Telling Chinese Tourists the Truth about Falun Gong Outside the Famous Gallery Lafayette in Paris

    Many Chinese tourists accepted our fliers and they read them with intense interest. Some asked, “Why did Falun Gong practitioners besiege Zhongnanhai?” and “Why did they set themselves on fire?” After learning that those reports were all lies concocted by the Communist Party to frame and incite hatred towards practitioners for their own ulterior motives, they said, “We understand completely now, it was all mere propaganda.” Some even became interested in learning Falun Gong.
  • France: Falun Gong Receives a Warm Welcome at the Montgeron Sports and Culture Expo

    On September 10th, 2005, the annual Sports and Culture Expo was held at Gymnase Pierre de Coubertin in Montgeron near Paris. This was the forth year that the French Falun Gong practitioners attended this Expo. They were invited to perform a Falun Gong exercise demonstration which attracted much interest from people.
  • Russia: Practitioners in Moscow held an Anti-Torture Exhibition Condemning the Persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party

    On September 11th, when Hu Jintao was in America, Falun Gong practitioners in Moscow used real people to reenact the persecution alongside related pictures showing scenes of torture, and demonstrated to people the brutal truth of Falun Gong's persecution for six years by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
  • France: People in Nancy told Practitioners, “Keep going and persevere!”

    Throughout the activities, many passers-by stopped to view the poster display boards. When hearing that such a cruel persecution is still taking place in the 21st century, they were astonished and talked to practitioners one after another wanting to know more of the facts. Many passers-by came forward to encourage practitioners.
  • Germany: “Very good. Such things should be exposed to the public!”

    A female Falun Gong practitioner who personally suffered human rights abuses a the hands of the Chinese Communist Party for practising Falun Gong came to the square to distribute flyers. Many people noticed the girl from far away and approached her asking, "What good things are you distributing today?" Most people solemnly received the flyers when they heard that it was about human rights issues in China.
  • United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Gong at Birmingham Art Festival

    At 4 pm on Saturday the 10th of September, seven female Falun Gong practitioners in traditional Chinese costumes demonstrated the five sets of exercises on the main stage, followed by their self-created dance “Flying Law Wheels.” When Falun Gong music played, the whole square seemed to be immersed in an atmosphere of peace and harmony.
  • Italian Television Viewers Admire Falun Gong Practitioners' Efforts

    On September 2nd, Italian Falun Gong practitioners were invited to attend the QUADRIFOGLIO” TV Station’s programme “Good Night, TV” and expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution against Falun Gong. The forty-five minute programme showed the abuses of human rights against Falun Gong practitioners for the last six years and highlighted the staged self immolation case as an example of the terrifying lengths that the CCP will go to.
  • Germany: Practitioners Invited to Participate in Sachsen Day Festivities

    On the first Sunday of September every year, Sachsen Day is celebrated in different cities in a grand manner, in which the number of participants may be as many as several thousand people. Participants included more than a hundred associations, groups, as well as the major media from various places in Germany. The Falun Gong Association was also invited.
  • Belgium: Practitioners in Antwerp Expose the Brutality of the Persecution of Falun Gong with an Anti-Torture Exhibition

    Falun Gong Practitioners from Belgium and Holland held a live anti-torture exhibition in Antwerp to expose six long years of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Falun Gong practitioners. Anti-torture exhibitions consist of practitioners acting out some of the brutal methods of torture used against their fellow practitioners in China.
  • Denmark: Anti-torture Exhibition Held During a Meeting of International Prosecutors

    The Meeting of International Prosecutors was held in the capital of Denmark from August 29th to September 1st, 2005. The focus was on human rights and the position of witnesses and victims in legal proceedings. Prosecutors from more than 80 countries attended the meeting, including Jia Qunwang, chief prosecutor of China's highest procurator’s office.
  • France: Gathering Signatures in Paris to Stop the Persecution

    On September 3rd, French Falun Gong practitioners held an activity on Rue de la Convention, the busiest in the 15th section in Paris. The 15th section is located in the south-west of Paris and is the biggest street section in the city. This activity was to introduce Falun Dafa to people and expose the persecution taking place in China.
  • Sweden: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition" in Malmo City

    On August 19th, 2005, the opening of the "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition" was held in a gallery in Malmo City. People from all walks of life attended the opening ceremony. The exhibition was open for one week. Located in the downtown area, the gallery attracted plenty of attention.
  • German Media: "People There Have No Rights"

    On July 16th 2005, German newspaper Roding published an article entitled "People there have no rights". In the article, Falun Gong practitioner Min Teng-Schwaeger talked about the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners and Utz-Reiner Roemer discussed the autocracy of the Chinese Communist party.
  • United Kingdom: Holding a Benefit Performance and Petitioning to Rescue Falun Gong Orphans in Oxford City

    On Saturday the 27th of August 2005, at Gloucester Green Square in the famous historical city of Oxford, Falun Gong practitioners held activities calling for help to rescue Falun Gong orphans, which included a benefit performance designed by practitioners themselves, distributing leaflets and collecting signatures.