Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Germany: Exposing the Persecution during Cham Falun Dafa Day

    Visitors had a comprehensive understanding of what Falun Gong is and the persecution of Falun Gong happening in China from the picture exhibition. Nearly all visitors signed the petition and supported bringing the instigator of the persecution Jiang Zemin to justice. The reporters who came to report on this event also signed and expressed their support for Falun Gong.
  • United Kingdom: “You will win. The human spirit cannot be suppressed.”

    On Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of November 20004, Falun Dafa practitioners from England and Scotland gathered in Newcastle and Sunderland to inform people about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China and to help them find out more about the practice. Over the two days nearly 800 signatures were collected.
  • Italy: Raising Awareness of the Persecution Every Weekend in the Roman Arena

    Italian Falun Gong practitioners go to the Roman Arena every Sunday to let people know more about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution taking place in China. Lots of tourists from Mainland China visit the arena every day. People all over the world are now calling for the main criminals in the genocide against Falun Gong to be held responsible for their crimes in a court of law.
  • United Kingdom: Support for Bringing Jiang Zemin to Justice in Sheffield City Centre

    After learning the truth of the persecution, people signed their names on a petition form to “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice”. The former leader of China is the main instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, so people were keen to support bringing him to justice in a court of law and holding him responsible for his crimes against humanity.
  • Germany: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the Town of Cham

    On October the 23rd and 24th, the 2004 “Earth Day” activities were organised in Cham Town Hall. Local practitioners took part in this activity by demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises and distributing information to people about the campaign of genocide being waged against Falun Gong in China.
  • Finland: Promoting Falun Gong in Koli

    People arrived in an endless flow for the whole two days. They asked what Falun Gong is, why Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted in China and where they can learn the Falun Gong exercises. The occupant of the stall opposite couldn’t wait to ask us what Falun Gong was even before we finished setting up our stall. He made time to learn the exercises.
  • Radio Free Asia: Falun Gong Practitioners and a Human Rights Organisation hold a Joint Anti-Torture Exhibition in Southern Germany

    “We are now on Marienplatz in Munich city centre. As everyone may know, there are almost one hundred million people practising Falun Gong in China, but they have been brutally persecuted. We are here to expose to everyone that in over a thousand labour reformation centres established to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China, eight and a half million people are being persecuted to different extents; many people suffer agonising torture or beatings, and over a thousand people have been persecuted to death."
  • Germany: After Hearing the Truth, the People in Bad Salszuflen are Supportive

    The practitioners found sympathetic ears and hearts. That Saturday, lots of people had come into town, many more than usual. The Mayor of Bad Salzuflen visited the practitioners to get a first hand impression of Falun Gong. Before leaving he told the local practitioners to come and see him if they ever need any help or have any questions.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners in Munich Expose the Persecution in Chinese Labour Camps

    On the 6th of November 2004, Falun Gong practitioners from Passau, Regensburg and Munich gathered at Marienplatz in Munich and held a series of activities, including exercise demonstrations, leaflet distribution, a poster display and an anti-torture exhibition. Mr.Thierack from the International Human Rights Society and Berlin practitioner Xiong Wei.
  • Italy: Promoting Falun Gong at a Medical Forum in Turin

    Italian Falun Gong practitioners presented a short history of Falun Gong and how the practice has spread to 100 million people in 60 countries. They also talked about the terrible human rights abuses that are being committed in China to force practitioners to renounce their belief in Falun Gong. The participants listened attentively and enthusiastically asked questions.
  • Switzerland: Promoting Falun Gong in Remote Areas of Switzerland

    There were 840 people who signed the petition to support Falun Gong in St. Gallen and more than 1000 flyers were distributed. As we finished and prepared to go home, many people still rushed to ask for information from us. Some even said that they wish us success and know that the persecutors will never win.
  • United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong in Southampton

    On the 6th November, a group of Dafa practitioners from England and Wales arrived in the town centre of Southampton in the south of England to promote Falun Gong and tell people about the campaign of genocide being waged against the practice by a few criminals in the Chinese Government who bring shame to the Chinese people. Lots of people asked for details of the free classes where they can go to learn the exercises.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Information Day in Dortmund

    Dafa practitioners from Dortmund in Germany have held different forms of Falun Gong activities during the past five years that the practice has been persecuted. Every Saturday sees practitioners in downtown Dortmund talking to people about Falun Gong and telling them that over 1,000 people have lost their lives because they refused to renounce their beliefs.
  • Germany: Exposing the Torture and Persecution at an Information Day in Erlangen

    At the end of October 2004, Germany welcomed another Falun Dafa Information Day. Practitioners from Erlangen and neighboring cities demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and held an anti-torture exhibition, where they re-enacted how China’s prison guards torture people who believe in living by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.
  • Swedish Newspaper highlights the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners and Human Rights Abuses in China

    Örebro in Sweden and Yantai in Shandong, China are sister cities. The article stated that Member of Swedish Parliament Mr. Sten Tolgfor demanded that the local government of Örebro County clarify how the human rights issues are being handled during their meetings with representatives from their sister city, Yantai. Mr. Tolgfor stressed that it is inexcusable to just honour the economic prospects of China and neglect the human rights abuses.