Local Events

  • Ukraine: Practitioners Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong in Kiev City Centre

    On December 16th, Falun Gong practitioners from Kiev held an activity in the city centre to tell local people about the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. Practitioners also demonstrated the peaceful Falun Gong exercises. The activity attracted many passers-by who stopped to watch and find out more.
  • Ukraine: The Persecution of Falun Gong Receives Attention at an International Conference in Ukraine

    On December 5th, 2006, an international conference on the topic “The Media Opposes Terrorism and Extremism” was held in Ukraine. Three major topics were discussed: terrorism, extremism, and genocide. The conference also discussed how to prevent terrorism, as well as the co-operation between government and society to oppose terrorism together.
  • Russia: On International Human Rights Day Russian Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Rally to Expose the CCP Crimes

    On December 9th and 10th, to coincide with the International Human Rights Day, Russian Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol to expose the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong which has lasted over seven years. People signed a petition to condemn the CCP and voice their support for Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Austria: Lawsuit Filed Against the Chief Perpetrators of the Persecution of Falun Gong

    The Austrian Falun Gong Association and the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) held a joint press conference on December 15th, 2006, in Landtmann, a well-known café in Vienna. They announced that a lawsuit has been filed against the chief perpetrators who were directly involved in the persecution of Falun Gong, including Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Li Lanqing, Liu Qi and some others. They are suspected of committing crimes of genocide and torture.
  • Italy: Amnesty International Milan Branch Invite Falun Gong Practitioners to Give a Presentation

    On November 24th, 2006, the Milan branch of Amnesty International held a routine meeting and invited Falun Gong practitioners in Italy give a presentation about the persecution happening in China. The participants at the meeting asked many questions, they were very much concerned about the issue of Falun Gong and wanted to know more.
  • The Most Valuable Christmas Gift

    December 9th, 2006, was the day before World Human Rights Day and Falun Gong practitioners from Frankfurt in Germany and nearby areas held an activity to introduce Falun Dafa and express support for the 16 million Chinese people who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its associated organisations. Although local people were busy shopping for Christmas, many stopped to ask for information and talk with practitioners, as well as sign a petition condemning the persecution.
  • Slovakia: City of Myjava Welcomes Falun Gong Practitioners

    On Saturday, December 9th, in Myjava's Stefanik Square, a few Falun Gong practitioners put up a petition table and stands to hold an information day in support of human rights. They wanted to raise awareness about more than seven years persecution of Falun Gong in China. “Give me more flyers, I will spread them along the way,” said one lady.
  • France: Lawyer Fabrice Orlandi Says France Should do Something to Condemn the CCP's Crime of Organ Harvesting

    On November 28th, 2006, at a routine public hearing held in the French Premier’s Office Building, the French National Human Rights Advisory Committee invited the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, to testify about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: “Give a hand; we can no longer keep silent”

    "Under the crystal clear blue sky, goodness should not be made to suffer". The song, which commemorates Falun Gong practitioners killed by the CCP, resounded in the classroom, stirring the hearts of students and teachers alike.
  • Italy: Introducing Falun Dafa at Biella Health Expo

    In December, Falun Gong practitioners participated in a health exposition in Biella. It is the fourth time that Falun Gong practitioners have taken part. Practitioners exhibited pictures depicting the story of Falun Gong and the persecution, in particular the recent revelation that the Chinese Communist Party harvests organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Bulgaria: Gathering Signatures on International Human Rights Day to Condemn the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

    On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, Bulgarian practitioners distributed flyers about the persecution of Falun Gong, about the torture and violation of Falun Gong practitioners' human rights in China and about organ harvesting from living people. In the period of a few hours practitioners gathered around 150 signatures calling for an end to the persecution.
  • Belgium: Representatives of Falun Gong Condemn the Persecution at a Freedom of Religion Seminar

    The Epoch Times newspaper and several human rights NGOs held a seminar regarding the Chinese Communist Party's suppression of religions. A representative from the European Falun Gong Association was invited to give a speech about the persecution of Falun Gong, and to request that the European Union condemns the CCP's human rights abuses.
  • France: National Human Rights Advisory Committee Concerned about Organ Harvesting by the CCP

    On November 28th, 2006, at the routine public hearing held at the French Premier’s Office building, the French National Human Rights Advisory Committee invited the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, to testify to the crimes of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP .
  • Slovakia: Human Rights Day in Bratislava

    On Friday, December 8th, Falun Gong practitioners came to Bratislava on international human rights day to draw attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They set up a display and distributed information. During the activity more than a hundred people signed the petition and a few thousand people took fliers about Falun Gong.
  • Austria: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the Singapore Authorities' Unjust Verdict

    On December 7th, 2006, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in front of the Singapore Embassy in Vienna to protest against the Singapore authority’s unjust guilty verdict against two Falun Gong practitioners. This verdict disregards the Singapore constitution, violates the law in Singapore and International conventions. It’s simply to appease the Chinese Communist Party.