Local Events

  • Sweden: A Thousand Lotus Flowers

    The Thousand Lotus Flowers exhibition was inspired by a Swedish girl, Evelina’s dream. The exhibition introduced the persecution of Falun Gong in China. It included five children’s stories of the persecution. The children were little Yuanyuan, Rongrong, Fadu, Kaixin and thirteen year-old Li Ying. There were pictures of little practitioners doing the Falun Gong exercises and folding paper lotus flowers. Also displayed were texts of the children's stories.
  • Scotland: Falun Gong Presentations in Two Scottish Schools

    At a Modern Studies Teachers’ Conference in Glasgow, practitioners set up a stall to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong. Many of the teachers were keen to invite practitioners to come and talk to classes. Following on from this, two practitioners, one Western and the other Chinese, visited two schools to give a talk.
  • Germany: Anti-Torture Exhibition Staged by Falun Gong Practitioners in Dusseldorf Calling for Help to Stop the Persecution

    Before Hu Jintao arrived in Germany practitioners staged a anti-torture exhibition in front of Düsseldorf’s congress hall. Journalists at the nearby media centre saw the exhibition and were very interested. They approached the practitioners and learned about the truth and said they would cover the story about Falun Gong practitioners during Hu's visit.
  • Russia: Anti-Torture Exhibition in St Petersburg

    On the 19th of November 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in Russia staged an anti-torture exhibition in the square next to the Joelnalechika subway station in St Petersburg. They demonstrated the torture to reveal the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Jiang Zemin political group and the Communist Party of China.
  • Sweden: High School Students in Lerum Learn about Falun Gong

    Falun Gong practitioners were invited to a high school in Lerum to inform the students about Falun Gong during their lesson in religious knowledge. The students were also to try the five Falun Gong exercises. We were warmly welcomed by the staff when we visited the staff room before our presentation and some wanted to join and listen to our presentation.
  • Germany: The Most Serious Human Rights Violation in China at Present Is the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong.

    At the invitation of IGFM (International Association for Human Rights), local Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in Bonn, Germany from November 4th to the 6th to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. On the opening day, reporters from the major media attended the press conference.
  • Finland: Telling People in Helsinki about Falun Gong and the Persecution

    On the 26th of November, 2005, the first snow arrived in Helsinki, a month later than usual. In order for the people to hear the truth about Falun Gong, practitioners moved the venue for their display from outside the railway station to the lobby connecting the railway station and the subway. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and distributed leaflets to the public.
  • Germany: People of Bavaria Condemn the Persecution of Falun Gong

    When Hu Jintao visited Germany at the beginning of this month, the German media and political circles paid a high degree of attention to China's human rights issues. Falun Gong practitioners in Bavaria, Germany held several activities to collect signatures in order to stop the persecution and received the support of a large number of people.
  • Sweden: Swedish Members of the European Coming for You Choir Sing in the Church at Charlottensborg

    Members of the parish and candidates for confirmation had an opportunity on the 20th of November to listen to songs performed by the European Coming for You Choir, in the church of Charlottenborg in the town of Motala. Swedish members of the choir met during the weekend of November 18th in Motala to rehearse their repertoire.
  • Holland: Truthfulness Compassion and Forbearance International Art Exhibition Held at Amsterdam City Hall

    From the 2nd to the 15th of November, 2005, the Dutch Falun Gong Association organised a two-week long “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance” Art Exhibition in the City Hall, Amsterdam. People learned about the brutality and secret nature of the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners through the paintings.
  • Switzerland: Falun Gong Warmly Welcomed at Fribourg Health Expo

    From November 11th-13th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland participated for the fourth time in the annual Health Expo held in Fribourg. Ever since 2002 when Falun Gong practitioners were first invited to attend the Expo, Falun Gong has been very popular each year. This year was no exception and many people showed a great deal of interest.
  • Germany: The Touring "Fields of Shame" Exhibition Concludes Successfully in Hamburg

    November 17th 2005 was the official opening day of the four day photo exhibition “Fields of Shame” in Hamburg. The German division of the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) had organised the exhibition, which critically exposed the human rights situation in select communist ruled countries. The group invited Falun Gong practitioners to provide information about the persecution in China, as part of the exhibition.
  • Moldova: Moldavian People Treasure Falun Dafa in their Hearts

    Several Romanian practitioners visited Moldova and met practitioners there. A local practitioner told the visiting Romanians how Falun Dafa arrived in Moldova two years ago. At the beginning, the practitioners had no Falun Dafa books. They went without food to save enough money to use an Internet café for a few minutes where they could read the Falun Dafa teachings.
  • Germany: The Predestined Relationship between Falun Gong and Goettingen City

    From 2001 to 2003, several practitioners from Goettingen demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises at the Old Town Hall Square every day. Their perseverance brought about a series of changes in Goettingen, including the University offering a Falun Gong course for a whole semester. This article shares several tales of Falun Gong's development in Goettingen.
  • Spain: Human Rights Lawyer Speaks on the Chinese Communist Party’s Persecution of Falun Gong

    According to Mr Iglesias's introduction, because the CCP dictatorship could not tolerate Falun Gong’s principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance that were recovering people's morality in China, it launched this brutal persecution of innocent people. People were deprived of their freedom of belief and even tortured to death.