Local Events
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Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong in Uddevalla
2004-03-26Recently, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in the small but beautiful city of Uddevalla to let the local people know about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution against the practice, which has been happening for almost five years in China. Practitioners handed out flyers and collected petition signatures from passers by. -
A Short Drama Performance in Geneva Touches University Students’ Hearts
2004-03-24On the 16th of March, the Geneva University Falun Gong Association held a large “Falun Gong and Human Rights” photo exhibition in Geneva University. At lunchtime, Falun Gong practitioners performed a short play in the centre of the hall with students from Geneva University. The drama touched the hearts of the university students deeply. -
Introducing Falun Dafa on the Shores of Lake Evian in Geneva
2004-03-23Again we set up Falun Gong information booths alongside Lake Evian. The weather had changed to beautiful sunshine and we were able to distribute flyers, speak to those who showed interest in Falun Gong and tell them the facts of the persecution. Everywhere there were little groups of practitioners either practising the exercises or sending righteous thoughts. -
Our Appeal Won’t Stop Until the Persecution Ends - Some Brief Stories of Clarifying the Truth in Geneva
2004-03-21On March the 13th, despite heavy rain, many Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world gathered together in Geneva. They set up several Dafa information stands on the streets in order to demonstrate the exercises and hand out leaflets. Many people stopped at our stands and picked up the leaflets to take a look. -
Photo Report: Morning Group Practice at Place Neuve, in Geneva, Switzerland on March 15th 2004
2004-03-21On the 15th of March 2004, several hundred Falun gong practitioners from around the world gathered in Place Neuve near the centre of Geneva. As preparations were made for the main event of the morning, a parade through the city of Geneva, they practiced the Falun Gong exercises together in the cool early morning air. -
Explaining the Facts to the People of Geneva on the Rue Du Mont Blanc
2004-03-20On the 16th of March 2004, following the previous day's large-scale appeal outside the UN, at various locations it was arranged for groups of practitioners to practice the exercises, hand out leaflets and materials and display information about the persecution. One such location was on Rue Du Mont Blanc, a very busy street which runs between the main station and the lake. -
Swedish Liberal Party: "We Are Eager to Understand More About Falun Gong!"
2004-03-19In the latter half of February 2004, a western Dafa practitioner received a phone call from the Swedish Liberal Party, inviting practitioners to join their meeting and introduce Falun Gong to them. A party representative said that they were very eager to understand more about Falun Gong and why it is being persecuted in China. -
Norway: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong During the International Women’s Day Evening Banquet
2004-03-19When the banquet was over, the two of us went back in. We went to every table to collect any leftover leaflets, but we saw nothing. We had brought along over two hundred leaflets and it is great that people took them home to read carefully. We sincerely hope they can come to know the truth about Falun Dafa. That would be great for these people. -
Photo Report: Telling People the Facts on the Streets of Geneva
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Scotland: Personal Meetings with Human Rights Organizations to let them Know the Facts
2004-03-17As practitioners continue to make efforts to tell people about Dafa and the persecution, more people have come to understand the truth. However many people still have an impression of Dafa that appears correct but is actually wrong, whilst some even have misunderstandings. We have sent truth clarifying materials to various human rights organizations in Scotland but overall not much feedback was received. In order to clarify the truth further, Dafa practitioners in Scotland decided to meet various human rights organizations face to face. -
Dafa Practitioners from Around the World Tell People the Facts in Geneva before the United Nations Human Rights Commission
2004-03-16After activities in Geneva on Saturday the 13th of March to let people know the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution in China, practitioners continued to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and distribute leaflets by the lakeside in Geneva on Sunday the 14th of March. -
Photo Report: Before the Opening of UN Human Rights Commission, Practitioners from Around the World Promote Dafa and Tell People the Facts All Over the City of Geneva
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Photo Report: On the Day before the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Falun Dafa Practitioners from Around the World Join Activities in Geneva
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UK: Some Interesting Stories of Promoting Falun Gong during the Weekends
2004-03-15On February the 28th 2004, several Falun Gong practitioners arrived in Swansea, a city located on the south-western shore of the United Kingdom, to demonstrate Falun Gong exercises on the busy streets. Many people came over to the exhibition booth to sign their names on a petition calling for an immediate end to the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong in China. -
Germany: Letting People know about the Lawsuit against Jiang Outside the Procuratorate
2004-03-14On the 6th of March from 10 am until 10 pm, over 50 practitioners from the German city Karlsruhe and the surrounding cities held an activity on the Karlsruhe City Square, to collect petition signatures in support of the persecuted practitioners in China and to inform the public about the latest development in the lawsuit against former Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his regime...'