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  • United Kingdom: Divine Land Marching Band at 2007 Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade

    On 5th August 2007 the annual Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade was staged once again in the UK. The Falun Gong group, which was formed by UK Falun Gong practitioners and the European Divine Land Marching Band, gained warm applause from the crowds all the way. This is the sixth time UK Falun Gong practitioners have taken part in this parade.
  • Sweden: "You are our Hope!"

    Practitioners from Sweden did the exercises together, sent forth righteous thoughts and raised awareness about the persecution near the famous Shipwreck Museum in Stockholm. At the same time, they also told people about the tide of quitting the CCP resulting from the circulation of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
  • United Kingdom: Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition Held in Cambridge

    The “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition” held its opening ceremony in Cambridge on 14th August. The Mayor of Cambridge, Miss Jenny Bailey, gave an opening speech, commending the virtues of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance and wishing the exhibition complete success. Many members of the public, including Cambridge MP David Howarth, came to show support and take part in the opening ceremony.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Attracts Attention at Hamburg's Altonale Cultural Festival

    This is the sixth year that Falun Gong practitioners around Hamburg have joined this activity. People could learn the Falun Gong exercises from practitioners and learn to fold paper lotus flowers. This proved to be extreme popular and the stand was always crowded. Every time the exercises were demonstrated, people showed great interest.
  • Four Young Girls Write to the Swedish Prime Minister Asking for Help to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong

    "Hello. My name is Emilie. I am almost twelve years old and will be in the sixth grade in fall. I practice Falun Gong. It is a cultivation method, not a religion. However, it is banned in China. How strange! Why? It was spread across the whole country due to its popularity. Jiang Zemin banned Falun Gong in 1999 because he was afraid because it was bigger than the Communist Party."
  • Ukraine: People from Lugansk Condemn the Chinese Communist Regime's Cruel Persecution of Falun Gong

    On August 4th 2007, Falun Gong practitioners held activities in the downtown area of Lugansk, Ukraine to expose the Chinese Communist regime's eight-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong, including its atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit. Many Lugansk residents signed the petition condemning the Chinese Communist regime's atrocities
  • Slovakia: Falun Gong Introduced in Velky Krtis and Rimavska Sobota

    Soon after the Falun Gong practitioners set up their information stand, people started to come to find out more and sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution. The petition was signed by about 200 people in Velky Krtis. Small children offered to help with giving out the flyers and were also interested in learning the five sets of of Falun Gong exercises.
  • Russia: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" Art Exhibition Held in Petrozavodsk

    The art works were created by outstanding artists from different backgrounds. These artists obtained great improvements in body and spirit after practising Falun Dafa. Using traditional art techniques to present brightness, purity and compassion, they gave form to their understanding of life and their experiences of practising Dafa. Through their art works, they presented the yearning for goodness and harmony.
  • United Kingdom: Divine Land Marching Band Parade in Edinburgh to Support Twenty Four Million People Quitting the CCP

    On August 4th 2007, the day before the Cavalcade marking the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival, the European Divine Land Marching Band, which is composed of Falun Gong practitioners from the U.K and other European countries, held a parade supporting the 24 million people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Poland: Promoting Falun Gong and Traditional Chinese Culture at the Tall Ships Races in Szczecin

    Falun Dafa practitioners from Poland and Germany were welcomed by event organizers to attend the Tall Ships Races 2007 in Szczecin, Poland. The organizers expect around 1.5 million visitors. Practitioners saw this as an excellent opportunity to let lots more people know about Falun Gong and the persecution against practitioners in China.
  • Bulgaria: Hundreds of People Signed a Petition Calling for an End to the Persecution

    Many locals and tourists gathered before the posters and asked many questions about the persecution and what Falun Gong is. Hundreds of petition signatures were gathered in only a few hours from people who wanted to call for an end to the persecution. Many people were shocked by the cruelty of the persecution. The event continued until late in the evening.
  • Greece: Lighting the Human Rights Torch To End the Persecution

    On the evening of August 9th 2007, the Global Human Rights Torch Relay was launched on Syntagma Square, in front of the Hellenic Parliament buildings in Athens, Greece, one year ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The ceremony launched the year-long journey of the "Global Human Rights Torch Relay."
  • Greece: Athens Forum Asks How Crimes Against Humanity can be Allowed to Continue in a Nation about to Host the Olympics

    On August 7th 2007, experts gathered in Athens to attend an international forum entitled, "The Olympic Games vs. Crimes Against Humanity in China." The forum was held by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, the International Society for Human Rights, and the Association for Asia Research.
  • Ukraine: Exposing the CCP’s Crimes Against Humanity

    On July 28th 2007, Ukraine Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Constitution Square Harkov, to expose eight continuing years of cruel persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Two journalists from local television and radio station interviewed practitioners.
  • Greece: The Global Human Rights Torch Relay will be Launched in Athens

    It is expected that within a year’s time of the launch of the relay, the route of the human rights torch will cover more than a hundred cities in dozens of countries on five continents. The CIPFG hopes to raise the international community’s concern over the CCP’s human rights violations in China with the help of the human rights torch relay and to stop shame being brought to the Olympic Games.