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Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong during a Cultural Evening in Norrkping
2004-10-10On Saturday the 25th of September, in conjunction with a Cultural Evening in Norrkping, Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises and handed out leaflets about Falun Gong cultivation practice and the ongoing persecution in China in several locations around the city. People expressed their opinion that the persecution of Falun Gong is wrong. -
France: Introducing Falun Gong at the Montgeron Association Information Day
2004-10-09After receiving Falun Gong leaflets, people were asking where the practice sites are so that they can go and learn the exercises for free. They also signed their names on a petition form calling for the instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice for his crime of genocide. -
Sweden: Practitioners Display a Banner Reading "The World Needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" to Chinese Government Delegates
2004-10-09The Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi visited Sweden from the 26th to the 28th of September. When she visited the second biggest city in Sweden, Gothenburg, we held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Consulate. We distributed leaflets to passers-by and hung up a banner reading, “The World Needs Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.” -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution by taking part in Leeds Chinese Cultural Week
2004-10-09Although dancing is not part of Falun Gong, practitioners all over the world have found that it’s a great way to attract people to come and find out more and this has had a good effect on efforts to raise awareness of the persecution. Many people who came shopping were attracted by the practitioners’ performance and stopped to have a closer look. -
United Kingdom: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Dafa at a Political Party Conference in Brighton
2004-10-08A small anti-torture exhibition was held by a few Falun Gong practitioners just outside the entrance to the conference hall. The purpose of this activity was to use the opportunity to inform the delegates, public and media about the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China, which has already claimed at least 1059 innocent lives. -
France: A Professional Photographer is Touched by an Anti-Torture Exhibition
2004-10-08The Jiang Regime’s inhumane persecution of Falun Gong and practitioners’ dignified perseverance in the face of adversity deeply touched a professional French photographer. He took a large number of photos and expressed hope that practitioners will carry on raising awareness about the persecution through peaceful appeals. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Xiong Wei in Germany Reveals the Inside Story of Life in a Chinese Labour Camp
2004-10-07To many Germans, “Xiong Wei” is not an unfamiliar name. She studied in Berlin from 1993 to 1999, returning to China in 2000 to work in the Beijing branch of a German company. Xiong Wei was arrested in Beijing on January 5th, 2002 for distributing information about Falun Gong. Later, she was sent to Beijing Women’s Forced Labour Camp and detained there for two years. -
Holland: Successful Start for National City Tour to Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
2004-10-07On September 30th, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners began a city tour through all major cities in the southern provinces of Holland to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China. The first location was in a square in Maastricht called ‘Square 1992’, coincidentally named after the same year Falun Gong was introduced to the public. The item was broadcast the same day in the local news and the event was reported in several local newspapers. -
UK: Anti-Torture Exhibition Tour Successfully held in Scotland
2004-10-06From the 24th to the 27th of September 2004, UK Falun Gong practitioners organised an Anti-Torture exhibition tour in three major cities in Scotland: Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. The exhibitions attracted many local people. Streams of people came to sign our “Bring Jiang to Justice” petition. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in a Cultural Festival and Demonstrate the Exercises on Stage
2004-10-06To make the Munich Beer Festival extra special, the Munich City Government’s Cultural Office, Social Affairs Office and Foreign Affairs Committee jointly held a Cultural Festival celebration on September the 25th. Several dozen groups were invited to participate in the celebration, including Falun Gong practitioners who were invited to perform on stage. -
Germany: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Donauschingen
2004-10-05Falun Gong practitioners from as far away as Brussels and Geneva gathered in downtown Hanselbrunnen to introduce Falun Gong and explain China’s ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. This was the first time that such activities were held in this area. We found almost all of the people here had never heard of Falun Gong. The passersby were all sympathetic about the suffering of practitioners in China. -
Switzerland: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Basel Exposes the Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2004-10-04To expose the Jiang regime’s crime of persecuting Dafa practitioners and to let more people know what's happening in China, Swiss practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in a square in the centre of the famous industrial city of Basel on September the 18th. They distributed leaflets and Video-CDs, and answered people’s questions. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Xiong Wei Successfully Rescued and Returned to Germany
2004-10-03Xiong Wei, a Falun Gong practitioner who studied in Germany but has spent the last 2 year illegally imprisoned in a forced labour camp in China, was successfully rescued and arrived back in Germany. Xiong Wei and German Falun Gong practitioners thanked the German Government, human rights groups and the German public for their help and support. -
Germany: Despite Bad Weather, Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa and Expose the Persecution in Munich.
2004-10-03On September 25th, despite the weather, Munich was filled with visitors to the Beer Festival. Falun Gong practitioners from Munich and neighbouring areas were also there. In front of the Frauenkirche, they set up an anti-torture exhibition, an information desk and had organised exercise demonstrations, singing, dancing and drumming. -
Ireland: Introducing Falun Dafa and the Persecution to Chinese People on Mid-Autumn Day
2004-10-02On the Saturday before Mid-Autumn day, we went to O’Connell Street in Dublin city centre. We made a banner suitable for the Mid-Autumn festival, which read, "Falun Gong Practitioners Wish Chinese people a Happy Mid-Autumn Day." After setting up the posters, practitioners began performing a traditional Chinese fan dance and demonstrating the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. The exercise demonstration music we used was a shorter version with English explanations, so that people could watch the whole five sets of exercises and learn their special features.