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Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Candlelight Vigil in Memory of Those Who Died in the Persecution
2009-07-27On July 20, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Belgium held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy. They mourned the death of their fellow practitioners and called on people with a sense of justice and conscience to help to stop the persecution. Practitioners held up banners and arranged candles to form the letters in "FALUN DAFA". -
Austria: Practitioners Condemn the CCP's 10-Year Persecution at St. Stephen's Square
2009-07-27Marking the tenth year of Falun Gong practitioners' efforts to resist the persecution, practitioners gathered at Vienna's famous tourist attraction, St. Stephen's Cathedral, on July 18, 2009. They called attention to the ten-year-long persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and appealed to every sector of society to learn the truth. -
Turkey: Outdoor Art Exhibition Exposes the CCP's Persecution
2009-07-26July 20, 2009, saw Falun Gong practitioners around the world commemorate the 10th anniversary of their efforts to protest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of the practice. Practitioners in Turkey held a Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition to expose the brutality of the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Member of European Parliament: "My heart is with the practitioners"
2009-07-26Belgium Green Party MP Bart Staes is a senior member of the European Parliament. He has consistently paid attention to China's human rights violations and the freedom of the press. For the practitioners' activities marking ten years of resistance to the CCP's persecution, he sent a statement to express his strong support for Falun Gong. -
Sweden: Five-City Tour Lets More People Learn about the Persecution
2009-07-26Practitioners in Sweden went on a car tour to tell people about Falun Gong and raise awareness about the human rights abuses against practitioners in China. The tour started on July 11, 2009, from Copenhagen, Denmark and continued through five cities: Malmo in south Sweden, Borgholm, Helsingborg, Gothenburg, and Linkping. -
Greece: Commemorating Ten Years of Persecution
2009-07-25On 18th of July, Greek practitioners went to a popular tourist area called Thissio in Athens, where they displayed notice boards exposing the persecution and distributed fliers. People were reading the information boards and asked questions about Falun Gong, which the practitioners happily answered for them. -
United Kingdom: Uncompromising Courage Art Exhibition Marks the 10-Year Persecution of Falun Gong
2009-07-25The inspiring and moving paintings from the Uncompromising Courage Art Exhibition were displayed in Westminster, London on 20th July 2009. Many members of the public had the chance to be guided around the beautiful exhibition, which narrated the often untold story of the traditional Chinese self-improvement practice, Falun Gong. -
Finland: Candlelight Vigil Mourns Falun Gong Practitioners
2009-07-25Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held a candlelight vigil in front of the Parliament building in Helsinki on the evening of July 18, 2009, to mourn their fellow practitioners in China who paid with their lives for remaining steadfast in the face of brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Germany: Commemorative Activities Calling for an End to the Ten-Year Persecution Held in Essen City
2009-07-25On July 1, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, held a rally in Essen City, peacefully protesting the ten-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The activities included an anti-torture exhibition, a Falun Gong exercise demonstration, and a signature collection to condemn the persecution. -
Prague Daily Monitor: Exhibition on Falun Gong Chinese movement opens in Prague
2009-07-25An exhibition on the Falun Gong Chinese spiritual movement was opened in Prague centre on Wenceslas Square Saturday within a series of events marking the 10th anniversary of the Falun Gong persecution in China. -
Bosnia and Hercegovina: Commemorating Ten Years of Persecution Against Falun Gong in China
2009-07-24Falun Dafa practitioners from Bosnia and Hercegovina held an event in the centre of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Hercegovina, to commemorate the ten years of human rights abuses that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has waged against Falun Gong and to call for an immediate end to the persecution and the disintegration of the CCP. -
Slovakia: Telling the Slovakian People about Ten Years of Persecution
2009-07-24On 20th July 2009, practitioners in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, organised a rally on SNP square to commemorate ten years of persecution against Falun Gong in China. They handed out leaflets and talked to people about how the Chinese Communist Party has used all means at its disposal to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief. -
Irish Times: Chinese Embassy Protest over Falun Gong Ban
2009-07-24A PROTEST was held yesterday outside the Chinese embassy in Dublin by the Irish Falun Dafa Association to mark 10 years of a Chinese government ban on the Falun Gong spiritual movement... Yesterday's protest was preceded by a rally in Dublin city centre on Saturday and a candlelit vigil held outside the embassy on Sunday night. -
Liechtenstein: Commemorating Ten Years of Persecution on July 20th
2009-07-23On Monday July 20th, Falun Gong practitioners in Liechtenstein called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China by holding an activity in front of the parliament and government buildings in Vaduz, the capital city. It was the first official event organised by the newly founded Falun Dafa Association in Liechtenstein. -
Buzzle (UK): Daughter of Arrested Falun Gong Couple in Plea to Downing Street Over China's Persecution
2009-07-23Adherents are still being arrested, mistreated and sent to labour camps in large numbers. Ten years after China launched a brutal persecution of the Falun Gong religion, its followers are still being arrested, mistreated and sent to labour camps in large numbers.