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Sweden: "Truly, Falun Gong is Everywhere"
2008-08-14“We cannot bring these leaflets back to China, but when we finish reading we will give them to other Chinese people in the hotel to read. Maybe you don’t know, but this material is spread very quickly among them! Although some people do not dare to take it themselves, they all want to read." -
Norway: Peaceful Protest against the CCP at the Chinese Embassy in Oslo
2008-08-13On August 8th, Norwegian Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy in Oslo to protest against the CCP using the name of the Olympic Games to kidnap large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners. They also called for an immediate end to the CCP’s ongoing crime of removing live Falun Gong practitioner’s organs and selling them. From June 7th to June 30th, illegal cases of arresting Falun Gong practitioners have numbered over 8037. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Call for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong and the Dissolution of the Chinese Communist Party
2008-08-12Falun Gong practitioners gathered across the road from the Chinese Embassy in London at 6pm on August 11th, 2008. They called for an immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China and the dissolution of the Chinese Communist Party. While some practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, other distributed information to passersby. -
Scotland: "A beautiful and peaceful charm"
2008-08-11The annual Edinburgh International Arts Festival is an important annual event in Scotland, attracting British people and many other tourists from around the world. The 2008 Annual Festival parade began on August 3rd. Falun Gong have been participating in this event for seven years. -
Sweden: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in Stockholm
2008-08-10The words “Falun Gong”, written in Chinese and English on a yellow banner, were especially dazzling under the intense summer sunlight in Mynttorget Square, near the Royal Palace in Stockholm. When people from the tour buses or tourists passing by saw the banner, they couldn’t help saying the words out loud. -
Denmark: “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” Art Exhibition
2008-08-09From July 23rd to July 30th, the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” Art Exhibition was held in Copenhagen for the first time. This art exhibition was co-hosted by the Danish Falun Gong Association and the Danish North European Asia Art Association, displaying about twenty works of art. -
Slovakia: 'Million Signatures' Petition Receives Media Attention in Western and Middle Slovakia
2008-08-08From Monday July 21st to Saturday July 26th, a 'million signatures' petition campaign took place in western and middle Slovakia, with the goal of informing more people about persecution of Falun Gong in China and about the recent activity to stop it. These signatures will be used to raise awareness about persecution of Falun Gong in China and bring it to an end. -
Switzerland: "We want to learn Falun Gong"
2008-08-08“I am a beginner. Many movements may not be accurate but I feel great”, said Asele happily after learning Falun Gong’s five exercises. Asele said she lived in Kyrgyzstan, near China. This was the first time she had heard about Falun Gong. She learnt this traditional Chinese cultivation practice at the Asian Festival of Berne in Switzerland on July 26th, 2008. -
Switzerland: Raising Awareness in Zurich about the Persecution of Falun Gong
2008-08-07Falun Gong practitioners held an information day in Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich. They not only let people know about organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but also called for an end to the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. Numerous people came to support the activity by signing the petition. -
Turkey: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong in a Seaside Town
2008-08-07On July 5th and 6th, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners were invited to go to Antalya by a group of people who had visited the Turkish Falun Gong website in the past. Practitioners raised awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution of the practice by the Chinese Communist Party. -
United Kingdom: Cambridge Assembly to Call for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong
2008-08-06Falun Gong practitioners went to Cambridge to join an assembly held in the square of City Hall to protest against the Chinese Communist Party's evil persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The event was also to support the 40 million people who bravely quit the CCP and its related organisations. -
Poland: Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution in China
2008-08-05uring the nearly three hours of signature collection, hundreds of people signed their names calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong before the Olympic Games. Many Polish people asked questions about the persecution and a number of people expressed an interest in learning Falun Gong. One of the practitioners also received calls from Chinese people who wanted to learn Falun Gong. -
Italian Newspaper L'Opinione: Eutelsat Involved in the Beijing Information Blockade
2008-08-05This is the kind of news that the Chinese people can never see in Chinese state-run media. It is obvious that the CCP views NTDTV as a big threat. The CCP has a number of ways to force foreign satellite companies to cooperate with it and participate in its repressions. As Reporters Without Borders exposed, the CCP's CCTV has purchased more than 30 satellite channels, in fact six channels are enough for it to provide 99% coverage of its needs. -
United Kingdom: Cambridge Rally Marks 9 Years of Persecution in China
2008-08-04The European Tian Guo marching band performed in Cambridge on July 27th to raise awareness about the severe human rights abuses that practitioners of Falun Gong have endured for the past nine years. All of the 70-piece band are Falun Gong practitioners, hailing from different countries in Europe. -
Spain: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest at the Chinese Embassy in Madrid against the CCP Persecution
2008-08-03On July 26th, Falun Gong practitioners from Madrid gathered at the Chinese Embassy to protest against the CCP's nine years of cruel persecution. All passers-by could see the banner reading “Stop the persecution of Falun Gong” and many of them passed across the road to accept flyers and view the torture exhibition pictures.