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  • Holland: Practitioners Protest at the Chinese Embassy against the CCP's Eight Year Persecution

    On July 20th, 2007, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to protest against the Chinese Communist Party's eight year persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners set up banners and display boards with pictures and photos reflecting the journey of Falun Gong across the world during the past decade.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the Fourth Multicultural Festival in Augsburg

    On July 7th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the 4th Multicultural Festival in Augsburg. The festival's theme was “peace, freedom and respect for beliefs” and it was well attended by local residents and people from neighbouring cities. It was the third time that Falun Gong practitioners have demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises at the festival.
  • Ireland: Candlelight Vigil on a Rainy Night

    On July 20th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil, mourning Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death by the CCP since July 20th, 1999, and disclosing the CCP’s crimes. The weather was bad and it rained. On seeing that Falun Gong practitioners were still protesting in such weather, a young man was so moved that he wanted to take a photo.
  • Denmark: Rally at the Chinese Embassy against the Persecution of Falun Gong

    To mark eight years of brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist regime, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark held a rally at the Chinese Embassy in Copenhagen, strongly condemning the Chinese Communist regime’s crimes against humanity.
  • Sweden: More about the Art Exhibition Held in Gotenburg

    "I feel the power of truthfulness, benevolence and forbearance in the exhibition!" Swedish Congresswoman Eva Selin Lindgren talked about her feeling at the opening ceremony of the international "truthfulness, benevolence and forbearance" art exhibition held in Gothenburg. The artists in the exhibition are all Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Denmark: The Divine Marching Band in Copenhagen

    In order to support the twenty four million people who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the European Divine Marching Band came to Copenhagen in Denmark, to join a parade held on July 7th and 8th. It took place at the same time as an annual Jazz music festival and the entire city was filled with people.
  • Spain: Practitioners Protest against the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Chinese Embassy

    On July 20th, 2007, eight years since the CCP started the brutal persecution of Falun Gong, practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Madrid to condemn the CCP’s crimes against humanity and to call for an immediate stop to the persecution.
  • Denmark: Falun Gong Practitioners Campaign against the Persecution and Raise Awareness about July 20th, 2007

    On July 20th, 2007, Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong will have lasted eight years. In order to reveal the unprecedented cruel persecution of Falun Gong launched by the Chinese Communist Party and to bring the persecution to end as early as possible, on the evening of July 22nd, some Danish Falun Gong practitioners held an activity on the busiest street in the capital city of Copenhagen.
  • Sweden: “Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance” International Art Exhibition in Gothenburg Attracts Attention

    On July 14th, 2007, a “Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance” International Art Exhibition was successfully concluded at the city library in Gothenburg. During the week-long exhibition, the artworks, created by Falun Gong practitioners who are artists, attracted many people’s attention, including artists, politicians, tourists and local people.
  • Ireland: Irish Practitioners Hold Rally and Parade Calling on the CCP to be Abolished and an End the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On July 21st, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade in Dublin supporting the twenty four million brave people who have withdrawn from the CCP and calling on all circles of society to together end the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong which has now lasted eight years. Practitioners distributed leaflets and collected petition signatures.
  • Finland: Raising Awareness about the Month of Global Withdrawal from the Chinese Communist Party

    After July 2007 was designated as the month of global withdrawal from the Chinese Communist Party, volunteers at Finland's Centre for Withdrawal from the Chinese Communist Party and some Falun Gong practitioners held activities at the beginning of the month to reveal the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Sweden: Swedish Practitioners Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On July 20th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from all over Sweden gathered in Kalmar, a small city in south east Sweden where local practitioners have, for several years, let the media and the public know about the persecution in China. The response has been very positive and practitioners have been supported by local newspapers.
  • Speech Given by Vice Chairman of Friends of Falun Gong at a Press Conference in London

    The following statement is from activities in London to commemorate eight years of persecution against Falun Gong. The statement is from John Dee, Vice Chairman of Friends of Falun Gong, and was read at a press conference opposite the Chinese Embassy on Saturday July 21st.Friends of Falun Gong is a non-governmental organisation of people who do not practise Falun Gong but are actively seeking to end the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party
  • Italy: Rome and Milan Commemorate Eight Years of CCP Persecution Against Falun Gong

    To remember the 3066 Falun Gong practitioners who were killed because they refused to give up their faith in the principles of Truth, Compassion and Forbearance, Italian Falun Gong practitioners held peaceful protests in front of the Chinese Embassy in Rome and the Chinese Consulate in Milan on the morning of July 20th.
  • Statement Sent by Councillor Brian Coleman to a Press Conference Outside the Chinese Embassy in London

    "I send you my heartfelt support in your demonstration to commemorate the 8th Anniversary of the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong and I call upon the Government of the People's Republic of China to cease all violations of human rights. I call upon the Government to release all prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally and to abide by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I also urge the Government to end the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual movement and the resulting numerous human rights violations, to abolish "Re-education Through Labour" and to ensure that all offences punishable with deprivation of liberty are brought within the scope of the Criminal Law."