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  • Germany: Introducing Falun Dafa to the People of Cham During the Kirta Festival

    Shops in Germany are closed on Sunday, but during the Kirta Festival in Cham they are open as usual and people flock the streets. Every year, the person who organises activities keeps a booth for Falun Gong practitioners free of charge and tries to leave a good position for practitioners so that people can get to know the facts of the persecution happening now in China.
  • Russia: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Arhangersk

    Arhangersk is located in northern Russia. September 9th, 2006, was 'city day' in Arhangersk. It was raining in the early morning, but when Falun Gong practitioners began activities to introduce Falun Dafa to local people and expose the persecution taking place in China, the dark clouds dispersed and the bright sun came out.
  • Germany: Practitioners Gather During German Unification Day in Dusseldorf

    There are a number of small Falun Gong exercise groups in some of Nordhrhein Westfalen’s cities. We all met on German Unification Day 2006 to practice the exercises together as one large group. We chose a central location in the state capital Düsseldorf. Cornelius Square and the Königsallee Kings Avenue presented a beautiful green space. We also erected a small booth.
  • France: “These Paintings are Extraordinarily Powerful”

    “Everyone knows the Chinese communist regime is an autocratic one. What I understand from these paintings and the testimony of this lady makes me feel uneasy. We should not forgive the persecution inflicted upon any form of belief or cultivation which should respect one. We have no right to infringe on others. Regardless of men, women or children, their bodies should not be infringed on. As a mother and grandmother. I cannot help but think of my own children and other children after seeing this persecution. History always repeats itself. I just wonder whether one day people would truly understand that we need to think carefully about this persecution no matter whether it occurs today or in the future.”
  • Ruhr Nachrichten (Germany): Protesting against human rights policies

    “They are doing thousands of forced organ removals. We want the federal government to exert pressure on China in order to stop it”, commented Andreas Steinau of the Bochum group. His accusations are grave: “China systematically robs prisoners of their organs and a large proportion die as a consequence”, says Steinau. 41,500 organ transplants occurred during the period from 2000 to 2005, from unidentified sources according to an independent report issued by the former Canadian secretary of state, David Kilgour.
  • Germany: "This is what I must do"

    In October 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Nordrhein-Westfalen once again disclosed the CCP’s atrocities of persecuting Falun Gong to people on the busiest high streets in Cologne. When collecting signatures, people signed without hesitation upon hearing it is to protest against the CCP harvesting and trading Falun Gong practitioners’ organs.
  • The European Commission Answers a Question about Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

    "On July 6th, 2006, David Matas and David Kilgour, both Canadian lawyers, published their ‘Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China’ following an independent investigation they carried out into the very disturbing stories leaking out of China that allegedly state institutions in the People’s Republic of China have been harvesting human organs from innocent unconsenting live Falun Gong Practitioners and killing the practitioners in the process by extra-judicial executions during the organ removal process."
  • Agence Télégraphique Suisse (ATS): United Nations to Investigate CCP Organ Trade

    On September 26th, Agence Télégraphique Suisse (ATS) of Switzerland published an article entitled “The United Nations is to Investigate China’s Organ Trade”. The article said that China was not able to stop the discussion in the UN Human Rights Commission about the allegation that it harvested organs from Falun Gong practitioners. The current meeting of commission members ended on October 6th. The UN rapporteur will look into the allegation and report back to the UN.
  • Finland: Introducing Falun Gong at a Health and Knowledge Expo

    On October 14th and 15th, 2006, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners returned to an annual Health and Knowledge Expo held in Helsinki, to introduce Falun Dafa and tell people about the persecution of practitioners in China. Many visitors signed a petition for collecting signatures to stop the persecution of Falun Gong and condemn the CCP's atrocities.
  • Ruhr News (Germany) Reports on CCP Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners

    "A large ‘medical operation’ took place on Kortumstraße Street on Monday at noon: a man wore a surgeon's gown and mask and a mannequin 'patient' lay on the surgical table in front of him whose body had been opened, and the ‘doctor’ was taking out the patient’s organs which were still bleeding. The Falun Gong practitioners in Bochum protested the atrocity of harvesting the organs from living people, which is happening in China, through this shocking scene on Falun Dafa Information Day."
  • Germany: Informing the Public about the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

    We were positioned in the major shopping district of Stuttgart and thousands of passersby were able to see our display. We got the impression that people lingered longer than usual to get more information. People came from all age groups and backgrounds came to ask questions, receive fliers and support us by signing our petition.
  • A Turkish Falun Gong Practitioner in London Exposes the CCP Atrocities

    On July 20th, AVRUPA, the best-selling newspaper in Turkey published an article with the title: A Turkish Falun Gong practitioner exposes the CCP atrocities in London. The article explains that Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) is an ancient way of cultivation improving both one’s mind and body based on the principle of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. The practice of Falun Gong is simple, powerful, gentle and easy to learn.
  • England: The People of Leeds Stop to Find Out About the Persecution

    On October 14th, Falun Gong practitioners from various places in the north of England gathered at Dortmund Square in Leeds to spend the day introducing Falun Gong to local people and informing them about the persecution of practitioners taking place in China. Falun Gong practitioners practised the exercises while others collected signatures, handed out leaflets and told people about the brutal nature of the persecution.
  • Turkey: Stories of Western Practitioners in Mersin

    In the last two years, many locals in Mersin City have begun to practise Falun Gong. They try to live their lives by the principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.” Many of the practitioners have undergone great physical and mental changes since beginning their cultivation.
  • Germany: The world’s people awaken

    On October 7th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig, Berlin, and Dresden held an Information Day in Railway Square, the busiest place in Leipzig. It had the theme, “Stop the Persecution, Stop Organ Harvesting”. Many shoppers stopped in their tracks to read the information boards and the leaflets being handed out.