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  • Switzerland: Peacefully Protesting the Persecution of Falun Gong in Front of the Chinese Consulate

    On July 20 1999, the Chinese Communist regime started its brutal persecution of Falun Gong, and it was also the beginning of millions of Falun Gong practitioners working together against the persecution and raising awareness among the general public. On this day in 2010, practitioners in Zurich protested at the Chinese consulate.
  • Ireland: A Rally Held Calling for the End of the Persecution

    On July 17, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners from Ireland held a parade and a rally in Dublin, calling for the end of the persecution. Human rights activists and members of Amnesty International participated the event. Patricia McKenna, a former EU Parliament Member, gave a speech at the rally. She has been calling for help to stop the persecution.
  • Germany: Practitioners in Munich Peacefully Protest the Persecution in front of the Chinese Consulate

    On July 20, 2010, practitioners from Munich and surrounding areas held activities in front of the Chinese Consulate to call for an end to the 11-year long persecution of Falun Gong.
  • France: Protesting Eleven Years of Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy

    On July 20, 2010, practitioners in France assembled in front of the Chinese Embassy in Paris to protest the CCP's 11 year long brutal persecution of Falun Gong. They displayed banners and poster boards exposing the persecution, demonstrated the exercises, and invited people from every sector of life to make speeches.
  • NTDTV Awarded Court Inquiry in Lawsuit Against Eutelsat

    On June 16, 2008, NTDTV's broadcast over China was suddenly cut off. At the time, the French satellite company Eutelsat blamed the termination on a "power anomaly." But later, Reporters Without Borders revealed that the interruption was in fact a politically-motivated move by Eutelsat to appease the Chinese communist regime.
  • Iceland: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    Icelandic Falun Gong practitioners gathered together outside the Chinese embassy on the morning of July 20, 2010 to peacefully raise awareness about the persecution in China. The purpose was to remind the representatives of the Chinese government in Iceland that 11 years have passed since China's communist regime started to persecute Falun Gong.
  • FDIC: Eleven Years of Persecution and Peaceful Activism

    Eleven years ago this week, the Chinese Communist Party launched a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong--a peaceful and popular spiritual practice embraced by tens of millions of Chinese citizens. But the practitioners of Falun Gong are not the only victims, and the lives destroyed and lost are not the only costs. Falun Gong practitioners today represent the largest group of prisoners of conscience in the world, with hundreds of thousands extra-judicially imprisoned at any given time. Tens of thousands have been tortured in custody as prison guards attempt to force them to recant their beliefs.
  • United Kingdom: Eight Years of Peaceful Protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in London

    Falun Gong practitioners started a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in London on June 5, 2002. The purpose is to urge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop the persecution and set free all incarcerated practitioners, returning the otherwise untarnished reputation to the peaceful practice. The protest has been ongoing now for over eight years, and many in the local community continue to express their support and admiration.
  • United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Gong at a Sports Festival in Brighton

    On 19th June 2010, English Falun Gong practitioners came to Preston Park in England's famous seaside city of Brighton, and took part in the activities of "TAKEPART Brighton and Hove International Festival of Sport in Preston Park." They demonstrated the beauty of Falun Dafa to the local people and exposed the persecution taking place in China.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Display Goodness of the Practice at Frankfurt's Cultural Festival

    Falun Gong practitioners took part in the 7th Cultural Festival in Frankfurt. They displayed traditional Chinese culture, a waist drum troupe and dancers, as well as a Falun Gong exercise demonstration and a re-enactment of the severe abuse inflicted upon practitioners in China's prisons and forced labour camps.
  • United Kingdom: A Moving and Thought-provoking Art Exhibition

    The Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition was held every weekend from May 20 to July 11, 2010, at the Brighton Marina. Nearly 3000 visitors have viewed the art exhibition. Many visitors left messages in the guest book to express their appreciation and support for Falun Gong and their hope that the persecution will end soon.
  • Germany: Raising Awareness Every Day for Ten Years in front of the Cologne Cathedral

    I wrote my first report about practitioners explaining the facts of Falun Gong in front of the Cologne Cathedral in 2002. Several years have now passed, during which Falun Gong practitioners in Cologne have continued to raise awareness and call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution every day in front of the Cathedral.
  • Hungary: Falun Gong at the Kecskmet Health Expo

    On June 26, 2010, the Falun Dafa Association of Hungary was invited to the Kecskmet Health Expo by the Humanity Group to introduce the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Practitioners introduced Falun Gong, and let the public know about the Chinese Communist Party's 11-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.
  • United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners Introduce Dafa at the Exeter Respect Festival

    From the 5th to 6th June 2010, the annual Exeter Respect Festival was held in England's southwestern city of Exeter. Falun Gong practitioners received an invitation to take part in the event last year, and this year they were once again invited by the host to take part in this multi-cultural arts event.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness in Munich

    On June 26, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners held activities at Karlsplatz in Munich, Germany to raise awareness about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution. Many people signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution, and some also expressed interest in learning Falun Gong.