Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Austria: Practitioners in Vienna Protest Against the Persecution on International Human Rights Day
2005-12-17On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, practitioners in Vienna held an event to raise awareness of the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China and call for action to end this atrocity. The event attracted the public’s attention, and Chinese tourists also stopped to read the posters and view the photos to learn about the truth. -
Ukraine: Practitioners Condemn the Rape of Female Falun Gong Practitioners by Chinese Police
2005-12-17On December 10th, Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners held a protest opposite the Chinese Embassy to demonstrate against the six year long bloody persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and to strongly condemn the wicked rape of female Falun Gong practitioners by police in China and demand that the evil police be brought to justice. -
Holland: Anti-Torture Exhibition held on International Human Rights Day to Expose the Persecution by the CCP
2005-12-16December 10th was International Human Rights Day. In order to call on people to pay attention to the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners in China and expose all kinds of methods of excruciating torture the CCP uses when persecuting Falun Gong, practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in the second biggest city in Holland. -
United Kingdom: On International Human Rights Day Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the CCP's Atrocious Abuse of Human Rights
2005-12-15As well as Falun Gong practitioners, a number of VIPs attended the rally to express their support and all gave speeches condemning the awful human rights situation in China. -
Germany: Recalling Falun Gong Practitioners' Peaceful Protests During Hu Jintao’s Visit to Germany
2005-12-14While looking at some photos taken of practitioners' protests during Hu Jintao's visit to Germany, it seemed as if their voices are still lingering in my ears. "Falun Gong is good!" "Stop the persecution of Falun Gong!" During the first ten days of November, Hu Jintao could hear such voices wherever he went in Germany. It gave me the feeling that I was there again. -
France: On International Human Rights Day Falun Gong Practitioners are Invited to City Hall in Paris to Expose the Persecution
2005-12-14On International Human Rights Day (December 10th) the French Falun Gong Association held an activity in front of City Hall in Paris at the invitation of the French branch of World Organisation Against the Death Penalty (ECPM France). The activity received strong support from the public, who gathered to watch Falun Gong exercise demonstrations. -
Germany: Persecution Raises Concern on the Eve of International Human Rights Day
2005-12-12IGFM and Falun Gong practitioners jointly held an event at the University of Regensburg to call for respecting human rights and ending human rights violations, especially the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). There was also a signature collection drive to end human rights abuses. -
Austria: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of Vienna and Linz
2005-12-11We organised two Falun Gong information days in the Austrian cities of Vienna and Linz in the past two weeks. In Vienna we had the opportunity to speak with a former Federal Chancellor. Of most interest to passersby was our poster exhibition, which recounted the Falun Gong story and the persecution practitioners of Falun Gong suffer in China. -
Spain: Forum held in Madrid Exposes the True Nature of the Chinese Communist Party
2005-12-10“…I have known the Falun Gong practitioners for three years. I feel privileged to know them, a group of people who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance; but I also feel sad at the same time for the Chinese practitioners who are being tortured. As a democracy, Spain even negotiates trade with a killer with blood on his hands.” -
Norway: People Learn about Falun Gong on a Mountain Top in Stavanger
2005-12-09On a Sunday at the beginning of October, we decided to go for a walk to Dalsnuten, a mountain in Stavanger. The purpose was to hike up the mountain and show hikers in the Stavanger area the five Falun Gong exercises. The feedback was positive and many people took the opportunity to study the posters we laid out closely. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioner Gives a Speech at a Seminar on Stop Violence to Women Hosted by Amnesty International
2005-12-08On November 30th, Amnesty International hosted a seminar entitled ‘Stop Violence to Women’ at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. Falun Gong practitioner Mo Zhengfang was invited to give a speech about her own experience of the persecution by the Chinese Communist regime. Several related artworks were also displayed. -
Germany: The People of Goettingen City have Learned that Falun Dafa is Good (2)
2005-12-08Some young Falun Gong practitioners in Goettingen demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and explained the facts about Falun Gong at the square in front of the old City Hall every day from 2001 to 2003. Their perseverance has resulted in a series of changes in Goettingen city. As an old saying goes, “Constant drips wear down the stone.” -
Germany: Falun Gong has Taken Root in Goettingen City (1)
2005-12-07Goettingen is a famous university town in Germany, home of one of Germany's top ten universities, which is also the one most steeped in history. From 2001 to 2003 several young Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the exercises in Goettingen's Old Town Hall Square every single day and told people about China's persecution of Falun Gong. -
Czech Republic: Seminar Condemning the CCP’s Domination
2005-12-07On the afternoon of October 3rd, 2005, a seminar entitled Without the World of Communism was held in the Parliament Mansion of the Czech Republic. Marek Benda, a member of the Czech Republic Party, presided over the seminar as host. Honoured guests, seven experts and well-known figures made speeches at the seminar. -
Sweden: A Thousand Lotus Flowers
2005-12-06The Thousand Lotus Flowers exhibition was inspired by a Swedish girl, Evelina’s dream. The exhibition introduced the persecution of Falun Gong in China. It included five children’s stories of the persecution. The children were little Yuanyuan, Rongrong, Fadu, Kaixin and thirteen year-old Li Ying. There were pictures of little practitioners doing the Falun Gong exercises and folding paper lotus flowers. Also displayed were texts of the children's stories.