Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Ireland: Lotus Flowers Bloom in an Irish Community

    The Women’s Club in Dublin invited Falun Gong practitioners to Greenhill Community Centre to perform the elegant “Lotus Flower Dance,” and demonstrate Falun Gong’s gentle and slow-moving exercises, as well as teach its club members to fold paper Lotus Flowers. Though suppressed in China, Falun Gong is appreciated worldwide.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Invited to Participate in International Culture Exchange Week and Receives a Warm Welcome

    The last week of September is International Culture Exchange Week in Augsburg. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in variety shows on September 28th and 30th. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and gave dance performances with the names Flower Spirit and Eulogy of the Lotus, which won the admiration of the audience.
  • Czech Republic: State TV Station Reports on Quitting the CCP Parade and Rally in Prague

    In its national prime time news programme, the Czech State TV Station reported on a huge rally and campaign which took place in the old town square in Prague, as well as a quitting the Chinese Communist Party parade through the major areas in Prague. The reported also reported in brief on the editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper entitled the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, which systematically analyzes the crimes and atrocities committed by the CCP.
  • Germany: “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance” International Art Exhibition Tours Eastern Germany

    In September, the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance” International Art Exhibition toured to cities in the eastern Bavarian region of Germany. The paintings were first shown in the tourist city of Cham in the Bavarian forest. The exhibition opened with a traditional Chinese dance and the guest speeches that followed provided food for thought.
  • Sweden: Activity Day in Lidingö

    On October 2nd in the city of Lidingö, there was an activity day with the subject of health. During the afternoon several associations presented various outdoor activities. Participants had the chance to watch practitioners' demonstration of the five Falun Gong exercises and receive answers to any questions they had regarding the practice.
  • Turkey: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong in China at an International Peace Conference

    The International Local Governments Peace Conference was held in Turkey from September 25th to 28th, 2005. Over 1,200 people attended the conference, including local government heads from forty-five nations and regions. Three Falun Gong practitioners representing Turkish Falun Gong Association also attended the conference with permission.
  • Spain: People Express Support for Falun Gong During a Petition Signature Collection on Ghanali Island

    Practitioners on Ghanali Island in southern Spain collected petition signatures in the city centre to protest the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The practitioners were divided into two groups; one group demonstrated exercises and the other handed out leaflets and talked to people who wanted to find out more.
  • France: Introducing Falun Gong at Place du Château Rouge in Paris

    On October 1st, Falun Gong practitioners in France held an activity to introduce Falun Dafa and expose the persecution. Many people expressed support for Falun Gong and opposed the illegal persecution taking place in China. They also denounced the Chinese Communist Party for its shameless human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: Benefit Performance During the Oktoberfest to Rescue Orphaned Children of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

    On the afternoon of October 1st 2005, a benefit performance to rescue the orphaned children of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners was held at Marienplatz in Munich. As the event was held during the famous Oktoberfest, Marienplatz was packed with tourists from all over the world. The performances won much applause from the enthusiastic audience.
  • Falun Dafa Association Announcement

    Since 1999 when the dictator Jiang Zemin initiated the bloody persecution of Falun Gong in China, the CCP has relied upon state power and an array of CCP terrorist mechanisms under its control to suppress innocent Falun Gong practitioners to the greatest extent possible. Under Jiang and the CCP's menace, many province- and city-level officials have acted as ringleaders or collaborators in the torture and killing of Falun Gong practitioners. Using their official positions, they have participated in this persecution to varying degrees, not only as initiators, co-conspirators and ringleaders, but also as aiders, abettors, and other types of accomplices.
  • France: Press Conference Exposes Chinese Authorities’ Refusal to Co-operate with French Authorities’ Investigation

    On Thursday the 29th of September, at a press conference held in the office of William Bourdon, a famous lawyer in France disclosed that the related Chinese authorities refuse to co-operate with a Commission Rogatoire Internationale and a notice sent to them by Noria Faucherie, a law-officer from Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris.
  • France: Drawing Attention to the Orphaned Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners on Human Rights Square

    On September 25th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in France held large-scale activities to draw attention to the orphaned children of Falun Gong practitioners. The event, which received strong support from the public, was held on the Human Rights Square (Paris des Droits de l’Homme au Trocadero) opposite the world-famous Eiffel Tower.
  • Germany: "The CCP is Exactly the Same as the Saddam Hussein Regime!"

    After earnestly looking through the pictures exposing the CCP’s persecution, a young man from Iraq said that he knew about it very well and understood very much what practitioners in China had suffered because he was persecuted in Iraq as well. He said, "The Communist Party of China is exactly the same as the former Saddam regime."
  • Germany: Spending a Nice Mid-autumn Festival in Dresden

    Many kind German people found out how the Chinese Communist Party brutally persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Some people asked for petition forms and leaflets to take for their families and friends. And still many people wanted to learn Falun Gong and practitioners happily invited them to the local exercise practice site where they can learn for free.
  • Ukraine: Bringing the Goodness of Dafa to the Automobile Workers Festival

    Dafa practitioners used coloured paper to make lotus flowers as a symbol of tranquillity and peacefulness. Many kind-hearted children and adults were delighted to learn how to fold paper lotus flowers. The practitioners called on kind-hearted people to express concern over the Chinese Falun Gong practitioners persecuted by Jiang and his Communist regime.