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

  • Germany: Informing People about the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Annual Meeting of the Baltic Development Forum at Hamburg University

    For the first time since the citizens and senate of Hamburg joined the Baltic Development Forum in 2003, the city hosted its annual meeting from Sunday September the 2nd to Tuesday September the 4th 2004. The practitioners stayed at the main entrance of the university until the end of the summit. They talked to students, lecturers, university staff and people from economic circles about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Everybody was very receptive and many people were glad to get more information.
  • Austria: Activities in Linz to Tell People the Facts about Falun Gong and the Persecution in China

    Many people took the opportunity to enquire about the persecution and to ask for details about local practice sites where they can learn the Falun Gong exercises for free. Many people came over and signed the petitions of their own accord or had a chat with practitioners about the human rights abuses that are happening to people who practise Falun Gong in China.
  • Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the World Book Exhibition in Moscow

    Russian Falun Gong practitioners took part in this book exhibition. Their stall was on the second floor with a really eye-catching sign. At the stall, they showed Falun Dafa’s books in several languages and also honours that Falun Gong has been awarded from around the world. The main media and publishers in Russia also attended and they interviewed Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the exhibition.
  • Spain: Promoting Falun Gong in the Ancient City of Toledo

    Toledo is an ancient city of Spain which attracts a great deal of tourists from all over the world. Practitioners placed poster displays in a square in the city centre, demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and talked to people to raise awareness about the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • Germany: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong in Northern Germany

    Large crowds of interested people gathered around the display boards. Many people also came to sign their names on a petition calling for the instigator of the persecution against Falun gong, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice in a court of law for his crimes of genocide, torture and crimes against humanity.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners from Finland Warmly Congratulate the Establishment of the Indian Falun Dafa Association

    Finnish Falun Dafa practitioners are happy and glad to learn that the Indian Falun Dafa association is now officially established in the ancient country of India. We are sure that this will give more people in India a chance to know the truth about Falun Gong and about the ruthless persecution now going on China against Falun Dafa and its practitioners.
  • United Kingdom: Practitioners held Anti-Torture Exhibition at All Three Major Political Party Conferences

    There have been many great offers of support and help from delegates of all three parties and in total about 1400 delegates signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and for the human rights abuser and instigator of the persecution Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice. Delegates were appalled by the torture that Falun Gong practitioners have been subjected to and were shocked that some of the practitioners at the event suffered personally in the persecution. They showed great support to a practitioner who is trying to rescue his sister from a forced labour camp in China.
  • All Austrian Dafa Practitioners Congratulate the Establishment of the Indian Falun Dafa Association

    All Austrian Dafa practitioners sincerely congratulate the establishment of the Indian Falun Dafa Association. The Association established in India shows more and more Indian people understand both Falun Dafa and the truth of Dafa being cruelly persecuted in China.
  • Italy: Government Officials in Sardinia Show Concern for the Persecution of Falun Gong

    From August the 23rd to September the 13th, a Swiss Falun Gong practitioner went to Olbia city on the island of Sardinia in southern Italy. Every morning he practised Falun Gong exercises in a park and set up a series of display boards so that passers-by were able to read about Falun Gong and the persecution that practitioners in China are suffering.
  • Belgium: Promoting Falun Gong at the Hasselt Health Fare

    On the second weekend in October, Belgian Falun gong practitioners took part in the Hasselt Health Fare. Many people attended the health fare and it was a big success. Almost every visitor to the health fare came to the Falun Gong stall or received a flyer. Children all over the exhibition hall were carrying “Falun Dafa is Good” balloons and paper lotus flowers made by practitioners.
  • France: Falun Gong Practitioners were Invited to the Third Athletics and Sports Festival in Guadeloupe

    The citizens of Guadeloupe are very sensitive to suffering. In the past, they were victims of slavery. Therefore, most people are very open and listen to practitioners explaining the genocide that is happening in China today. People express their complete disapproval of this kind of cruel supppression and can’t understand how such a peaceful practice could be persecuted like this.
  • France: Promoting Falun Gong in Lyon City

    On October the 2nd, French practitioners went to the city of Lyon to promote Falun Gong to local people at a leading Asian marketplace and Lyon City Hall. Practitioners also handed out petition postcards addressed to French President Chirac for them to sign and post as an appeal for the end of this inhuman persecution.
  • Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong during a Cultural Evening in Norrkping

    On Saturday the 25th of September, in conjunction with a Cultural Evening in Norrkping, Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises and handed out leaflets about Falun Gong cultivation practice and the ongoing persecution in China in several locations around the city. People expressed their opinion that the persecution of Falun Gong is wrong.
  • France: Introducing Falun Gong at the Montgeron Association Information Day

    After receiving Falun Gong leaflets, people were asking where the practice sites are so that they can go and learn the exercises for free. They also signed their names on a petition form calling for the instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice for his crime of genocide.
  • United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution by taking part in Leeds Chinese Cultural Week

    Although dancing is not part of Falun Gong, practitioners all over the world have found that it’s a great way to attract people to come and find out more and this has had a good effect on efforts to raise awareness of the persecution. Many people who came shopping were attracted by the practitioners’ performance and stopped to have a closer look.