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

  • Hungary: Promoting Falun Gong at a Sports Festival in Budapest

    Between June the 11th and June the 13th, Falun Gong practitioners from Hungary, Slovakia and Germany introduced Falun Dafa at a Sports Festival, which is held annually in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. The festival activities began at eleven in the morning and ended at six in the evening every day and over two hundred thousand people took part.
  • Rally in Vienna Calls for an Immediate End to the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On the afternoon of the 19th of June 2004, tourists and citizens of Vienna were deeply touched, and some moved to tears as they listened to speeches at a rally exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. The rally was part of a programme of large-scale events held by several hundred European practitioners to help more people understand the campaign of genocide initiated by Jiang Zemin.
  • United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong on Cambridge Children’s Day

    Dafa practitioners participated in Cambridge Children’s Day, which was organised by the local Council. They showed children how to practise the Falun Gong exercises as well as how to make paper lotus flowers. They also told them about “Petals of Peace” so that the seeds of Truthfulness, Benevolence and Forbearance could be planted in the children’s hearts, and hoped to motivate the children in the UK so that they could help the persecuted children in China.
  • Germany: "We Have Decided Not to Accept this Kind of Magazine Anymore"

    "The college I study at is a translation school. Since many foreign students come to study Chinese here, this college maintains a close relationship with China and the cultural exchange between the two is quite frequent..."
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Participate in a Foreign Culture Festival in Heidelberg

    Falun Gong practitioners were invited by a German-Chinese cultural exchange association to take part in the annual Foreign Culture Festival held in Heidelberg University Square on June 5th. A dance troupe made up of Falun Gong practitioners performed two ribbon dances. In a booth below the stage, people could have their names written in calligraphy.
  • Norway: The Seed of Compassion Takes Root in Norwegian Pupils’ Hearts

    May the 26th 2004 was a special date for the teachers and pupils of a primary school in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Four year old Dafa practitioner Fadu and her mother Dai Zhizhen, also a practitioner, had been invited. They came to tell everyone Fadu's story and also teach the children how to make lotus flowers with coloured paper.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Participate in the Culture Festival Parade in Bielefeld

    On June the 5th 2004, the German city of Bielefeld held its annual Culture Festival Parade. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to take part. Nearly all the people of Bielefeld came to watch the performances by different organisations. They continuously applauded the practitioners and asked for flyers. Before the parade finished, ten thousand flyers had been handed out.
  • Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners' Participation Enriched the Annual Helsinki Day Event

    The annual Helsinki Day was held on the 12th of June, during which the whole city was filled with different events like dancing, music, and performances. Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the event, demonstrating the exercises and letting people know more about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China in the Central Park of Helsinki.
  • Sweden: Exhibition Outside the Library of the University of Stockholm Lets People Know the Truth about Falun Gong

    On June the 1st and 2nd, an exhibition outside the library of the University of Stockholm was held to allow people to learn the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. Many people came to take a look at the exhibition and many asked questions. Some were interested in learning the exercises for free at our practice sites.
  • Hungary: Letting People Know More about Dafa during Hu Jintao's Visit to Budapest

    During Hu Jintao's visit to Hungary, Dafa practitioners visited local newspapers and a radio station to talk about the abuse that practitioners of Falun Gong suffer in China. They also stressed that the Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai, who is also on official visit in Budapest, has been the subject of lawsuits in countries around the world for his crimes against humanity. They also gave a gift of beautiful lotus flowers made from coloured paper to media personnel they talked to.
  • United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Dafa and Revealing the Facts of the Persecution During the Glasgow Festival

    On Saturday June 12th and Sunday June 13th, Falun Dafa practitioners from all over the UK took part in the Glasgow Festival. On Saturday, practitioners displayed the tranquil Falun Gong exercises, explained the benefits of the practice to an audience in a local Library. On Sunday the practitioners performed traditional Chinese dancing and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises.
  • France: Explaining the Facts about Falun Gong in Marseilles and Commemorating Fellow Practitioners who have been Persecuted to Death

    On June 5th, 2004, at the invitation of the French Marseilles International Amnesty Organisation, French practitioners joined a signature collection and other activities. After viewing the display boards and the photos of those who have been killed during the persecution, a lot of passersby came to ask us about the truth, sent their sympathy and support, and said they would like to pass on the truth to more people.
  • Norway: Bringing the Compassion of Falun Gong Practitioners to a Nursery School in Oslo

    On May the 26th, Jane Dai and her daughter Fadu, together with Norwegian practitioners, were invited to Elvebakken Nursery School in Oslo to introduce Falun Gong and the persecution to schoolchildren through the Petals for Peace project. The children learned how Fadu misses her father after he was taken away by Chinese policemen just because he practised Falun Gong.
  • Bulgaria: More People in Bulgaria Learn the Truth

    Last week, at a book exhibition held in the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia, the Bulgarian Falun Dafa Association and Gutoranove & Son Publication Co. jointly issued Falun Gong in the Bulgarian language. People are awakening gradually. More and more Bulgarians see the magnificence of Falun Gong and understand the cruelty of the persecution. Righteous people are beginning to support Falun Gong and oppose the persecution one after another.
  • Sweden: Overwhelming Response at a Festival in Malmo

    On a beautiful day in May, Swedish and Danish Dafa practitioners participated in a Cultural Festival in Malmo, Sweden. Practitioners performed the Fan Dance and Lotus Dance, demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and talked with people about Dafa and the brutal persecution in China.