Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Italy: Introducing Falun Gong at Milan Sport Days Event
2009-09-23A little boy ran over and asked a practitioner: "How can I learn and how much do you charge?" The practitioner smiled and said: "I can teach you and it is free." The boy was delighted and learned the first exercise. To let people know about the ongoing persecution, posters which exposed torture methods used in Chinese practitioners were displayed. -
Ireland: Seven-County Car Tour to Raise Awareness of the Persecution
2009-09-21In mid-August 2009, eight practitioners spent a week traveling by car to seven counties in Ireland in order to raise awareness about Falun Gong. In every county, the practitioners met warm-hearted people. Many local media covered the event. -
Spain: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Ripoll Health Festival
2009-09-20Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises in front of their booth. They also collected signatures to call for action to end the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong. People found the organ harvesting atrocities of the Communist regime very shocking. More than 200 people signed the petition in a day. -
Germany: "I Hope That the Irrational Persecution Will Soon Be Stopped"
2009-09-20On Saturday September 5, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from Ulm and Augsburg held an Information Day activity in Augsburg, in southern Germany, to call for an end to the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many people stopped in front of the information desk and displays, and carefully read the contents of the display posters. -
Germany: Introducing Falun Gong at Bremen Health Week
2009-09-17On September 4 and 5, 2009, the annual Health Week was held in Weserpark Shopping Centre in Bremen, a city in northern Germany. Many people learned about Falun Gong at the event. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises to music on stage in the shopping centre. The noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and people stopped to watch. -
Italy: People of Val d’Arno Happily Learn about Falun Gong
2009-09-14From June 26 to 28 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Florence attended the cultural festival in the city of Val d’arno, bringing the teachings of Falun Gong to the people of this small city. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises in front of a booth provided by the organiser. They also exposed the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Visitor to an Anti-Torture Display - "China Will Be Free of the CCP Soon!"
2009-09-12This anti-torture re-enactment was held by Falun Gong practitioners in Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany on August 22, 2009. In addition to the re-enactment of the Chinese Communist Party's torture methods and a poster display on the persecution, practitioners talked with passersby about the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Germany: High School Students Happy to Learn Falun Gong
2009-09-10The teacher invited Mr Roemer from the International Human Rights Organisation and Falun Gong practitioner Ms Teng-Schwaegerl to discuss human rights abuses in China, focussing on the Tibetan issue and the persecution against Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: People Waiting to Hear about Falun Gong at Kingston Carnival
2009-09-09Practitioners of Falun Gong added to the diversity of the festival as they performed the gentle exercises in front of crowds of interested viewers at Kingston town centre. Visitors were deeply moved upon finding out that Falun Gong is still being persecuted by the Communist regime in China. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Kassel
2009-09-08On 23rd May 2009, Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners held a Falun Dafa information day in Kassel, the biggest city in the middle of Germany. he aim of the information day was to let more people know about Falun gong and the ten years of persecution that the practice has faced in China at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party. -
Finland: Local People Learn About Falun Dafa at Health Expo
2009-09-07From August 29 to 30, Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the Heath Expo at Riverbank Community Centre in Helsinki, Finland. They introduced Falun Dafa and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. -
United KIngdom: People Express Appreciation for Falun Gong Practitioners’ Efforts to Raise Awareness in Central London
2009-09-06On Saturday July 4 2009, UK Falun Gong practitioners once again went to St Martin’s Square in central London to hold an activity and help more people learn about Falun Gong. As usual, Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the activity demonstrated the five sets of exercises, distributed leaflets, and collected petition signatures to condemn the persecution. -
Denmark: Car Tour Attracts Media Attention
2009-09-05Danish practitioners toured eight major cities to introduce Falun Gong to more people across the country. Wherever they went they received the support of local people and media. This article features a report from the newspaper Herning Folkeblad. -
Finland: Falun Gong Exercises Attract Attention at the Art Festival in Helsinki
2009-09-04The magnificent demonstration of the five sets of the Falun Gong exercises accompanied by the peaceful music attracted the attention of many people that stopped to observe. Some videotaped the peaceful and magnificent scene. Other accepted the flyers distributed by practitioners, and still others talked to practitioners to learn more about Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Display the Magnificence of Falun Gong in Plymouth
2009-09-03June 28 2009 was the culmination of the annual Plymouth Armed Forces Week. This is a significant annual event for Plymouth, a popular English seaside town. Falun Gong practitioners travelled to Plymouth and held an activity to introduce Falun Gong and the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to the visitors.