Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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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. -
Italy: Voices of Justice in front of the Chinese Consulate in Milan
2009-09-19In front of Chinese Consulate in Milan, people can often see Falun Gong practitioners. From 2002, they have kept going there to expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s brutal persecution of Falun Gong despite wind or rain. Outside the consulate, voices of justice can be heard frequently from people who learn the truth about the CCP's persecution. -
Belgium: Falun Gong Is Popular at Retrouvailles
2009-09-18Retrouvailles is an annual event in Liège, Belgium. The Belgian Falun Dafa Association and over 300 other groups participated in this year's event. People were attracted by the beautiful Falun Gong music, and practitioners were busy explaining to the tourists what Falun Gong is, where to learn it, and why the CCP is persecuting this peaceful group. -
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. -
Switzerland: Anti-persecution Protest in front of the Chinese Embassy
2009-09-15On the afternoon of July 18, 2009, Swiss Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in front of the Chinese Consulate. Practitioners disclosed the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong, appealed to just people from all classes to condemn the Chinese Communists’ crimes against humanity and to support Falun Gong practitioners’ campaign of anti-persecution. -
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. -
Belgium: Falun Gong at the Sfinks International Music Festival
2009-09-11The Sfinks Festival (International Music Festival) was held during the last weekend of July. At this year's festival, Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the festival visitors. They set up a tent with display boards about the worldwide spread of Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of the practice. -
Ireland: Introducing Falun Gong at the Dun Laoghaire Culture Festival
2009-09-11Falun Gong practitioners from Ireland attended the Dun Laoghaire Culture Festival on August 29 and 30, 2009. Many people were attracted to the practitioners' booth, and some learned the exercises. Some Chinese people also stopped by and learned things that have been covered up 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.