Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Turkey: Promoting Falun Gong at a Local Community Festival

    On the afternoon of June 7th 2009, Falun Gong practitioners took part in the Arnavutkoy Festival in the Besiktas District of Istanbul. They also gave a musical performance and handed out paper lotus flowers and flyers to introduce Falun Gong to the attendees. Many people expressed interest in Falun Gong and asked practitioners for more information.
  • Finland: Practitioners in Helsinki Introduce Falun Dafa and Expose the Persecution in China

    On June 13th, Finnish practitioners held their regular activity in Helsinki. A young man came to the table with a smile, saying, "You are doing very well." He signed the petition condemning the CCP's persecution then said to the practitioners, "You are doing so well, so wonderful." He then discussed with his companions and watched the practitioners exercising quietly.
  • Germany: Information Day Held in Darmstadt

    On June 13, Falun Gong practitioners in Darmstadt, Germany, held a Falun Dafa Information Day, letting people know more about Falun Gong and exposing the persecution in China. Many tourists were attracted to the exercise demonstration. They accepted flyers and signed the anti-persecution petition. Some of them also wanted to learn the exercises.
  • Switzerland: People of Zurich Call for an End to the Persecution

    During the all day activity, some Chinese and Tibetans from China came to visit and they renounced the CCP right on the spot. A young man accepted a copy of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and some other materials. When asked about quitting CCP, he said happily that he had done that already. Some said they had already quit the CCP in China.
  • Germany: People in Freiburg Show Their Support for Falun Gong – "We Wish You Success!"

    On June 13 2009, Falun Gong practitioners went to Freiburg im Breisgau, a popular sightseeing city for tourists. They held an activity in the city centre to raise awareness about Falun Gong and expose the brutal ten-year persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many people signed a petition to support Falun Gong after learning about the situation.
  • Turkey: Truth, Compassion, Tolerance International Art Exhibition Brings Grace to the “City of Great Forbearance”

    From June 1st to 3rd 2009, the Truth, Compassion, Tolerance International Art Exhibition was successfully held in one of Turkey’s cities, Antakya, which usually has the beautiful name of “the city of great forbearance”. The event received favourable comments from the local people of all backgrounds. Some important local media reported on this exhibition.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Bielefeld

    On May 30, local Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa Information Day in Bielefeld, Germany. Practitioners demonstrated their exercises and talked to passersby about Falun Gong. Many people watched the exercises, viewed the materials, talked to practitioners, and signed their names to support Falun Gong after they learned the truth of the persecution.
  • Russia: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa in St. Petersburg

    As on every weekend, on May 23 2009, practitioners in St. Petersburg took to the streets to introduce Falun Gong to the public, and to expose the CCP's atrocities in the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Many people stopped to read the display boards carefully, and listen to practitioners' explanations.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Expose the Persecution on National Day

    June 6 2009 was Sweden's National Day. Staff from the Northern European Service Centre for Quitting the CCP and Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in Stockholm. They displayed photos about Falun Gong and the persecution taking place in China. They hoped to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner in Germany Faces Lies and Subterfuge in Effort to Get Passport Renewed at Chinese Embassy

    As an overseas organisation that represents a country, they don't even dare to be open about the true reason why they can't issue a passport. And their superior doesn't even dare to see me, let me know his name or give me a certificate. What on earth is the reason that the Chinese Consulate will not give me my passport? I think it could only be that I practise Falun Gong.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa in Finspang

    On May 29, The Lions Club, one of the famous charity organisations in Sweden, organised a big spring market in Finspang. Around 800 enterprises participated in the exhibition. Swedish Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate and introduce Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa). The person who was in charge of the activity was happy that Falun Gong practitioners participated.
  • Austria: Exposing the Persecution Against Falun Gong during the Salzburg Art Festival

    From the 30th of May to the 1st of June 2009, Salzburg celebrated the annual Pfingsten holiday. During this time, Falun Gong practitioners in Austria held activities at Residenzplatz in the centre of the city to let people know about Falun Gong and expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) atrocities of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: Practitioners Set Up Information Booth at University of Stuttgart

    On May 22, practitioners in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe set up an information booth in the cafeteria of the University of Stuttgart to let people know about Falun Gong, appeal for public support to end the persecution, and raise awareness of the global movement to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
  • Chinese Tourists in Europe Eagerly Learn the Facts and Quit the CCP

    Ms. Hao and a couple of other volunteers for the European Service Centre for Quitting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) have been explaining the facts at tour sites and advising Chinese people to quit the CCP for a long time. For example, tourist groups from China come one after another to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. As soon as such a tour bus stops and the bus door opens, the tourists will hear the broadcast of the Service Centre for Quitting CCP from a loudspeaker.
  • Italy: Five Years of Dedication and Persistence – Practitioners in Milan Protest the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong

    Over the past five years, an information booth set up by practitioners could be seen each weekend on the street in Milan, the economic centre of Italy and the world's fashion capital. Practitioners in Milan demonstrate the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, spread the magnificence of Falun Dafa and call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party.