Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Sweden: China’s Human Rights Situation Condemned at the International Human Rights Day Gathering
2007-12-16The annual International Human Rights Day was on December 10th. Many Swedish International Human Rights organisations gathered at Gothenburg University and held a report session on “Human Rights Courage, Consciousness and Action”. Mr. Manyang Wu, a China specialist from the ISHR, was invited to speak regarding “The situation in China before the Beijing Olympics”. -
Germany: “Finally I found you!”
2007-12-15In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started a brutal crackdown on the practice of Falun Gong. In their spare time Falun Gong practitioners all over the world started to tell people about the benefits of practising Falun Gong, its success internationally and the brutal persecution happening in China. -
Switzerland: Interesting Stories from Practitioners Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in Lucerne
2007-12-14After the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published three years ago, many Falun Gong practitioners keep spreading them to the Chinese people. They hope that, after reading the Nine Commentaries, they would know better about the truth of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted the Chinese people. -
Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Sing at a Christmas Concert in Bodo
2007-12-13On December 1st, 2007, a Christmas Concert was held by the Alle Kan Synge Koret singing group at the cathedral near the Town Hall in Bodo. Wang Yajun, a Falun Gong practitioner who took part in the New Tang Dynasty Television “International Chinese Vocal Competition”, was invited as a special guest at the concert. The host introduced how innocent Falun Gong practitioners were brutally persecuted in mainland China. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Support EU Parliament Public Hearing
2007-12-12In November, Falun Gong practitioners from Helsinki went to the Chinese Embassy to show support for the EU parliament inviting three China-based Falun Gong practitioners for a public hearing about China’s human rights. Many people who came to the Chinese Embassy for visas learned about China’s human rights situation. -
Italian Branch of Amnesty International Participates in a Global Campaign Calling on China to Respect Human Rights
2007-12-12On December 5th, 2007, the Italian branch of Amnesty International joined a global campaign to call on Beijing to make significant improvement in its human rights situation. In a statement, the director of the Italian branch of Amnesty International said, “The Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in August next year would be a precious opportunity for the people around the world to pay attention to China’s human rights situation. People may call on the Beijing Administration to improve its human rights record directly or through the twenty thousand journalists who have signed up to cover the event.” -
Greece: Stop the Organ Harvesting from Live Falun Gong Practitioners
2007-12-11On Human Rights Day (December 10th) in Greece, practitioners raised awareness about cases of organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners in China. The information was exhibited in a pedestrian area in the centre of Athens, near many universities. Many young people who passed by were shocked to learn about all these abuses but very interested to support an end to the organ harvesting. -
United Kingdom: Supporting Justice in Leeds
2007-12-10On November 17th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Leeds launched activities to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party. Many pedestrians stopped to sign to support stopping the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and many people showed their interest in the peaceful Falun Gong exercises and obtained introductory information about the free Falun Gong classes in their area. -
Finland: Supporting 29 Million People Quitting the CCP in Helsinki
2007-12-08On December 1st, volunteers from the Epoch Times newspaper, as well as Falun Gong practitioners and representatives from the Finnish Service Centre for Quitting the CCP, held an activity in Helsinki to support the 29 million Chinese people who have quit the CCP. Attracted by the banners, posters and a broadcast of the “Nine Commentaries”, many people came to sign the petition. -
Germany: The International Society for Human Rights Condemns the CCP
2007-12-07On October 27th, 2007, an event to support the Global Human Rights Torch Relay was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, and many human rights organisations in Germany participated. Mr. Koerper, a member of the China team of the co-host The International Society for Human Rights (IGFM), spoke on behalf of the organisation, pointing out that hosting the Olympics had not improved human rights in China. On the contrary, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has stepped up the persecution of dissidents in the name of the Olympics. -
United Kingdom: A Warning to Chinese Special Agents in London's Chinatown
2007-12-06Out of fear of Falun Gong, the Chinese Communist regime has incessantly dispatched special agents to make trouble for Falun Gong practitioners in recent years, together with hooligans in overseas Chinese society. Zhong Zheng, a male Chinese special agent, appeared in London's Chinatown on November 27th, 2007. Pretending to be a Falun Gong practitioner, he was in fact carrying out sabotage activities against Falun Gong. -
Czech Republic European 'Celestial Marching Band' in Prague
2007-12-05November 17th, 2007, was the 18th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, during which communism fell in former Czechoslovakia. 80 members of the European Celestial Marching Band, who are musicians that practise Falun Gong, came to Prague to alert the public to systematical abuses of human rights in China. -
Poland: An Unshakable Faith
2007-12-04Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Dafa] was officially published in Polish on September 21st. The book has been translated into over thirty languages and published all over the world. Various press conferences, 'information days' and routine open air practice of Falun Gong have allowed more and more Polish people to understand Falun Gong. -
Ukraine: The Truth about Falun Dafa Brought to Severodonetsk
2007-12-03Some practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises on the grass in front of the supermarket, some distributed leaflets while others showed people how to fold lotus flowers. Though the weather was very cold, the peaceful and beautiful exercise music attracted many people to stop and watch. Many expressed an interest in the ancient practice. -
United Kingdom: Rain Does Not Stop Play in Bradford
2007-12-03To most, the cold, wet & miserable, somewhat typical English weather, would keep people wrapped up warm inside; but local practitioners saw the day as another glorious opportunity to raise awareness about the benefits of practising Falun Gong, as well as letting people know about the persecution of the practice in China. Some practitioners handed out leaflets and chatted to passersby while others stood behind the display to perform the five Falun Gong exercises.