Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
-
United Kingdom: “Please give me a leaflet!” Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in the Centre of London
2007-09-25St. Martin’s Square in the centre of London is an important place where Falun Gong practitioners from the UK raise awareness about Falun Dafa and the persecution to people in the UK. In recent years, Falun Gong practitioners in London have come here many times to talk to people in the UK face to face, letting more people hear and see the facts about Falun Gong and learn about the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and calling on civilians in the UK to help end the persecution. -
Germany: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong with a Photo Exhibition at the Hamburg Cultural Festival
2007-09-24Falun Gong practitioners held a photo exhibition with the title "The Journey of Falun Dafa" at their local university after participating in the Hamburg Cultural Festival's grand parade. The exhibition of photographs and text depicted the benefits of practising Falun Dafa and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution. -
Russia: Introducing Falun Gong in the Altai Krai Border Area
2007-09-24Some of them asked, ''Who pays you to distribute these materials?'' Yola replied, ''Nobody gives me money to do this. The money I used to obtain these materials came from my own savings. I have come here especially for you, so that you can understand these fact. I know that you do not have the opportunity to read these materials in China, so it's hard for you to know the facts. Now that you have the opportunity, please just take them to read when you have a moment of free time.'' -
Germany: Falun Dafa Practitioners Parade in Cologne
2007-09-23 -
Switzerland: Falun Gong is Supported in Geneva, the Human Rights Capital of the World
2007-09-22On September 15th, 2007, Mr. Patrice Mugny, Mayor of Geneva, received the Human Rights Torch. The torch had just arrived from its last stop in Slovakia. In his speech, he voiced his support for Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Mugny is a member of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) in Europe. Mr Mugny said that he came to know about the use of torture by the Chinese Communist Party in March 2006, from a report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. -
Switzerland: The Mayor of Geneva Takes Over the Human Rights Relay Torch in Molard Square
2007-09-21The ceremony to pass on the Human Rights Torch was held in Molard Square. Geneva is the ninth stop of the Human Rights Torch Relay. Today’s host was Dr. Charles Grace, the Vice President of the European chapter of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) and the Secretary of an international multi-religious organisation. -
Denmark: We can’t allow the persecution to go on any longer”
2007-09-20Falun Gong practitioners from Copenhagen went to the new square in the city centre to raise awareness about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party's eight years of evil persecution of the practice. They displayed pictures depicting Falun Gong's growing popularity around the world and how practitioners are being tortured in China. -
Sweden: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in the Small Town of Gråbo
2007-09-19Falun Gong practitioners from Lerum and Gothenburg held an activity on the central square in the small town of Gråbo in the southwest of Sweden on Saturday September 1st, to introduce Falun Gong to local people. Practitioners demonstrated Falun Gong's five exercises and distributed information about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong. -
Finland: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong with an 'Anti-Torture Exhibition' in Helsinki
2007-09-17On September 8th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Helsinki gathered beside the railway station to hold an anti-torture exhibition, exposing the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong and the atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Ukraine: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong During a Town Festival
2007-09-17The town of Krasniy Liman celebrated the 340th anniversary of its establishment. Local residents gathered in a downtown park where groups offered various cultural and artistic festivities. Ukrainian Falun Gong practitioners made use of the opportunity and exposed to festival goers the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese communist regime -
Russia: Paper Lotus Flowers Raise Awareness about Falun Gong
2007-09-16On the 1st and 2nd of September 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Russia held two consecutive days of Folding Paper Lotus Flowers to Convey the Truth in the Square at Lenexpo Exhibition Centre, the largest of its kind in St. Petersburg. The place was packed with people and practitioners could hardly cope with the number of onlookers. -
Finland: 'Anti-Torture Exhibition' Depicts Hidden Brutality of the Chinese Communist Party
2007-09-16On September 8th, 2007, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Helsinki city centre to conduct a reenactment of torture methods used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese labour camps and prisons. They also exposed the atrocity of organ harvesting from living victims, appealing to local people for support to bring the persecution to an end. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong During the Conference Weekend
2007-09-14On the weekend of August 25th, the "UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference 2007” was held. The day before the conference, many Falun Gong practitioners living outside London went to one of the capital's parks to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and raise awareness about the persecution. Many people were attracted by the peaceful exercise music. -
Italy: Essuno Tocchi Caino: Annual Report Discloses the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-09-14The Italian NGO Nessuno Tocchi Caino (Hands off Cain) pointed out in its report of investigation into the frequency of world death penalties published on August 30th 2007: Dictatorship destroys its enemies by using the death penalty. The report gave coverage to the persecution of religions and groups of spiritual movement, such as the persecution of Falun Gong happening in China, the CCP organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners, and the CCP persecution of Buddhists, Christians and Catholics. -
Ukraine: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in Rivne
2007-09-13“I know Chinese people are smart and wise. Let me make an analogy: I think the communist autocracy can be considered as a virus, and since it is a virus, it will keep spreading and aggravate if you don’t curb it.” He continued, “I am confident that people as wise as the Chinese will find a good remedy to wipe out the virus.”