Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Czech Republic: Practitioners Speak to Participants of the Jagr Team Event in Chotebor
2007-07-14On a sunny Sunday, July 7th, several Falun Gong practitioners raised awareness about the inhuman persecution of their counterparts in China during the Summer Fest against Drugs where an exhibition football match with famous Czech NHL hockey star Jaromir Jagr took place. Probably all the visitors received information from practitioners about the cruel persecution in China. -
Germany: “I am awed by your courage.”
2007-07-13The fifth Frankfurt Culture Festival was held in downtown Frankfurt. There were over sixty groups from different countries in their tribal costumes together with their ornate floats. The Falun Gong group has taken part in this activity since the first year of the parade. This year, over 180 Falun Gong practitioners paraded through the streets. -
Turkey: Introducing Falun Dafa at the National Education Bureau of Mersin Municipality
2007-07-13On June 21st, 2007, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners were invited to hold an introduction forum at the National Education Bureau of Mersin Municipality. More than twenty teacher representatives from different types of school took part. When the introduction finished, participants didn’t want to leave until very late. -
Germany: Frankfurt Bathed in Sunshine
2007-07-12A performer in the Celestial Band works for a company in Frankfurt. When her colleagues saw her performing music in the parade, they greeted her merrily. Ever since the parade at the culture festival some time ago, in which Falun Gong took part, their attitude toward Falun Gong has changed. They were greatly impressed by the European Celestial Band. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Support the Campaign to Quit the CCP and Protest against the Hong Kong Forced Deportation
2007-07-12On July 5th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Stockholm and the Service Centre for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rallied at the Chinese Embassy to voice their support for the lawsuit brought by Hong Kong practitioners against China's former President Jiang Zemin, who is the leading culprit in the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Denmark: Danish Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the CCP’s Illegal Abduction of Zhang Weijie and Chen Man
2007-07-11On July 6th, 2007, some Falun Gong practitioners from Copenhagen, regardless of the rain, went to the Chinese Embassy in Denmark to protest against the Wuhan 610-Office’s atrocity of abducting Wuhan Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Weijie and his wife Chen Man, and called on the Chinese authorities to release them immediately. -
United Kingdom: Press Conference Held in London to Announce the Launch of the Human Rights Torch Relay
2007-07-10On July 3rd 2007, the branch of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) in Europe held a press conference in London, announcing the launch of the Human Right Torch Relay. The purpose of the relay is to expose the brutality and crimes of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and call upon the international community to prevent the Olympic Games, which is the symbol of peace, from becoming a Bloody Harvest Games. -
Austria: Falun Gong Exercises Generate a Strong Energy Field in Vienna’s Chinatown
2007-07-10On Saturday, June 16th, 2007, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day in Vienna. For about six months, this information day has been organised once a month at the U4 Metro Station Kettenbrueckengasse. This is the location where Vienna’s unofficial Chinatown is located. In addition, this time practitioners also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. -
Germany: The Crimes Committed by the Chinese Communist Party Must be Stopped
2007-07-09The nine meter long poster that we laid on the ground attracted many people. It tells the history of the crimes committed by the CCP from the time of the student massacre in 1989 [on Tiananmen Square] to the most recent discoveries, the organ theft on thousands of living Falun Gong practitioners and their subsequent murder. -
Ukraine: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness about the CCP's Atrocities During Anti-Torture Exhibition
2007-07-09On Ukraine Anti-Torture Day, Falun Gong practitioners in Kiev held an event on Independent Square in the city centre disclosing the CCP's eight year cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They re-enacted some of the types of torture Falun Gong practitioners experience in forced labour camps in China. -
Greece: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Athens
2007-07-08It was a beautiful sunny day in Athens for the celebration of World Falun Dafa Day on May 13th, 2007. Practitioners travelled to Thiseio to celebrate the benefits of Falun Gong and to allow people to see the Falun Gong exercises. Passersby on their afternoon stroll through the historic ruins and cafes stopped and admired the exercise demonstration. -
Switzerland: Interesting Stories While Raising Awareness about Falun Gong among Chinese Tourists
2007-07-08Lausanne is a renowned tourist site in Switzerland. There are always many tourists visiting its famous attractions, including more and more tourists from Mainland China. It is an excellent place for Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland to talk to Chinese people face-to-face, distribute the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party,” encourage withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party and let the precious Chinese people know the truth. -
European Falun Dafa Association writes to UK Foreign Secretary: “These encroachments on basic freedoms in Hong Kong cannot stand”
2007-07-08More than 800 Falun Gong practitioners have been denied entry to Hong Kong in recent days, having traveled there for demonstrations over the ten-year anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. Witnesses say police officers have disregarded standard deportation procedures and used excessive force, including forcefully wrapping detainees in tarps and physically carrying them onto airplanes departing Hong Kong. An email leaked by a Taiwanese travel agency details instructions from the Hong Kong Immigration Department to bar Falun Gong practitioners from boarding Hong Kong-bound planes in Taiwan. -
Austria: Almost Eight Years Have Passed Since the Beginning of the Systematic and Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2007-07-07Many hold hope for an improvement in China's human rights situation with the promise of the Olympic Games. However, a black list has been distributed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in which forty-three different categories of undesirable people that should not be allowed to come to China for the Olympics are listed, among them Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Falun Gong and Lotus Flowers to the Fore at The Altonale Culture Festival
2007-07-07With the theme “The Path of Falun Gong” we organised a photo exhibition in two pavilions. There were photos depicting the dissemination of Falun Gong, photos about the persecution that began in July of 1999, as well as photos about the peaceful protests that call for an end to the torture and murder of Falun Gong practitioners in China.