Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Germany: Practitioners Held Activities in Munich to Support the Campaign to Quit the CCP
2006-10-07On September 30th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany’s Munich held activities in Marienplatz Square to support the fourteen million people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Not only was people’s attention attracted by the peaceful Falun Gong exercises, but they were also shocked by the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities. -
France: First 'Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance Art Exhibition' Held in Ceyrat
2006-10-05On September 25th, 2006, a 'Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance Art Exhibition” was held in Ceyrat in central France. La Montagne (the largest newspaper in the Auvergne), The Ceyrat Infos (a local newspaper in Ceyrat) and The Info (a free newspaper) all carried reports about the art exhibition. -
Ukraine: Falun Gong Practitioners in Kramatorsk are Invited to Participate in the City Festival
2006-10-05On September 24th, Kramatorsk once again held its annual City Festival. This year, a person in charge of the festival took the initiative to specifically invite Falun Dafa practitioners to participate, saying, "We ejoy your programs very much. Why don't you submit your application as soon as possible? I look forward to seeing you during the festival." -
Austria: “It is so awful”
2006-10-04On Saturday, September 16th, 2006, practitioners of the meditation practice Falun Gong organised an information day in Stephan’s Square, Vienna, to inform local people about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) violations of human rights. Emphasis was put on the brutal practise of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners while still alive. -
Germany: Three Day “Cultural Carnival” in Hamburg
2006-10-03After we had set up the booth, practitioners began to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises. Many visitors became curious and stopped to watch the practitioners sitting upright in the double lotus position, meditating despite all the noise and loud music. We established a harmonious environment, which was a centre of attention at the festival. -
Switzerland: Exposing the CCP's Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong in Front of the United Nations
2006-10-02During the second session of the UN Human Rights Council, a five-day sculpture exhibition was held in front of the United Nations in Geneva. They raised awareness about the persecution among passersby and distributed leaflets about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Exposing CCP Crimes during the Munich Beer Festival
2006-10-01German Falun Gong practitioners joined an activity to support the thirteen million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party in Munich’s Karlsplatz square. It was at the time of the Beer Festival and the city was bustling with tourists from around the world. Many German people and people from other places were shocked by the CCP’s human rights abuses. -
Finland: School Students Show Concern About the Persecution of Falun Gong
2006-10-01Students were very active, and there were many questions to deal with. The practitioners explained about the persecution and the practice while answering questions. The allotted class time had soon passed, but the teacher knew students still had questions to ask the practitioners and promised to arrange such a discussion in the future. -
United Kingdom: Car Tour in Southern England to Raise Awareness about the Persecution
2006-10-01In mid-September, UK practitioners started a five-day car tour in southern England to spread the truth of Falun Gong and to urge the British people, the media and VIPs to pay attention to the inhuman crime of organ harvesting on live Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The second stop of the car tour was Exeter. ITV, one of the UK's main television channels, came to video the activity. The biggest local newspaper also sent a reporter to take some photos. A local MP came to welcome the car tour participants. The practitioners divided into two groups. One group were in a shopping centre to giving out leaflets. Another group went to the city council and the university newspaper to deliver information about the organ harvesting issue to them. -
Germany: Re-enactment of Organ Harvesting by Falun Gong Practitioners in Hamburg
2006-09-30On September 14th 2006, German Falun Gong practitioners held an information day to expose the seven years of persecution that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has inflicted on Falun Gong practitioners. They set up a stall containing leaflets and other information on Ida-Ehrplatz (Ida-Honour Square) in downtown Hamburg. -
German Media Reports Falun Gong Practitioners’ Protests during Wen Jiabao’s Visit
2006-09-30During Chinese leader Wen Jiabao’s visit to Germany, Falun Gong practitioners organised activities in Hamburg and Berlin to protest against the Chinese Communist regime’s human rights abuses. They called on Wen to help end the persecution of Falun Gong in China, bring the main culprits of the persecution to justice, and release the illegally detained human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Gao wrote three open letters to Chinese leaders Hu and Wen calling them to stop the brutal persecution of Falun Gong. He was secretly detained by the regime a month ago. -
Germany: A Former Employee of Volkswagen Changchun China Writes to the CEO of the Parent Company in Germany
2006-09-29From 2000 to 2003, at least ten Falun Gong practitioners in China were dismissed by FAW-Volkswagen Co. Ltd for practicing Falun Gong. The headquarters of the company in Germany keeps silent about such wrongdoing. A former engineer in FAW-VW of Changchun wrote to the CEO Mr.Pischetsrieder. The following is a translation of the letter. -
Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the CCP's Atrocities on Gandhi Square in Moscow
2006-09-29On September 15th, 2006, Russian Falun Gong practitioners staged a rally in Indira Gandhi Square, Moscow to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong. In particular, activities were held to disclose the CCP crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners distributed leaflets and collected signatures. -
Germany: Widespread Support for Falun Gong and Condemnation of the Chinese Communist Regime's Persecution of the Practice
2006-09-28Before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao headed a four hundred people delegation to attend the “Hamburg China-Europe Summit” in Germany from September 13th to September 15th, the human rights division of the German Falun Gong Association called on the political and media communities in Germany to rescue Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China. To put an end to the seven year old persecution, they also launched a campaign to invite the general public to sign a petition on a website. -
Russia: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Tomsk
2006-09-28As on previous weekends, Falun Gong practitioners in Russia’s Tomsk went to a park along the Tomsk River to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises to the general public. They also distributed leaflets to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of innocent people who believe in the principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.