Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Urge the Chinese Government to Release Jiang Renzheng Immediately
2005-10-23When Jiang Renzheng and Kuo Rei applied for refugee status in Germany, the German authorities misunderstood them and decided they were not Falun Gong practitioners and believed they wouldn’t be persecuted. As a result, they repatriated them and their children back to China. However two weeks later, the National Security Bureau in Benshi city interrogated them for ten hours. They sentenced Jiang Renzheng to three years in a labour camp without any legal procedure. -
Germany: Falun Gong Association Invited to Hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition to Expose the Persecution Taking Place in China
2005-10-22The 18th stop of the nationwide tour of a human rights photo exhibition entitled “Shameful Regions” was held in Sendinger Tor Square in central Munich on October 12th and 13th. 2005. This exhibition is scheduled to be held in over thirty cities in Germany within three months, aiming to expose the human rights abuses happening in Communist countries. -
Italy: The First "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Italy Held in Andorno Micca Town.
2005-10-22The first "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Italy was inaugurated in Andorno Micca. The paintings hung in the exhibition hall of the Artist Association for two weeks and members of the Association felt honoured that these outstanding paintings by artists who practise Falun Gong could be displayed in their exhibition hall. -
Norway: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution at a Health Exhibition
2005-10-22On the second weekend of September, a health exhibition was held in Kongsvinger in southern Norway. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate and introduce Falun Gong to the people. Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of peaceful exercises. They also exposed the brutal persecution of Falun Gong which is still happening in China. -
United Kingdom: “Friends of Falun Gong” at the University of Leicester Fresher's Fair
2005-10-21On the 3rd and 4th of October, 2005, invited by the University of Leicester Student Union, Friends of Falun Gong joined the annual Fresher's Fair. Many Chinese students who just came to Leicester from Mainland China were pleasantly surprised and took photos of the Falun Gong stand. They may start to think: why is Falun Gong only persecuted in China? -
Czech Republic: Exercises on Karl’s Square Attract the Local TV Station
2005-10-21In Karl’s Square, the regular Falun Gong exercise site in Prague, around 25 practitioners gathered to perform their exercises. A lady from a local TV station filmed the exercises and conducted short interviews with a few practitioners. She said she would like to use them during the planned visit of Chinese representatives to the Czech Republic. -
Ireland: "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition" in Dublin’s Trinity College
2005-10-20The exhibition displayed forty paintings created by artists who practise Falun Gong in different countries. People got to learn about Falun Gong from a different angle and see the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party. They asked many questions and wanted to know how to help Falun Gong practitioners who are being persecuted in China. -
France: Raising Awareness about Human Rights Abuses Against Falun Gong in Front of Parc de la Villette in Paris
2005-10-20People showed sympathy for Falun Gong practitioners and a deep concern for the CCP’s human rights abuses. One man was too touched to say a word after having seen the poster exhibition boards and he almost shed tears. His wife said: "It is mankind's brightest hope to pursue physical and mental health, and it is the most basic human right." -
Russia: Practitioners Participate in a Health Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod
2005-10-19A photo display attracted a lot of people during the exhibition and practitioners distributed leaflets and paper Lotus Flowers. Also, interested people were able to purchase a copy of the introductory book of Falun Dafa's principles by Master Li Hongzhi, Falun Gong. The TV station "Volga" interviewed local practitioners. -
Oversea Chinese in the UK: "Everyone knows the Communist Party of China is bad. It has done too many bad things"
2005-10-19The UK Epoch Times held activities in Manchester's Chinatown regarding The Nine Commentaries editorial and the spate of withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party. Activities included an exhibition of pictures illustrating the crimes against the people committed during the previous decade by the Communist Party of China. A laser disc of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was shown at the same time, attracting a lot of Chinese people over to watch. -
Russia: Moscow Practitioners Take to the Streets and Expose the Persecution of Falun Dafa
2005-10-18After attending the 2005 Russian Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference on October 6th, practitioners from many different countries held separate rallies on Clear Fountain Square opposite the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in Moscow’s Culture Square, demanding that the CCP stop the persecution of Falun Gong immediately. -
Ireland: Lotus Flowers Bloom in an Irish Community
2005-10-18The Women’s Club in Dublin invited Falun Gong practitioners to Greenhill Community Centre to perform the elegant “Lotus Flower Dance,” and demonstrate Falun Gong’s gentle and slow-moving exercises, as well as teach its club members to fold paper Lotus Flowers. Though suppressed in China, Falun Gong is appreciated worldwide. -
Germany: Falun Gong Invited to Participate in International Culture Exchange Week and Receives a Warm Welcome
2005-10-17The last week of September is International Culture Exchange Week in Augsburg. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in variety shows on September 28th and 30th. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and gave dance performances with the names Flower Spirit and Eulogy of the Lotus, which won the admiration of the audience. -
Czech Republic: State TV Station Reports on Quitting the CCP Parade and Rally in Prague
2005-10-17In its national prime time news programme, the Czech State TV Station reported on a huge rally and campaign which took place in the old town square in Prague, as well as a quitting the Chinese Communist Party parade through the major areas in Prague. The reported also reported in brief on the editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper entitled the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, which systematically analyzes the crimes and atrocities committed by the CCP. -
Germany: “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance” International Art Exhibition Tours Eastern Germany
2005-10-16In September, the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance” International Art Exhibition toured to cities in the eastern Bavarian region of Germany. The paintings were first shown in the tourist city of Cham in the Bavarian forest. The exhibition opened with a traditional Chinese dance and the guest speeches that followed provided food for thought.