Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Sweden: Activity Day in Lidingö
2005-10-15On October 2nd in the city of Lidingö, there was an activity day with the subject of health. During the afternoon several associations presented various outdoor activities. Participants had the chance to watch practitioners' demonstration of the five Falun Gong exercises and receive answers to any questions they had regarding the practice. -
Turkey: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong in China at an International Peace Conference
2005-10-14The International Local Governments Peace Conference was held in Turkey from September 25th to 28th, 2005. Over 1,200 people attended the conference, including local government heads from forty-five nations and regions. Three Falun Gong practitioners representing Turkish Falun Gong Association also attended the conference with permission. -
Spain: People Express Support for Falun Gong During a Petition Signature Collection on Ghanali Island
2005-10-13Practitioners on Ghanali Island in southern Spain collected petition signatures in the city centre to protest the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The practitioners were divided into two groups; one group demonstrated exercises and the other handed out leaflets and talked to people who wanted to find out more. -
France: Introducing Falun Gong at Place du Château Rouge in Paris
2005-10-13On October 1st, Falun Gong practitioners in France held an activity to introduce Falun Dafa and expose the persecution. Many people expressed support for Falun Gong and opposed the illegal persecution taking place in China. They also denounced the Chinese Communist Party for its shameless human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Benefit Performance During the Oktoberfest to Rescue Orphaned Children of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2005-10-12On the afternoon of October 1st 2005, a benefit performance to rescue the orphaned children of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners was held at Marienplatz in Munich. As the event was held during the famous Oktoberfest, Marienplatz was packed with tourists from all over the world. The performances won much applause from the enthusiastic audience. -
France: Press Conference Exposes Chinese Authorities’ Refusal to Co-operate with French Authorities’ Investigation
2005-10-11On Thursday the 29th of September, at a press conference held in the office of William Bourdon, a famous lawyer in France disclosed that the related Chinese authorities refuse to co-operate with a Commission Rogatoire Internationale and a notice sent to them by Noria Faucherie, a law-officer from Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. -
Sweden: Appealing to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Chinese Consulate
2005-10-10Falun Gong practitioners unfurled two very large banners outside the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg. One banner read “Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners” while the other consisted of photos of Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death in China. Practitioners also demonstrated the exercises. -
France: Drawing Attention to the Orphaned Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners on Human Rights Square
2005-10-09On September 25th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in France held large-scale activities to draw attention to the orphaned children of Falun Gong practitioners. The event, which received strong support from the public, was held on the Human Rights Square (Paris des Droits de l’Homme au Trocadero) opposite the world-famous Eiffel Tower. -
Germany: "The CCP is Exactly the Same as the Saddam Hussein Regime!"
2005-10-09After earnestly looking through the pictures exposing the CCP’s persecution, a young man from Iraq said that he knew about it very well and understood very much what practitioners in China had suffered because he was persecuted in Iraq as well. He said, "The Communist Party of China is exactly the same as the former Saddam regime." -
Germany: Spending a Nice Mid-autumn Festival in Dresden
2005-10-08Many kind German people found out how the Chinese Communist Party brutally persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. Some people asked for petition forms and leaflets to take for their families and friends. And still many people wanted to learn Falun Gong and practitioners happily invited them to the local exercise practice site where they can learn for free. -
Ukraine: Bringing the Goodness of Dafa to the Automobile Workers Festival
2005-10-08Dafa practitioners used coloured paper to make lotus flowers as a symbol of tranquillity and peacefulness. Many kind-hearted children and adults were delighted to learn how to fold paper lotus flowers. The practitioners called on kind-hearted people to express concern over the Chinese Falun Gong practitioners persecuted by Jiang and his Communist regime. -
Finland: "I Want to Let More People Know About the Persecution Happening in China"
2005-10-07Falun Gong practitioners in Finland went to the train station to promote Falun Gong and tell people about the persecution against the practice in Mainland China. They collected petition signatures to call for an immediate end to the brutal torture of Falun Gong practitioners, which has been going on for the past six years in China’s prisons and forced labour camps. -
Russia: People in St. Petersburg are Concerned about the Persecuted Dafa Practitioners
2005-10-07Falun Dafa practitioners in St. Petersburg held an activity to promote Falun Gong. People signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution after they heard about the true nature of the Chinese Communist Party, which is directly responsible for the persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners and many other persecutions over the last 50 years. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Participates in Uppsala Health Fair
2005-10-06The practitioners had unlimited access to the stage and continuously displayed the graceful and vitalising exercises. Many people came to watch and the organiser came to personally thank the practitioners for being there; she said that the beautiful practice had been an important contributor to the peaceful and harmonious atmosphere at the fair. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners’ Merciful Call to Staff in the Chinese Embassy on the 1st October, the National Day of Mourning
2005-10-05"We are Falun Gong practitioners who often petition in front of the Chinese Embassy...It has been almost three and a half years since UK Falun Gong practitioners started the silent vigil on the 5th of June 2002. We see one another across the road 24 hours a day. Regretfully we have not been able to communicate verbally face to face."