Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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France: People in Nancy told Practitioners, “Keep going and persevere!”
2005-09-16Throughout the activities, many passers-by stopped to view the poster display boards. When hearing that such a cruel persecution is still taking place in the 21st century, they were astonished and talked to practitioners one after another wanting to know more of the facts. Many passers-by came forward to encourage practitioners. -
Germany: “Very good. Such things should be exposed to the public!”
2005-09-16A female Falun Gong practitioner who personally suffered human rights abuses a the hands of the Chinese Communist Party for practising Falun Gong came to the square to distribute flyers. Many people noticed the girl from far away and approached her asking, "What good things are you distributing today?" Most people solemnly received the flyers when they heard that it was about human rights issues in China. -
United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Gong at Birmingham Art Festival
2005-09-15At 4 pm on Saturday the 10th of September, seven female Falun Gong practitioners in traditional Chinese costumes demonstrated the five sets of exercises on the main stage, followed by their self-created dance “Flying Law Wheels.” When Falun Gong music played, the whole square seemed to be immersed in an atmosphere of peace and harmony. -
Germany: Practitioners Invited to Participate in Sachsen Day Festivities
2005-09-14On the first Sunday of September every year, Sachsen Day is celebrated in different cities in a grand manner, in which the number of participants may be as many as several thousand people. Participants included more than a hundred associations, groups, as well as the major media from various places in Germany. The Falun Gong Association was also invited. -
Belgium: Practitioners in Antwerp Expose the Brutality of the Persecution of Falun Gong with an Anti-Torture Exhibition
2005-09-14Falun Gong Practitioners from Belgium and Holland held a live anti-torture exhibition in Antwerp to expose six long years of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Falun Gong practitioners. Anti-torture exhibitions consist of practitioners acting out some of the brutal methods of torture used against their fellow practitioners in China. -
France: Gathering Signatures in Paris to Stop the Persecution
2005-09-13On September 3rd, French Falun Gong practitioners held an activity on Rue de la Convention, the busiest in the 15th section in Paris. The 15th section is located in the south-west of Paris and is the biggest street section in the city. This activity was to introduce Falun Dafa to people and expose the persecution taking place in China. -
Sweden: "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition" in Malmo City
2005-09-12On August 19th, 2005, the opening of the "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance International Art Exhibition" was held in a gallery in Malmo City. People from all walks of life attended the opening ceremony. The exhibition was open for one week. Located in the downtown area, the gallery attracted plenty of attention. -
United Kingdom: Holding a Benefit Performance and Petitioning to Rescue Falun Gong Orphans in Oxford City
2005-09-11On Saturday the 27th of August 2005, at Gloucester Green Square in the famous historical city of Oxford, Falun Gong practitioners held activities calling for help to rescue Falun Gong orphans, which included a benefit performance designed by practitioners themselves, distributing leaflets and collecting signatures. -
Denmark: Press Conference about Legal Action is Attended by Major Danish Media
2005-09-10The CCP Procurator General Jia Chunwang was sued by Falun Gong practitioners for Crimes of Torture while he was taking part in the International Procurator General Association’s annual meeting on 28th August in Copenhagen. The Danish Falun Gong association held a press conference. All mainstream Danish media attended this conference. -
Italy: Falun Dafa is Becoming More Popular on the Island of Sardinia
2005-09-10At the end of July and the beginning of August, some practitioners from Switzerland and Italy went to the island of Sardinia in Italy to promote Falun Gong. Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises in the park every morning. A newspaper reported the stories of Falun Gong practitioners and revealed the truth of the persecution by the CCP using a whole page spread. -
Russia: Exercise Demonstration and Exposing the Persecution at the "International Conference of Traditional Medical Treatments"
2005-09-10Moscow Falun Gong practitioners attended the 4th International Conference of Traditional Medical Treatments. During the conference practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises, telling the attendees about what Falun Gong is, and about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) six years of persecution against the peaceful practice. -
Italy: Practitioners Participated in the Virgin Mary Ascension Day and the City Mayor Personally Expressed Thanks
2005-09-09When practitioners were setting up display boards exposing the persecution and cruel torture happening in China, owners of the stores in the neighbourhood could not wait to ask questions. They were all shocked to believe that such things still happen in the world today. A great number of people signed their names on the petition. -
Switzerland: Appealing for Support from United Nations Participants to Rescue my Auntie
2005-09-09My auntie, Ms. Qiu Minghua, is being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party because she refuses to give up practising Falun Gong. She has been illegally imprisoned since November 25th 2004. In order to appeal for her rescue, during the period of the UN Human Rights Committee from the end of July 2005 to the beginning of August I talked to about one hundred officials from different countries in the United Nations and to members of NGOs (non-governmental organisations). I appealed to them to support the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in Mainland China. The effect was good. -
Sweden: Practitioners Invited to Demonstrate the Exercises at a Health Seminar in Lerum
2005-09-09There were about three hundred and fifty people attending the seminar. Almost everybody was given a pamphlet introducing the practice of Falun Gong and explaining why this peaceful method is so brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. There were many people who stopped to watch when Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the exercises. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners submit a petition and signatures to the British Prime Minister's Office
2005-09-08In order to urgently seek the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners taken into custody and persecuted illegally in China, several British practitioners went to London to the British Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street on September 1st. They submitted a petition of more than eight thousand signatures to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair.