Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Ukraine: Journey of Compassion Painting Exhibition held in Konstantinovka

    Practitioners in Ukraine recently staged a painting exhibition entitled the Journey of Compassion in Konstantinoyka City. Through watching the painting exhibition, many people felt angry after finding out about the cruel torture against Falun Gong practitioners initiated by the Chinese Communist Party. People signed their names on the petition form to support Falun Gong practitioners.
  • A Young Chinese Couple Learn the Truth from a Video-CD

    Once I was on a boat ride back to my home country when I met a young Chinese couple. I began a discussion with them, telling them that I practise Falun Gong. They were happy to talk to me and we had a long discussion, mostly about the persecution against Falun Gong in China. They both had a higher level education, so we discussed issues on many levels and they asked many questions, most arising from the lies that the Chinese Communist Party have spread.
  • Norway: Promoting Falun Gong’s Positive Health Benefits at an Annual Health Exhibition

    At the Falun Gong stand, people could find out how practitioners have become physically and mentally healthy through Falun Gong cultivation practice. Practitioners showed details of health surveys from Beijing before Falun Gong was suppressed, health surveys from Taiwan and medical reports of Falun Gong’s effect on health in Germany.
  • United Kingdom: Anti-torture Exhibition in Huddersfield Arouses People’s Sympathy

    The purpose of this activity was to introduce Falun Gong to local residents and to tell them about the brutal persecution against the practice in China. The few torture methods re-enacted were just the tip of the iceberg; over 100 forms of torture are used under orders from the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Where does the Money for these Geneva Activities Come From?

    Since the year 2000, each March and April there are one to two thousand Falun Gong practitioners from Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America going to Geneva to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong in China. Where does the money for all their travelling and materials come from?
  • Geneva: Photo Report - Revealing the Persecution of Falun Gong during the UN Human Rights Commission

  • United Kingdom: People from the City of Canterbury Learn about Falun Dafa and Support Practitioners’ Human Rights

    On Saturday the 9th of April, Dafa practitioners from Kent in the south of England held an event in the centre of the historic city of Canterbury to promote the local Falun Dafa class and raise awareness of the ongoing persecution against the practice in China. People showed their support for Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights by signing a petition calling for former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice through a court of law.
  • Germany: The first Falun Gong Workshop at a School in Cham City

    Four local newspapers and some newspapers from neighbouring cities published adverts for the Falun Gong workshop. One of them even printed a report about the workshop on its front page, as well as a thesis by an American medical doctor about Falun Gong’s beneficial influence on human health. Consequently, Falun Gong became a popular topic among residents and the workshop was attended by a lot of people.
  • Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong at a Stockholm Health Fair

    On April the 2nd and 3rd, Falun Gong practitioners participated in a health fair called ”Harmony Expo” in Liljeholmen, Stockholm. They demonstrated the five sets of exercises on a stage several times during the two days and handed out hundreds of leaflets and newspapers about Falun Gong and the persecution that has been taking place in China for the last six years.
  • Ukraine : Photo Report - People are Eager to Learn Falun Gong in Slavyansk City

    Following the picture exhibition held by Ukrainian practitioners in Slavyansk city, lots of local people who attended the exhibition developed a great interest in Falun Gong and came to the exercise site to learn the practice. They learned all five sets of Falun Gong exercises and studied the teachings of Falun Gong together with experienced practitioners.
  • Russia: Practitioners Expose the Persecution to People in St. Petersburg

    Photos exposing the human rights abuses that are happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China attracted the most attention and concern from the public. After seeing the inhumane forms of torture used in cruel attempts to force practitioners to renounce their beliefs, people were shocked. They showed great sympathy for China’s persecuted practitioners.
  • A Swedish Girl’s Wish: Making One Thousand Paper Lotus Flowers to Help End the Persecution

    Twelve-year-old Elvelina attended the activities that Nordic Falun Gong practitioners held during the Easter holidays. She had a dream during the night of March 26th 2005. She dreamt that if she could make one thousand paper lotus flowers, the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China would end. She told the dream to her friend, another girl of the same age, when she woke up in the morning. The two girls started folding paper lotus flowers right away.
  • Denmark: Practitioners gather in Copenhagen to Share Experiences and hold Activities during the Easter Holidays

    Falun Gong practitioners from all over Denmark gathered in Copenhagen and spent the Easter holidays together. On the third day, they held activities in Copenhagen city centre to raise awareness about the human rights abuses against their fellow practitioners in China, and also held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Embassy calling for an end to this persecution.
  • Sweden: "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" Shine in Children's Hearts (3)

    Practitioners were invited by the Minghui School to see what the children had created. On display were various kinds of Falun, painted or embroidered by the children, and many different artistic works featuring Chinese characters saying “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance” and “Falun Gong Is Great.”
  • Italy: Anti-torture Exhibition held in Cordusi Square to Expose the Persecution

    On the 27th of February, a group of Falun Gong practitioners from Switzerland and Italy held an anti-torture exhibition in Milan’s Cordusi Square to expose the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and the Chinese Communist Party. A petition calling for Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing and Zhou Yongkang to be punished by a court of law for their crimes against humanity caught the attention of passers-by.