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United Kingdom: The People of Liverpool Show their Support for China’s Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-03-17
On Saturday 12th March, UK practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in Liverpool. The event, which took place in the busiest part of the city centre, attracted a great deal of attention, drawing people away from their shopping to find out more about the persecution against the peaceful meditative practice Falun Gong in China. -
Finland: Falun Dafa Was Introduced on the "Snow Castle" in Kemi City
2005-03-17
It was snowing gently while practitioners demonstrated the exercises of Falun Gong on an ice stage. Many flyers were given out and people condemned the persecution openly. Many people were already aware of the injustice and brutality that Falun Gong practitioners have faced for the last six years. One lady said that she knows that this practice is good for people but still forbidden in China. -
Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Brave the Cold Weather to Expose the Persecution to the People of Moscow
2005-03-16
On Saturday the 12th of March, Moscow Falun Gong practitioners again went to the city centre despite the cold, snow and windy weather. They demanded that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stop the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners immediately and they exposed the CCP’s heinous crimes to the people of Moscow. -
Czech Republic: Heartfelt Support from Attendees of a Charitable Concert and Exhibition in Moravia
2005-03-15
On March 5, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to an evening charity event held in the southern Moravia town of Mikulcice to tell people the truth about the ongoing brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Dozens of people expressed their gratitude to us for coming to the event and helping them learn about the persecution. -
Spain: Western Practitioners Continue to let Chinese People Know the Truth at the Consulate in Barcelona
2005-03-13
The Barcelona Chinese Consulate opens to the public every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On these days, you can always find western Falun Gong practitioners there. They distribute leaflets to the Chinese people who are in the queue and tell them in Chinese: “This is for you. Falun Dafa is good.” They also demonstrate the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. -
United Kingdom: Belfast Telegraph reports on the City’s “Persecution Meets Principle” Exhibition
2005-03-13
British newspaper The Belfast Telegraph published an article entitled “Show to focus on torture in China” on March 4th 2005. Marie Foy reported that Falun Gong practitioners held anti-torture exhibitions in fifteen cities in the UK to expose the brutal torture that the regime in China has conducted against them because they refuse to abandon their belief. -
Finland: Activities in Helsinki to Raise Awareness of the Persecution
2005-03-12
On the 6th and 7th of March, Dafa practitioners in Finland held a two-day activity in Helsinki. This activity included a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Consulate calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution of people who follow Falun Gong’s principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance”. -
Sweden: Support at a Gothenburg Health Expo: “I think that the whole world should practise Falun Gong!”
2005-03-12
Many people looked curiously at the Falun Gong stand and watched the video of the Falun Gong exercises. The practitioners handed out paper lotus flowers to the expo visitors. One of the visitors said, "If everyone practised Falun Gong, there would be no evil." Another said, "I think that the whole world should practise Falun Gong!" -
Germany: Participating in the Vietnamese New Year Festival in Bremen
2005-03-11
Vietnamese residents celebrated the New Year together in Bremen. Every year for fifteen years, Bremen’s Vietnamese community has come together for this event, which offers elaborate stage performances and tasty Vietnamese delicacies. This year, north German Falun Gong practitioners were asked to participate in the activities. -
Slovakia: The People of Hlohovec give a Warm Welcome to Falun Gong
2005-03-08
On Saturday the 5th of March, practitioners of Falun Gong visited Hlohovec, a medium-sized city in western Slovakia. They told people about the benefits they have received from practising Falun Gong, as well as the brutal persecution that is happening in China and has already taken the lives of over 1,400 people. People greeted the practitioners with a warm and friendly welcome. Many people stopped to sign the petition and show their disdain and disapproval of the persecution. -
Switzerland: Collecting Petition Signatures to Rescue a Practitioner who is Wrongly Imprisoned in China
2005-03-06
The practitioners organized this event at the last minute and did not have much time to prepare their information stall. However, it was enough to have the sincere wish to help fellow practitioners in China, who are under threat of persecution, torture and even death for wanting to practise Falun Gong. The impact of the information stall was very positive and many people came to find out more. -
Czech Republic: Brno Activity Exposes the Persecution against Falun Gong
2005-03-05
Many people stopped to read the poster display boards, which detailed the methods of persecution and torture used in cruel attempts to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief. Several thousand leaflets were distributed and many people talked with practitioners and offered messages of support. Around 200 petition signatures were collected calling for an end to the persecution. -
France: Introducing Falun Gong at the Primrose Expo in Lyon
2005-03-04
The practitioners introduced Falun Dafa to between fifty and sixty thousand people from Lyon and other neighbouring cities. They also informed them about the abuses of human rights that are happening to people who practise Falun Gong in China, with a large-scale campaign of suppression being enforced by the Chinese Communist Party. -
United Kingdom: Students and Staff from the University of Glasgow show their Support for Falun Gong Practitioners’ Human Rights
2005-03-03The student chapter of Amnesty International held a Falun Gong seminar after the anti-torture exhibition. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and talked about the practice; they told the students about Falun Gong’s popularity in 60 countries, former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin using the Chinese Communist Party’s long history of persecution in his personal vendetta against Falun Gong and the many atrocities and human rights abuses that practitioners have endured over the past six years. They explained that Falun Gong’s guiding principles are Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance and there has never been a single case of practitioners retaliating against their persecutors, even under severe torture. -
Swedish Newspaper "Skövde News" Reports on Falun Gong at the Skövde Health Expo
2005-03-03
The report mentioned that the health expo gave people a unique kind of feeling and provided different ways to achieve physical and spiritual health. The report also revealed how Falun Gong practitioners from Gothenburg and Lerum demonstrated the exercises on a large stage and talked to the public about the practice.
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