Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Germany: Successful Falun Dafa Information Day was held in Düsseldorf
2004-11-06When practitioners were demonstrating the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, a reporter from one of the local news papers appeared, he was passing by chance with his camera and attracted by the exercise demonstrations. He thus approached the information desk and took shots of the demonstration and information desk for over ten minutes before he left. -
Finland: Promoting Falun Gong at the Train Station in Helsinki
2004-11-06At lunchtime on the 30th of October 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners again visited the train station in Helsinki city in Finland. It is over two years since we first started our Saturday Dafa activities there in 2002. The people who see us and receive Dafa materials are countless and they are not just from Helsinki but from different cities in Finland and different countries. -
Germany: Successful Anti-Torture Exhibition held near the Famous Church of Ulm
2004-11-05When the exhibition started, the crimes of the Jiang regime were exposed to local residents and tourists as practitioners re-enacted the vicious methods of torture used to attempt to force people to give up their belief in Falun Gong in China. After hearing the truth, people signed a petition to call for Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice in a court of law. -
Denmark : Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution at a High School
2004-11-05Throughout the talk all the pupils were quiet and attentive, which surprised the teachers. At the end they had many questions and found it shocking that Jiang and his regime could act so outrageously. The teachers also asked questions and were surprised that they had not heard about the persecution before. Finally, we had some time to teach them the first of the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. -
France: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the City Centre of Toulouse
2004-11-04We left Paris and travelled several hundred miles to the city of Toulouse to tell local people about Falun Gong. Our activities, including exercise demonstrations and an anti-torture exhibition, were held in the city centre. After hearing the facts about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution being inflicted on the Chinese Falun Gong practitioners, people looked dumbfounded. -
Germany: Falun Gong Information Day held in Bad Homburg
2004-11-04Many people asked whether there is a practice site where they can learn the Falun Gong exercises in Bad Homburg. Most people signed the petition form calling for an end to the persecution even before listening to our explanations since they felt sympathy for Dafa practitioners being persecuted in China and contempt for the evil people who use torture and maltreatment to try to force innocent people to betray their beliefs. -
Sweden: Many People Want to Find Out More about Falun Gong at Karlstad Health Expo
2004-11-03Many people stayed at the big stage to watch and listen to the Falun Gong exercise demonstration. Every time the demonstration ended, people came to talk to the practitioners and wanted to learn more. When they found out that there would be a free class in Karlstad on the coming weekend, they all wanted to know the details. -
France: Anti-Torture Exhibition held in Baie-Mahault City in Guadeloupe
2004-11-02On Saturday the 13th of October 2004, Falun Gong practitioners from Baie-Mahault city in Guadeloupe organised an anti-torture poster exhibition to expose the serious and violent human rights violations against Falun Gong in China and to show people the barbarity of the various torture methods used to try and force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their beliefs. -
Switzerland: Falun Gong Practitioners hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Baden City
2004-10-31People found it hard to believe that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin would order China’s policemen to carry out such barbaric crimes against people who just want to practise their qigong exercises in peace and live by the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. They signed the petition calling for an end to the suppression of Falun Gong. -
France: Falun Gong Practitioners were Invited to a Festival in Lons-le-Saunier City
2004-10-31To conclude a year of Chinese culture that has recently taken place in France, Lons-Le-Saunier city of Jura province organised a Tasting Festival with the theme of China. A Local MP invited Falun Gong practitioners to join the performance to let more people know about Falun Gong and to talk about the persecution against the practice that has been happening for the last five years. -
Finland: Sending Righteous Thoughts at the Chinese Embassy and Appealing to bring Jiang, Luo, Liu and Zhou to Justice
2004-10-30In the early morning of the 26th of October 2004, a few Finnish Falun Gong practitioners gathered together at the Chinese Embassy and unfurled two banners reading ‘Bring Jiang, Luo, Liu, Zhou to Justice’ and ‘Falun Dafa is Great’. We firmly believe that the criminals who are directly responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China will be brought to justice soon. -
Switzerland: Successful Anti-Torture Exhibition in Altdorf City
2004-10-30On the 23rd of October, Swiss Dafa practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition while displaying pictures of Falun Gong’s history and photo evidence of the Jiang Regime’s crimes in persecuting Falun Gong. This attracted lots of people. Many tourists took leaflets and signed their names on a petition to give support, saying, “You are doing a good job and you will definitely succeed.” -
Germany: The Jiang Group’s Violence Shocked the People in the Ancient City of Augsburg
2004-10-29Dafa practitioners held activities which included exercise demonstrations, leaflet distribution, an anti-torture exhibition and Chinese traditional dancing in the centre of Augsburg. The activities were held to enable local residents to get a better understanding of the facts of Falun Gong and to inform them about the brutal suppression of Dafa practitioners. -
France: Exposing Jiang Zemin’s Persecution against Falun Gong in Grenoble
2004-10-29Practitioners distributed leaflets an collected petition signatures calling for an end to the persecution. Photos of the brutally tortured Falun Gong practitioners in China touched the hearts of many passers-by. Some of them wanted to know more about Falun Gong whilst others expressed their sorrow over the French President’s silence on Falun Gong issues during his visit to China. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners were Invited to the Health Expo in Karlstad City
2004-10-29The practitioners were invited to demonstrate the exercises on a stage with one of them introducing Falun Gong to the public. He talked about the practice’s popularity in over 60 countries, the benefits it has brought to 100 million people’s health, and the persecution against Falun Gong in China that has already claimed over 1,000 lives.