Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Germany: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa and Expose the Persecution During the European Sinology Expert Conference at Heidelberg University
2004-09-06Between the 26th and the 28th of October, the European Sinology Expert Conference was held in the southern German university town of Heidelberg. Representatives of German practitioners attended the conference, clarifying to the facts about Falun Dafa to Sinologists who have a deep predestined relationship with Chinese culture. -
Holland: Letting People Know about Falun Dafa at Rotterdam Chinese Festival
2004-09-06The annual Rotterdam Chinese Festival was held this year on the 28th and 29th of August in Chinatown. The streets were crowded with Dutch citizens. With their leaflets, Falun gong practitioners went to Chinatown and hung a “Falun Dafa” banner and distributed leaflets about the persecution in China while playing Dafa music and demonstrating the exercises. -
Germany: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution at the Dresden City Festival (3)
2004-09-05From the 20th to the 22nd of August 2004, Dresden in Germany held its annual city festival. Tens of thousands of people came to the streets to watch the different types of performances. German Falun Gong practitioners were invited to the festival and performed on the stage twice a day for forty minutes each time. -
Ukraine: "The Path of Compassion" Picture Exhibition Successfully Held in Lviv City
2004-09-05Between the 11th and 19th of August 2004, Ukrainian practitioners successfully held an exhibition of photographs entitled “The Path of Compassion” in Lviv City. The exhibition served to help people understand Falun Dafa cultivation and the persecution that is taking place in China. -
Austria: Falun Dafa Information Centre and International Human Rights Association hold a Joint Press Conference
2004-09-04On August the 31st 2004, the Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre and the Austrian International Human Rights Association held a joint press conference about filing a lawsuit against Jia Qinglin. In the press conference, a spokesman for the Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre revealed the persecution that Jia has enforced on Falun Gong practitioners. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Invited to Participate in Stockholm Cultural Festival
2004-09-04On the weekend of August the 29th, there was a large Swedish/Italian cultural festival held in Gamla Stan in Stockholm and Falun Gong practitioners were invited to perform. At the same time a three-language photo exhibition was displayed for passersby, who included many tourists. -
Russia: Photo Report - Introducing Falun Gong in a Moscow Park
2004-09-04Practitioners introduced Falun Dafa in a park in Moscow. While some performed traditional-style dances and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, other practitioners revealed to passersby the extent of the persecution of Falun Gong taking place in Mainland China and collected signatures to bring it to an end. -
Germany: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution During Dresden City Festival (2)
2004-09-04Between August the 20th and August the 22nd, German Falun Gong practitioners took part in Dresden’s annual City Festival. Practitioners were invited to perform for forty-five minutes on the stage twice every day. Also, practitioners at two stalls told people about Falun Gong and the persecution between participating in the dance performances. -
Letting all MEPs Know About the South African Shooting Incident
2004-09-03Five weeks after the South African shooting incident, on the day when new and old MEPs on duty exchange their tasks, we came to the European Union Parliament House. To begin with we brought 1000 English and 600 German press releases concerning the South Africa incident. Little did we know that they would all be distributed by the next day. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Hold Anti-Torture Exhibition in London's Trafalgar Square
2004-09-03After the successful conclusion of the sixth UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in London on 29th of August, UK practitioners organised an anti-torture poster exhibition in London’s famous Trafalgar Square the following day. The exhibition exposed some of the cruel methods used to torture Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Austria: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Dafa to the People of Graz
2004-09-02On August the 21st 2004, Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day in Austria’s second largest city, Graz to let people know more about the Falun Gong situation in China and abroad. They held many activities, including demonstrations of the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, poster exhibitions, a petition signature collection and the distribution of a large amount of leaflets. -
Russia: Introducing Falun Gong in the Far East and Exposing the Persecution (1)
2004-09-02Because it was near China and affected by economic factors, the lies that the Jiang regime in China spread to persecute Falun Gong practitioners also influenced Blagovescensk City. We wanted to tell people in Blagovescensk that Falun Dafa was good, and to expose the lies of the Jiang regime. -
Ireland: A Warm Welcome for Falun Gong at the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire
2004-08-31This weekend, the Festival of World Cultures was held in the seaside town of Dun Laoghaire, which is just on the outskirts of Dublin. The festival celebrates the diversity of cultural life from all corners of the globe. Falun Gong practitioners received a warm welcome invoking the very best of traditional Chinese culture as inspired by the principles of Truthfulness Compassion and Tolerance. -
Germany: Promoting Falun Gong at the Dresden City Festival
2004-08-31Practitioners from Dresden and surrounding areas took part in the annual Dresden City Festival. They were invited to demonstrate the exercises as well as other traditional performances on the stage four times for thirty to forty-five minutes each time. Many people received leaflets and signed petitions to support the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin. -
Spain: Three Days of Promoting Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in Barcelona
2004-08-30"In a free and democratic country, everyone has the freedom of belief, speech, practising exercises and to peacefully appeal. These basic human rights are legally protected, and nobody is allowed to abuse or interfere with them arbitrarily. But unfortunately, under the Jiang Zemin group’s authoritarian rule, these basic human rights are violently abused and violated."