Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Germany: Activities in Bremen on World Anti-Torture Day
2004-07-23Unable to find our exhibition immediately, we wandered in the city centre, which was full of visitors. No matter where we went, everyone we met looked at the display board and it really became a mobile information desk. We were very happy to see so many German people supporting us. They smiled at us and showed their sympathy. I felt that this warm sympathy to Falun Gong practitioners persecuted in China accompanied us wherever we went. -
UK: The Ancient Falun Gong Exercises Come to Huddersfield Town
2004-07-23‘Millions of people took up the exercises leaving Chinese communist leader Jiang Zemin angry and feeling threatened by its influence. Falun Gong was banned and campaigners claim hundreds have been tortured, raped, brainwashed and injected with harmful drugs. Many were forced out of jobs, schools and homes. Chinese police officers were instructed to eradicate Falun Gong and no methods, it seems, were too extreme.’ -
United Kingdom: A Letter from a Chinese National Working in the UK to the Chinese Embassy in South Africa
2004-07-22"You may know that every one of the seven senior members of the Central Political Committee had some family members practising Falun Gong. On July 20th 1999, it was Jiang Zemin’s sole decision to persecute Falun Gong. Everybody of good sense could tell why Jiang opposed Falun Gong, because of his personal jealousy. Even Jiang himself knew that Falun Gong was not against the Chinese government." -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Hold Second Anti-Torture Exhibition Opposite House of Lords to Mark Five Years of Persecution in China
2004-07-21Tuesday July 20th marked exactly five years since the Chinese Government under Jiang Zemin instigated the illegal persecution of Falun Gong. UK practitioners held a second anti-torture exhibition opposite the House of Lords in London's Westminster to expose the brutal methods used in Chinese labour camps and prisons to force practitioners to give up their belief. -
Germany: Prior to the German Foreign Minister's Visit to China, Practitioners in Berlin Hold a Torture Exhibition
2004-07-21Prior to the German Foreign Minister’s visit to China, practitioners from Berlin and nearby cities held a torture exhibition in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 8th of July, calling for attention to the persecution against Falun Gong conducted by the Jiang group and to expose its attempt to intensify the persecution overseas. -
Ukraine: "The Path of Falun Gong" Picture Exhibition Held in Boryspil City
2004-07-21From June 6th to June 9th 2004, Falun Gong practitioners held “The Path of Falun Gong” picture exhibition at the Country History Museum in the Ukranian city of Boryspil. It showed how Falun Dafa has spread around the world and the course of peacefully and rationally opposing the persecution taking place in China. -
Ireland: Exposing the Torture Methods Used Against Falun Gong Practitioners in China
2004-07-20On Saturday July 17th in Dublin, a group of Falun Dafa practitioners held an Anti-Torture exhibition demonstrating the methods used in Chinese labour camps, prisons and detention centres to force practitioners to give up their belief. The exhibition took place in the centre of Dublin on Dublin’s busiest thoroughfare. Crowds of people watched the display in disbelief at the horror of what is happening in China today. -
Finland: Practitioners in Finland Expose the Brutality of the Five Years of Persecution Against Falun Gong with a Live Anti-Torture Exhibition (Part I)
2004-07-20On Sunday the 18th of July, practitioners from Nordic countries held activities in Helsinki Central Park to appeal for an end to this persecution. Five years ago in July 1999, Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin banned Falun Gong in China and launched a systematic and vicious campaign of genocide, which has claimed more than a thousand innocent lives to this day. -
United Kingdom: Photo Report - Persecution Meets Principle Opposite the Houses of Parliament
2004-07-20On Sunday the 18th of July, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK held an exhibition of the torture methods used against their fellow practitioners in China. The exhibition was entitled "Persecution Meets Principle" and it exposed the sharp contrasts between the five years of genocide against Falun Gong in China, and the peaceful practice of Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: Photo Report – First UK Anti-Torture Exhibition held Opposite the Houses of Parliament
2004-07-19On Sunday July the 18th, UK Falun Gong practitioners staged an anti-torture exhibition opposite the Houses of Parliament in London. People took leaflets and talked with practitioners to learn more about the situation, and many signed a petition calling for the chief instigator of this persecution, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice. -
Fadu in Sweden (6): Taking Souvenir Pictures with Swedish Children
2004-07-17Over the past few days, Fadu has become a celebrity in this school. Both teachers and pupils adore Fadu, not just out of sympathy, but more like respect for the little Dafa disciple. After the lessons ended, every child in the class was happy to be photographed with Fadu and other Dafa disciples. -
Fadu in Sweden (5): Fadu's Innocent Dancing
2004-07-16Fadu and her mother arrived at the school during break-time on a morning in early June. The children greeted them, all striving to be the first to call out, “Fadu is here!”, “Hello Fadu!” The Swedish children very much appreciated Fadu’s dance movements. Fadu’s dance received lots of applause from the Swedish pupils and moved several teachers to tears. -
Fadu in Sweden (5): Telling Elementary School Pupils about the Persecution of Falun Dafa
2004-07-15Little Fadu and some Dafa practitioners went to an elementary school in Bors to talk about the persecution of Falun Gong, especially the children of Falun Gong practitioners, to the pupils and teachers. The children there learned to write ‘Truth-Compassion-Tolerance’ in Chinese and learned to practise the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. -
Germany: Falun Gong is Popular at the 'Peace Action' Event in Augsburg
2004-07-14After the parade, practitioners were invited to perform the exercises and a Lotus Dance on the stage. They explained a bit about the exercises as well as the cruel persecution that Falun Gong has suffered in China. In the meantime, other practitioners were distributing flyers and the latest news about the hiring of gunmen to shoot Falun Gong practitioners in South Africa. -
Fadu in Sweden (4): Schoolchildren Experience the Goodness of Falun Gong Exercises
2004-07-14Dafa practitioners used simple words to tell the children how people benefit greatly from practising Falun Gong. But practitioners in China are forced to give up their cultivation. Gentle Falun Gong exercises enabled the children to experience the beauty of Falun Gong so as to understand that the persecution happening in China is not right, but evil.