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

  • UK: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal Against the Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy in London

    Falun Gong practitioners hand out leaflets to passers-by that contain details of the lawsuit against Jiang for his crimes in the persecution of Falun Gong. To date, more than 1600 practitioners have been persecuted to death. There are still 6000 Falun Gong practitioners illegally imprisoned, with hundreds of thousands of practitioners being detained in forced labour camps.
  • Sweden: Promoting Falun Dafa and Exposing Jiang’s Crimes at Nossebro Market

    There were many people there on that day to celebrate the market’s one hundredth birthday. Visitors received information about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution in China. Practitioners also collected signatures to appeal for the release of Charles Li, an American Doctor who has been unlawfully detained in China since January 2003.
  • Denmark: Drummer of a Famous Musician’s Band attracts Media Attention

    Famous musician and rock music icon David Bowie recently performed in Copenhagen. His drummer, Sterling Campbell, has attracted a lot of media attention because he is a Falun Gong practitioner. Like millions of practitioners who work in all sorts of different professions, Sterling volunteers his spare time to let people know the facts about the persecution.
  • Germany: Dafa Practitioners bring a Good Day to Bad Kreuznach City

    Many people stopped to watch the exercise demonstration, listen to the music, look at the display boards and take materials to find out more. Some of them signed a petition calling for the release of Xiong Wei, a practitioner from Germany who has been illegally detained in China, and others asked questions about Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Exposing Jiang's Crimes to Tourists during the Munich Beer Festival

    Instead of practitioners handing out materials, people were coming up to practitioners and asking for information whilst they watched the Falun Gong exercise demonstration. They expressed a tremendous interest in Falun Gong by constantly asking questions and they were angry at this cruel suppression of the innocent. People could not comprehend that there exists a place where Truthfulness, Benevolence and Forbearance are prohibited and people are not allowed to be good.
  • UK: People learn the Truth at a London Garden Party (pictures)

    Practitioners felt that this was a great opportunity to let them know more about the persecution of Falun Gong and the appeal to rescue UK practitioners’ friends and relatives who are illegally imprisoned in China. People signed practitioners’ petition and expressed support after listening to a speech by the brother of Zhu Baolian, who is illegally imprisoned in Beijing for handing out Falun Gong leaflets.
  • Russia: Experiences during the Fourth Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Moscow

    Outside the conference, three art exhibitions were on display and in the evening practitioners put on a performance for the people of Moscow. This included the elegant traditional Chinese “Fan Dance” and “Lotus Dance”, piano recitals and a graceful ballet. There was also singing and music. All of the performances focused on a theme: “Falun Dafa is good”. Many people in the audience felt that they had witnessed a first-rate performance. At the end, they stayed behind to chat with the practitioners.
  • Albania: Report on a Successful Art Exhibition in the Capital City of Tirana

    Guests who attended the opening ceremony were artists, officials from embassies to Albania, university professors, representatives from human rights organisations, government officials, etc. Reporters were sent to the ceremony from the main media outlets. A local radio station arranged an interview with practitioners after they heard about the exhibition.
  • Russia: The Fourth Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference successfully concludes in Moscow

    Hundreds of practitioners appealed in front of the Chinese Embassy. They held pictures of those who have been persecuted to death while standing on the square in front of the Embassy. They also sent forth righteous thoughts and demonstrated the exercises peacefully, whilst some practitioners handed out materials to passersby.
  • UK: Scottish Dafa Practitioners participate in the Glasgow Peace Festival (Part 2)

    Though the weather was unstable and moved from rain to sunshine, Dafa practitioners’ exercise demonstration and traditional Chinese fan dance attracted a large audience. After the performance, practitioners voluntarily taught people the Falun Gong exercises. Many people came to learn.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Detmold

    Many passers-by stopped to look at the display boards and the exercise demonstration. After learning about the truth of the persecution and the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin that have been filed around the world, people praised practitioners for their quest for justice and wished them success.
  • Germany: Collecting Petition Signatures and Revealing the Facts at a Town Festival in Nuremberg

    In addition to enthusiastically signing their names to support the appeal, many young people asked their friends to sign their names too. Before the end of the activity, a German citizen who was very interested in Falun Dafa talked with a practitioner enthusiastically and was reluctant to leave. He ended up staying with practitioners and helping them to collect their materials and pack everything away.
  • UK: Scottish Dafa Practitioners participate in the Glasgow Peace Festival (Part 1)

    The event organiser had arranged for practitioners to teach the exercises to children that were at the festival. Looking at the children’s earnest and innocent appearance, the organiser and many passers-by also came and joined in learning the exercises. One young boy said to his grandmother: “This is the best!”
  • Finland: Tragic Plight of 3-year old Fadu Awakens People’s Sympathy

    When the nearby police officers read our posters, they were very friendly. One practitioner walked over to them with Fadu and explained that the person eating in the nearby building was responsible for the persecution. Even before she had finished the sentence, little Fadu said to them: “I haven’t got a daddy, my daddy was persecuted to death.”
  • Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners participate in an International Conference on Human Rights

    Practitioners raised questions with the chairman of the UN commission about the continuing persecution of Falun Gong in China and the issue of immunity for dictators. The panellists explained from different angles and affirmed that the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese government has caught the attention of human rights organisations and led to condemnation by those organisations.