Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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I Saw Light in People's Faces
2001-09-27People who passed by looked very sad and unhappy, but when I handed out Falun Gong flyers, their faces lit up and they smiled at me. Later on when I was practising the standing exercises, I suddenly heard a child's voice asking me in his native Estonian language, "What are you doing?" -
"Falun Dafa is the future" say the people in Croatia
2001-09-26Two practitioners from Austria and one from Switzerland arrived in Zagreb, Croatia to let the Croatian people know about the truth of Falun Dafa. -
Reaction of Chinese state media and officials on encountering Falun Dafa at the Chinese Garden in Mannheim, Germany
2001-09-26Many Chinese became wide-eyed when they saw overseas Falun Dafa practitioners openly showing up at public events. This alone deeply impressed them. We talked about Falun Gong. They all knew about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. I told them, "We feel really sad and upset upon seeing your incorrect, 'Cultural Revolution style' reports about Falun Gong. -
Photo Report: Practitioners from Russia on SOS! Global Rescue Bike Tour
2001-09-24Practitioners from Russia gather together for the SOS! Global Rescue Bike Tour to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China and to appeal to all kind-hearted people to save them. -
Falun Dafa Press Conference in Slovenia
2001-09-22Positive support for Falun Gong shown from Slovenian media -
Photo Report: Swiss Practitioners Continue Hunger Strikes
2001-09-22Photo Report: Swiss Practitioners Continue Hunger Strikes in front of the UN and Chinese Consulate of Zurich (September 13 to 15) to Urgently Rescue Practitioners Persecuted in China -
Photo Report: SOS Urgent Rescue Information Day in Salzburg, Austria
2001-09-22Images of the SOS Urgent Rescue march and information day in Salzburg, Austria -
Photo Report: SOS! Global Rescue Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-22On September 9, the practitioners arrived at the Grand Place of Lille, the capital of Nord Province, where they received a warm welcome from more than 60 practitioners from Paris. It was also the Liberation Day of Lille and the city held a big ceremony. Many citizens got an opportunity to learn about Falun Dafa. Over 5000 flyers were distributed. Paris practitioners hired a tour bus in order to join the ceremony, and a double-rainbow accompanied them all the way there. -
Two British Practitioners Complete the 415-kilometre walk (258 miles) SOS Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-20On the morning of September 13, two British members of the European Parliament received us in person outside the parliament building. Both parliament members clearly expressed their support for us, and hoped they could help us further in depth. Another Belgian parliament member arranged a room in the Parliament for us to have a press conference. She clearly stated that she helped to host the meeting because she supports Mr. Li Hongzhi, a candidate for the 2001 Sakharov Prize and the efforts to rescue the Falun Gong practitioners who are persecuted in China. -
This World Needs Peacefulness, Beauty, and Morality
2001-09-20The Department of Culture in Wurzburg City, Germany invited Australian Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Cuiying to hold a Chinese painting exhibition. Because people were aware of Zhang's artistic accomplishments and the cruel persecution she suffered in China as a Falun Gong practitioner, her arrival drew a good deal of attention. -
Photo Report: SOS! Global Rescue Walk London-Brussels Arrives in France
2001-09-19La Voix du Nord, the largest newspaper in the North of France shows support to the SOS! Globel Rescue Walk from London to Brussels as it arrives in Lille. -
IRISH EXAMINER: Tiger couches hidden Dragon
2001-09-19I honestly havent a clue what Falun Gong is, apart from the fact that it is something that the ruling politburo in China considers so subversive that they had to arrest a Trinity College student, Zhao Ming, when he went home to China. He is now being held without trial there for something which is done regularly in Fitzgerald Park in Cork. -
Falun Gong Goes to the Baltic States
2001-09-19There was tremendous interest in us and sometimes people would come across the street and ask us for a flier. We had many touching conversations with people of every age. -
Photo Report: SOS! Global Rescue Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-18On September 9, 2001, the biggest newspaper in Northern France, La Voix du Nord, published a photo and an article: A peaceful walk from London to Brussels -- Four Falun Gong practitioners arrive in Dunkerque to expose the persecution in China. -
A Photo Exhibition Held Successfully in Cambridge, U.K.
2001-09-17"Practitioners in the UK recently held a week-long Falun Dafa photo exhibition in the central library of Cambridge. Cambridge is a world famous university town renowned for its academic excellence."