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  • Germany: People Support Falun Gong Practitioners' Efforts to End the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners in several German cities held Information Day activities over the weekends in early September 2012. Their purpose was to raise public awareness about the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its more than 13-year persecution of Falun Gong. People who learned the truth expressed their support for the practitioners' efforts to end the persecution.
  • United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Gong at Kingston Carnival

    The annual Kingston Carnival was held on September 2. The theme of this year's carnival was “Bringing the World to Kingston.” Falun Gong practitioners in the U.K. participated for the 4th time in this popular summer festival celebration, and once again brought information about Falun Gong to the carnival-goers.
  • Poland: People in Warsaw Support Falun Gong at Multicultural Festival

    On August 26, the annual Multicultural Festival in Warsaw once again opened with the Flower Street Parade. Falun Gong practitioners have been invited to participate in the event for six consecutive years. A beautiful float, peaceful music and Falun Gong practitioners’ slow and curved exercise movements attracted the attention of many Polish people.
  • Germany: Citizens and Tourists in Freiburg Concerned about Chinese Communist Party’s Live Organ Harvesting

    On September 8, Falun Gong practitioners from Freiburg held an Information Day activity. Although such “Information Days” have been held several times, a large number of tourists heard about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China for the first time. Many people were very surprised and indignant to hear about the human rights abuses.
  • Austria: Exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s Persecution in Wiener Neustad

    On the two weekends at the end of August and the beginning of September, melodious exercise music was heard on the square in downtown Wiener Neustadt. The event was Falun Gong Information Day, where practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the public and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's thirteen-year persecution.
  • Denmark: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong at Multicultural Festival

    A multicultural festival in Copenhagen attracted over 5 million people on September 1-2. Danish practitioners participated in the event to introduce Falun Gong to the public. Practitioners carried banners with words "Falun Dafa is good!" and "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance” in Danish. They also handed out information flyers to the spectators.
  • Russia: Promoting Falun Gong in the Summer

    During the pleasant Russian summer, Falun Gong practitioners participated in and organized a number of community activities to introduce Falun Gong, a practice based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and to raise people's awareness about the persecution that has been going on for 13 years in China.
  • Albania: Introducing Falun Gong in Tirana

    From September 19 to 21, Falun Gong practitioners went to Tirana, the capital of Albania, and held events to introduce Falun Dafa to local people and help Tirana's overseas Chinese quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. Local residents said that this was the first time they’d ever heard of Falun Dafa.
  • United Kingdom: Chinese Thugs Attack Quit-the-CCP Booth in London Chinatown Drawing More Attention and Support for Falun Gong

    On September 29, many people went to Chinatown to do their shopping for the the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. The volunteers of the Service Centre for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a press conference. Several Chinese men violently attacked the tent set up by the Service Centre and then ran away. The police came and began an investigation.
  • Germany: When a Wedding Party Runs Into a Protest against the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners held activities in front of the Spital Church in Bayreuth to protest the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong on September 1. It was the seventh weekend that they held activities here. Many passersby expressed their disbelief and anger toward such brutality and left their signatures on the petition to stop the persecution.
  • United Kingdom: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition Inspires Young People in London

    On August 18, the two-week-long Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition came to a close at La Galleria Pall Mall in central London. 3,000 people from various countries saw the exhibition. The moral power, courage and justice that transcends culture and age depicted in the paintings inspired a lot of the young people who came to see the artworks.
  • Bulgaria: Group Sharing and Activities to Raise Awareness in Varna

    At around 9:00 a.m. on August 26, practitioners went to Ocean Park near a beach of the Black Sea. They formed two groups during group practice so that one could help the other correct their exercise movements.
  • Finland: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong in Local Communities

    Practitioners often go to a seaside park to introduce Falun Gong. On August 11, even before they set up the banners, several visitors came over to sign a petition to support Falun Gong. Many passers-by and tourists paused to watch the Falun Gong exercise demonstration and to read posters introducing the practice and exposing the CCP’s persecution.
  • Belgium: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition Makes Quiet Impact in Hasselt

    The Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition opened in an art gallery in Hasselt on August 25. Many visitors were profoundly moved by the exhibition. The opening speech at the exhibition was delivered by the Mayor of Hasselt, Ms. Hilde Claes.
  • Spain: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in San Sebastian

    On the afternoon of August 4, 2012, Falun Dafa practitioners went to San Sebastian to raise awareness and call for support for the Falun Dafa practitioners who are persecuted in China. Local Falun Dafa practitioners passed out fliers about the persecution in China and invited people to sign a petition to call for an end to the persecution.