Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Germany: Falun Gong Activity in Munich Attracts Many Visitors
2009-11-05Munich is a well-known historical city. It attracts many tourists from around the world. The Marien Platz in the city centre is especially crowded. On August 9, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from the German State of Bavaria held an activity at the Marien Platz, exposing the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong. -
Germany: Helping People Get to Know Falun Gong at Frankfurt Book Exhibition
2009-11-04October 18 was the last day of the Frankfurt Book Exhibition. It was still crowded and lively, inside as well as outside the exhibition hall. Falun Gong practitioners held an information booth in the open-air exhibition area. They introduced the visitors to Zhuan Falun and the main teachings of Falun Gong, and demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. -
Sweden: Persecution of Falun Gong Highlighted at Human Rights Forum
2009-11-03On October 22, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) organised a human rights forum at the Swedish Parliament. The forum was hosted by Eva Selin Lindgren, Swedish Parliament member and vice chair of WILPF. Parliament representatives, China Experts, NGOs, and representatives from other persecuted groups attended the forum. -
Denmark: Spreading the Facts about Falun Gong in Hans Christian Andersen's Home Town
2009-11-02It is already chilly in October in Denmark. From October 15 to 17, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark held three days of activities in five cities on the Island of Fyn to raise awareness about the human rights abuses against the practice in China. Many people learned about Falun Gong by talking to practitioners or reading the posters and information material they displayed. -
Romania: International Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition Organised by the Falun Dafa Association
2009-11-01During the week of October 12-18, 2009, the International Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition was held at the Anaid Art Gallery in Bucharest, near the Parliament. Despite cold and rainy weather, many visitors came to view the exhibition. The event started with a press conference attended by the main cultural TV station in Romania - TVR Cultural. -
Finland: Introducing Falun Dafa at a Health Expo in Helsinki
2009-10-31The twenty-seventh annual Spirit and Knowledge Expo was held in Helsinki, Finland in October 2009. More than two hundred groups participated in the Expo. Finland Falun Gong practitioners took part in the Expo by introducing Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) and its principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. -
Germany: "We Are with You, and We Support You"
2009-10-30From October 1 to 4 2009, Falun Gong practitioners held activities to support the movement to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organisations on the square in front of the Cologne Cathedral. After finding out the facts, many people signed their names to support stopping the persecution of Falun Gong and to support those who have withdrawn from the CCP. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Withdrawals from the CCP in London's Chinatown
2009-10-28October 1, 2009, was the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rise to power in China. The Service Centre for Quitting the CCP in London held activities in London's Chinatown to give out copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, to urge people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organisations, and to support the 61 million Chinese people that had already renounced the CCP. -
Sweden: "The CCP's Persecution has Promoted Falun Gong Worldwide!"
2009-10-27Sweden's largest health expo was held on October 10 and 11, 2009 in Solna, to the north of Stockholm. With miraculous healing power that improves mind and body, Falun Gong is very popular with the Swedish public. Each year the group is invited to demonstrate the exercises. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution at Manchester City Centre
2009-10-26On Saturday, October 17, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from northern England went to St. Anne's Square in Manchester to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many signed the petition supporting Falun Gong practitioners and wished that the persecution would end as soon as possible. Showing their support, some offered to buy hot tea for the practitioners. -
United Kingdom: Falun Dafa Practitioners Expose the Persecution in Sheffield City Centre
2009-10-25On Saturday October 10th 2009, several Falun Gong practitioners from the north of England went to the city centre of Sheffield to tell passersby about Falun Gong and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Germany: "Please Tell Everybody about the Crimes in China"
2009-10-24A few tourists pointed at the leaflets exposing the CCP's live organ harvesting, saying that such important information should be passed to people all over the world as soon as possible. Someone pointed at the pictures exposing the persecution and asked, "Is this real?" After finding out that all of these were not only real, but also still happening and supported by the CCP, many people voiced their anger. -
Denmark: During the IOC Summit, Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the CCP Persecution
2009-10-23On October 1-9, 2009, the 121st Olympic Session and the XIIIth Olympic Congress of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to introduce Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), and expose the ten-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Germany: Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance Art Exhibition Held in Schwetzingen
2009-10-21It was very clear that people were moved by the art exhibition. Many people said they were deeply touched. Later Father Wolfgang Gaber also came to view the artwork. He was obviously moved and wrote in the visitor's book: "The art exhibition in Melanchthon Haus has awakened us all. How could we ignore such bloody abuse of human rights? ..." -
Norwegian Political Leaders Receive the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
2009-10-20Ahead of Norway's general election, leaders of each party received a special gift – copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, which has been responsible for 60 million people in China quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The leaders said that this kind of information was very much needed.