Peaceful Protests
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France: Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Resisting the CCP's Persecution
2009-07-28On July 20, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Paris held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the 10th anniversary of resisting the CCP persecution. For the first time in ten years, practitioners in Paris obtained permission via legal channels to hold a protest close to the Chinese Embassy. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest Ten Years of Persecution Outside the Chinese Embassy
2009-07-28On July 17, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Finland came to the Chinese Embassy to protest the Chinese Communist regime's 10-year of persecution against Falun Gong and to call for an end to the persecution. Several practitioners talked about the benefits they have received from the practice, as well as the regime's human rights abuses. -
Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Candlelight Vigil in Memory of Those Who Died in the Persecution
2009-07-27On July 20, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Belgium held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy. They mourned the death of their fellow practitioners and called on people with a sense of justice and conscience to help to stop the persecution. Practitioners held up banners and arranged candles to form the letters in "FALUN DAFA". -
Finland: Candlelight Vigil Mourns Falun Gong Practitioners
2009-07-25Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held a candlelight vigil in front of the Parliament building in Helsinki on the evening of July 18, 2009, to mourn their fellow practitioners in China who paid with their lives for remaining steadfast in the face of brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Germany: Practitioners Hold Rally and March in Berlin to Mark the Tenth Year of Persecution
2009-07-21On July 11, practitioners held a rally and march in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin calling for the disintegration of the CCP and an end to the persecution. Representatives from German Falun Dafa Association, Society for Threatened Peoples and International Society for Human Rights gave speeches at the rally. -
United Kingdom: Parade and Candlelight Vigil Commemorate Ten Years of Persecution
2009-07-20On Saturday 18 July, Falun Gong practitioners in the United Kingdom held a parade through central London to commemorate ten years of persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Slovakia: CCP's Organ Harvesting Against Falun Gong Exposed during Chinese Leader Visit
2009-07-09On 18th June 2009, Chinese leader Hu Jintao went to Bratislava and there were protests about human rights abuses in China. Several NGOs took part in the protests and many media reported on it. People stopped to watch a re-enactment of the organ harvesting the CCP is perpetrating against Falun Gong practitioners. -
Finland: Practitioners Protest During CCP Vice Premier's Visit
2009-07-05On the morning of June 26 2009, Falun Gong practitioners held banners opposite the President's Office, protesting the CCP's persecution against Falun Gong. Many practitioners participating in the event had suffered persecution when they were in China, some were personally detained, some practitioners' relatives died as a result of the persecution. -
Croatia: Peaceful Protest to Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong during Hu Jintao's Visit
2009-06-30Practitioners gathered on Zagreb's main square, handed out flyers and demonstrated the exercises. This peaceful gathering drew a lot of media attention. Most people had never heard about Falun Gong and were shocked to see the images of practitioners being tortured in China. The question on everyone's lips was, "Why are these people tortured?" -
Finland : Falun Gong practitioners Expose the CCP’s Persecution
2009-05-10In the morning of the 24th of April, practitioners gathered opposite the Chinese Embassy and held up banners with slogans such as “Falun Dafa is good” and “Immediately stop persecuting Falun Gong”. They distributed leaflets to those who came to the Embassy for visa applications. -
Germany: Exposing the Persecution and Commemorating the April 25th Appeal
2009-05-06On the 10th anniversary of the April 25 Appeal, Falun Gong practitioners from Titisee, Germany held activities to tell people about the persecution. Titisee Lake is a famous tourist spot that is visited by many Chinese tourists, and the practitioners took this opportunity to help them withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organisations. -
Norway: Practitioners Expose the Persecution in Front of the Chinese Embassy
2009-05-06On the afternoon of April 25 2009, Norwegian Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy in Oslo to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the April 25th appeal in Beijing and expose the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. They broadcast speeches detailing the evil nature of the CCP to awaken people and stop the persecution. -
Denmark: Falun Gong Practitioners Remember April 25th
2009-05-05On the 25th of April, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from Denmark and Sweden held an activity in a square in Copenhagen to commemorate the tenth anniversary of ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealing in Beijing. They also called for an end to the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: London Practitioners Commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of "April 25" Event
2009-05-05On April 25 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK held a day-long commemorative activity in London. This included demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises and holding a peaceful protest at the Chinese Embassy, hosting a press conference, and holding a parade through central London and Chinatown. -
Spain: Remembering the April 25 Appeal
2009-05-05On the morning of April 25 2009, Dafa practitioners demonstrated in front of the Chinese Embassy in Madrid, Spain to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the April 25 Appeal and to protest the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).