Peaceful Protests
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Italy: Remembering the April 25 Appeal at the Rome Chinese Embassy Protest
2008-05-05Falun Gong practitioners in Italy protested near the Chinese Embassy in Rome to commemorate the April 25th appeal and to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 9 years of human rights abuses against Falun Gong. The practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and displayed banners. -
Czech Republic: Nine Years After the April 25 Appeal, Falun Dafa Practitioners Protest at the Prague Chinese Embassy
2008-05-04Czech practitioners protested in front of the Chinese Embassy to call for an end to the persecution of their fellow practitioners in China. The protest was to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the April 25 Appeal and draw attention to escalation of the persecution in China during the run-up to the Olympics. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate the April 25 Appeal in Front of the Chinese Embassy
2008-05-04Representatives of Falun Gong practitioners at the gathering in Finland said they are strongly protesting the CCP's brutal nine-year persecution of Falun Gong, especially the organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners for money. They called for an immediate stop to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
Ireland: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold an Activity Commemorating April 25th
2008-05-01On the ninth anniversary of April 25th, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners from Ireland held a candlelight vigil and petition outside the Chinese Embassy to commemorate April 25th. Practitioners unfurled two large Chinese and English banners reading 'The World Needs Zhen Shan Ren (Truth Compassion Tolerance)' and 'Stop persecuting Falun Gong'. They protested against the brutality of the CCP peacefully and with reason, asking for the CCP to immediately stop persecuting Falun Gong and for them to release all the Falun Gong practitioners who have been illegally imprisoned. -
Switzerland: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate April 25th.
2008-05-01On the evening of April 25th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland held candlelight vigils at the Chinese Embassy in Bern and the Chinese Consulate in Zurich, commemorating the peaceful appeal in Beijing by over ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners nine years ago and protesting against the Chinese Communist regime’s intensified persecution of Falun Gong before. the Olympic Games -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate “April 25”
2008-04-30Li Zhihe participated in the Peaceful Appeal in Beijing on April 25th, 1999. He said that the CCP framed the peaceful appeal by 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners as an attack on the government to deceive the Chinese people and find an excuse to further crack down on Falun Gong. -
Spain: Commemorating the “April 25 Appeal” at the Chinese Embassy
2008-04-30On the ninth anniversary of the “April 25th Appeal”, Falun Gong practitioners from Spain gathered at the Chinese Embassy to hold a commemorative activity. On April 25th, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners spontaneously went to the State Appeal Office to conduct a peaceful appeal and ask for the release of 45 practitioners who had been illegally arrested in Tianjin city -
Austria: Falun Gong Practitioners Stage a Peaceful Appeal to Commemorate April 25th
2008-04-29On the evening of April 25th, 2008, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners staged a peaceful appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Vienna to commemorate the day when over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed at the central government compound, Zhongnanhai, in Beijing. Austrian National Television Station and some other media also covered this activity. -
Holland: Falun Gong Practitioners Commemorate April 25th and Protest against the CCP's Atrocities
2008-04-28Nine years ago in Mainland China, facing unfair treatment, tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners arrived at the central government compound in Beijing to hold a peaceful appeal and ask the related government departments for fair treatment. After that, a full scale persecution of Falun Gong was launched by the CCP, which has now lasted for nine years. -
United Kingdom: London Candlelight Vigil Marks April 25th
2008-04-26On Friday 25th April, UK Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil opposite the Chinese Embassy in London. The vigil was to protest against the 9 years of persecution Falun Gong practitioners have suffered at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). UK Falun Gong practitioners have now been protesting at the Chinese Embassy since September 2000. -
Norway: Falun Gong Practitioners Show Support for the 35 Million Chinese who have Withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party
2008-04-25Practitioners protested against the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong at the Chinese Embassy in Oslo and showed their support for the 35 million Chinese who have withdrawn from the CCP. -
France: "The Chinese Communist Regime’s Persecution of Falun Gong is Shameful"
2008-04-24In the afternoon of April 19th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners exhibited posters and collected signatures to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The activity was held at the Place Fontaine des Innocents near Chatelet in Paris. After learning the truth, many people signed the petition declaring their support. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Chinese Embassy
2008-04-17Recently Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful protest at the Chinese Embassy in Munich, exposing the CCP’s persecution of practitioners in China. They displayed banners exposing organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party from victims, and demanded that the CCP immediately stop the interference with the "Chinese Spectacular". -
Bulgaria: Protest in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Sofia
2008-04-04Bulgarian practitioners from all over the world gathered on March 22nd, 2008, in front of the Chinese Embassy in Sofia to protest the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The protest was held together with a group of people who are sympathetic to Tibet. The event drew the attention of the media and passersby. Practitioners disibuted informatin and taked with passersby. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners in the UK Protest Against the CCP's Intensified Persecution of Falun Gong in the Name of the Olympics
2008-03-29On March 22nd, UK practitioners held a press conference at the Chinese Embassy in London to protest against the CCP)s recent intensification of the persecution of Falun Gong in the name of the Olympics.