Local Events

  • United Kingdom: More and More Westerners Learn the Truth and Call for an End to the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners have been raising awareness of the persecution to the public in central London. For a few consecutive weekends, practitioners came to St. Martin’s Square, which is right next to Trafalgar Square, to display photographs, demonstrate the five Falun Gong exercises, distribute Falun Gong leaflets and collect signatures.
  • Finnish Falun Gong Practitioners Support the EU Parliament

    On November 23rd 2007, some Falun Gong practitioners form Helsinki, Finland went to the Chinese Embassy. They went to lend their support to the EU parliament for having invited formally three China-based Falun Gong practitioners for a public hearing about China’s human rights, which was held in Brussels, Belgium on November 26th
  • Switzerland: Letting Chinese People Know the Truth about Falun Gong at a Tourist Site

    Lausanne attracts tourists from many countries, especially tourists from Mainland China, even more so this year. Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland make full use of this opportunity, telling precious Chinese people the truth about Falun Gong and urging them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations. Reproduced here are a few little stories.
  • United Kingdom: Leeds Activity Raises Awareness about Human Rights Abuses Against Falun Gong in China

    An activity was held in Leeds to let people know about the human rights abuses that Falun Gong practitioners are suffering at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many passers by signed a petition to show their support for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, showed their interest in the Falun Gong exercises and asked for information on free classes.
  • Germany: Exposing the Crimes Committed Against Falun Gong in China

    Many people waned to find out more when Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in downtown Bremen to promote the practice and expose the brutal persecution waged against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The practitioners set up poster display boards and handed out leaflets. They told people about the CCP's crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • United Kingdom: Exposing the Persecution in Bradford City Centre

    On Saturday the 10th of November, Falun Gong practitioners from northern England went to Bradford city centre to promote the practice. Many people were shocked when they found out that a peaceful meditation practice had been banned in China and expressed their sympathy for those who have died as a result of the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses.
  • Germany: Promoting Falun Gong in the University Town of Tuebingen

    Falun Gong practitioners in the German town of Tuebingen exposed human rights violations in China by demonstrating the exercises to peaceful music, displaying poster boards and distributing flyers. A number of people expressed that the persecution in China is hard to believe, especially in the face of the serene and peaceful Falun Gong exercises.
  • The Heartfelt Voice of German Citizens: “What You Are Doing is Wonderful!”

    On November 3rd 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig and the surrounding areas jointly held an information day. They exposed eight years of bloody persecution against Falun Gong in mainland China by displaying poster boards, distributing leaflets and talking to passers by.
  • Germany: People in Hamburg Support Falun Gong

    In the tent there was a long table with books, newspapers, magazines, Video-CDs in Chinese and German, and two petitions. One petition called for the architect of the persecution against Falun gong - former CCP head Jiang Zemin - to be brought to justice in a court of law, whilst the other called for an end to the harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • United Kingdom: Cambridge Students Enjoy Falun Gong Exhibition

    Cambridge University students organised activities to ease the tension brought about by studying and allow students to have a broader understanding of the community. Falun Gong practitioners received heartfelt support when taking part in the event last year, so the organisers invited them again.
  • Ireland: Citizens of Cork Call for an End to the Persecution

    Cork citizens lined up to sign the petition in support of stopping the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party. Many people read the posters on display and asked practitioners questions as to how such a brutal persecution could be happening. Others were shocked by the revelation of the organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • Germany: Photo Montage - Exposing the Persecution in Darmstadt

    On Saturday November 3rd 2007, Falun Gong practitioners organized an information day in Darmstadt City, central Germany. The activity was designed to introduce Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) to the German people and expose the eight-year-long persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Turkey: Sowing the Seeds of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in the Hearts of Children

    From October 4th to 11th, Turkish Falun Dafa practitioners were invited to a playschool within the Palmiye School in the city of Mersin, to teach the five sets of Falun Gong exercises to the children. The practitioners introduced the exercises along with the fundamental principles of the Falun Gong practice, which are "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."
  • Germany: The People of Düsseldorf Condemn the Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners

    On October 27th, 2007, a large scale activity marking the “World Human Rights Torch Week” was held in Düsseldorf, as similar activities were held concurrently in other major cities in Germany. These activities were to get the message across to German people that “the crimes of genocide cannot coexist with the Olympic Games in China.” The objective of the activity was to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s human rights abuses.
  • Slovakia: Touring Eastern Slovakia with a Petition Against the Persecution of Falun Gong

    From the 25th until the 29th October a petition tour took place through the cities of Presov, Vranov nad Toplou, Kosice and Svidnik in eastern Slovakia. The goal of the tour was to support the human rights of Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted in China since 1999. People of all ages came to sign the petition, from young children to elderly people.