Local Events

• Hungary: Raising Awareness about Falun Dafa in Margate Park

  2007-05-26
  On May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Hungary introduced and promoted Falun Gong in Margate Park. When people heard that Falun Gong has spread to over eighty countries and is persecuted only in China, some of the local people said that they knew that similar persecution occurred when Hungary was ruled by the Communist Party.
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• Germany: Human Rights Organisation Debates the Human Rights Situation in China

  2007-05-25
  On May 14th, 2007, the day before the human rights talks between the EU and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were held, many human rights organisations gathered in Berlin, Germany, condemning the CCP's violations of human rights. The Asian affairs director of the “Organisation supporting threatened groups” (which is an organisation based in Goettingen, Germany), Ulrich Delius, could not attend the gathering and sent a letter of support instead. In his letter, Delius said that since the human rights talks between EU and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began in 1996, the state of human rights in China has not improved in eleven years.
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• Holland: Falun Gong Marching Band Defies Chinese Regime at a Parade

  2007-05-25
  On the flyers distributed by practitioners supporting the European Celestial Band is an internet link, which reveals the band's background and the name of one of the songs in its repertoire: Falun Dafa is Good. Falun Dafa is another word for Falun Gong, the spiritual movement forbidden in China and persecuted so brutally. One mouse click and we know how harshly: a colour photo shows a dead Falun Gong practitioner who, according to the caption, has been killed for his organs (organ harvesting). Realistic drawings show the torture techniques that China uses against Falun Gong adherents.
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• Holland: Exposing the CCP's Atrocities in Amsterdam

  2007-05-24
  On May 6th 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Holland held activity in Dam Square, Amsterdam, appealing to the EU to use open-door human rights dialogue with China to urge the Chinese communist regime to release all illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners and to condemn and stop the regime’s persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Germany: On World Falun Dafa Day and during the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, Practitioners Inform the People of Berlin about the Persecution

  2007-05-24
  On the occasion of the eighth World Falun Dafa day and the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, many activities were organised in the form of an awareness-raising day on the square of Berlin’s Gedächtniskirche (Remembrance Church). Around 250 Falun Gong practitioners from all over Europe arrived for these activities.
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• Bulgaria: People of Plovdiv Welcome Falun Gong and Condemn the Persecution in China

  2007-05-24
  Practitioners exhibited posters that attracted passersby. They gathered in front of the petition and carefully read the information on the panels. Many of them asked questions about the essence of the practice and the reasons for the persecution. Many children signed the petition and gladly took colourful paper lotus flowers as souvenirs.
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• Finland: Nordic Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate the 8th Anniversary of World Falun Gong Day in Helsinki

  2007-05-23
  On May 13th, 2007, Finnish and Russian practitioners celebrated World Falun Gong Day in Helsinki. On May 13th, 1992, Master Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong to the public in Changchun, China. There are practitioners in over eighty countries practising Falun Gong; the book Zhuan Falun has been translated into more than thirty languages.
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• Germany: Hamburg Practitioners Commemorate the Peaceful April 25th 1999 Appeal in Beijing

  2007-05-23
  On April 24th, 2007, practitioners from Hamburg and Hanover gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Hamburg. They were commemorating the April 25th, 1999 peaceful appeal by 10,000 practitioners in Beijing. Practitioners called for attention to the persecution of Falun Gong and the cruelties perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party.
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• Germany: Practitioners Appeal to the EU to Stop China from Extending the Persecution of Falun Gong to Russia

  2007-05-22
  On May 14th, 2007 on the eve of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue in Berlin, international media carried the shocking news that the Russian government, bowing to pressure from the Chinese Communist Regime, forcibly kidnapped and deported Falun Gong practitioner Gao Chunman to China. Mr. Gao, 73, a former professor from Tsinghua University in China. He was granted refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in Russia in 2003 and his wife is a Russian citizen.
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• Italy: Celebrating Falun Dafa Day

  2007-05-22
  On May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy separately gathered in Rome and Milan to celebrate the 8th Falun Gong Day and extend their wishes and thanks to the founder of the practice, Mr. Li Hongzhi. Introduced in 1992, Falun Gong has benefited over one hundred million practitioners around the world, so practitioners wish more people could share this good news.
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• Finland: Rally to Support 21 Million Withdrawals from the CCP and its Related Organisations

  2007-05-22
  On May 12th, 2007, the Finnish Service Centre for Quitting the CCP held a rally and a parade in Helsinki's Central Square to support the twenty-one million withdrawals from the CCP in China. People from many Nordic countries participated in the event, which attracted a lot of tourists and local people’s attention.
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• Vice-President of the European Parliament: "The greatest mistake committed by the Chinese Communist Party is to crack down on belief"

  2007-05-21
  Prior to the EU-China human rights dialogue, eight non-governmental human rights groups in Europe held a seminar at the Silken Berlaymont Brussels Hotel, next to the EU headquarters. Those present called on the EU to take action before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to ensure that China’s human rights will be improved by then.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Stage a Rally in Berlin

  2007-05-21
  Prior to the EU-China human rights dialogue that is to take place in Germany next week, on Saturday, May 12th, 2007, over 300 Falun Gong practitioners staged a rally in Breitscheidplatz, in downtown Berlin, to expose the bloody persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which began eight years ago.
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• Czech Republic: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the CCP's Organ Harvesting

  2007-05-21
  On May 1st, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in the Czech Republic participated in a gathering with the theme “A May Day without the Communist Party” at Letná Park in Prague. Practitioners enacted scenes of torture and organ harvesting to expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Germany: Falun Gong Wins China Free Culture Movement’s “2007 Special Spiritual Belief Award”

  2007-05-20
  “The most gratifying thing to us is that we stood side by side with Falun Gong during the nearly eight years of the persecution!” said Zhong Wei Guang, after China Free Culture Movement awarded “2007 Special Spiritual Belief Award” in April to Falun Gong. Zhong Wei Guang is an expert in contemporary studies of totalitarianism and one of the founders of China Free Culture Movement. From not knowing anything about Falun Gong to giving an award to Falun Gong, what kind of emotional journey has he undertaken?
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