Local Events

  • Germany: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day

    On May 13th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from different European countries gathered on Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. They wanted to display the beauty of Falun Dafa and celebrate World Falun Dafa Day. Many people along the way watched the parade and praised the Falun Gong practitioners' efforts to expose the persecution.
  • Austria: The People of Salzburg Understand Falun Gong

    On May 12th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Salzburg, Austria, held an information day in the old city to celebrate the 8th World Falun Dafa Day. On the day the weather was glorious, the old city welcomed tourist groups from all over the world. Many tourists and local citizens stopped to watch and expressed their support for Falun Gong practitioners one after another.
  • United Kingdom: London’s Leicester Square Celebrates Falun Dafa Day

    Despite dark skies and, at times, heavy rain, London’s famous Leicester Square Gardens were bright and cheerful, lit up by the colourful costumes and smiles of those celebrating Falun Dafa Day. Overlooked by a statue of William Shakespeare which stands in the middle of the gardens, an audience remained permanently throughout the day.
  • Switzerland: Joyfully Celebrating Falun Dafa Day

  • Latvia: Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

    On May 13th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Latvia assembled at the plaza in Riga, the capital of Latvia, to celebrate the eighth annual World Falun Dafa Day. The Latvian version of Falun Gong [Falun Dafa's introductory text] was published a few days earlier so practitioners turned the event into a duel celebration.
  • Austria: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day

    On May 12th, 2007, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners came to Stephen Square in Vienna to set up an information desk, a picture exhibition and celebrate the 8th World Dafa Day, which is on May 13th. Many tourists’ attitude changed after viewing the picture exhibition and listening to explanations from practitioners.
  • Ireland: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Parade to Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

    On May 13th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Ireland held a parade and a rally on Parnell Plaza to celebrate the Eighth World Falun Dafa Day. As well as banners, there was a float, on which practitioners demonstrated the exercises. "Celestial maidens" danced after the float. The traditional Chinese dances were welcomed by the spectators.
  • Holland: Dutch Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day

    May 13th 2007 is World Falun Dafa Day, the 15th anniversary of the introduction of Falun Dafa to the public and also the birthday of the practice's founder Mr. Li Hongzhi. In order to celebrate this special day, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners held activities in front of the World Court and in front of city hall in the morning and afternoon respectively.
  • Slovakia: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Bratislava

    The passers-by on the square could not only see the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, but also a dance presentation accompanied by traditional Chinese music. Many passers-by stopped and admired the beautiful costumes and slow movements of the dancers. Colourful balloons were given out to many children and even some adults.
  • Norway: "I support you!" People in Stavanger Condemn the CCP's Illegal Organ Harvesting

    Practitioners from Norway distributed information about organ harvesting in the city centre of Stavanger on the 27th and 28th of April. They wished to inform people in Stavanger about the Chinese Communist Party and its regime's atrocities of removing organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and selling them for profit.
  • Austria: Practitioners Celebrate Falun Dafa Day in Salzburg

    Tourists and local people alike stopped and watched the Falun Gong exercise demonstration and viewed a photo exhibition exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution, as well as the atrocity of organ removal from living Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • Ukraine: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Drujkovka and Raising Awareness about the Persecution

    Falun Gong practitioners went to Drujkovka to introduce Falun Dafa and expose the persecution of Falun Gong to local people. A woman and her teenage daughter were very interested in Falun Gong. Later, practitioners heard that she is the director of the Interior Department in the Drujkovka administration.
  • Belgium: The People of Eeklo Show Warm Support for Falun Gong.

    On Saturday afternoon on May 5th, 2007, at the 175th anniversary of the founding of Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Doorn College, Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to visitors. The five Falun Gong exercises were shown on a large TV screen. Falun Gong practitioners distributed Falun Gong leaflets to the people in an endless stream.
  • Czech Republic: Forum Opposing Communism

    On May 1st, 2007, thousands of people attended a forum at Letna Park, Prague, Czech Republic, in a protest against communism. The forum, entitled “Against Communist, Against Fascism, Against Totalitarianism,” was organised by the Confederation of the Czech Political Prisoners.
  • Italy: Practitioners in Rome Raise Awareness about Falun Gong

    Falun Gong practitioners in Rome held an activity near Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, commemorating the eighth anniversary of the April 25th peaceful appeal by Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing. They condemned the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong and trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners.