Local Events
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Austria: Commemorating the April 25th Appeal
2007-04-28On April 25th, 2007, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil at the Chinese Consulate in Vienna to commemorate the peaceful appeal by ten thousand people eight years ago in Beijing. They had come to request the release of arrested Falun Gong practitioners. At that time, the Chinese Premier had a conversation with representatives of the practitioners and the problem seemed resolved. Then Falun Gong practitioners dispersed peacefully and quietly. -
Ukraine: Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong Throughout the Country
2007-04-27In order for more Ukrainians to learn about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, practitioners in Ukraine hold activities almost every weekend in cities large and small throughout the country. On April 21st, 2007, they visited a small town in the eastern part of Ukraine, Severodonetsk. -
Norway: "Freedom of Speech in China" Seminar Held in Stavanger
2007-04-25The Chinese regime has officially denied the recent disclosure about organ harvesting and says that "nobody will believe this absurd lie". The Nazis also claimed the same about their camps. In 1943 a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the US refused to believe information from a polish diplomat about the Holocaust, saying: "I did not say that the young man lies. I said I was unable to believe what he told. There is a difference." -
Germany: Raising Awareness in Hannover about Falun Gong and the Persecution
2007-04-23When an international computer exhibition was held in Altstadt, Hannover, Falun Gong practitioners held activities to raise awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution taking place in China. Practitioners distributed materials in various languages to help people understand what Falun Gong is, and how it has spread all over the world. -
Belgium: Protest against the Russian Government for Deporting Ma Hui and her Daughter to China
2007-04-21Falun Gong practitioners held activities at the Russian Embassy to Belgium to protest against the Russian government’s illegal deportation of Falun Gong practitioner Ma Hui and her daughter, which has aided the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its persecution of Falun Gong. -
Germany: German Parliament Human Rights Committee Holds a Hearing of Witnesses’ Accusations
2007-04-21In a reply to Falun Gong practitioners’ letter, the German Christian Democratic Federation Parliament party and the corps of human rights issues spokesperson Ms. Steinbach mentioned that on March 29th, 2007, two Canadian independent investigators and a few members of the International Human Rights Committee held a hearing of witnesses in the German Parliament, the persons who are in charge of the German Parliament Human Rights Committee are very worried about the fact that living Falun Gong practitioners are selected for the removal of their organs. -
Germany: People of Munich Support the Withdrawals from the CCP
2007-04-20"Withdraw from the CCP! Quickly withdraw from the CCP! Quickly withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party Youth League! Withdraw from the Red Guard!" Calls to “Withdraw from the CCP” echoed through St. Maria Square in Munich on April 14th. Chinese and Western tourists alike were attracted by the sound. -
Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Rally in Saint Petersburg
2007-04-19Recently, bowing to the Chinese Communist regime’s pressure and temptation, the Russian government has repeatedly did something wrong in dealing with Falun Gong issues. Russia is a country that has just got out of the Communist Party’s rule. However, at this historic juncture, the head of the government has sought immediate interest at the expense of justice and conscience. They were even led by nose by the evil spectre of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Which direction is Russia heading for? What kind of future will the Russian nation have? -
United Kingdom: VIPs and Media Call for Wenjian Liang to be Released
2007-04-18Wenjian Liang and her husband Zhiyong Lin were taken from their home in February together with six other Falun Gong practitioners. They were sentenced to two years in a labour camp without trial in March. Amnesty International issued an urgent action call about their case on March 20th. In the UK, the Liberal Democrat Party Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Shadow Foreign Secretary gave his moral and active support to the free Wenjian campaign. -
France: Supporting 20 Million Withdrawals from the CCP and Calling for the Release of Ma Jian and Ma Hui in Front of the Chinese Embassy
2007-04-18On April 4th, 2007, the Falun Dafa Association of France, the French Service Center for Quitting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), and Chinese people living in Paris held a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Paris to "Support 20 Million Withdrawals from the CCP." During the rally, participants used an amplifier to broadcast their prepared statements and speeches to the embassy staff, telling them that doomsday has come for the CCP. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong at the Central Railway Station
2007-04-17On April 14th, 2007, a group of Finnish practitioners went to the central railway station to tell people that the CCP has never stopped the horrible persecution of Falun Gong. They appealed to the Finnish government and people to give a helping hand, to stop this eight year cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China. -
Germany: Falun Gong "Information Day" in Hanover
2007-04-16A huge trade show was held in Hanover from March 15th until 21st, 2007. Falun Gong practitioners took advantage of the large numbers of visitors to their city to raise awareness about the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who persecute Falun Gong and trade in organs harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners. -
Denmark: The Twinning of Aarhus in Denmark and Harbin in China - Chinese Ambassador Intervenes
2007-04-16Heilongjiang is the province with the second highest death toll among thirty provinces. One third of the deaths took place in the provincial capital, Harbin. There are large quantities of concrete testimonies from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong with specific dates, times and locations in which the persecution was perpetrated, as well as names of perpetrators and witnesses. 500 pages of testimonies tell of atrocities, which include shocking Falun Gong practitioners with electric batons, force-feeding them with human excrement and various other cruel torture methods. The brutality is beyond imagination. -
Denmark: Rally in Copenhagen to Support Twenty Million Withdrawals from the CCP
2007-04-15On April 1st, an activity to support twenty million people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held on Town Hall Square in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Lots of people passing by stopped to look, converse and discuss. On the central square of the oldest city in northern Europe, banners and signs caught people’s eye. -
France: Activities in Paris to Mark the Twenty Million Withdrawals from the CCP
2007-04-15On March 31st, 2007, the French Branch of the Global Service Centre for Withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held activities in Chinatown in the thirteenth District of Paris marking twenty million Chinese people withdrawing from the CCP and its affiliated organisations. They called on the Chinese people to recognise the evil nature of the CCP.