Local Events
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Austria: Supporting Justice without National Boundaries
2007-03-24On March 17th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners came to Stephansdom Cathedral in Vienna city centre to hold activities. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and set up banners and display boards to expose the CCP’s crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners and called for the rescue of Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Germany: Letting Bielefeld Know about the Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-03-24“Why is he sitting there?” asked a pedestrian. He wanted to know why a young Chinese man sat on a chair in the pedestrian zone. There were crutches right next to his chair and he held up a piece of paper that said, “Ask questions of a labour camp survivor.” Initially, the man could not make sense out of this scene but slowly he opened up and a long conversation ensued. -
Russia: Raising Awareness about the Persecution in the Republic of Karelia
2007-03-23Over the weekend, Falun Gong practitioners set up banners and display boards, and talked to passers-by about the brutal persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, as well as the huge tide of quitting the CCP that is taking place in China. A young practitioner demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Passers-by stopped to read the display boards. Some chatted with Falun Gong practitioners, and some took the leaflets home to read. -
Turkish Falun Gong Practitioners Visit a Women’s Association Conference
2007-03-21On March 6th, 2007, a Women’s Association held a conference in Mersin and over one hundred participants attended. Falun Gong practitioners were also invited by the conference organisers to participate in the conference and submitted a document to appeal to the Chinese authorities to end the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. -
Belgium: Audience Moved to Tears when Listening to a Young Girl's Story at the ECO-Therapeutica Beurs in Leuven
2007-03-17Falun Dafa practitioners took part in the ECO-Therapeutica Beurs in the city of Leuven. Practitioners constructed a beautiful stand decorated with giant Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) characters and a couple of dozen pictures of Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealing for the end of the persecution. -
Germany: Practitioners in Munich Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-03-16After studying the display of pictures depicting the Chinese Communist Party's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners, Ms Krunn, a Catholic, told a reporter, "It is impossible for this kind of thing to happen if human nature still exists. It is only because there is no belief in people’s mind, that this kind of thing could happen". -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Take Part in the 'Peace Jam' at Bradford University
2007-03-15On a wet and dreary Sunday, four practitioners from Yorkshire were invited to participate in ‘Peace Jam’, an event held in Bradford University. Peace Jam is an international peace education programme that works with Nobel Peace Laureates to educate youngsters, aged between thirteen and seventeen years old in foundations of freedom, justice and peace in the world. -
Turkey: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong at Mersin University
2007-03-12Turkish Falun Gong practitioners went to Mersin University to introduce Falun Gong and explain the facts about the persecution the practice has suffered in China to teachers and students. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and exposed the Chinese communist regime’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong to passing teachers and students. -
Russia: Introducing Falun Gong in Pjatigorsk Medical School
2007-03-11Falun Gong practitioners in Russia held a workshop to introduce Falun Dafa in Pjatigorsk Medical School, a secondary specialised school which trains medical staff. Its curriculum offers courses on how morality affects health. After Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the leaders of the school, the leaders decided to introduce Falun Gong to the students. -
France: Human Rights Groups Discuss Organ Harvesting
2007-03-11“Falun Gong has been acknowledged and accepted in many countries around the world. In France, some organisations have understood Falun Gong, but many people and media have yet to really understand Falun Gong at present. We don’t know why the Chinese regime would regard this absolutely harmless spiritual movement based on the universal principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” as a threat to the nation and perpetrate the cruel persecution against it. We are against all the atrocities of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners." -
Finland: Finnish People Condemn the Persecution of Falun Gong and Show their Support for Practitioners
2007-03-08Practitioners in Finland set up a display of photographs and posters to inform local people about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. During the activity practitioners distributed leaflets and other information, talked with passersby and collected signatures for a petition calling for an end to the vicious persecution of this wholly peaceful spiritual practice. -
United Kingdom: Falun Dafa Group Invited to Cambridge University
2007-03-07The Cambridge Falun Dafa group were invited to the "Big Chill" student event at Cambridge University on Sunday, March 4th. The event was held in King's College and intended to introduce students to relaxing alternatives to help reduce stress. Many students were interested to hear about Falun Dafa and watch the exercise demonstrations. -
Russia: Perseverance in the Harsh Moscow Winter
2007-03-05In order to help people see the evil nature of the Chinese Communist regime and awaken people’s conscience, for about a month now Falun Gong practitioners in Moscow have used every Saturday to go to the Chinese Embassy and expose the atrocity of the Chinese Communist regime’s harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for lucrative profits. -
Russia: Residents of Petrozavodsk Condemn the Chinese Communist Regime’s Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-02-28On February 17th 2007, Russian Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the business centre of Petrozavodsk, a city in northern Russia, despite the chilly weather and blizzards, to tell people about the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution against Falun Gong, as well as expose the vile regime’s atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners for profit. Reporters from a local TV Station and a cable TV station interviewed the practitioners. -
United Kingdom: Letting More Aberdeen People know about the Persecution Against Falun Gong
2007-02-27In order to raise people’s awareness and attention to the persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Helen went to Aberdeen on 21st February 2007. This was one stop on her journey around Scotland to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong through talking about her own experiences.