Local Events
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Germany: A Christmas Gift with Best Wishes to the People of Augsburg
2006-12-28On December 16th, it was very crowded in Augsburg. While they passed by King Square, many people were attracted by the elegant music and peaceful exercise movements displayed by Falun Gong practitioners. After learning about Falun Gong’s peaceful resistance to over seven years of persecution, people condemned the brutal Chinese Communist regime. -
Ukraine: Calling for an End to the Persecution on Human Rights Day
2006-12-28On the 10th of December 2006, International Human Rights Day, Ukrainian practitioners held activities to reveal the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. Over the past seven years, the Chinese Communist Party has not only persecuted its own citizens – 100 million Falun Gong practitioners – with brutal and inhumane torture, but has also given orders through its Embassies to defame Falun Gong and to buy over other countries with financial interests so that these countries would keep silent over the issue of Falun Gong. -
Norway: Rally in Oslo on World Human Rights Day to Support the Sixteen Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party
2006-12-26On December 9th, the Norwegian China Human Rights Society organised a rally in Oslo to support the sixteen million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and also to mark World Human Rights Day. When the parade passed through the high street, passers-by all stopped to watch. -
Rallies in Sweden and Norway: Quit the Evil Chinese Communist Party
2006-12-25On the 19th and 20th of December, both Chinese and western supporters of human rights in northern European countries separately held parades or rallies in Oslo and Stockholm expressing support for 16,000,000 Chinese people having withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its associated organisations. -
Ukraine: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the CCP's Crimes on the Commemoration Day for the Great Famine
2006-12-25On November 26th, 2006, practitioners from Ukraine held activities in Donetsk to protest the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong. They told the Ukrainians about the atrocious persecution taking place in China with the hope of awakening kind people to fight this calamity together and to improve the human rights conditions in China as soon as possible. -
Ukraine: People in Kramatorsk Condemn the Atrocities Commited by the CCP
2006-12-24Falun Dafa practitioners in Kramatorsk held an activity in the town centre on December 17th, 2006. They took the asylum application of two Chinese Falun Gong practitioners in the Ukraine as an opportunity to expose to the public the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong. They also collected signatures supporting an end to the persecution. -
Turkey: On World Human Rights Day Turkish Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Bestial Nature of the CCP
2006-12-24On December 9th and 10th, 2006, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the capital city Ankara and collected signatures on the busiest pedestrian street. They hoped to expose the CCP's evil conduct, and to appeal for an end to the persecution, as well as tell the Turkish people about the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong during the past seven years. -
Germany: "You have my support!"
2006-12-23The temperature in Munich plummeted. An elderly lady stood transfixed, fascinated by the sight of Falun Gong practitioners sitting in a line in the freezing weather. “Beautiful. It’s so beautiful.” She sighed as she watched the practitioners demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises. -
Ukraine: Ukrainian Practitioners Take Part in a University Conference in Jihu
2006-12-23On December 15th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to join a round table conference entitled ‘‘To Resist Anti-Human Crime with International Law’’. The conference was held in the library of Jihu University and the Falun Gong practitioners' contribution aroused enormous interest among attendees. -
Italy: On International Human Rights Day, Italian Practitioners Expose the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong
2006-12-22On International Human Rights Day, Italian practitioners held activities in Rome and Milan to raise awareness of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many people were horrified to hear about the Chinese Communist Party's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners and said they would write letters to their MPs to appeal to stop the persecution. -
Ukraine: Practitioners Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong in Kiev City Centre
2006-12-22On December 16th, Falun Gong practitioners from Kiev held an activity in the city centre to tell local people about the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. Practitioners also demonstrated the peaceful Falun Gong exercises. The activity attracted many passers-by who stopped to watch and find out more. -
Ukraine: The Persecution of Falun Gong Receives Attention at an International Conference in Ukraine
2006-12-21On December 5th, 2006, an international conference on the topic “The Media Opposes Terrorism and Extremism” was held in Ukraine. Three major topics were discussed: terrorism, extremism, and genocide. The conference also discussed how to prevent terrorism, as well as the co-operation between government and society to oppose terrorism together. -
Russia: On International Human Rights Day Russian Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Rally to Expose the CCP Crimes
2006-12-21On December 9th and 10th, to coincide with the International Human Rights Day, Russian Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol to expose the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong which has lasted over seven years. People signed a petition to condemn the CCP and voice their support for Falun Gong practitioners. -
Austria: Lawsuit Filed Against the Chief Perpetrators of the Persecution of Falun Gong
2006-12-20The Austrian Falun Gong Association and the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) held a joint press conference on December 15th, 2006, in Landtmann, a well-known café in Vienna. They announced that a lawsuit has been filed against the chief perpetrators who were directly involved in the persecution of Falun Gong, including Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Li Lanqing, Liu Qi and some others. They are suspected of committing crimes of genocide and torture. -
Italy: Amnesty International Milan Branch Invite Falun Gong Practitioners to Give a Presentation
2006-12-20On November 24th, 2006, the Milan branch of Amnesty International held a routine meeting and invited Falun Gong practitioners in Italy give a presentation about the persecution happening in China. The participants at the meeting asked many questions, they were very much concerned about the issue of Falun Gong and wanted to know more.