Local Events
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Germany: “Give a hand; we can no longer keep silent”
2006-12-18"Under the crystal clear blue sky, goodness should not be made to suffer". The song, which commemorates Falun Gong practitioners killed by the CCP, resounded in the classroom, stirring the hearts of students and teachers alike. -
Italy: Introducing Falun Dafa at Biella Health Expo
2006-12-18In December, Falun Gong practitioners participated in a health exposition in Biella. It is the fourth time that Falun Gong practitioners have taken part. Practitioners exhibited pictures depicting the story of Falun Gong and the persecution, in particular the recent revelation that the Chinese Communist Party harvests organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Bulgaria: Gathering Signatures on International Human Rights Day to Condemn the Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2006-12-16On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, Bulgarian practitioners distributed flyers about the persecution of Falun Gong, about the torture and violation of Falun Gong practitioners' human rights in China and about organ harvesting from living people. In the period of a few hours practitioners gathered around 150 signatures calling for an end to the persecution. -
Belgium: Representatives of Falun Gong Condemn the Persecution at a Freedom of Religion Seminar
2006-12-16The Epoch Times newspaper and several human rights NGOs held a seminar regarding the Chinese Communist Party's suppression of religions. A representative from the European Falun Gong Association was invited to give a speech about the persecution of Falun Gong, and to request that the European Union condemns the CCP's human rights abuses. -
France: National Human Rights Advisory Committee Concerned about Organ Harvesting by the CCP
2006-12-15On November 28th, 2006, at the routine public hearing held at the French Premier’s Office building, the French National Human Rights Advisory Committee invited the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, to testify to the crimes of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP . -
Slovakia: Human Rights Day in Bratislava
2006-12-15On Friday, December 8th, Falun Gong practitioners came to Bratislava on international human rights day to draw attention to the persecution of Falun Gong in China. They set up a display and distributed information. During the activity more than a hundred people signed the petition and a few thousand people took fliers about Falun Gong. -
Austria: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest against the Singapore Authorities' Unjust Verdict
2006-12-14On December 7th, 2006, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in front of the Singapore Embassy in Vienna to protest against the Singapore authority’s unjust guilty verdict against two Falun Gong practitioners. This verdict disregards the Singapore constitution, violates the law in Singapore and International conventions. It’s simply to appease the Chinese Communist Party. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Support Quitting the CCP on the Eve of Human Rights Day
2006-12-14“Maybe you are a good person. You have not done anything wrong. But since you are a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the CCP would use your name to do evil. You, therefore, have a share in all of the bad things it did. You’d better hurry up and quit. Don’t be a scapegoat of the CCP anymore. You can use any alias to quit.” -
Denmark: Protest against the Illegal Detention of Falun Gong Practitioners by the Singapore Government
2006-12-11On December 8th, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark went to the Singapore Embassy to protest against the illegal detention of their fellow practitioners in Singapore. The Danish practitioners held a peaceful protest outside the Embassy and strongly urged the Singapore government to immediately drop all fabricated charges and release the detained practitioners. -
France: French National Human Rights Advisory Committee Expresses Concern about CCP Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-09At a routine public hearing held at the French Premier Office Building, the French National Human Rights Advisory Committee invited the two Canadian independent investigators, Mr. David Kilgour and Mr. David Matas, to testify about the crimes of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Two Day Protest against the Crimes Taking Place in Chinese Labour Camps
2006-12-08For two consecutive days,German and Chinese Falun Gong practitioners let the people of Bremen know about the shocking practice that was made public six months ago: The Chinese Communist Regime's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Scotland: Raising Awareness of Organ Harvesting at Edinburgh's Ethics of Transplantation Film Festival
2006-12-07The festival was organised by bioethical and medical scientists with the aim of stimulating public debate and was attended by a wide range of people including doctors and interested members of the public. The organisers were happy to accommodate Friends of Falun Gong by permitting them to have an allocated slot in the post-screening panel discussions. -
Austria: Parliamentary MPs are Concerned about Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-12-07On November 21st, 2006, the former Canadian Secretary of State (Asia Pacific) David Kilgour was invited by the Austrian branch of the International Human Rights Association (IGFM), to hold a press conference in Austria. Afterwards, he and several Austrian politicians discussed the CCP's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Holland: "The Chinese Communist Regime has moved Auschwitz Concentration Camp to China"
2006-12-06On November 25th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Holland and Belgium held a poster exhibition at the Waterdam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s torture and relentless persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They also exposed the regime’s trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Hamburg Practitioners Expose the Crimes Committed by the CCP
2006-12-06Hamburg Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day on Saturday, November 2nd, 2006, in downtown Hamburg. They wanted the public to hear about the persecution of Falun Gong. Some of the practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises while others distributed flyers to passersby.