Local Events
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Germany: Informing the Public about the Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2006-10-17We were positioned in the major shopping district of Stuttgart and thousands of passersby were able to see our display. We got the impression that people lingered longer than usual to get more information. People came from all age groups and backgrounds came to ask questions, receive fliers and support us by signing our petition. -
Turkey: Stories of Western Practitioners in Mersin
2006-10-16In the last two years, many locals in Mersin City have begun to practise Falun Gong. They try to live their lives by the principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.” Many of the practitioners have undergone great physical and mental changes since beginning their cultivation. -
Germany: The world’s people awaken
2006-10-15On October 7th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig, Berlin, and Dresden held an Information Day in Railway Square, the busiest place in Leipzig. It had the theme, “Stop the Persecution, Stop Organ Harvesting”. Many shoppers stopped in their tracks to read the information boards and the leaflets being handed out. -
Finland: Supporting the Fourteen Million Withdrawals from the CCP
2006-10-14Finnish Falun Gong practitioners and volunteers from the Service Centre for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as The Epoch Times newspaper held activities in front of the Central Train Station in Helsinki to support the fourteen million withdrawals from the CCP and its affiliated organisations and to expose the persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Germany: The Path of Falun Dafa at the Carnival of the Cultures in Hamburg
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Turkey: Introducing Falun Gong at the State Father Commemoration in Mersin
2006-10-13Falun Gong practitioners were invited to introduce Falun Dafa before the opening of the State Father Commemoration. The city council officials said, "Falun Dafa is based on Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, this is just what we should spread and follow, so today we are inviting Falun Gong cultivators to introduce this beneficial practice. -
Germany: People in Stuttgart Appalled by the Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2006-10-12Falun Gong practitioners in Germany went to Stuttgart’s main shopping street to hold an exhibition to expose the persecution of Falun Gong. Many people expressed their indignation when they learned about the brutal nature of the persecution and asked how they could help to change the situation. Many signed a petition condemning the persecution. -
Turkey: Practitioners in Ankara Invited to Introduce Falun Gong
2006-10-11Practitioners in Ankara were invited by the Artists Association to host a Falun Gong introductory forum on September 30th, 2006. The participants were from various backgrounds, including artists, writers, teachers, anchors of radio stations, businessmen, government officials, retirees and homemakers. Falun Gong exercise instruction was offered to the participants -
Germany: Participating in a Studio Discussion and Exposing the Truth of the Persecution on TV
2006-10-11In the middle of September, “BR-Untervegs” from the TV Station of Bavaria in Germany came to Cham city, face to face, listening to evaluation, suggestions and comments about the TV Station from their audience. Representatives of the Falun Gong Human Rights Work Group from Cham city were invited to express their thinking to the media people face to face. -
Germany: Introducing Falun Gong During German National Day
2006-10-10During German National Day, on October 3rd, 2006, in downtown Düsseldorf (the capital of the state of the North Rhine-Westphalia), German Falun Gong practitioners took to the busy streets to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and expose the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
A French Mayor: "What you are defending is also what we are safeguarding"
2006-10-09Falun Gong practitioners held a Truth Compassion and Tolerance Art Exhibition in Ceyrat, near Clermont-Ferrand, a town of military importance in central France. Alain Brochet, the Mayor of Ceyrat, watched a performance by the 'Heavenly Maidens dancing group' during the unveiling ceremony of this art exhibition, and also made a speech. -
Germany: "It's too terrible; this kind of thing must not be allowed to continue"
2006-10-09On Spitaler Strasse, practitioners laid out a table with exhibits and hung banners, calling on local people to condemn the crimes of the Chinese Communist Party, including removing organs from live Falun Gong practitioners, and to pay attention to the case of human rights lawyer, Gao Zhicheng who has been illegally detained by the CCP. -
Germany: Brutality of the Persecution Shocks the People of Trier
2006-10-08On September 30th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners came to the German city of Trier and exposed the torture of Falun Gong practitioners and the CCP’s crimes of harvesting organs from living practitioners. A practitioner who was persecuted in a women’s forced labor camp in China talked about her own experience. -
Famous French singer: "I support you with all my heart"
2006-10-08A sturdy gentleman stood out in the crowd. Having read the exhibits, he solemnly walked to the front of the stand and signed his name on the petition form without a word. Some practitioners recognised him as the famous French singer, M. Renaud. After talking with several practitioners, he was deeply moved. He said, “I support you. I will ask people around me to help stop this terrible persecution. I will tell people around me. That is the least I could do.” -
Russia: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in New Siberia
2006-10-08The population of New Siberia city numbers in the millions, there are also many Chinese people, but lots of them have not heard about the Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party (an editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper) and Three withdrawals (from CCP related organisations). In order to help these Chinese people to understand about Falun Gong and the big wave of withdrawals from CCP, practitioners from neighbouring city Tomsk drove to different Chinese markets in New Siberia city to spread information materials and CDs in the early morning of 1st October 2006.