Local Events
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Germany: Hamburg Holds Parade Supporting Withdrawals from the CCP
2006-09-27On September 15th, 2006, before the end of the Hamburg Summit, European Falun Gong practitioners held a parade to support more than 13 million people withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). During the parade, both passersby and people in the stores all watched in droves. Our reporter randomly interviewed several viewers. -
Austria: Lotus Car Tour Exposes the Persecution of Falun Gong
2006-09-26On September 17th, 2006, the 'lotus car tour' initiated by four Falun Gong practitioners began. The theme of the tour was to rescue Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China. Many local people signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution. The car tour is going to tour Austria and introduce Falun Gong to more kind hearted people. -
Switzerland: Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party Exhibition at The United Nations
2006-09-26On September 18th, the second meeting of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights was held in Geneva. Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland held an exhibition in front of the United Nations, which exposed the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong. The show attracted the attention of the meeting's participants and passers-by. -
Mainstream German Media Report on the Persecution of Falun Gong During Wen Jiabao’s Visit
2006-09-26On September 14th, 2006, German state run TV station ZDF, in its 5 p.m. newscast, reported on Falun Gong activities during Wen Jiabao’s visit to Hamburg. Falun Gong practitioners held activities in downtown Hamburg to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong. Scenes were broadcast on TV of the practitioners' anti-torture exhibition. -
Germany: Touching Moments at the Hamburg Town Hall Square
2006-09-25“We are welcoming Wen Jiabao in Hamburg with one of our banners", said a Falun Gong practitioner over a microphone. “We encourage him to bring an end to the persecution of Falun Gong with these words. Wen Jiabao has as to date not participated in the persecution, but he also has done nothing to bring it to an end.” But, they are not welcoming the Minister of Trade Bo Xilai. Bo Xilai is facing lawsuits in many countries because of his participation in the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Germany: Practitioners in Hamburg Expose the Atrocities of the CCP
2006-09-24Wen Jiabao visited Germany and attended the Chinese Festival held in Hamburg, along with many high ranking CCP officials, including the Minister of Commerce of the PRC Bo Xilai, who directly participated in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. German Falun Gong practitioners appealed for attention to the persecution of Falun Gong -
Finland: Exposing the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong during the EU-China Summit
2006-09-21Falun Gong practitioners came to the Helsinki train station to set up an exhibition. Finnish Member of Parliament and Chairwoman of the Green Party Tarja Cronberg came to the site. She warmly talked to practitioners and said that she has seen the peaceful efforts of Falun Gong practitioners and supports practitioners’ actions in stopping the persecution. -
Germany: China Time 2006 in Hamburg
2006-09-21“Yes, I have already heard that people in China and in other places sell organs,” said a middle aged woman, who just finished reading with her girl friend the information about the organised organ removal and organ trade by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “No,” responded a Falun Gong practitioner. “You must have understood it wrongly. These Falun Gong practitioners do not sell their organs out of their free will. They are being kept in special camps until their organs are taken from their living bodies and sold in the market. This absolutely is done involuntarily.” -
Slovakia: Falun Gong in Levice and Kremnica
2006-09-19On Friday September 8th, practitioners of Falun Gong visited Levice city in Slovakia. Although to begin with the weather was rather cloudy, they put up a table with a petition against the persecution, erected the banner stands showing the scenes from the persecution and started to practice the peaceful Falun Gong exercises. The next day, practitioners visited Kremnica. -
Germany: 'Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party' Picture Exhibition at a Tourist Attraction
2006-09-19On September 9th, 2006, volunteers from the German Centre for Quitting the CCP held a Nine Commentaries (an editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper) picture exhibition in Bayreuth. The pictures focus on the CCP persecuting the Chinese people during different political movements. -
Bulgaria: Facts of the Persecution Shock Local People
2006-09-19On September 9th, practitioners organised an event to let people know about the on-going persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, the brutality of the Chinese Communist regime, and the violence perpetrated against innocent Chinese people who believe in the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. -
Hungary: Informing People about the Persecution of Falun Gong in China
2006-09-18Czech and Slovak practitioners of Falun Gong wanted to help Hungarian practitioners to inform more people about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The Hungarian practitioners in particular were thankful for a chance to meet such a big group and be able to talk to them about cultivation. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Crimes Committed by the Chinese Communist Party
2006-09-17I hear often, “This is terrible, I will sign immediately. How can anyone do this terrible thing to other humans, just like during Hitler’s time! Something like this can’t be happening again.” Many people are deeply horrified and ask, “Why are they doing this to Falun Gong practitioners, especially since they only want to practice their spiritual belief?” The recognition of the irrationality of the inhuman persecution of peaceful people is imprinted on the face of these people. -
Holland: "I see your kind hearts"
2006-09-17On the first weekend in September, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners participated in an annual cultural festival in the old city of Liesel. There were more than one hundred organisations taking part in this activity. Practitioners introduced Falun Gong to people and told them about the persecution launched by the CCP against Falun Gong. -
Finland: Before EU-China Summit, Helsinki Learns about the CCP's Organ Harvesting
2006-09-17After their trip to Sweden, David Kilgour and David Matas, the two Canadian independent investigators and authors of the Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China, came to the capital of Finland, Helsinki. In the morning of September 6th, 2006, they introduced their report to the media.