Local Events

  • Finland: "Great Wall of Courage" Raises People's Awareness During Asia-Europe Meeting

    When the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was held on September 9-11th, 2006, in Finland's capital, Helsinki, Falun Gong practitioners from 13 countries in Europe as well as North America gathered there and formed a 'Great Wall of Courage' exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) inhumane persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Finland: Supporting Thirteen Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party

    On September 9th, 2006, at the time of the EU summit meeting held in the Finnish capital Helsinki, Friends of Falun Gong, volunteers from The Epoch Times newspaper and Falun Gong practitioners held an assembly and parade activity supporting the thirteen million people who have withdrawn from the CCP and protesting against CCP organ harvesting.
  • Ireland: Falun Gong Shines at the World Culture Festival in Dun Laoghaire

    During the last weekend of August, the coastal town of Dun Laoghaire hosts a "World Culture Festival". This year, Irish Falun Gong practitioners brought to the festival a Falun Gong exercise demonstration, Chinese traditional dances and beautiful folded paper lotus flowers. They were well received by visitors.
  • Norway: Re-enactment of Human Organ harvesting in China Receives Attention

    Two exhibitions were held in Egertorget square in Oslo, Norway, in July and August 2006. With an operating table and hospital personnel, the exhibition re-enacted the practice of organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners taking place in China. Many people signed a petition which asked the Chinese regime to stop this illegal practise.
  • France: Exposing the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong

    On September 10th, French Falun Gong practitioners disclosed the brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP to passers-by in Human Rights Square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Various inhuman means are used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, including torture, illegal detention in labour camps as well as long prison sentences.
  • Finland: "You have done a good job"

    On September 2nd, the Finnish Service Centre for quitting the CCP, the Epoch Times newspaper and Falun Gong practitioners held an activity near the train station in the city centre of Helsinki to support the thirteen million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its related organisations, and expose the CCP's crimes.
  • Germany: Falun Gong at the Sachsen Festival

    The fifteenth provincial celebration of Germany’s Sachsen County was held in Marienberg. By invitation of the County Celebration Committee, Falun Gong practitioners attended the float parade and performed traditional dances in Chinese style, displaying the beauty of traditional Chinese culture to the people of Sachsen.
  • Norway: "I Believe It Is True, and What You Do Is Important"

    Two exhibitions, organized by HR in China (a Norwegian NGO), were held at Egertorget Square in Oslo. Falun Gong practitioners in Norway and HR in China hoped that their reenactment would help Norwegians and tourists become aware of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) large scale practice of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners in St. Petersburg Expose the Chinese Communist Regime's Atrocities

    On September 2nd, 2006, Russian Falun Gong practitioners went to the square near the Nevsky Metro Station in St. Petersburg to expose the Chinese Communist regime's cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. There were a lot of tourists at the square, and many of them came to view the display boards and listen to practitioners’ explanation.
  • Holland: "Falun Dafa! I Really Admire You"

    On September 2nd, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners participated in the annual national cultural festival at Maastricht, where the practitioners exhibited photos, demonstrated the five exercises and taught people how to make paper lotus flowers. They brought Falun Gong to the ancient city, adding colour to the festival.
  • Switzerland: Promoting Falun Gong and telling the facts in the Bilingual Area Biel

    On 2nd September, Swiss practitioners held some activities in Biel, a German-French bilingual city in Switzerland to promote Falun Gong and tell the facts of the persecution. As they were setting up the posters about the persecution against Falun Gong, some passers-by stopped to read and then more and more people started to read.
  • Austria: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Salzburg

    On September 3rd 2006, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in Salzburg to expose the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The activity attracted many local government officials, journalists and business people, who took leaflets and signed a petition calling for an end the persecution.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Gives a Beautiful Performance at Sachsen Anniversary Celebration

    The Fifteenth Sachsen Anniversary Celebration was held in Marienberg, a well-known mountain city in Germany, between September 1st and 3rd. At the invitation of the celebration committee, Falun Gong practitioners presented a Chinese traditional dance performance and participated in the parade.
  • Germany: Before the Hamburg Summit Practitioners Call on Germany to Condemn the Chinese Communist Party's Organ Harvesting from Living Practitioners

    The Second Annual Hamburg Summit will be held on September 13th. The Prime Minister of the Chinese Communist regime, Wen Jiabao, will attend the meeting. Falun Gong practitioners in Germany call for a focus on the human rights situation in China. RFA reported on September 4th that Falun Gong practitioners from Hamburg and nearby areas have staged a series of events for the Summit since mid-August to call on the German people to pay attention to human rights in China.
  • United Kingdom: Teaching Falun Gong to a Ladies' Group in Edinburgh

    The practitioner shared with the ladies some stories of the benefits people have received from practising Falun Gong, how practitioners try to incorporate the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance into their lives and the remarkable healings that have occurred from practising the exercises and embodying the principles. One lady bought a video with the founder of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, teaching the exercises. They all were happy to receive leaflets and newspapers telling about the benefits of the practice and the cruelty of the persecution.