Local Events
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Ireland: People in Cork Shocked by Organ Harvesting in China
2006-08-31On August 19th and 20th, Falun Gong practitioners arrived in Cork. With a population of 120,000, Cork is the second largest city in Ireland. On the busiest street in downtown Cork, practitioners informed local residents about the Chinese communist regime's organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners. People were extremely shocked by the atrocities in China. -
Germany: Reenacting Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners
2006-08-31Falun Gong practitioners from Hamburg and the entire North German area organised an information day in downtown Hamburg, close to the central train station. The intent was to inform the citizens of Hansestadt about organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners and the continued persecution of Falun Gong in China. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Receives Warm Welcome at a Community Event in Stockholm
2006-08-30Falun Gong practitioners were invited to attend a community gathering organised by the Right of Abode Association in Hallunda, a town in the suburbs of Stockholm. Through demonstrations of the Falun Gong exercises, a display of information boards and folding paper lotus flowers, practitioners introduced Falun Gong and the ongoing persecution of the practice in China. -
Holland: Practitioners in Rotterdam Expose the CCP's Crimes of Organ Harvesting
2006-08-30On August 26th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in the Netherlands set up information boards and photos in the centre of Rotterdam and performed a simulated demonstration of organ harvesting from a living victim to expose the bestial nature of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Practitioners also performed demonstrations of the five Falun Gong exercises. -
2006 UK Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Held in London
2006-08-29On August 27th, the 2006 UK Falun Dafa cultivation experience sharing conference was held in London. More than the two hundred practitioners from all over the UK attended the conference. Twenty western and Chinese practitioners shared their experiences of practising Falun Dafa and understandings gained through studying the principles -
Sweden: Falun Gong Parade in Malmo City
2006-08-29On August 19th, 2006, an annual culture festival opened in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmo. Performing groups from different ethnic origins and different countries participated in the activity, which added a multicultural flavour to the festival. Falun Gong practitioners’ waist-drum troupe and the heavenly beauty dancers attracted people’s attention. -
Switzerland: The Special Scenery on Muehleplatz Attracts Many People to Find Out about Falun Gong and the Persecution
2006-08-29“This is one of the approaches for us to stop this persecution; the persecution has spread so widely, like it is operated by mobs, I am not sure if it is useful but I want to try. You are trying hard for this, it’s really good". She also wanted to say to the Chinese people that, “I think we can not turn a blind eye to this, this is very important, we all have seen what had happened during World War II due to people’s silence towards the atrocities. I think it is important for us to take an initiative to stop this atrocity instead of blindly shying away from it.” -
Switzerland: We Will Continue to Hold These Activities until the Persecution has Ended
2006-08-28On August 19th, 2006, practitioners held monthly activities in Parade Square in downtown Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland. They displayed banners reading “The Chinese Communist regime Harvests Organs from Living Humans” in Chinese, German and English, and “Heaven Eliminates the CCP” in Chinese. Some practitioners handed out leaflets in front of the information booth, while others demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises to music behind the display board. -
United Kingdom: London March Exposes Organ Harvesting Atrocities
2006-08-27On Saturday August 26th, UK Falun Gong practitioners held a march through central London, letting people know about Falun Gong and the persecution that has been waged against the practice for the last seven years. A particular focus of the parade was letting people know how the CCP harvests organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and sells them for vast profits. -
Ukraine: Interesting Stories from Mariinskiy Park
2006-08-27Another event occurred not long ago. It happened to a mother and a one-year-old child when they passed by a practitioner who was distributing Falun Gong materials. The mother wanted to refuse the material, but the child said in decent Chinese, “Falun Dafa is good". The mother was astonished and asked what the child had just said. The practitioner explained to her what the child said was Chinese, meaning “Falun Dafa is good.” After listening to the explanations, the woman accepted the newspaper from the practitioner right away. -
Germany: Practitioners Visit Saarlouis and Expose Organ-Harvesting in China
2006-08-26One passer-by couldn’t contain her tears after hearing that Chinese doctors, who should maintain life, remove organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. They could not believe that these doctors could cruelly commit such crimes. Many gave their signature in the hope that our government would do something to stop such heinous crimes. -
Czech Republic: Tour of Moravian Cities and Towns
2006-08-26From August 7th to the 10th, a group of Falun Gong practitioners organised a tour across Moravia to let people know of the ongoing terrors of organ harvesting in China. Everywhere they went they displayed banners and posters exposing the issue and depicting the horrors of the persecution and news about organs being taken from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Sounds of Falun Gong Exercise Music in Jungfernstieg
2006-08-25On August 11th, 2006, in the afternoon, Falun Dafa exercise filled the streets of Jungfernstieg. Passers-by walked around in an endless stream, they stopped in front of the information boards detailing the CCP's crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Sadness, anger, shock was written on their faces and many signed our petition. -
Czech Republic: Falun Gong Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa in Svitavy
2006-08-25On Friday July 14th, Falun Gong practitioners arrived in the town of Svitavy. Their banners, displayed in an ancient archway, drew the attention of passers-by. That way people of Svitavy could find out about the ancient meditation practice of Falun Gong and its on-going persecution in China. Those who wished to protest against it were encouraged to sign a petition. Other people were given leaflets with information about secret Chinese death camps where many Falun Gong practitioners have their organs removed while still alive. -
Bulgaria: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong in the City of Shumen
2006-08-24Bulgarian practitioners held a photo exhibition and poster display to promote Falun Gong practice and expose the persecution in the city of Shumen. The practitioners performed the Falun Gong exercises, handed out leaflets with information about the practice, and revealed the facts about the continuing seven year persecution by the Chinese communist regime.