Local Events
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Switzerland: The Chinese Communist Regime's Organ Harvesting from Living People Shocks the Residents of Basel
2006-09-02“What are they doing? Is it a real surgical operation?” a group of children were shocked by what they saw. Even though pouring rain started to fall, they stood quietly and waited for a reply. They were puzzled by the scene on Marktplatz Basel, Switzerland where a “surgeon” was “performing an operation” on a man lying on an “operation table” covered with a bloodstained blanket. Beside the operation table was a “Chinese policeman” waving a police baton. -
Austria: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition in Vienna
2006-09-01From June 12th to the 17th, 2006, the Cultural Society ARS CARA (Austrian Arts and Cultural Exchange Society ARS at www.arscara.at, in German only) showcased the international “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” art exhibition in Café Kandinsky, in the 7th District of Vienna. Many people attended this ceremony. A singer and musicians performed during the opening ceremony for human rights. -
Germany: "We Support You, You Did Well"
2006-09-01On August 26th, Falun Dafa practitioners held an activity in the city of Leipzig, which Goethe called “Little Paris”. Leipzig played a pivotal role in the movement to overthrow the centralisation of the Communist regime in the past. In particular, practitioners exposed the CCP's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners in labour and concentration camps. -
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.