Local Events
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Denmark: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Participate in Night of Culture in Copenhagen
2005-10-28October 14th was a cultural night in Copenhagen. This year happens to be the bi-centennial anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. The cultural night’s programme was richer than normal. After dark, people participated in various folk festivities and Falun Gong practitioners from Copenhagen and Sweden joined the happy crowd. -
Holland: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the Small Town of Breda
2005-10-27On October 15th, Falun Gong practitioners from various places in Holland got together in Breda to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and let people know about Falun Dafa. In addition to exposing the facts about the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners taking place in China, they also collected petition signatures to support the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin, who is the primary culprit in the persecution of Falun Gong. -
Austria: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Graz
2005-10-27To let people know the truth about Falun Gong and its brutal persecution in China, Austrian practitioners have visited different Austrian towns once a month. On October 15th they paid a visit to Graz and held an anti-torture exhibition, the practitioners themselves demonstrating methods of torture used against their fellows in Chinese labour camps and jails. -
United Kingdom: Poster Exhibition in Leeds Exposes CCP Crimes
2005-10-26On the 15th of October, practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition to help people find out more about Falun Gong and the human rights abuses that are happening to practitioners in China under the direct enforcement of the Chinese Communist Party. Practitioners from several adjacent cities all came to participate in the exhibition. -
France: Practitioners Read Falun Dafa Association Announcement to Advise Chinese Communist Officials to Stop Doing Evil
2005-10-26In order to help people who work for the Chinese Consulate to realise the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and abandon the evil path as soon as possible, French Falun Gong practitioners hung banners and displayed Falun Gong posters. The banners read, "Falun Dafa, Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance". -
France: “This Persecution is Just Too Shameful!”
2005-10-25The exercise demonstration attracted the attention of many passers-by who stopped to watch and sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution. The practitioners gave out many flyers describing the practice of Falun Gong and exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cruel human rights abuses against practitioners. -
United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the City of Cardiff
2005-10-24On October 15th, practitioners held activities in the Welsh Capital. Chinese people in Cardiff have come to change their understanding of Falun Gong. Due to propaganda from the Mainland, many Chinese people were suspicious of this peaceful practice, but now that they have had some time to learn the truth, things are changing for the better. -
Denmark: People Learn About Falun Gong at a Health Fair
2005-10-24Some practitioners meticulously made hundreds of beautiful paper lotus flowers, on which was written the Falun Gong website address and "Falun Gong is good!" Our practitioners also held two symposiums during the fair. From the exercises to the persecution, the speakers and audience exchanged views and interacted in a lively way. -
Holland: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the Town of Amersfoort
2005-10-23Compared with Amsterdam, it is a reserved city. Many people didn’t know much about the persecution of Falun Gong. While passing by our stall, some were attracted by the exercises and some by photos exposing the situation in China. After our explanations, many people immediately signed the petition and some asked for Falun Gong pamphlets. -
Czech Republic: Former Czech President Supports Human Rights and Quitting the CCP
2005-10-23On October 1st 2005, more than two hundred democracy advocates from various countries in Europe gathered in the old town centre in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. Sponsored by The Epoch Times, the gathering and parade was to support nearly five million people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Germany: Falun Gong Association Invited to Hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition to Expose the Persecution Taking Place in China
2005-10-22The 18th stop of the nationwide tour of a human rights photo exhibition entitled “Shameful Regions” was held in Sendinger Tor Square in central Munich on October 12th and 13th. 2005. This exhibition is scheduled to be held in over thirty cities in Germany within three months, aiming to expose the human rights abuses happening in Communist countries. -
Italy: The First "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Italy Held in Andorno Micca Town.
2005-10-22The first "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Italy was inaugurated in Andorno Micca. The paintings hung in the exhibition hall of the Artist Association for two weeks and members of the Association felt honoured that these outstanding paintings by artists who practise Falun Gong could be displayed in their exhibition hall. -
Norway: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution at a Health Exhibition
2005-10-22On the second weekend of September, a health exhibition was held in Kongsvinger in southern Norway. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate and introduce Falun Gong to the people. Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of peaceful exercises. They also exposed the brutal persecution of Falun Gong which is still happening in China. -
United Kingdom: “Friends of Falun Gong” at the University of Leicester Fresher's Fair
2005-10-21On the 3rd and 4th of October, 2005, invited by the University of Leicester Student Union, Friends of Falun Gong joined the annual Fresher's Fair. Many Chinese students who just came to Leicester from Mainland China were pleasantly surprised and took photos of the Falun Gong stand. They may start to think: why is Falun Gong only persecuted in China? -
Czech Republic: Exercises on Karl’s Square Attract the Local TV Station
2005-10-21In Karl’s Square, the regular Falun Gong exercise site in Prague, around 25 practitioners gathered to perform their exercises. A lady from a local TV station filmed the exercises and conducted short interviews with a few practitioners. She said she would like to use them during the planned visit of Chinese representatives to the Czech Republic.