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Latvia: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in Auce City
2005-09-07
On August 20th, 2005, invited by the Chairman of Congress, Latvian Falun Gong practitioners came to Auce City. A great number of passers-by gathered in front of the display boards that practitioners had set up. Two practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises, some distributed leaflets and others talked to interested people. -
Finland: Holding an Anti-torture Exhibition to Let More People Know the Facts of the Persecution
2005-09-06
On August 14th, some Falun Gong practitioners from North Europe and Latvia gathered at the busiest business centre in Helsinki to let people know about Falun Gong and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and held an anti-torture exhibition. Tourists from various countries signed the petition one after another. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Koli to Introduce the Practice
2005-09-05
Practitioners introduced the practice at a health fare in Pyhä-Koli, and a teacher from Joensuu learned the exercises. She wanted to learn more about the persecution and about the practice of Falun Gong. A few months later she made a call and asked if we could come to Koli and introduce the practice to her students at the college in North-Karelia. -
Sweden: Exhibition of a Thousand Lotus Flowers
2005-09-05
An exhibition entitled “A Thousand Lotus Flowers” was held in a public library in Stockholm, Sweden for the first time between August 20th and August 30th. In the exhibition, practitioners related a twelve year-old girl called Evelina’s dream of making a thousand paper Lotus Flowers to end the persecution in China during last Easter. -
Estonia: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Participate in the Health Expo at Saue City
2005-09-04
Estonian Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in a Health Expo in Saue City on August 27th. Practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises. While discussing Falun Gong, practitioners also informed the public of the brutal persecution initiated by Jiang Zemin and carried out by the Chinese Communist Party over the past six years. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners at Dresden City Festival
2005-09-04
On August 20th and 21st, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners were again invited to participate in the Dresden City Festival. During the two days, Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises; some distributed leaflets to passers-by; and others gave away hand-made paper Lotus Flowers. Lots of people stopped to watch and chat. -
Germany: First Falun Gong Anti-Torture Exhibition Held in Frankfurt
2005-09-03
“It is time to give people a wake-up call!” This a remark a visitor wrote in the guest-book during Frankfurt's first outdoor anti-torture exhibition, held in Römerberg Square. The author called the attention-grabbing exhibition run by the Frankfurt-based Falun Gong group a very meaningful action and encouraged them to publicise the persecution in China. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Attend an Exhibition in Tornio
2005-09-03
Practitioners in Finland took part in an exhibition in Tornio, a city in the north of Finland on the border with Sweden. There were around 170 exhibitors, and Falun Gong was invited to be one of them. At our booth people could learn that Falun Gong is about the ongoing persecution in China and we had a petition where people could sign their names. -
United Kingdom: Invitation to Introduce “Rescue the Falun Gong Orphans” In a Summer Camp in Huddersfield
2005-09-02
After watching the video “Rescue Falun Gong Orphans”, youngsters in the summer camp couldn’t help crying. Deeply moved, the principal said: “I cry every time I see the video, I am going to copy your petition and give them to every pupil and his or her parents, and ask them to help rescue these innocent children together.” -
Russia: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in Pskov City
2005-09-02
A woman said, “I dreamt that I wore a Lotus Flower on my head last night. Today I finally know the Lotus Flower I dreamt of is here.” The policeman who was on duty had an alert and indifferent expression when the activity started, but at the end, he smiled to us and said that he understood that Falun Gong was a very good cultivation practice. -
Sweden: Paper Lotus Flowers Convey the Message of the Suffering of Falun Gong Practitioners' Children
2005-09-01
It was the start of the Swedish Malmo Festival on August 21st 2005. Many tourists went to the National Park to watch different activities. On the lawn of the northeastern part of the park, Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the practice's exercises, waist-drumming performances, dancing, exhibitions and folded paper Lotus Flowers. -
Russia: An Elderly Russian Exclaims "How Similar!"
2005-09-01
Practitioners from Moscow went to the city centre, to let people know about the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong, calling for the citizens of Moscow to help stop this inhumane persecution. After learning about the situation, people signed the anti-persecution petitions. -
United Kingdom: Rescuing the Orphans on London's Trafalgar Square
2005-08-31
The usual influx of tourists and Londoners to Trafalgar Square was greeted with something special on bank holiday Monday. Falun Gong practitioners were showcasing traditional Chinese dancing, music and culture as they appealed for children suffering in China. The focus of the event in Trafalgar Square was part of a global effort to raise awareness of the plight of these children, who have not only lost their parents and other loved ones, but often go without many basic needs. -
Switzerland: People Have a Knowing Side
2005-08-28
While collecting signatures to rescue fellow practitioners persecuted in China, we usually have some interesting encounters. This article contains a few examples. Experiencing the things described above made practitioners who have held signature collection activities further understand the lesson Master Li has taught us that society's people have a knowing side. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Illuminate the Culture Festival of Malmo City with their Brilliant Display
2005-08-28
Malmo began this year's culture festival on August 20th, 2005. This is the first time that Falun Gong practitioners have joined the parade team as waist-drummers, fan dancers, lotus flower dancers and so on. Passersby happily accepted leaflets.
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