Local Events
-
Ukraine: Anti-torture Activities on UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
2005-07-08On the 26th of June 2005, UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Falun Gong practitioners from Staro Konstantinoy state, Northern Donetsk state and Kramatorsk city went to the famous Novy Svet Mountain to hold activities exposing the horrific forms of torture used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
France: Promoting Falun Gong and Raising Awareness about the Persecution in Northern Paris
2005-07-05On the 25th of June 2005, French practitioners held an activity to promote Falun Gong on Place Gabriel Peri near the Gare Saint-Lazare rail station. This was the seventh step of a tour of Paris, intended to let more people know about Falun Gong and raise their awareness of the human rights abuses against practitioners in China. -
France: Introducing Falun Gong in Besancon City
2005-06-30From June the 17th to the 19th, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Switzerland, and Grenoble in southern France, along with Falun Gong practitioners in Besancon, held three-day long activities to promote Falun Gong and raise awareness about the human rights abuses in Besancon city centre. -
Czech Republic: Media Interviews Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioner
2005-06-26On the 18th of June, Falun Gong practitioners from the Czech Republic and Slovakia gathered on the Staromestkse Square in Prague. On this occassion we were pleased to welcome Ms. Xiong Wei from Germany, who came to support our activities and tell the Czech media and people her story of how she had been persecuted in China for simply informing the people with the facts about Falun Gong and how it is being persecuted severely by the Chinese Communist Party. -
Latvia: Falun Gong Wins an Award at the "Healthy Mind - Healthy Body" Sport Festival
2005-06-26On June the 17th, 2005, Latvian Falun Gong practitioners attended the "Healthy Mind - Healthy Body" Sport Festival in Vingrotajiem and was awarded the “positive participation” prize. The practitioners introduced Falun Gong to those who joined the festival and demonstrated the exercises. They also displayed photos depicting the practise of Falun Gong across the world and provided accounts and experiences of cultivating in Falun Gong by practitioners for people to read. -
Russia: Exposing the Persecution on Arbat Square in Moscow
2005-06-25Russian practitioners held an activity on Arbat Square in Moscow city centre to call for an end to the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many people approached practitioners to find out more about the human rights abuses happening to Falun Gong in China and signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution. -
First Swedish Performance of “The European Coming For You Choir”
2005-06-23On the 11th of June 2005, the “European Coming For You” Choir made its first-ever performance in Sweden, performing at the concert “Coming for You Where East Meets West” at Berwaldshallen in Stockholm. The concert was sponsored by New Tang Dynasty TV and Kulturföreningen Främja Traditionell Kultur & Konst (The Culture Association to Promote Traditional Culture & Art). -
Germany: Promoting Falun Gong in Frankfurt
2005-06-23On the 4th of June 2005, in the busiest street in Frankfurt town centre, Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong and an activity with the theme of promoting the beauty of Falun Gong and “Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance”. -
Romania: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Brasov City
2005-06-22Practitioners distributed Falun Gong leaflets to tourists and revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution against those who practise Falun Gong. Passers-by stopped to view a picture exhibition exposing the CCP’s crimes in their 6-year suppression of Falun Gong before signing a petition calling for an end to the persecution. -
Ireland: Cork City Councillors Protest Against Proclaiming Shanghai a "Sister City"
2005-06-19On May 19th 2005, several members of the Cork City Council in Ireland took a stance against proclaiming Shanghai a sister city. Chris O'Leary, a Green Party member, thought that this might send the wrong message to China. To date, twelve Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death in Shanghai. The Irish Times reported that four of the city councillors from Cork protested outside City Hall against the Mayor's forming an alliance with Shanghai and ignoring China's poor human rights record. Local Falun Gong practitioners also participated in the protest. -
Russia: St. Petersburg Practitioners Raise Awareness at Lomonosov Tube Station
2005-06-19Five huge posters displayed information, letting people know about Falun Gong's spread to over 60 countries. They stopped to look closely at the posters and ask questions. After seeing the brutal scenes of persecution, people’s compassionate sides were clear that it must be stopped. Many of them asked, “Why are such things happening in the world today?” -
France: Appealing in Paris for Public Awareness of Persecution against Falun Gong
2005-06-14Practitioners in France decided to promote Falun Gong on various streets in Paris. Though there were not many practitioners to take part, our banners were so eye-catching that many passers-by stopped to read the captions that went with photos about the persecution. Some were shocked and took the initiative to sign the petition. -
Ukraine: Exposing the Persecution during a Mythology Drama Presentation
2005-06-12On May the 28th and 29th, Ukrainian practitioners took part in a mythology drama held by Dnepropetrovsk City Council in a local park. During the gathering, people viewed a display of pictures exposing the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Many people were attracted by the paper lotus flowers made by practitioners. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in an Alternative Health Fair in Uddevalla
2005-06-11On the 28th and 29th of May, Falun Gong practitioners took part in an alternative health fair in Uddevalla. They performed the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and informed the participants about Falun Gong and the ongoing persecution occurring in China. They also set up an exhibition of posters and photos, accompanied by an information table. -
Germany: People and Officials of Wuerzburg City Appeal to the German Government to Rescue Jiang Renzheng
2005-06-09Since Jiang Renzheng was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp in China, shortly after his whole family was deported from the German city of Wuerzburg, Falun Gong practitioners in that city have organised five events in the city centre to call for Jiang’s release. Most members of the public said they already had some knowledge of Jiang’s arrest from the city’s media. People deplored the German government’s bad decision while gaining a lot better understanding of the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are suffering in China.