Local Events
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Celebrating Ten Years since Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden (1)
2005-04-19
On the 16th of April 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from in and around Gothenburg gathered at the busy Baltesspannar Park in brilliant sunshine. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, distributed leaflets and presented the public with paper lotus flowers to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Falun Gong’s introduction to Sweden. -
Finland: Falun Gong was Very Popular at the Mikkeli Health Exhibition
2005-04-19
A few practitioners in golden exercise suits performed the exercises to the graceful Falun Gong music and this attracted the attention of many people. They watched for a long time, asked for leaflets and even took extra leaflets for their relatives and friends. Some people bought books and exercise demonstration video tapes from the Falun Gong stall. -
Germany: Activities in Chamer to Raise Awareness of the Persecution
2005-04-18
Lots of people in Chamer understand that Falun Gong is being wrongly persecuted. Nevertheless, it is still very hard for people living in free, democratic countries to imagine how a despotic communist regime controls the thoughts and behaviour of its citizens. So on the last weekend of March, practitioners decided to hold an anti-torture exhibition. -
Ireland: Falun Gong Exercise Demonstration and Cultural Performances at a Mind, Body & Spirit Exhibition
2005-04-16
Those who visited the Falun Gong stall and asked questions showed that they had a better understanding of Falun Gong than last time. Many people bought the English version of the introductory text Falun Gong and the main book Zhuan Falun, as well as exercise demonstration tapes and DVDs. In a few days, over six thousand leaflets were given out. -
A Young Chinese Couple Learn the Truth from a Video-CD
2005-04-14
Once I was on a boat ride back to my home country when I met a young Chinese couple. I began a discussion with them, telling them that I practise Falun Gong. They were happy to talk to me and we had a long discussion, mostly about the persecution against Falun Gong in China. They both had a higher level education, so we discussed issues on many levels and they asked many questions, most arising from the lies that the Chinese Communist Party have spread. -
Norway: Promoting Falun Gong’s Positive Health Benefits at an Annual Health Exhibition
2005-04-14
At the Falun Gong stand, people could find out how practitioners have become physically and mentally healthy through Falun Gong cultivation practice. Practitioners showed details of health surveys from Beijing before Falun Gong was suppressed, health surveys from Taiwan and medical reports of Falun Gong’s effect on health in Germany. -
Geneva: Photo Report - Revealing the Persecution of Falun Gong during the UN Human Rights Commission
2005-04-12
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United Kingdom: People from the City of Canterbury Learn about Falun Dafa and Support Practitioners’ Human Rights
2005-04-11
On Saturday the 9th of April, Dafa practitioners from Kent in the south of England held an event in the centre of the historic city of Canterbury to promote the local Falun Dafa class and raise awareness of the ongoing persecution against the practice in China. People showed their support for Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights by signing a petition calling for former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to be brought to justice through a court of law. -
Germany: The first Falun Gong Workshop at a School in Cham City
2005-04-11
Four local newspapers and some newspapers from neighbouring cities published adverts for the Falun Gong workshop. One of them even printed a report about the workshop on its front page, as well as a thesis by an American medical doctor about Falun Gong’s beneficial influence on human health. Consequently, Falun Gong became a popular topic among residents and the workshop was attended by a lot of people. -
Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong at a Stockholm Health Fair
2005-04-10
On April the 2nd and 3rd, Falun Gong practitioners participated in a health fair called ”Harmony Expo” in Liljeholmen, Stockholm. They demonstrated the five sets of exercises on a stage several times during the two days and handed out hundreds of leaflets and newspapers about Falun Gong and the persecution that has been taking place in China for the last six years. -
Ukraine : Photo Report - People are Eager to Learn Falun Gong in Slavyansk City
2005-04-10
Following the picture exhibition held by Ukrainian practitioners in Slavyansk city, lots of local people who attended the exhibition developed a great interest in Falun Gong and came to the exercise site to learn the practice. They learned all five sets of Falun Gong exercises and studied the teachings of Falun Gong together with experienced practitioners. -
Russia: Practitioners Expose the Persecution to People in St. Petersburg
2005-04-08
Photos exposing the human rights abuses that are happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China attracted the most attention and concern from the public. After seeing the inhumane forms of torture used in cruel attempts to force practitioners to renounce their beliefs, people were shocked. They showed great sympathy for China’s persecuted practitioners. -
A Swedish Girl’s Wish: Making One Thousand Paper Lotus Flowers to Help End the Persecution
2005-04-08
Twelve-year-old Elvelina attended the activities that Nordic Falun Gong practitioners held during the Easter holidays. She had a dream during the night of March 26th 2005. She dreamt that if she could make one thousand paper lotus flowers, the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China would end. She told the dream to her friend, another girl of the same age, when she woke up in the morning. The two girls started folding paper lotus flowers right away. -
Denmark: Practitioners gather in Copenhagen to Share Experiences and hold Activities during the Easter Holidays
2005-04-07
Falun Gong practitioners from all over Denmark gathered in Copenhagen and spent the Easter holidays together. On the third day, they held activities in Copenhagen city centre to raise awareness about the human rights abuses against their fellow practitioners in China, and also held a peaceful appeal outside the Chinese Embassy calling for an end to this persecution. -
Sweden: "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" Shine in Children's Hearts (3)
2005-04-07
Practitioners were invited by the Minghui School to see what the children had created. On display were various kinds of Falun, painted or embroidered by the children, and many different artistic works featuring Chinese characters saying “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance” and “Falun Gong Is Great.”
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