Local Events
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Czech Republic: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-17On Saturday the 11th of December, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the centre of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, to raise awareness about the five-year campaign of genocide against the practice. Many people stopped to read the posters and asked questions such as, “Why do they persecute you?” -
Sweden: Annual Falun Gong Presentation is a Favourite with Students of Dalarna College
2004-12-17According to the teacher the lecture by Falun Gong practitioners is one of the most appreciated events on the course. The practitioners showed a video of the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong. The students heard how the human rights of practitioners have been abused for the last five years under orders from former communist chief Jiang Zemin. -
Germany: Joint Activites with the International Society for Human Rights on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-16On World Human Rights Day, December the 10th, the Munich branch of the International Society for Human Rights and German Falun Gong Practitioners held activities at the square in front of the National Theatre to call on German society to pay attention to China's human rights situation and put an end to the atrocities launched by Jiang Zemin and his Communist regime. -
Finland: On World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong Practitioners held an Anti-Torture Picture Exhibition in Helsinki
2004-12-14The 10th of December was World Human Rights Day. Helsinki Falun Gong practitioners went to the city centre to raise awareness about the cruel persecution in China. Widespread human rights abuse has been happening there for the last five years against people who practise Falun Gong and follow the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. -
Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Meet Christmas shoppers and Commuters on World Human Rights Day
2004-12-12On the 10th December 2004, World Human Rights day, practitioners went to Gothenburg city centre to inform Christmas shoppers about the persecution against Falun Gong in China. Many people stopped by to read the posters that illustrated details of the human rights crimes that have been committed on the orders of Jiang Zemin and his communist regime. -
Switzerland: Exposing the Torture Methods Used in China’s Labour Camps to Force Falun Gong Practitioners to Betray their Conscience
2004-12-12On a Saturday in November, Falun Gong practitioners met in Glarus Town Hall Square and set up an information booth. They talked to local people about the human rights atrocities that have been perpetrated against people who practise Falun Gong in China over the past five years. Passersby were shocked when they heard that over 1,100 people have lost their lives because they practice this peaceful meditation and exercise system, and because they refuse to renounce their belief in Falun Gong’s guiding principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance. -
Turkey: Short Stories of Turkish people Embracing Falun Gong
2004-12-11One day I went to Istanbul on a business trip and met eight schoolteachers in a restaurant. They were chatting and I introduced myself to them. I mentioned Falun Gong to them and the ongoing persecution in China and told them that the main instigator of the persecution, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, is being sued in the international courts of many countries for the crime of genocide. They showed great interest in Falun Gong and some of them immediately wanted to learn the exercises. -
Turkey: A Market Manager Supports Activities to Promote Falun Gong
2004-12-10On 4th and 5th December 2004, practitioners held two days of events to promote Falun Dafa and raising awareness of the persecution in the marketplace of Ankara. The practitioners told people about Falun Gong and demonstrated the five sets of exercises. People were pleasantly surprised and stopped to watch. -
Germany: Exposing the Torture Against China’s Falun Gong Practitioners during the “China Meets Europe” Economic Convention
2004-12-09As soon as we heard about the Hamburg Economic Convention from November the 11th to the 27th 2004, we decided to organise an anti-torture exhibition near the meeting location. This included re-enactments and demonstrations of the methods of torture used to force Falun Gong practitioners in China to renounce their beliefs. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Leeds and Middlesborough
2004-12-08On November the 27th and 28th, a group of British Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and activities to promote Falun Gong in Leeds and then Middlesborough. Leeds and Middlesborough were the final stops of the anti-torture exhibition tour by practitioners from North Britain. Previously, the tour visited Newcastle, Sunderland, York and Huddersfield. -
France: Photo Report - Anti-Torture Exhibition in Pointe à Pitre City
2004-12-07Practitioners explained the facts about the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China to passersby. They were shocked by what they saw and could hardly believe such brutal things are happening in the world today. More and more people in Pointe à Pitre City have come to know about the facts of the persecution against Falun Gong in China. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Bielefeld
2004-12-05People were busy shopping for Christmas on the last Saturday in November but still found time to show their concern for the Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China. Lots of people passed our stalls and took leaflets. After they had read through the leaflet carefully and found out more, they came back to sign a petition to help stop the persecution. -
United Kingdom: Revealing the Truth of the Persecution to the People of Middlesbrough
2004-12-04Despite the chilly weather, the practitioners determinedly told the people of Middlesbrough about Falun Gong and exposed the terrible crimes that have been committed against Falun Gong practitioners under the direct orders of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.Many people signed a petition calling for Jiang to be brought to justice in a court of law. -
Turkey: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Jiang Faction’s Persecution (1)
2004-12-04After learning and practising the five sets of exercises, he felt Falun Dafa was very good. This young Turkish man who had just obtained the Fa started to tell people the facts about Falun Gong. A Chinese textile delegation with over thirty members visited Turkey and stayed in a hotel not far from his home. He was delighted to find out about this. With eagerness, he found the person in charge of the delegation. The enthusiastic young man told him how good Falun Gong is and that he practises Falun Gong. His statements dumbfounded the delegation leader. -
United Kingdom: People Show Support for China’s Persecuted Practitioners During an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Huddersfield
2004-12-03The practitioners set up a table for collecting petition signatures and some poster boards revealing how Falun Gong practitioners are being tortured in China. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. People could see that the exercises are very peaceful and starkly contrast with the abuses that people who practise these exercises in China are subject to.