Local Events
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Finland: Promoting Falun Gong in Koli
2004-11-18
People arrived in an endless flow for the whole two days. They asked what Falun Gong is, why Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted in China and where they can learn the Falun Gong exercises. The occupant of the stall opposite couldn’t wait to ask us what Falun Gong was even before we finished setting up our stall. He made time to learn the exercises. -
Germany: After Hearing the Truth, the People in Bad Salszuflen are Supportive
2004-11-17
The practitioners found sympathetic ears and hearts. That Saturday, lots of people had come into town, many more than usual. The Mayor of Bad Salzuflen visited the practitioners to get a first hand impression of Falun Gong. Before leaving he told the local practitioners to come and see him if they ever need any help or have any questions. -
Italy: Promoting Falun Gong at a Medical Forum in Turin
2004-11-14
Italian Falun Gong practitioners presented a short history of Falun Gong and how the practice has spread to 100 million people in 60 countries. They also talked about the terrible human rights abuses that are being committed in China to force practitioners to renounce their belief in Falun Gong. The participants listened attentively and enthusiastically asked questions. -
Switzerland: Promoting Falun Gong in Remote Areas of Switzerland
2004-11-13
There were 840 people who signed the petition to support Falun Gong in St. Gallen and more than 1000 flyers were distributed. As we finished and prepared to go home, many people still rushed to ask for information from us. Some even said that they wish us success and know that the persecutors will never win. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong in Southampton
2004-11-12On the 6th November, a group of Dafa practitioners from England and Wales arrived in the town centre of Southampton in the south of England to promote Falun Gong and tell people about the campaign of genocide being waged against the practice by a few criminals in the Chinese Government who bring shame to the Chinese people. Lots of people asked for details of the free classes where they can go to learn the exercises. -
Germany: Falun Gong Information Day in Dortmund
2004-11-12
Dafa practitioners from Dortmund in Germany have held different forms of Falun Gong activities during the past five years that the practice has been persecuted. Every Saturday sees practitioners in downtown Dortmund talking to people about Falun Gong and telling them that over 1,000 people have lost their lives because they refused to renounce their beliefs. -
Germany: Exposing the Torture and Persecution at an Information Day in Erlangen
2004-11-11
At the end of October 2004, Germany welcomed another Falun Dafa Information Day. Practitioners from Erlangen and neighboring cities demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and held an anti-torture exhibition, where they re-enacted how China’s prison guards torture people who believe in living by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. -
Swedish Newspaper highlights the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners and Human Rights Abuses in China
2004-11-11Örebro in Sweden and Yantai in Shandong, China are sister cities. The article stated that Member of Swedish Parliament Mr. Sten Tolgfor demanded that the local government of Örebro County clarify how the human rights issues are being handled during their meetings with representatives from their sister city, Yantai. Mr. Tolgfor stressed that it is inexcusable to just honour the economic prospects of China and neglect the human rights abuses. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong in England’s Biggest Town
2004-11-10When being informed that over 1000 Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death in China, passers-by signed the petition without hesitation. During the petition-signing, practitioners met two local residents to whom we had introduced the truth of Falun Gong. Eager to learn the exercises, they had already attempted to contact local Falun Gong practitioners to find out about the local practice site. During today’s activities, they met us again and were informed of the location of the local practice site. -
United Kingdom: Seven Days of Successful Activities during Cambridge Falun Dafa Week
2004-11-08
During the Falun Dafa week, practitioners gave out more than fifteen thousand leaflets explaining Falun Gong in detail and exposing the persecution. Over a thousand petition signatures were collected calling for the instigator of the persecution against Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin, to be brought to justice. Many others found out about Falun Gong from reading the posters or talking with practitioners. -
France: People of All Ages Support Falun Gong during the Haute Savoie Autumn Fair
2004-11-07
Members of the public were immediately drawn by the photos of the methods of torture used by the Jiang Regime to attempt to force Falun Gong practitioners in China to betray their beliefs. Many came to look for a long time, listened attentively to the practitioners’ explanations and were truly very touched. They asked what they could do to help as they signed the petition. -
Russia: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution to Young People in Community Activities
2004-11-07
Dafa practitioners from Pyatigorsk city were invited to take part in a community activity where the participants were mainly young people. Practitioners took this opportunity to demonstrate the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and tell people about the campaign of genocide that is being waged against people who practise Falun Gong in China. -
Germany: Successful Falun Dafa Information Day was held in Düsseldorf
2004-11-06
When practitioners were demonstrating the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, a reporter from one of the local news papers appeared, he was passing by chance with his camera and attracted by the exercise demonstrations. He thus approached the information desk and took shots of the demonstration and information desk for over ten minutes before he left. -
Finland: Promoting Falun Gong at the Train Station in Helsinki
2004-11-06At lunchtime on the 30th of October 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners again visited the train station in Helsinki city in Finland. It is over two years since we first started our Saturday Dafa activities there in 2002. The people who see us and receive Dafa materials are countless and they are not just from Helsinki but from different cities in Finland and different countries. -
Denmark : Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution at a High School
2004-11-05Throughout the talk all the pupils were quiet and attentive, which surprised the teachers. At the end they had many questions and found it shocking that Jiang and his regime could act so outrageously. The teachers also asked questions and were surprised that they had not heard about the persecution before. Finally, we had some time to teach them the first of the five sets of Falun Gong exercises.
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