Local Events
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UK: Wen Jiabao Arrives in the UK and Bo Xilai is Sued
2004-05-13Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in the UK on May 9th. Aside from high-level political and trade talks, the issue of Hong Kong will be a focal point. Bo Xilai, the visiting Chinese Minister of Commerce, has been sued by UK Falun Gong practitioners. -
Germany: Clarifying the Facts in the Town of Ansbach
2004-05-13On May 8th, German Falun Gong practitioners held Falun Gong activities in the small town of Ansbach in southern Germany. Practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises for passers-by and collected signatures calling for the release of unlawfully imprisoned practitioners in China. Many people stopped to take a look and asked questions about Falun Gong. -
Norway: "Human Rights in China" Seminar Tour began in the University of Oslo
2004-05-11On May 6th, 2004, the Chinese Human Rights Speech Tour began its journey at Auslu University. This speech tour has a group of lecturers including a famous Canadian lawyer and the chairpeople of Asia Research Association in America and the Labour Studies Fund Association, as well as Falun Gong practitioners that have been persecuted. -
Spain: Clarifying the Truth at the Contemporary Human Rights Forum at Comillas University
2004-05-11The Falun Gong practitioners’ statement shocked.the participants a great deal. A law school professor said, “Although I have heard about the human rights conditions in China, I did not realise that it was so bad.” Another participant added, “Such a major event has occurred in China, but we didn’t know. We hope that we can provide help." -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Bring Peace and Harmony to a Conference of the International Federation of Professional Aroma-Therapists
2004-05-08On the afternoon of May the 1st, nearly forty pharmacists and alternative medicine experts, mainly from Germany, attentively watched Falun Gong practitioners demonstrating Falun Gong exercises at the front of the hall. They earnestly learned the slow-moving and gentle movements, while Falun Gong music gently resounded around the hall. -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners’ Banner Reading “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice” Draws Attention during Wen Jiabao’s Visit
2004-05-07During Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Berlin, Falun Gong practitioners unfurled banners that read, “Welcome Wen Jiabao” and “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice”. However the Chinese delegation requested to remove the banner reading “Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice”, saying that to “bring Jiang to justice” is to sentence him to death. German psychiatrists said this indicated that those who participated in the persecution and those who protected the participants are very clear about the consequence of their actions in terms of international law. -
Switzerland: A Lively Human Rights Education Lecture
2004-05-03Brugg High School held an activity entitled ‘Chinese Culture Week'. There was an exhibition of pictures by the painter Zhang Cuiying and teachers invited Ms.Dai Zhizhen to introduce Falun Gong, with the story of her daughter Fadu illustrated by slides. Fadu was only eight months old when her father died, making a strong impact upon her young mother’s heart. -
Russia: Promoting Falun Gong and Explaining the Facts at the "New Era Health Expo” in Moscow
2004-05-02On April the 24th 2004, Moscow Falun Gong practitioners held a three-hour activity at the “New Era Health Expo” in Moscow to let people know about the practice of Falun Gong and see the truth behind the Jiang regime's brutal persecution of this peaceful cultivation practice. -
Sweden: Swedish Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Hammarkullen Cultural Festival
2004-05-01On Saturday May 29th, 2004, the annual Hammarkullen Cultural Festival was held in Goteborg city. Participants from over twenty countries performed their national songs and dances, as well as displays of acrobatics and works of art. In addition, food and goods were also sold at a temporary market. The festival attracted over twenty thousand people. To let more people from different countries know the truth, some practitioners from Goteborg and nearby cities came to Hammarkullen to join the activities. -
Sweden: Swedish Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Hammarkullen Cultural Festival
2004-05-01On Saturday May 29th, 2004, the annual Hammarkullen Cultural Festival was held in Goteborg city. To let more people from different countries know the truth, some practitioners from Goteborg and nearby cities came to Hammarkullen to join the activities. -
Germany: Photo Report - On the Fifth Anniversary of “4.25”, Practitioners from Northern German Cities Held a Commemorative Activity
2004-04-29On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of “4.25”, Dafa students from Northern Germany held a commemorative activity in the capital Berlin on the 24th and 25th of April. They peacefully appealed on Potsdamer Platz, telling the passing tourists the truth about how Jiang slandered and persecuted Falun Gong around that time. -
Sweden: Photo Report - Practitioners Tell People the Facts About the Historic Zhongnanhai Appeal
2004-04-29In wet and windy weather, a group of Dafa practitioners gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 25th 2004, to tell people the facts about the peaceful appeal in Zhongnanhai. Despite the rain, passers-by were happy to take truth-clarification literature and some stopped for a while to discuss the facts in detail. The atmosphere was one of peace and tranquillity. -
Germany: A Peaceful Appeal Held in Munich to Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of "4.25"
2004-04-29Five years ago, on April 25th, after being interfered with many times and arrested with no place to appeal, Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed to the State Department Appeals Office, beside Zhongnanhai. More than ten thousand people stood quietly on the street. Matters were solved to everyone’s satisfaction and they left peacefully. -
While Irish Falun Gong Practitioners were Commemorating the "4.25" Peaceful Appeal, an Eyewitness Pointed Out that the Persecution is a "Long-Premeditated Scheme"
2004-04-28"Since the message we convey in our appeals is to bring Jiang Zemin and his accomplices who persecute Falun Gong to justice, as opposed to aiming at the government, many officials in the Chinese government have come to know that this persecution is wasting money and not supported by the people’s hearts, and that it is not the entire Chinese government’s decision”. -
France: Promoting Falun Gong and Clarifying the Facts in Marseille City
2004-04-28In the busy streets of downtown Massy, practitioners demonstrated the exercises, spread the Fa, and clarified the truth about Falun Gong. In the afternoon practitioners joined a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Consulate. When night fell, practitioners held a candlelight vigil to mourn those practitioners who have been persecuted to death in China.