Local Events
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Sweden: Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate the Anniversary of “Falun Dafa Day” in the Bergsjön Region
2003-11-11Due to improvement in people’s health and the benefits Falun Gong has brought to society, on the 10th of October last year, the head of the Life and Health Department of that region announced that October 10th would be known as “Falun Dafa Day” in the Bergsjön Region. -
Ireland: Zhao Ming's Speech from the Public Hearing of the Criminal Jiang
2003-11-11"The major torturing methods they used included deprivation of sleep, beating, squatting for a long time and electric shocks with multiple electric batons. I experienced all of these kinds of tortures. Ten inmates, instigated by the police, beat me up and made me unable to walk for two weeks. On another occasion, five police guards shocked all over my body with six electric batons." -
Ireland: A Speech from the Public Hearing of Criminal Jiang Zemin in Dublin City Centre
2003-11-10"From my personal experience I can tell you there is currently a campaign of genocide being implemented in China to destroy the will and the body of Falun Dafa practitioners. There is no denying that this campaign to eradicate Falun Dafa practitioners is the notion of former chairman of China Jiang Zemin, because he has publicly pushed forward this campaign inside and outside of China. By any moral standard this is wrong and Jiang Zemin should not escape trial for his crimes." -
Ireland: Bringing Jiang to Justice in the Court of Morality and Conscience - Activities in Dublin City Centre
2003-11-09Many Irish people listened to the Public Hearing and learned about the Jiang Regime’s heinous crimes. One lady had tears in her eyes as she heard a practitioner discuss their harrowing experiences in the past four years of persecution. Many people approached practitioners and offered their support. -
Cyprus: The Murderer and Slaughterer of Innocent People Cannot Escape the Trial of Conscience, Morality and Justice
2003-11-09Falun Gong practitioners staged peaceful demonstrations outside the hotel where Wu was staying and outside the Cypriot Parliament. After learning the facts of the persecution, local police, security guards, media and residents were shocked and showed their support for human rights and justice in different ways. A Cypriot human rights attorney, Mr. Laris Vrahimis commented, “The world is looking on and they know what is happening in China. They (Jiang’s regime) will pay for what they have done.” -
Finland: Meeting Supportive People when Spreading the Fa
2003-11-08One Chinese person talked to the practitioners for a long time. When he later met a Chinese tourist group by accident, he went over and appealed to them not to “miss this chance to learn the truth”. He also said that “In China there is only one voice, deceit. Take this home and read it - It’s for your own good.” -
France: Practitioners hold a Public Trial of the Dictator Jiang
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UK: Promoting Falun Dafa at York and Leeds in Northern England
2003-11-04Throughout the 2 days activities, a lot of people learned more about Dafa and came to know the facts behind the persecution. Two Chinese students accepted the leaflets before asking a practitioner to be on a photo with them under the banners of Falun Dafa is Good and Truth, Compassion, Tolerance. The local media also came and talked with practitioners. -
Germany: Clarifying the Facts at the Wuerzburg Expo
2003-11-04Practitioners from Wuerzburg received an invitation from the government to perform in the citys arts festival. They attracted a lot of attention from spectators, including the festival presenter who is an experienced actor. He was very interested in practitioners exercise performance and when he learned about the brutal persecution in China he was shocked. -
UK: Clarifying the Facts in a Scottish University
2003-11-03Practitioners set up a stall in the lobby area with leaflets, magazines, videos and Video-CDs, all offering information about the brutal and systematic persecution of innocent and peaceful practitioners in China. Many people signed a petition to rescue the practitioners who are related to UK residents, but are imprisoned in Chinese prisons and labour camps because they continue to practise Falun Gong and live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. -
Ireland: People in the City of Cork Learn More About Falun Gong
2003-11-03Practitioners went to the street and set up tables, posters and banners to let people know more about the persecution. They demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and spoke with local people. The response from the locals was very good, with many comments of support. During the few hours that practitioners held this activity, many people learned about Falun Gong. -
Germany: Bringing Jiang to Justice in the Court of People's Conscience: Reports on a Series of Activities in Munich
2003-11-02Practitioners displayed boards introducing Dafa and exposing the evil persecution, and when they demonstrated the exercises the passing tourists slowed down. Many people were shocked by the cruel persecution and could not understand why the Jiang regime treats a group of people who cultivate Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in such a way. -
Sweden: A Falun Gong practitioners 40th Birthday Celebration
2003-11-01The party was held at the Ericsson Company offices on the 23rd of October 2003. A traditional Chinese Lotus Dance, poetry recitals and the Falun Gong exercises were all performed. Each received a loud round of applause from the audience, accompanied by a few questions. Some Chinese employees were astonished by the answers. -
Sweden: Local Radio station Broadcasts Programmes that Reveal the Truth about Falun Gong
2003-10-31After practitioners exposed the Chinese Consulates attempts to stop a program about Falun Gong from being broadcast on Swedish radio, practitioners from the South of Sweden set up another truth-clarifying programme. This broadcast aims to expose the evil and clarify the truth. -
Finland: Letting People know the Truth about Falun Dafa
2003-10-30They said that they had already heard about Falun Gong and upon learning that the man used to be an English professor, the practitioner handed him the CD. The couple asked several thoughtful questions about Falun Gong. The man held the practitioners hands tightly and reminded her to take care.