Local Events
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Germany: Clarifying the Facts Via Music and Dance
2003-08-04On July 12, Falun Gong practitioners attended a cultural festival held in the City of Calw, hometown of poet and Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse. On the stage opposing to the conservatory in downtown which is fashioned with ancient wood architectures, practitioners of Falun Dafa gave a set of performance that they created and designed including Lotus Flower Dance, songs and flute solo. -
Russia: Practitioners in Moscow Persistently Practise Falun Dafa Exercises Outdoors to Introduce Dafa
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Ukraine: Explaining the Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong at a Youth Association Event
2003-08-03On June 27, 2003, in the city of Kramatorsk in the Ukraine, the youth association Getting United held events and activities dealing with the issues facing families and young people. The practitioners of Kramatorsk were invited to participate in the activities. One of the activities was to discuss the major issues of the city in writing. In the discussions, we described our experience of cultivating Falun Dafa, which is based on Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. -
Germany: Information Day Held by Falun Gong practitioners in Hannover
2003-08-03Practitioners placed small display boards on tables, on which photographs and reports of Falun Gong practitioners who have been brutally persecuted and lost their lives in China were displayed. The display boards drew a lot of attention. Practitioners commented that they had never talked for such a long time with passers-by before. -
Italy: Photo Report - Promoting Falun Dafa in the Cities of Venice and Turin
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Sweden: How Impressive Falun Dafa has even reached the Small Island of Gotland!
2003-07-30Between the 6th and the 12th of July, many Swedish politicians spent a week on the small island of Gotland. Dafa practitioners took this opportunity to display the exercises and give flyers about Article 23 and the persecution of Falun Gong to the public and the politicians. The response was good and many of them wanted to know more about Falun Dafa and the Jiang regimes persecution. -
France: Touched by Practitioners Behaviour, RATP Officials want to Help more People to Learn the Truth about Dafa
2003-07-29Here in the busy subway, many passengers learned more about Falun Gong, enjoyed looking at the exercise display and heard the truth about Jiangs persecution. People could see practitioners performance and a video of Falun Gong founder Master Li Hongzhi demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises on a huge screen hanging above the practitioners. -
UK: Report on the SOS Car Tour to Rescue our Persecuted Family Members (6)
2003-07-29When entering the City Hall, a receptionist received us and attentively listened to our introduction to Falun Gong and the persecution of practitioners in China. He told us that the Councillors happened to be holding a meeting that evening, and he would like to put our leaflets where they could be seen by all the council members. By doing so, the Councillors could read our flyers during their meeting, as well as the letters that we left for them. -
UK: Report on the SOS Car Tour to Rescue our Persecuted Family Members (5)
2003-07-28The practitioners were warmly received by officials from each city council, who promised to pass on the materials to all of their colleagues. The practitioners also contacted local media and told them about the activities to rescue their persecuted family members. -
Germany: Practitioners from across the Country Gathered in Berlin to Expose Jiangs Four Years of Crimes Against Falun Gong
2003-07-27More and more people in China and in the west have learned the crimes of persecution against Falun Gong, and more and more governments and various human rights organisations have strongly condemned this persecution. Whats even better is that with the efforts of practitioners, both inside and outside of China, more and more Chinese people have seen through the lies and propaganda." -
UK: Explaining the Facts in the Busy City of York on July 20
2003-07-27When the exercise music began, many passers-by stopped to watch. A lovely 2-year-old girl with golden hair and blue eyes watched the third exercise, and started imitating the hand movements. As we gave out leaflets and told people the facts, we met many Chinese people. Some of them came towards the information desk and asked for leaflets and Video-CDs. -
UK: Journalist Attends Rainbow School Weekly Falun Gong Class
2003-07-27The teacher of the Rainbow School told the journalist, Through Amnesty International we now understand the situation of Falun Gong. The ill treatment of Falun Gong practitioners deeply touches the children here...To organise this Falun Gong exercise class also gives us an opportunity to try to change things. This cultivation method actually is very good and very peaceful...My students and I cannot understand why such a peaceful and harmless cultivation method is persecuted in China. -
Denmark: Explaining the Facts on July 20th in Copenhagen and Supporting the Global Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin
2003-07-26To mark four years of brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners by Jiang Zemins regime, Danish and Swedish practitioners held activities in Copenhagen to let people know more about Falun Gong, the brutal persecution in China, and the lawsuit against the dictator who instigated this persecution, Jiang Zemin. -
UK: Photo Report - Parade and Press Conference on July 20th
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Slovakia: Remembering Four Years of Brutal Persecution Practitioners Appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava
2003-07-25Between 14th and 20th July, Slovakian practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bratislava to remember the four years of brutal persecution against Falun Gong and call for an immediate end to Jiang Zemins vicious campaign of hatred and propaganda.