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Germany: Falun Gong at the Multicultural Music Festival in Karlsruhe
2003-08-08
Every year, there is a big multicultural music festival held for three days in Karlsruhe’s Goethe Square, which always attracts over 100,000 people. Dafa practitioners rented a stall over the weekend so that they could tell people about the brutal persecution against practitioners in China and the unprecedented lawsuit launched against the persecution’s instigator, dictator Jiang Zemin. -
Ireland: Spreading the Fa during Waterford’s Street Festival
2003-08-07
There was a lively atmosphere in the city centre on Saturday as thousands of onlookers came for Dafa leaflets and to ask about the practice. On Sunday morning we held a free exercise teaching class in the local park. The class was very successful: many enthusiastic locals came to learn from the volunteer practitioners who taught them the peaceful exercises and introduced the practise. -
Sweden: Let every Town and City know the Goodness of Dafa
2003-08-05
Dafa practitioners went to the beautiful city of Strömstad and used their spare time to tell people about the goodness of Falun Dafa and the facts behind the brutal persecution against practitioners in China. They appealed to good people to stand alongside Falun Gong and end this persecution, which is aimed directly at human morality. -
Germany: Clarifying the Facts Via Music and Dance
2003-08-04
On 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
2003-08-04
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Ukraine: Explaining the Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong at a Youth Association Event
2003-08-03
On 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
2003-08-03
Practitioners 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
2003-07-31
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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 regime’s persecution. -
France: Touched by Practitioners’ Behaviour, RATP Officials want to Help more People to Learn the Truth about Dafa
2003-07-29
Here in the busy subway, many passengers learned more about Falun Gong, enjoyed looking at the exercise display and heard the truth about Jiang’s 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)
2003-07-28
The 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 Jiang’s Four Years of Crimes Against Falun Gong
2003-07-27
“More 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. What’s 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
2003-07-27
When 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.”
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