Local Events
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Germany: Information Booth in Stuttgart Informs Public of 13-Year Resistance to the Persecution of Falun Dafa
2012-11-13On September 15, Stuttgart’s local Falun Dafa practitioners held an event downtown to inform the public about Falun Dafa, as well as about the unprecedented persecution of the practice by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). During the informational event, many people signed a petition calling for the end to the persecution. -
Austria: Falun Dafa Practice Site in Vienna's Wiener Stadtpark
2012-11-13Wiener Stadtpark in downtown Vienna, is a must-see tourist destination. Every day, visitors from all over the world come this park to have their photos taken with the statue of Johann Strauss. In the same park, a group of Falun Dafa practitioners have been practising the exercises every day for over ten years. -
Estonia: Learning Falun Gong at a Spiritual Health Expo
2012-11-06On October 13 and 14, a Spiritual Health Expo was held in the school of Sikupilli in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonians liked the eastern traditional cultivation practice so much that all the copies of the book Zhuan Falun and exercise teaching DVDs were sold out on the first day. -
Poland: Visitors at Health Expo Condemn the Atrocity of Live Organ Harvesting
2012-11-06The 36th Health Expo was held on October 5-7 at the Municipal Cultural Centre of Katowice. Falun Gong practitioners in Poland participated in the event, teaching the exercises free of charge as they always do. They also placed a special emphasis on exposing the forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Germany: The Persecution in China gets Attention at Munich Oktoberfest
2012-11-06The world renowned Munich Oktoberfest attracts huge numbers of tourists. To let more people know about the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China, local practitioners held a series of events in front of St. Michaelskirche Church. The practitioners demonstrated the exercises, displayed posters and banners. -
Austria: Practitioners in Salzburg Raise Awareness and Collect Signatures to Condemn the CCP's Organ Harvesting Atrocities
2012-11-02On October 3, practitioners in Austria held an activity at the Altmarkt in Salzburg to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. They collected signatures to call for international efforts to end this human tragedy. -
Germany: Citizens of Oberursel Express Concern over Severe Human Rights Abuses in Potential Chinese Sister City
2012-11-02On September 8, Falun Gong practitioners set up a display stand on a pedestrian street in downtown Oberursel. They wanted to tell the people of Oberursel that there was another side to Huludao City that their Mayor had just visited: the forced labour camps carrying out the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The father of Cao Xiaodong (pictured) died as a result of torture in Huludao Forced Labour Camp. -
Switzerland: Chinese Tourists in Geneva Quit the Chinese Communist Party Upon Learning about the Organ Harvesting Crimes
2012-11-02On September 17, 2012, when the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 21st meeting in Geneva, the crime of harvesting Falun Gong practitioners' organs was exposed. Many media from various nations reported on it. Volunteers from the Quit the Chinese Communist Party Centre in Europe talked to Chinese tourists about the organ harvesting. Upon learning the facts, many of these tourists withdrew from the CCP and its associated organizations. -
Spain: Group Exercise Practice and Exposing the Persecution in Barcelona
2012-10-30On the weekend of September 14 to 16, Falun Dafa practitioners gathered in Barcelona to do the exercises together, study the Falun Dafa teachings, and hold activities to let people know about the human rights abuses happening in China. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Contributes to “Strengthening Children” at Bremen Children's Day
2012-10-30The 23rd Bremen Children’s Day, celebrated on September 2, was held on a beautiful sunny day. The “Strengthening Children” event was organized by the Bremen Regional Sports Association. Children enjoyed making beautiful lotus flowers out of paper, had their names written in calligraphy, and were introduced to the cultivation practice Falun Dafa. Children of different ages were captivated when learning the five gentle Falun Dafa exercises. -
Germany: Eckernförde Information Event Exposes the Persecution of Falun Gong
2012-10-26On August 9, practitioners introduced Eckernfoerde citizens to Falun Dafa, a qigong practice of the Buddha school. They also informed people about the inhuman persecution against practitioners perpetrated by the Chinese Communist regime. Many passersby were drawn to the practitioners' exercise demonstration. -
Germany: People Support Falun Gong Practitioners' Efforts to End the Persecution
2012-10-23Falun Gong practitioners in several German cities held Information Day activities over the weekends in early September 2012. Their purpose was to raise public awareness about the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its more than 13-year persecution of Falun Gong. People who learned the truth expressed their support for the practitioners' efforts to end the persecution. -
Germany: Citizens and Tourists in Freiburg Concerned about Chinese Communist Party’s Live Organ Harvesting
2012-10-19On September 8, Falun Gong practitioners from Freiburg held an Information Day activity. Although such “Information Days” have been held several times, a large number of tourists heard about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China for the first time. Many people were very surprised and indignant to hear about the human rights abuses. -
Austria: Exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s Persecution in Wiener Neustad
2012-10-19On the two weekends at the end of August and the beginning of September, melodious exercise music was heard on the square in downtown Wiener Neustadt. The event was Falun Gong Information Day, where practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the public and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's thirteen-year persecution. -
Denmark: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong at Multicultural Festival
2012-10-16A multicultural festival in Copenhagen attracted over 5 million people on September 1-2. Danish practitioners participated in the event to introduce Falun Gong to the public. Practitioners carried banners with words "Falun Dafa is good!" and "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance” in Danish. They also handed out information flyers to the spectators.