Local Events

  • Austria: Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day in Vienna

    The Falun Gong exercise demonstration attracted many tourists and local residents. People came one after another to ask about Falun Dafa and the persecution against the practice by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many tourists asked for contact information so that they could learn Falun Gong when they got home.
  • France: Practitioners Explain the Facts About Falun Gong for Eleven Years

    On July 28, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners in France began an activity at Human Rights Square, near the Eiffel Tower. They erected banners reading, "Falun Dafa is Good" and "Stop Persecuting Falun Gong," and explained the facts to passersby, which include tourists from around the world. Over ten years have passed, and the practitioners have persevered.
  • Spain: Practitioners Share the Facts about Falun Gong in Alicante

    In early April 2010, Falun Gong practitioners from Madrid went to the coastal city of Alicante to tell people the facts about Falun Gong. They erected banners in the busiest pedestrian street in the city centre, gave out leaflets to passersby, and collected signatures for the petition supporting Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day Held in Mannheim

    On April 17, Falun Dafa practitioners held an Information Day event on a busy street in Mannheim, a city in southern Germany. The event was to raise awareness of the persecution of practitioners in China and to collect signature calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Dafa practitioners.
  • Russia: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in the Children's Sport Kingdom Fair

    Falun Gong practitioners participated at the 22nd Children's Sport Kingdom Fair in Moscow on March 27-30, 2010. They demonstrated the exercises, passed out flyers, and taught children how to make paper lotus flowers. The organizers issued two certificates to practitioners for their contributions to the fair.
  • Belgium: Falun Gong Practice Site in Diepenbeek

    Five years ago, there was only one Falun Gong practitioner when the practice site was set up. Gradually more people came. Some came every week and some even came here from other cities.
  • Poland: Promoting Falun Dafa in Gdansk

    On March 20 and 21, Polish Falun Dafa practitioners went to Gdansk, a northern harbour city, to raise awareness about the persecution against Falun Gong in China and promote the practice. They set up display boards and banners. Over the two days, practitioners collected signatures to protest the persecution and talked to local residents.
  • People from China Quit the CCP at a Tourist Spot in Europe

    Volunteers usually encourage tourists from China to read the Nine Commentaries when they see them during their trips, and if they want to take some copies back to China, this is usually a good chance to do so. There are also many volunteers in China who are distributing information, including the latest news of great concern. The volunteers say, "Don't miss the chance to learn the true story."
  • Denmark: People Are Happy to See Falun Dafa at the Health Expo

    The largest annual Health Expo in Denmark, "The 2010 Health Expo," was held at the Congress Centre in Denmark's third largest city Odense during the Chinese New year period. Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark have participated in the Expo for each of the last three years, demonstrating the slow, gentle and beautiful exercise movements.
  • France: Over One Hundred Chinese Tourists Quit the CCP on the Weekend of Chinese New Year in Paris

    On the first weekend of the Chinese New Year, 135 Chinese tourists in Paris chose to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations. There are many volunteers at the Service Centre for Quitting the CCP. Ms. Xing, in her 70s, goes there six days a week to distribute Falun Dafa materials and tell people the facts about the persecution in China.
  • Short Stories from a European Resort

    Ms. Hao has been rising awareness about the human rights abuses against Falun Gong at a mountain resort in Europe to help tourists from China understand the truth and quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations. As it turned colder and colder, fewer tourists came to the resort. However, many Chinese tourists still went to Ms. Hao to quit the CCP and its affiliates.
  • Poland: Promoting Falun Dafa in Lodz

    On January 23 and 24, several Falun Gong practitioners from Poland visited the second largest city, Lodz, to introduce Falun Dafa. Practitioners set up display boards and passed out flyers on Piotrkowska Street, telling people of the beauty of Falun Gong and exposing the brutal persecution against Falun Gong in China.
  • United Kingdom: Raising Awareness about the Persecution in Manchester

    On January 9, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners from York, England, held an event in Manchester to let people know more about Falun Gong and the ten years of persecution waged against the practice in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Almost one hundred people signed the petition calling for an end to the CCP's human rights atrocities.
  • United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong in the Coastal Town of Plymouth

    Many tourists asked questions about Falun Gong after reading the posters. They signed the petition when they learned about the persecution. A couple had a long talk with a practitioner and said that the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners remind them of other atrocities committed by communist regimes, such as in Vietnam.
  • Slovakia: Human Rights Day in Bratislava

    Falun Gong practitioners from Slovakia remembered this day on December 10, 2009, by holding a rally and collecting petition signatures. They informed public about human rights violations of Falun Gong practitioners in China, at the hands of the communist regime. These people are detained in forced labour camps, persecuted, and tortured for their beliefs.