Local Events
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Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day Held in Mannheim
2010-04-30On 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
2010-04-11Falun 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
2010-03-28Five 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
2010-03-27On 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
2010-03-14Volunteers 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
2010-03-06The 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
2010-02-28On 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
2010-02-06Ms. 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
2010-02-05On 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
2010-01-18On 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
2009-12-27Many 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
2009-12-22Falun 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. -
United Kingdom: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong on International Human Rights Day in Central London
2009-12-21On the December 10, 2009, International Human Rights Day, Falun Gong practitioners in the UK held a parade and a rally at the North Terrace on Trafalgar Square in downtown London. They called attention to the human rights situation in China, including the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Denmark: Practitioners Hold Falun Gong Introductory Session
2009-12-16Practitioners in Denmark held an introductory session in the library in Skive, a scenic city on the Jutland Peninsula on December 6, 2009. They introduced to attendees what Falun Gong is and also taught them to do the exercises. Many attendees found Falun Gong is great and wanted to learn the exercises. They also left their contact information. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong in the Coastal Town of Plymouth
2009-12-02On 17 October 2009, Plymouth, a coastal city in the UK, held its annual “Food Festival”. Falun Dafa practitioners held an activity during the festival to let people know more about Falun Dafa and the human rights abuses that practitioners in China are subjected to by the Chinese Communist Party. Passers by were happy to take leaflets and find out more.