Local Events
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Turkey: Falun Dafa Is a Profound Practice
2009-08-01On the afternoon of July 18, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey held activities in downtown Ankara to introduce the public to Falun Gong and expose the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of the practice, which has included harvesting organs from living practitioners. People that saw the peaceful and elegant exercise demonstration stopped and watched. -
Sweden: Practitioners' Tour Draws Media Attention and Wins Support from Government Officials
2009-07-30To mark the ten-year anniversary of the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, practitioners in Sweden went on a car tour to raise awareness and bring an end to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) atrocities. The tour started on July 11, 2009, from Copenhagen, Denmark, and continued through Swedish five cities. -
Austria: Practitioners Condemn the CCP's 10-Year Persecution at St. Stephen's Square
2009-07-27Marking the tenth year of Falun Gong practitioners' efforts to resist the persecution, practitioners gathered at Vienna's famous tourist attraction, St. Stephen's Cathedral, on July 18, 2009. They called attention to the ten-year-long persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and appealed to every sector of society to learn the truth. -
Sweden: Five-City Tour Lets More People Learn about the Persecution
2009-07-26Practitioners in Sweden went on a car tour to tell people about Falun Gong and raise awareness about the human rights abuses against practitioners in China. The tour started on July 11, 2009, from Copenhagen, Denmark and continued through five cities: Malmo in south Sweden, Borgholm, Helsingborg, Gothenburg, and Linkping. -
Greece: Commemorating Ten Years of Persecution
2009-07-25On 18th of July, Greek practitioners went to a popular tourist area called Thissio in Athens, where they displayed notice boards exposing the persecution and distributed fliers. People were reading the information boards and asked questions about Falun Gong, which the practitioners happily answered for them. -
Germany: Commemorative Activities Calling for an End to the Ten-Year Persecution Held in Essen City
2009-07-25On July 1, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, held a rally in Essen City, peacefully protesting the ten-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The activities included an anti-torture exhibition, a Falun Gong exercise demonstration, and a signature collection to condemn the persecution. -
Bosnia and Hercegovina: Commemorating Ten Years of Persecution Against Falun Gong in China
2009-07-24Falun Dafa practitioners from Bosnia and Hercegovina held an event in the centre of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Hercegovina, to commemorate the ten years of human rights abuses that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has waged against Falun Gong and to call for an immediate end to the persecution and the disintegration of the CCP. -
Slovakia: Telling the Slovakian People about Ten Years of Persecution
2009-07-24On 20th July 2009, practitioners in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, organised a rally on SNP square to commemorate ten years of persecution against Falun Gong in China. They handed out leaflets and talked to people about how the Chinese Communist Party has used all means at its disposal to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief. -
Liechtenstein: Commemorating Ten Years of Persecution on July 20th
2009-07-23On Monday July 20th, Falun Gong practitioners in Liechtenstein called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China by holding an activity in front of the parliament and government buildings in Vaduz, the capital city. It was the first official event organised by the newly founded Falun Dafa Association in Liechtenstein. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Win Right to Protest at Paris Chinese Embassy
2009-07-22On July 18, 2009, the Paris Administrative Court issued an ordinance to rescind a Paris police ban forbidding the Falun Dafa Association of France from holding protests in front of the Chinese Embassy on July 20. The ordinance was sent to the French Ministry of Interior Affairs. Since the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20, 1999, this is the very first time that the association has received permission to rally outside the embassy. -
Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Hannover
2009-07-19Practitioners introduced Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, and its principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance to the public. They also exposed the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. When people read about the persecution of Falun Gong, many of them signed the petition calling for an end to the human rights abuses. -
Slovakia: Information Day in Brezno Exposes CCP's Human Rights Abuses
2009-07-19Practitioners held an information day to let people know the latest news about the ongoing persecution in China by the Chinese Communist Party. Petition signatures were collected from local people who wanted to call for an immediate end to the human rights abuses against China's Falun Gong practitioners, which include the harvesting of their organs for profit. -
France: Unique Scenes in Paris at the Eiffel Tower
2009-07-17On June 28 in Human Rights Square beside the Eiffel Tower, a group of Falun Gong practitioners gathered, as they have often done in the past. Some of them were doing the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, others were talking to other people about the exercises and the persecution happening in China. Many locals and tourists from around the world passed by. -
Germany: "I am happy you can express your opinions freely in Germany"
2009-07-16On June 27, 2009, a delegation from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime visited the well-known University of Freiburg in Germany. Some Falun Gong practitioners, when hearing of this, went to protest the ten-year long brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP and let more people know about Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Well Received at the Brighton and Hove International Festival of Sport
2009-07-15On the afternoon of June 27, 2009, the annual Brighton and Hove International Festival of Sport was held in Preston Park in Brighton, England. The event drew a large number of visitors. Falun Gong practitioners received an invitation to take part in the event, and their exercise demonstration was warmly welcomed.