Local Events
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Russia: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa in St. Petersburg
2009-06-19As on every weekend, on May 23 2009, practitioners in St. Petersburg took to the streets to introduce Falun Gong to the public, and to expose the CCP's atrocities in the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China. Many people stopped to read the display boards carefully, and listen to practitioners' explanations. -
Sweden: Practitioners Expose the Persecution on National Day
2009-06-18June 6 2009 was Sweden's National Day. Staff from the Northern European Service Centre for Quitting the CCP and Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in Stockholm. They displayed photos about Falun Gong and the persecution taking place in China. They hoped to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party. -
Sweden: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa in Finspang
2009-06-12On May 29, The Lions Club, one of the famous charity organisations in Sweden, organised a big spring market in Finspang. Around 800 enterprises participated in the exhibition. Swedish Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate and introduce Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa). The person who was in charge of the activity was happy that Falun Gong practitioners participated. -
Germany: Practitioners Set Up Information Booth at University of Stuttgart
2009-06-10On May 22, practitioners in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe set up an information booth in the cafeteria of the University of Stuttgart to let people know about Falun Gong, appeal for public support to end the persecution, and raise awareness of the global movement to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Chinese Tourists in Europe Eagerly Learn the Facts and Quit the CCP
2009-06-09Ms. Hao and a couple of other volunteers for the European Service Centre for Quitting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) have been explaining the facts at tour sites and advising Chinese people to quit the CCP for a long time. For example, tourist groups from China come one after another to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. As soon as such a tour bus stops and the bus door opens, the tourists will hear the broadcast of the Service Centre for Quitting CCP from a loudspeaker. -
Italy: Five Years of Dedication and Persistence – Practitioners in Milan Protest the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong
2009-06-06Over the past five years, an information booth set up by practitioners could be seen each weekend on the street in Milan, the economic centre of Italy and the world's fashion capital. Practitioners in Milan demonstrate the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, spread the magnificence of Falun Dafa and call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party. -
Finland: Exposing the CCP's Live Organ Harvesting at an International Medical Conference in Helsinki
2009-05-30The 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) was held at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre in the Finnish capital from May 16 to 19, 2009, with over 7,000 doctors from all over the world in attendance. Falun Gong practitioners in Finland came to the venue to distribute leaflets exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) hideous crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. -
Turkey: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Ankara
2009-05-30Before the activities, practitioners talked to the city government officials. They explained the facts and obtained permission to hold the activities. The government officials supported the practitioners, and expressed their opinion that society would be better if there were more people like Falun Gong practitioners. -
Belgium: Promoting Falun Dafa at the Mano Mundo Festival
2009-05-24During the weekend of 9 and 10 May 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from Belgium promoted the practice at Mano Mundo, a global intercultural and sustainable festival located in Boom near Antwerp. This year about 87,000 people visited the festival. Many people were informed about the beauty of Falun Dafa, and about the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Belgium: Falun Dafa Spreading Widely Throughout the Country
2009-05-15In many cities of Belgium, such as Brussels, Gent, Antwerp, Hasselt-Diepenbeek, Sint Truiden, and Leuven, you can see Falun Gong practitioners doing the exercises in parks. In addition, you can read Falun Dafa information at various community activities. -
Finland: A tourist said, "Falun Gong can be seen everywhere"
2009-05-08On April 18, practitioners gathered at the Helsinki central train station, as they have done in the past, and although the fierce wind sometimes blew the banners down and scattered the display boards, the practitioners did not depart. They handed out flyers which explain the true situation of the persecution in China and demonstrated the exercises. -
France: Exposing the Persecution Against Falun Gong at a Human Rights Rally in Nice
2009-05-07In March 2009, I heard that there would be a human rights parade in Nice. I then contacted the host of the activity and said I would like to make use of the opportunity to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and publicise the large movement of Chinese people quitting the Chinese Communist Party. -
France: Practitioners Commemorate the April 25 Appeal
2009-05-02"April 25" is a special day for Falun Gong practitioners. On this day ten years ago, more than ten thousand practitioners went to Beijing's State Council Appeals Office to peacefully appeal, calling for their basic human right of freedom of belief. Ten years later, French practitioners gathered in Paris to commemorate the April 25 appeal. -
Belgium: Raising Awareness about the 50 Million Withdrawals from the CCP
2009-04-28On March 21st, 2009, in Brussels' Chinatown, the Belgian 'Quit the CCP organisation' held an activity to spread the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, as well as support the 50 million Chinese people who have quit the CCP and its’ affiliated organisations. -
Slovakia: Remembering April 25th 1999
2009-04-27In Bratislava a group of practitioners gathered on SNP Square to remember the events that took place in Beijing on April 25th,1999, when 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealed for justice. Many people read practitioners' banners and wondered how such a persecution can take place nowadays. Many asked for the reason and after our explanation they mostly came to sign our petition. One lady signing the petition noted, "I sign this petition each year. I hope there will be a change soon...“