Local Events
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Denmark: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong at a Cultural Festival in Aarhus
2008-10-07On August 30th, 2008, in Aarhus city centre, a "Falun Gong is good" banner was particularly eye catching in the Autumn sunshine. In front of the banner, Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and raised awareness about the persecution of the practice in China. -
Switzerland: Praise for the Divine Performing Arts Troupe's Performance in the Gala Spectacular in Geneva
2008-10-06On October 3rd, the Divine Performing Arts (DPA) gave its third performance of the Spectacular in Geneva. The audience rewarded each piece with warm applause and gave a long standing ovation to the artists at the end of the show. When interviewed, all audience members had high praise for the beauty of the show. -
Spain: Practitioners hold Activities at the 2008 Zaragoza Expo Site
2008-10-05Though the three month long 2008 Zaragoza Expo in Spain has come to a close, the Expo site has become a famous tourist attraction for holiday makers. Falun Gong practitioners came to the tiny park near the Pasarela Delvoluntariado, one of the Expo’s landmark facilities, to raise awareness about Falun Gong and expose the inhuman genocidal persecution in China. -
France: Parades in Paris Urging Eutelsat to Resume NTDTV's Broadcast to China
2008-10-04The European Divine Land Marching Band is composed of over one hundred Falun Gong practitioners. As it marched through Paris' business district, many people accepted Falun Gong flyers and information about the Eutelsat Satellite Company’s disconnection of New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV)'s signal to China. -
France: NTDTV Supporters Hold a Press Conference at Eutelsat's Headquarters
2008-10-03On September 26th, 2008, supporters of New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) held a press conference at Eutelsat’s headquarters in France to once again urge decision makers at Eutelsat not to help the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with media censorship. They demanded immediate restoration of NTDTV and Sound of Hope (SOH) Radio Station’s broadcasting signals to mainland China. -
Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Dafa in Helsinki
2008-10-02On September 6th, Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held an activity appealing to the general public to help to end the nine year long brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist regime. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, distributed leaflets about Falun Gong and collected signatures calling for an end to the persecution. -
Norway: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong in Oslo
2008-10-01On September 27th, 2008, Norwegian Falun Gong practitioners went to Oslo, to the most bustling main street, to raise awareness about Falun Dafa and hand out leaflets. They took out display boards exposing the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong and also demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises. People passing by were drawn in by the peaceful exercise music and one after another stopped to look and to read the flyers. -
Turkey: Our people need Truthfulness, Benevolence and Forbearance.
2008-09-30On August 20th and 21st, Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey held activities in a square in a busy commercial area of Istanbul, raising awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution taking place in China. Many people were attracted by the exercise demonstration and came over to find out more. -
Poland: Raising Awareness about Falun Dafa During Poland's Multi-Cultural Day
2008-09-29On the afternoon of August 13th, 2008, on the main road to Swietokrzyska in the middle of Warsaw a colourful procession drew the attention of countless pedestrians. This parade was the centerpiece of Poland’s 2008 Multicultural Day. In the parade, a float displaying the words “Falun Gong is good” was especially eye catching. -
Austria: Raising Awareness of the Chinese Communist Regime’s Persecution of Falun Gong at the Salzburg Festival.
2008-09-28On August 30th, Falun Gong practitioners held 'information day' activities in Salzburg Castle to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Many tourists lined up to sign the petition against the persecution to show their support for Falun Gong practitioners. -
Sweden: Swedish Artist Praises Gala Spectacular
2008-09-26“The Gala seemingly brought me on a tour of the heavenly world. I felt like I had drank a cup of pure water in the desert. Listening to the Chinese music, watching the classic Chinese dancing and being greatly excited by the majestic drumming of the Tang Dynasty, it is like an experience in another dimension. I will never forget this.” -
Germany: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong and Expose the CCP’s Persecution before China Week
2008-09-25On September 6th, before China Week was held in Hamburg, Falun Gong practitioners held an 'information day' in Spitalestrasse to introduce Falun Gong and expose the CCP’s nine year long persecution of Falun Gong in China. Re-enactments of the CCP’s organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners were set up beside practitioners' booth. -
Finland: Supporting Millions of Withdrawals from the Evil Chinese Communist Party
2008-09-24On September 13th, 2008, the Northern European Service Centre for Quitting the CCP and Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held an activity near Helsinki train station to support the 42 million people who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as to further expose the evil CCP’s atrocious crimes. -
Switzerland: More and More People Have Come to Understand the Truth
2008-09-23“In recent years China has certainly constructed many temples and churches and there are indeed many people in them. But in history of China, temples were a place where monks practice cultivation and where everyday people paid respect to Buddhas and were not places for group sight seeing and profit making". -
Sweden: Quitting the CCP at the Service Centre in Stockholm
2008-09-20At Mynttorg Square in Stockholm, Swedish practitioners set up a Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Service Centre and they come here every weekend to help Chinese tourists quit the evil party. On August 30th as the practitioners had just finished setting up, a Chinese woman came and looked at the posters.