Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held activities to mark 21 years of peacefully resisting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution.

As part of a commemoration of the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong in China on July 20, 1999, many Falun Gong practitioners from neighbouring countries gathered in the square in front of the government building and supported the appeal to the head of government.

Ms. Li Xiuqin recovered from a severe heart condition after taking up the practice of Falun Gong, only to be repeatedly arrested for holding firm to her faith. She had a relapse of her heart ailment and developed other symptoms while serving eight years in prison.

Some people watched the practitioners’ exercise demonstration while others read the informational posterboards. Many people asked for fliers and chatted with practitioners.

Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Paris on July 20, 2020, to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Partys’ (CCP) 21-year-long persecution of their faith.

Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in front of the Cologne Cathedral on July 19. A practitioner introduced Falun Gong and exposed the CCP’s persecution to the public while others demonstrated the exercises.

On Friday July 17, Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland held a rally beside Lake Geneva, calling on the United Nations (UN) to stop the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 21-year-long persecution of Falun Gong.

Passersby took information distributed by practitioners, and signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution. Several even applauded the practitioners.

Six hundred and six legislators from 30 countries signed a joint statement on July 18, 2020, condemning the 21-year-long span of “systematic and brutal” persecution of the peaceful spiritual discipline of Falun Gong and calling for the Chinese Communist Party to stop the persecution immediately.

Practitioners introduced their traditional cultivation discipline, and many people stopped to learn more about Falun Gong and its persecution by the Chinese Communist Party.

From the U.S. to the U.K., from Canada to Taiwan, countries and regions around the globe have felt the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s threat to the free world. Among them, the U.S. government has been leading the effort to counter the CCP's influence.

As practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises, many passersby stopped to chat and learn more about the practice.

Practitioners from Stuttgart and the surrounding areas were part of an Information Day event to raise awareness of the persecution in China.

Falun Gong practitioners gathered on Human Rights Square in Paris on July 12, 2020 to do the exercises together and call attention to the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Throughout the day, practitioners demonstrated the exercises, distributed leaflets, and talked to people strolling along the pedestrian pathway about the practice.