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.

Ms. Shen Jing’e wanted people to know how Falun Gong had saved her life, so she went to Beijing to appeal to the government. She was imprisoned multiple times, subjected to an array of brutal and inhumane forms of tortures, and eventually died as a result.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Hannover asked people to sign a petition demanding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stop removing organs from living practitioners incarcerated for their faith.

Falun Dafa practitioners from Sweden held their regular activities at Mynttorget Square next to the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) in central Stockholm on Saturday June 13, 2020.

The practitioners distributed information about Falun Gong and the persecution, and also collected signatures to condemn the CCP. Many passersby signed the petition.

The annual Helsinki Day was held on June 12, but the celebration was reduced to a few activities of small groups due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day event at Kamppi Centre.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Croatia held a peaceful protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Zagreb, the country’s capital, on June 10, 2020.

On June 13, 2020, practitioners in southern Germany held activities in four cities in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the exercises, introduced Falun Gong, and told people how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes the practice.