Ms. Wei Zaiqun, who lives in Denmark, received a message from her family in China, saying that her sister's husband was in critical condition in the jail where he was being detained.

Falun Gong practitioners from south-west Germany informed citizens in Neunkirchen about the persecution of Falun Gong by the communist regime in China, paying particular attention to raising awareness about forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong practitioners took the opportunity to talk to politicians, government officials and the many other attendees to raise awareness about their peaceful spiritual practice and the persecution it faces in China.

Last month, a 65-year-old woman in Shanghai died about nine months after she was released on medical parole while serving 6.5 years for refusing to renounce Falun Gong.

Portuguese Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Belém Palace in Lisbon on the morning on July 12, 2017, to protest visiting Chinese official Zhang Dejiang.

Falun Dafa practitioners from Latvia were invited by the Ventspils Cultural Centre to take part in the closing events of the Parventa Festival on May 27.

Tourists and residents walking by Human Rights Square (Parvis des Droits de l'Homme) near Eiffel Tower were drawn to the practitioners demonstrating the exercises.

The World Village Festival, a large multicultural program that attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year, was held in Helsinki, Finland from May 27 to May 28, 2017. Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to introduce Falun Gong and collect signatures on a petition calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden introduced this traditional cultivation practice in Angelholm, a famous tourist town known for its long sandy beach, on May 27, 2017.

TV Gelderland, a station in Wageningen, the Netherlands, interviewed Falun Gong practitioners at their group exercise site in beautiful Arboretum de Dreijen in May 2017.

The Falun Gong group in Kiev, Ukraine, held a series of activities on “Kiev Day,” May 27, including a large group exercise demonstration and parade to tell the public about Falun Gong and the persecution of the peaceful practice in China.

Falun Gong practitioners held several events in Aarhus, Denmark over the long holiday weekend of June 3, 2017, to introduce the practice and to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution in China.

Falun Gong practitioners from Belgium and the Netherlands held a peaceful protest near the venue of the EU-China Dialogue, calling on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to bring former dictator Jiang Zemin to justice and stop the persecution of Falun Gong.

June 12 is Helsinki Day, with various celebrations throughout the city. Falun Gong practitioners set up a stand downtown and raised awareness about the CCP's persecution.

While several practitioners demonstrated the exercises, others distributed flyers and talked to passers-by about Falun Gong. They also exposed the CCP's persecution.