Falun Gong participated in the 61st Flower Parade and Festival in Eelde, Netherlands on September 2. The moderator excitedly introduced the peaceful spiritual practice as the colourful Falun Gong parade entry passed the stage.

The Fourth Middle East Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference and related activities were held in Ankara, Turkey, over the last four days of August.

Falun Gong practitioners participated in the annual Peace Festival (Vredefeesten) sponsored by the city government of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, on September 2 and 3.

The local Falun Gong group joined the festivities with a booth, affording many people the opportunity to learn more about the practice and the persecution in China.

Falun Gong practitioners in Finland had a busy end of August, taking part in various community events including the popular Night of the Arts and Espoo Day.

Londoners and tourists alike were interested in learning more, and many people signed a petition urging an end to the suppression.

Falun Dafa practitioners held activities to raise awareness at two tourist sites in western France—Pornic on August 20 and Dinard on August 27.

At a park near Tomis Harbour, practitioners put up posters about the benefits of Falun Dafa and how it is persecuted by the communist regime in China.

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance) International Exhibition was held in Lviv, Ukraine from July 17 to August 4, 2017.

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.