Falun Dafa practitioners in Greece presented the Zhen Shan Ren art exhibition because they wanted to inform people about Falun Gong, the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and the CCP's crimes of forced organ harvesting against Falun Gong practitioners for profit.

Slovak practitioners welcomed the coming of the New Year in front of the Chinese embassy in Bratislava. The light of candles illuminated banners, in front of which a group of practitioners did the Falun Gong exercises.

The issue of forced live organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners has garnered a fair amount of attention in Italy recently, both in the media and in the Senate. Evidence and expert testimonies were presented at a Senate hearing organized by the Human Rights Committee in the Italian Parliament on December 19.

Global condemnation of forced organ harvesting in China is on the rise, and the international community has paid considerable attention to the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China. Lawmakers around the world have been pushing forward the effort to stop this heinous practice.

International Human Rights Day falls on the 10th of December each year, and a significant event set the stage for the occasion at the United Nations. A petition bearing a remarkable 1.5 million signatures was delivered to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

On November 9, 2013, Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held a signature drive on Mynttorget Square, in the capitol city, Stockholm. The petition, initiated by Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), calls on the United Nations to strongly condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

On November 1, 2013, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Regensburg Cathedral of St. Peter in Bavaria, Germany, to hold a Falun Gong Information Day and collect signatures condemning the Chinese communist regime's crimes against humanity.

Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful protest in front of the European Union (EU) Parliament in Brussels for a period of two weeks. But it was the actions of the China's communist regime that were being protested, not the actions of the European Parliament. The event began in late November and concluded on December 5, 2013.

Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland gathered on October 27, 2013 in Zurich's Limmatquai and Hirshenplatz Squares, to collect signatures supporting the global petition initiated by Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH).

On October 15-21, 2013, Falun Gong practitioners in Ukraine held the Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition in the city of Odessa. A local TV station, KRUG TV, aired a special report on the art exhibition titled, “China's path to truth.”

In order to help more people learn the facts about Falun Gong and to further expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) crimes against humanity, Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey organized a Falun Gong photo exhibition on October 18-20, 2013, in the Mediterranean coastal city of Hatay.

Falun Dafa practitioners held a rally and parade in Paris on October 5, 2013, to draw attention to the crime of illegal organ harvesting in China and to support the 150 million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.

In order to raise awareness about the brutal 14-year persecution of Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) in China, practitioners in Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, and parts of Hildesheim, set up informational tables near the politicians' booths, demonstrated the Dafa exercises and talked to people about the persecution.

On September 28, 2013, UK Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Trafalgar Square to demonstrate the Dafa exercises, tell people about the human rights abuses in China and collect signatures to support the Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) global petition.

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held an Open House Day on September 14. Falun Gong practitioners from Geneva, Switzerland and other areas attended the event to raise awareness about the persecution in China.