Falun Gong practitioners participated in the celebration activities at Hesperian Park in downtown Helsinki during the 20th "Art Night" on August 21, 2009, to promote the benefits of Falun Dafa and expose the Chinese Communist regime's ten-year-long persecution of Falun Gong, with the aim of urging people around the world to help put an end to the persecution.

Falun Gong practitioners in Augsburg hold an "Information Day" every month. On November 7, 2009, at a busy street corner in Augsburg, they set up a table with informational materials on the practice. They demonstrated the five exercises and told people about the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong that has lasted ten years in China.

People were shocked when hearing about the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong, and signed the petition to stop the persecution. There was a publisher's booth nearby. After having learned the facts about Falun Gong, the owner led all the people in his booth to come over to sign the petition. He said that he would like to introduce Falun Dafa on their website.

On Saturday, November 7, 2009, practitioners from Germany and Switzerland organised a Falun Dafa Information Day event in the German tourist city of Freiburg amBreisgau. People who learned the truth, signed their names to support the petition to end the persecution. Some had heard about Falun Gong before and wrote down the phone number to find out about free classes.

The Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition arrived Eskisehir Turkey, on November 1, 2009. The exhibition not only attracted local residents but also people from neighbouring cities. Some were moved by the justice and compassion in the paintings, and some expressed anger towards the CCP's ugly persecution of Falun Gong.

On October 31, 2009, Falun Dafa practitioners from Germany and Switzerland went to Lindau, a beautiful town sitting next to Lake Bodensee. The practitioners were there to tell the local residents about the beauty of Falun Dafa and the brutal persecution taking place in China. Several practitioners went to the centre of Lindau to pass out fliers.

Monika learned at the information booth that the persecution of the Falun Gong practitioners had lasted for more than ten years. She expressed sadness for the ongoing persecution. She said, "I think the persecution is very cruel and breaks my heart." She signed the petition in support of stopping the persecution immediately and expressed her wishes that the practitioners in China regain the freedom to practise.

Falun Dafa practitioners organised two activities in Larnaca on 11th and 13th October 2009 in order to introduce the practice to the native people and the city visitors. They displayed banners with information about Falun Dafa and the persecution, which the practitioners in China have experienced for more than a decade.

On Saturday 7th November, the 2009 Czech and Slovak Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference took place in Brno. About 50 practitioners from the Czech Republic and Slovakia met together to share their cultivation experiences and talk about their efforts to raise awareness of the human rights abuses against fellow practitioners in China.

The Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition was held in Satoki Peninsula, a famous local tourist attraction. When the exhibition was about to end, local Falun Gong practitioners decided to extend it for another week to repay the kindhearted local people who showed strong support for the exhibition.

On October 17, 2009, Falun Dafa practitioners in Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle, Germany held an information day to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution of practitioners in China. In a light rain, several practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises while others distributed fliers to every visitor.

On October 23, the Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition was opened in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. Lots of people saw the exhibition and wrote praise in the visitor book. Many parents brought their children to the exhibition. The kids love the handmade lotus flowers. Some Christians from a church nearby also came and brought some cakes for practitioners as an expression of their appreciation.

This was the first time that practitioners participated in this event. They set up a booth to introduce Falun Gong and expose Chinese Communist Party's inhumane persecution of the practice. They also offered free Falun Gong classes. Many people who learned the facts signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution.

On October 31, Ms. Ren, a Chinese lady living in Munich, Germany, happened upon Falun Gong practitioners' peaceful demonstration against the persecution and encouraging Chinese people to quit the Chinese Communist Party activity. She expressed her support and asked what she could do for them.

On August 15, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland held a Falun Gong Information Day in Bern, the capital, exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong. At the same time, they called for an immediate end to the persecution. People signed the petition to express their support.

Munich is a well-known historical city. It attracts many tourists from around the world. The Marien Platz in the city centre is especially crowded. On August 9, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from the German State of Bavaria held an activity at the Marien Platz, exposing the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong.

October 18 was the last day of the Frankfurt Book Exhibition. It was still crowded and lively, inside as well as outside the exhibition hall. Falun Gong practitioners held an information booth in the open-air exhibition area. They introduced the visitors to Zhuan Falun and the main teachings of Falun Gong, and demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises.

On October 22, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) organised a human rights forum at the Swedish Parliament. The forum was hosted by Eva Selin Lindgren, Swedish Parliament member and vice chair of WILPF. Parliament representatives, China Experts, NGOs, and representatives from other persecuted groups attended the forum.

It is already chilly in October in Denmark. From October 15 to 17, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark held three days of activities in five cities on the Island of Fyn to raise awareness about the human rights abuses against the practice in China. Many people learned about Falun Gong by talking to practitioners or reading the posters and information material they displayed.

During the week of October 12-18, 2009, the International Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibition was held at the Anaid Art Gallery in Bucharest, near the Parliament. Despite cold and rainy weather, many visitors came to view the exhibition. The event started with a press conference attended by the main cultural TV station in Romania - TVR Cultural.

The twenty-seventh annual Spirit and Knowledge Expo was held in Helsinki, Finland in October 2009. More than two hundred groups participated in the Expo. Finland Falun Gong practitioners took part in the Expo by introducing Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) and its principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

From October 1 to 4 2009, Falun Gong practitioners held activities to support the movement to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organisations on the square in front of the Cologne Cathedral. After finding out the facts, many people signed their names to support stopping the persecution of Falun Gong and to support those who have withdrawn from the CCP.

The First Middle East Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on October 24th, 2009 in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Practitioners came from Turkey, Iran, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to participate in the conference.

October 1, 2009, was the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rise to power in China. The Service Centre for Quitting the CCP in London held activities in London's Chinatown to give out copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, to urge people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organisations, and to support the 61 million Chinese people that had already renounced the CCP.

Sweden's largest health expo was held on October 10 and 11, 2009 in Solna, to the north of Stockholm. With miraculous healing power that improves mind and body, Falun Gong is very popular with the Swedish public. Each year the group is invited to demonstrate the exercises.

The Poland Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held on October 18, 2009 in Warsaw. It was the fifth time that a Fa conference was held in Poland. Seventeen practitioners presented experience-sharing papers. Several told of their tremendous changes both, physical and mental, after taking up Falun Gong.

On Saturday, October 17, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from northern England went to St. Anne's Square in Manchester to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many signed the petition supporting Falun Gong practitioners and wished that the persecution would end as soon as possible. Showing their support, some offered to buy hot tea for the practitioners.

On October 10th 2009, the European Divine Land Marching Band performed in Milan and caught the attention of Milan's largest national TV media. Along the parade route, the Italian people responded warmly to the band. The band's spirited appearance won praise from the spectators. Almost everyone happily accepted leaflets to learn more about Falun Gong.

On Saturday October 10th 2009, several Falun Gong practitioners from the north of England went to the city centre of Sheffield to tell passersby about Falun Gong and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes Falun Gong practitioners in China.

On September 13, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Madrid to expose the crimes that the CCP has committed and to call for an end to the persecution. At the gathering, several Falun Gong practitioners spoke about the CCP's crimes in its sixty years of ruling China, in particular in persecuting Falun Gong in the last ten years.

A few tourists pointed at the leaflets exposing the CCP's live organ harvesting, saying that such important information should be passed to people all over the world as soon as possible. Someone pointed at the pictures exposing the persecution and asked, "Is this real?" After finding out that all of these were not only real, but also still happening and supported by the CCP, many people voiced their anger.

On October 1-9, 2009, the 121st Olympic Session and the XIIIth Olympic Congress of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to introduce Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), and expose the ten-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Practitioners held an activity in Chinatown to introduce Falun Gong and let people know about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution of the practice. The event was also held to express support for the 61 million Chinese people that have quit the CCP.