Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Belgium: Falun Gong Is Popular at Retrouvailles

    Retrouvailles is an annual event in Liège, Belgium. The Belgian Falun Dafa Association and over 300 other groups participated in this year's event. People were attracted by the beautiful Falun Gong music, and practitioners were busy explaining to the tourists what Falun Gong is, where to learn it, and why the CCP is persecuting this peaceful group.
  • Germany: Introducing Falun Gong at Bremen Health Week

    On September 4 and 5, 2009, the annual Health Week was held in Weserpark Shopping Centre in Bremen, a city in northern Germany. Many people learned about Falun Gong at the event. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises to music on stage in the shopping centre. The noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and people stopped to watch.
  • Switzerland: Anti-persecution Protest in front of the Chinese Embassy

    On the afternoon of July 18, 2009, Swiss Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in front of the Chinese Consulate. Practitioners disclosed the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong, appealed to just people from all classes to condemn the Chinese Communists’ crimes against humanity and to support Falun Gong practitioners’ campaign of anti-persecution.
  • Italy: People of Val d’Arno Happily Learn about Falun Gong

    From June 26 to 28 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Florence attended the cultural festival in the city of Val d’arno, bringing the teachings of Falun Gong to the people of this small city. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises in front of a booth provided by the organiser. They also exposed the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: Visitor to an Anti-Torture Display - "China Will Be Free of the CCP Soon!"

    This anti-torture re-enactment was held by Falun Gong practitioners in Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany on August 22, 2009. In addition to the re-enactment of the Chinese Communist Party's torture methods and a poster display on the persecution, practitioners talked with passersby about the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • Belgium: Falun Gong at the Sfinks International Music Festival

    The Sfinks Festival (International Music Festival) was held during the last weekend of July. At this year's festival, Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the festival visitors. They set up a tent with display boards about the worldwide spread of Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of the practice.
  • Ireland: Introducing Falun Gong at the Dun Laoghaire Culture Festival

    Falun Gong practitioners from Ireland attended the Dun Laoghaire Culture Festival on August 29 and 30, 2009. Many people were attracted to the practitioners' booth, and some learned the exercises. Some Chinese people also stopped by and learned things that have been covered up in China.
  • Germany: High School Students Happy to Learn Falun Gong

    The teacher invited Mr Roemer from the International Human Rights Organisation and Falun Gong practitioner Ms Teng-Schwaegerl to discuss human rights abuses in China, focussing on the Tibetan issue and the persecution against Falun Gong.
  • United Kingdom: People Waiting to Hear about Falun Gong at Kingston Carnival

    Practitioners of Falun Gong added to the diversity of the festival as they performed the gentle exercises in front of crowds of interested viewers at Kingston town centre. Visitors were deeply moved upon finding out that Falun Gong is still being persecuted by the Communist regime in China.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Kassel

    On 23rd May 2009, Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners held a Falun Dafa information day in Kassel, the biggest city in the middle of Germany. he aim of the information day was to let more people know about Falun gong and the ten years of persecution that the practice has faced in China at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Finland: Local People Learn About Falun Dafa at Health Expo

    From August 29 to 30, Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the Heath Expo at Riverbank Community Centre in Helsinki, Finland. They introduced Falun Dafa and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
  • Croatia: Calling for an End to the Persecution during CCP Visit

    Croatian practitioners handed in a letter to the President, Prime Minister and Parliament to let them know about the ongoing persecution in China. They urged the Croatian leaders to represent Croatia’s voice and support Falun Dafa. Practitioners also told the media about activities to call for an end to the persecution.
  • Denmark: Practitioners Display the Goodness of Dafa at the Aarhus Culture Festival

    The Aarhus Culture Festival in Denmark is held from August 28 to September 6. The theme this year is "Hope is Ahead". On August 29, local Falun Gong practitioners set up a booth at the festival and introduced Falun Dafa to festival attendees.
  • United KIngdom: People Express Appreciation for Falun Gong Practitioners’ Efforts to Raise Awareness in Central London

    On Saturday July 4 2009, UK Falun Gong practitioners once again went to St Martin’s Square in central London to hold an activity and help more people learn about Falun Gong. As usual, Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the activity demonstrated the five sets of exercises, distributed leaflets, and collected petition signatures to condemn the persecution.
  • Sweden: Learning about Falun Gong at the Gothenburg Culture Festival

    On August 15th 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held a large parade to demonstrate the beauty of Falun Gong and expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ten years of persecution against the practice. The European Divine Land Marching Band demonstrated the beauty of Falun Gong through music.