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  • Russia: Promoting Falun Gong and Appealing for People’s Concern for China’s Persecuted Practitioners

    Practitioners from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Saratov gathered at the subway station of Kirovsko in St. Petersburg. The main aim of this activity was to introduce the practice of Falun Gong to the locals, expose the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution under the Jiang regime and appeal for justice and conscience.
  • Sweden: Presenting Falun Gong at a Health Expo in Skövde

    At the same time as the exercises were shown, one of the practitioners spoke to the audience about what Falun Gong is and what cultivation is and what effects the exercises have. She also told everyone that Falun Gong-practitioners have been subjected to over five years of brutal persecution in China at the hands of the communist regime.
  • Switzerland: Candlelight Vigil and Information Stall during Basel’s Late Night Museum Opening

    Practitioners held a peaceful appeal to highlight the brutal campaign of genocide that has been taking place against Falun Gong in China over the last five years. Many people learned about the persecution of Falun Gong after seeing the peaceful candle-light vigil. We were there until late at night, despite the cold weather. Many people approached us because they wanted to find out more. Some even took a pile of leaflets home with them, as they were eager to help us tell more people about the persecution.
  • Austria: Predestined Encounters during an Experience Sharing Gathering in Vienna

    Three of the youth hostel residents joined me in the hostel’s main hall. They had come to Vienna from Israel. Once they saw the Falun Dafa banner on the wall they were curious about what it represented. One of them joined me for a while and I told him about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. He was already familiar with other qigong practices and was delighted to hear that there was a Falun Gong group exercise practice the next day. It was astounding to see him next morning; he was already able to do the first four exercises from beginning to end.
  • Russia: St. Petersburg Rally Calls for Attention to Falun Gong Practitioners' Human Rights in China

    Some practitioners held banners and talked to people about the inhumane persecution happening in China; others demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises whilst some practitioners walked to a nearby park and a shopping centre to distribute leaflets. Afterwards, a peaceful vigil took place outside the Chinese Embassy. Practitioners felt that more and more people are starting to learn about Falun Gong and step forward to oppose the genocide against practitioners in China. Lots of people were interested and had questions to ask. They listened very carefully to the answers and then stated that they wanted to help.
  • Ukraine: Practitioners Receive a Warm Welcome at “Valentine's Day” Activities

    Ukrainian Dafa practitioners were invited to attend a “Love and Friendship” performance held by a children’s library, as part of Valentine’s Day celebrations. They performed a beautiful lotus flower dance and held an activity in the name of ‘Petals of Peace’. 'Petals of Peace' symbolises hope for all the children who are suffering during the on-going persecution of Falun Gong in China.
  • Germany: Stories of Promoting Falun Gong and Raising Awareness of the Persecution

    A Falun Dafa Information Day was held in Nurnberg, a city located in southern Germany, on December 10th 2004. A middle-aged gentleman looked at every photo and illustrated drawing very carefully and then discussed them with several practitioners. He spent almost two hours developing an in-depth understanding of what Falun Gong is and how it is being violently persecuted in China.
  • European Falun Gong Practitioners held a Grand Chinese New Year Parade in Paris

    The parade consisted of a waist drum formation, traditional Chinese fan dancing and lotus flower dancing, costumes from China’s most prosperous Tang Dynasty period and a Falun Gong exercise demonstration float. Firecrackers, gongs, drums and elegant dances expressed heartfelt New Year wishes to everyone.
  • Belgium: Schoolchildren are Enthusiastic to Hear about Falun Gong and are Concerned about the Persecution

    On the 16th of November, practitioners from Belgium were invited to a school in the city of Hasselt to introduce Falun Gong and the persecution against the practice in China to a class of ten to twelve year-old children. The children were very enthusiastic. The visit was successful and the teacher was very pleased that the practitioners were able to attend.
  • Sweden: Falun Gong practitioners Appeal for an End the Persecution at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm

    On February 6th 2005, on the eve of the Chinese New Year, Stockholm Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Embassy to make a peaceful appeal. They called for the ongoing brutal persecution against Falun Gong in China to end immediately.
  • Switzerland: Davos Residents and Officials from the World Economic Forum Support Human Right for China's Persecuted Dafa Practitioners

    At the end of January 2005, the annual World Economic Forum was held in the famous Swiss ski-resort, Davos. Many countries sent their top officials to attend. During the last two days of the meeting (29th and 30th) Dafa practitioners in Switzerland organised anti-torture exhibitions and activities to let people know about Falun Gong.
  • Letter from Ukrainian Practitioners to Officials from the Chinese Embassy

    "In the human race’s history, those people who have contributed to truth and justice are being respected and admired by people, and what’s more they have left compassion and equity in people’s memories forever. In the New Year, we hope that the representatives of China in Ukraine will manifest their courage and justice and can all stand on justice’s side, together upholding human rights and legality. Help to stop the inhumane persecution happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China, and leave behind a beautiful future for your descendants."
  • United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution by the River Thames in London

    On Saturday February 5th, visitors to the New Tate Gallery in London were able to see demonstrations of the Falun Gong exercises. As always, many passers-by had questions to ask; they watched the exercises, took the information available, and learned of the great benefits people have received from practising Falun Gong.
  • Sweden: Stories from the Appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg

    Over the last five years, since Jiang Zemin launched the persecution against Falun Gong, practitioners have been at the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg appealing for an end to the suffering of the innocent people who practise Falun Gong in China. In an attempt to conceal their violations of human rights and of China’s own constitution, the consulate has now taken action to limit the peaceful appeals. Practitioners received support from politicians and the media, who published several supportive articles exposing the Chinese Communist regime’s attempts to deny people their fundamental human rights.
  • United Kingdom: Anti-Torture Exhibition Tour Arrives in Birmingham

    Passers-by carefully read the poster displays introducing Falun Gong and exposing the persecution of the practice by the Chinese communist regime. People queued to sign a petitions calling for an end to the persecution and for the perpetrators behind these human rights atrocities to be brought to justice.