In order to urge the international community to help stop the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on the 21st of June 2006 Falun Gong practitioners in Latvia held an activity in the centre of Riga. The practitioners simulated the CCP's harvesting of organs from live Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese labour camps.

In March 2003, I was illegally kidnapped by the Changchun City Police along with my colleagues Chen Jing and Wang Wei. The police forcibly tied us to specially-made steel chairs and forced us to answer questions. Chen Jing and Wang Wei were slapped by the police, and after having plastic bags put over their heads they were beaten by rods, whipped by belts and suffered other tortures like twisting the wrists.

Practitioners have held a number of activities in Florence, Italy this year to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP’s) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Some practitioners passed out leaflets downtown, and some went to the City Council to let people know the truth.

In the second half of June, 2006, serene traditional-style Chinese music could be heard playing in the gymnasium of Bjerregrev School in the Danish town of Viborg. Teachers and parents watched with amazement as their usually noisy children sat quietly and did the fifth exercise of Falun Gong, which is a sitting meditation, as part of a project on Chinese culture.

On May 27th, 2006, German Falun Gong practitioners held activities in the “Porta Nigra" (Big Black Gate) neighbourhood in Trier, the oldest German city. After looking at the information boards and banners, passers-by were astonished by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s trade in organs harvested from Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong practitioners set up an information desk on the left side of Neuer Market in the city, banners were hung up on both sides of the information desk, the pictures on the banners depict something of the atrocities currently happening in China: the brutal persecution of the Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Pictures of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned in cages, being subjected to torture and beaten to death, and pictures of live organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners were shown.

Practitioners from more than ten cities including Moscow, Kiev and Pyaqigorsk, gathered in St. Petersburg from June 10th through June 12th 2006. On the first day, group practice was held in a park on the beach. A rally followed on Pushkin Square, along with a reenactment of the live organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners. Passersby stopped to learn what was going on.

On Friday May 26th, we went to Braunschweig to let local people know about how the Communist Party persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. To this end, we re-enacted scenes of torture and organ harvesting. One young lady said, “Nowadays you really have to do something drastic in order to get people to stop and take notice, don't you?”

On June 18th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Cambridge took part in a local charity event, during which they had the opportunity to expose the CCP's illegal trade in organs harvested from murdered Falun Gong practitioners. The bodies were subsequently cremated to destroy the evidence. Local people signed petitions to support an independent investigation into these atrocities.

“What is this?” In the midst of the pedestrian zone, a man in a surgical gown stood behind a bloody operating table. Next to him was a cage, in which a Chinese person was imprisoned. Surrounding it were posters and boards with words of explanation. Pedestrians saw such a scene on May 27th in Hannover. Many came to a standstill, watched and asked questions.

Falun Gong practitioners and volunteers from the Service Centre for Quitting the CCP in Sweden held an activity to support the eleven million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). To expose CCP brutality, practitioners re-enacted the harvesting of organs from living people.

Practitioners from Arkhangelsk Oblast attended a local town festival entitled "Dream of Paper" and set up a stand at an exhibition displaying colourful paper lotus flowers hand-made by them. It was a great opportunity to introduce the practice to the local people. The practitioners' beautiful hand-made paper lotus flowers were praised and won an award.

When people learned about the shocking news that the CCP harvests organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, they condemned the barbaric atrocities. Some people told the reporter that they signed the petition to stop the evil deeds and remind Western society to not ignore human rights in the face of economic interest.

Proposed by human rights activist Mr. Chen Shizhong and the person in charge of the Chinese Democratic Party Overseas Exile Headquarters, Mr. Xu Wenli, several dozen scholars and experts passed a resolution calling for a thorough investigation into the CCP's organ harvesting and calling for a withdrawal of charges against Wang Wenyi.

Standing Committee Member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party( CCP), former Secretary of the CCP Committee of Guangdong Province, Li Changchun ran into Falun Gong practitioners' protests during his visit to Norway from June 14th to 19th, because of his crimes of torture in the persecution of Falun Gong. Aftenposten of Norway reported the protest.

Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held activities from June 6th to June 8th in the pedestrian zone of central Kouvola, a city located in eastern Finland. They displayed information boards and distributed flyers, exposing the facts of the persecution that the Chinese communist regime has been inflicting upon Falun Gong.

On the 13th of May 2006 Mersin city government held a seminar entitled Local Agenda 21 - National Solidarity Group, with the main focus on ways to strengthen the solidarity and communication amongst various nationalities. Representatives from nearly all the local organisations around Mersin area attended the seminar.

Switzerland's beautiful scenery attracts tourists from all parts of the world. Lucerne, Switzerland's most famous tourist attraction is the place a lot of tourists must visit, among them many from China. Falun Gong practitioners regarded it as a good place to expose the truth to Chinese people, many of whom have been deceived by communist propaganda. At the travel peak time, practitioners could be seen everywhere chatting to people and distributing leaflets.

From June 15th to 16th, leaders of 25 European Union member states held a summit in Brussels, Belgium. Outside the headquarters of the EU, Falun Gong practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition and reenacted the Chinese Communist Party's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit.

Because it was the World Cup, tourists from all over the world passed by in a steady stream. The practitioners re-enacted the CCP’s harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. People were shocked and curious of the re-enactment and many were inspired to voice their conscience and denounce the CCP's atrocities.

On June 15th, leaders from 25 European Union countries were assembled in Brussels to conduct a two-day summit meeting. Falun Gong practitioners held activities in front of the European Parliament building to call upon the European Union for help stop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit.

On the 6th of June 2006, after the hearing of witnesses, the criminal section of the Supreme Court of Spain decided to accept the appeal submitted by many Falun Gong practitioners accusing Jia Qinglin, high official of the Chinese Communist Party (the CCP), of having committed genocide against Falun Gong.

“It is a massacre and a catastrophe. This atrocious act must be stopped", said Mr. Welinger. He signed a petition urging the Chinese Communist regime to stop the persecution against Falun Gong right after viewing the display boards exposing the facts about Falun Gong and watching a re-enactment of harvesting organs from living practitioners.

A little girl quietly read one of our leaflets about the persecution of Falun Gong. She looked just like a little angel. This was a scene on June 7th, 2006; as a group of Finnish practitioners exposed the persecution of Falun Gong in the eastern city of Kouvola after we demonstrated the meditation exercise. This little angel immediately attracted my attention.

On the 7th and the 8th of June, 2006, at the invitation of a group of Dutch university students, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners visited a university in Haarlem in northern Holland and gave a presentation on the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many students showed an interest in Falun Gong and used their spare time to learn the exercises.

On the afternoon of the 3rd of June, Russian Falun Gong practitioners held an activity at the Baltic Sea Film House to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in secret concentration camps, labour camps and prisons to be sold for profit and cremating the bodies to destroy evidence.

On May the 14th, Falun Dafa practitioners held activities in the beautiful forest park in Guadeloupe City to mark World Falun Dafa Day and to spread Falun Gong to the public. An exhibition of paintings along with poems once again exposed the violent persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, which touched people’s hearts.

On Sunday the 11th of June, Scottish Falun Gong practitioners set up a stall at the Glasgow West End Festival. The stall featured a petition table for people to sign their names calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and a table where practitioners taught people how to fold paper lotus flowers, which was popular with the children.

Three female Falun Gong practitioners began a car tour to raise awareness about organ harvesting in China and to appeal to local government officials and citizens of the cities in the Southern French speaking region of Belgium, to help end the cruel persecution that their fellow practitioners have suffered in China for almost seven years.

On the 20th of May, Falun Gong practitioners held activities at Kingsplatz, Augsburg in southern Germany to reveal the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) human rights atrocities of taking organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and selling them for profit. Many people signed their names on a petition to appeal for an end to the CCP's brutal acts.

In a pre-game interview with French Station TV3, Falun Gong practitioner Stephane said that the football match was a good opportunity to talk about issues in China. "There are a large number of Falun Gong practitioners in China suffering the atrocity of having their organs removed when they are still alive. We are here to call for an urgent rescue!"

After a two hour hearing on June the 6th 2006, the Criminal Division of the Spanish Supreme Court made its final decision to uphold an appeal submitted by Falun Gong practitioners who survived the alleged genocide instigated by top Chinese government officials since July 1999. The Spanish Falun Dafa Association gives high praise to this rightful decision of the Supreme Court. It is hoped that this is the starting point of terminating the persecution and that all of the criminals responsible for the persecution are brought to justice.

Some of the people in Bonn had already found out something from the media about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) removing organs for transplants from criminals on death row, but they never imagined that the CCP would treat in the same way such a group of innocent people who are just persisting in their own belief.

It is almost two months since Falun Gong practitioners of London in the UK began to expose the persecution of Falun Gong in Downing Street, the official residence of the Prime Minister. Many people signed the petition expressing their support for Falun Gong practitioners, often asking practitioners: “What can I do for you?”

On Saturday, June 5th, 2006, Saarlouis Falun Gong practitioners exposed the inhuman crimes committed by the Chinese Communist regime against innocent Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong practitioners went to a large market and the busy pedestrian zones to tell the people about the organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners in China.

On May 16th, the Austria Post published an article titled “Chinese Art Exhibition in Burg Schlaining”, recommending the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” International Art Exhibition held by Falun Gong practitioners to its readers. During the exhibition, many impressive paintings from a different China were displayed. All the artworks displayed are from the hands of Falun Gong practitioners. This exhibition was displayed in the US and Canada first and now it has come to the Europe.

In front of the Palace and State Theatre, German Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises and told people about the persecution against practitioners in China. The German practitioners re-enacted some of the torture methods used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to force practitioners in China to renounce their beliefs.

People were interested to learn in detail about the whole history of the persecution of Falun Gong and all kinds of brutal campaigns lead by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They also learned about the bravery of the Chinese practitioners who risk their lives to let people know the truth about Falun Gong and see through the CCP's propaganda.

Spain's Supreme Court held a hearing on June 6th 2006, and ruled that it could accept a lawsuit brought by several victims accusing the top Chinese officials of committing genocide against Falun Gong in the past seven years. The Advertiser (Australia) reported on June 7th that Spain's Supreme Court said on June 6th after holding a hearing that a lawsuit brought by Falun Gong accusing a top Chinese official of genocide could go ahead. That means Falun Gong can now appeal an earlier rejection of the lawsuit by the Audencia Nacional, Spain's highest criminal court.

The practitioners simulated the organ harvesting that the CCP uses against Falun Gong in China. The simulations caught the attention of many passersby. In order to help the people of Berlin learn about the truth as they hurried by, practitioners used a loudspeaker to briefly tell people about the genocidal persecution against Falun Gong in China.

"Falun Gong practitioners have been persisting in opposing the persecution for so many years. In fact their strategy of being against the persecution is so simple that they just clarify the truth. That is to say, since you persecute me, I will then disclose all your means of the persecution and rumours you have made. Although the action of clarifying the truth seems very peaceful without knives and guns, as a matter of fact, it is a way the CCP has never expected before. It had thought that the opposite side would fight against it with knives and guns."

On the 3rd and 4th of June, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners held activities to expose the Chinese Communist dictatorship’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners to the Finnish people, in particular revealing the CCP crimes of removing organs from living Falun Gong practitioners in labour camps, prisons and hospitals, and subsequently selling the organs for profit.

On the 3rd and 4th of June, a group of Finnish practitioners held activities to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong to the Finnish people through picture displays and distributing leaflets in train stations. They especially focused on exposing the CCP crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

The main objective of this event was to inform the public of the existence of 36 concentration camps in China, where organs are harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners and sold for profit. The practitioners distributed 3,000 flyers. Many people wanted to hear details and they expressed their sympathy when viewing the pictures and photos of the persecution.

On June 3rd 2006, The Epoch Times, The Federation for a Democratic China (FDC) and Falun Gong practitioners held a rally and parade in Munich to condemn the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) violations of human rights, and to support the eleven million people quitting the CCP. After the parade, practitioners held an anti-torture photo exhibition, and re-enacted the CCP's organ harvesting.

Practitioners from Austria carried a stream of lights at the Chinese Embassy in Vienna on the 26th of May. At the same time, the Embassy held a reception for VIPs which included many guests from China and Austria. All the visitors saw our banners with which we also exposed the harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners' organs which is taking place in China.

Falun Gong practitioners in Paris disclosed the crimes taking place in Chinese Communist Party (CCP) labour camps and concentration camps to passersby at La Gare Saint-Lazare railway station. The French people expressed their support

Almost all the people were extremely distraught, sympathetic and helpful upon learning the facts that Falun Gong practitioners in China have not only been persecuted since July 1999, but also been tortured and killed. Yet indeed were also murdered for the purpose of organ trading and the removed organs were sold for profit to unsuspecting transplant recipients. Many people expressed a wish that more should be done for human rights in China.

From May 30th until June 5th, 2006, the first International Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance Art Exhibition was held by Finnish Falun Gong practitioners in Helsinki. Vice President of the European Parliament Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott saw the news about the exhibition on TV. The next day, he took time out of his busy schedule to visit.

On April 22nd, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners came to Tvrdosin, a small town in northwest Slovakia, to introduce Falun Gong and expose the persecution in China to local residents. Local residents passing the information desks were eager to talk to practitioners in order to learn more about the facts of Falun Gong. Some also signed the petition to show their opposition to the on-going persecution in China.