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Germany: People at Lunen City Festival Deeply Attracted to the Principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance”
2005-09-22On September 9th, 10th and 11th, 2005, in the old industrial area of the Ruhr, Germany, the annual Lunen City Festival was held. During this year’s festival, apart from greetings to French, Bulgarian and other minority groups who live in Germany; it was also the first time for them to see a Falun Gong stall and practitioner’s performances. -
Sweden: People Learn the Falun Gong Exercises at an Elite Gathering of Iranian Nationals
2005-09-22On the evening of September 11th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to attend an elite gathering of Iranian nationals in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. At the gathering, practitioners introduced Falun Gong and performed a demonstration of the exercises. Many participants sensed an extremely strong energy field. -
Sweden: Helping the People of Uppsala Learn the Truth about Falun Gong
2005-09-21Practitioners from Uppsala held an anti-torture exhibition and Falun Gong exercise demonstration to inform local people about Falun Gong and the ongoing persecution. Large numbers of people stopped to take leaflets and sign a petition calling for an end to the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners. -
Italian Falun Gong Association Congratulates the Establishment of the South African Falun Gong Association
2005-09-21All the practitioners in Italy were pleased to learn that the South African Falun Gong Association was formally established after getting approval from the South African Government, and would like to extend our hearty congratulations to you. The establishment of this association is the result of your concerted efforts. We are firmly convinced that this association will play an important role in the process of Fa-rectification and is a blessing for all the people of South Africa. -
European Practitioners Respectfully Wish Great and Merciful Master a Happy Mid-autumn Festival
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Germany: Drawing Attention To the Orphaned Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners
2005-09-20On Saturday, September 10th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners attended family recreation activities in Trier, Germany, hoping to introduce local people to Falun Gong and let them know about efforts to rescue the orphans of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China. Children gathered at the Falun Gong information booth to learn how to fold Lotus Flowers. -
Article about Falun Gong Published in Roquetta, the English Magazine for the Balearic Island of Menorca
2005-09-20Stefan and Rosemary are impassioned about trying to help the dreadful situation in China, where innocent people are persecuted for practising Falun Gong, ...torn from their homes and taken away to be imprisoned and tortured, often leaving bewildered children not knowing where to turn. This terrifying situation has been condemned all over the world by governments and human rights organisations, but it is proving almost impossible to combat. -
Germany: "Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance” International Art Exhibition Held in Cham City
2005-09-19Falun Gong practitioners held a “Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance” International Art Exhibition in Cham City Hall in Germany at the beginning of September. The opening ceremony concluded after the demonstration of the five exercises. In the guest book many visitors wrote that they were deeply moved by the paintings. -
Finnish Newspaper Reports on how Falun Gong Brings Warmth and Peace of Mind
2005-09-19On the 5th and 6th of February, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Gong class in Joensuu. Ten people attended the introduction class and almost everyone asked for an introduction video and a book to understand more deeply about Falun Gong. A local reporter from Karjalan Heili interviewed participants and took photos for her article. -
Germany: Falun Gong Is Warmly Welcomed at Hamburg Multi-Culture Festival
2005-09-18After winning awards in 2003 and 2004, Falun Gong was again the focus of the 2005 Hamburg Multi-Culture Festival held on September 10th. Led by bands, floats and splendid dancing groups, more than eighty civil organisations participated in the parade. The float and the Lotus Dance given by Falun Gong practitioners attracted loud applause from the crowds. -
France: Telling Chinese Tourists the Truth about Falun Gong Outside the Famous Gallery Lafayette in Paris
2005-09-18Many Chinese tourists accepted our fliers and they read them with intense interest. Some asked, “Why did Falun Gong practitioners besiege Zhongnanhai?” and “Why did they set themselves on fire?” After learning that those reports were all lies concocted by the Communist Party to frame and incite hatred towards practitioners for their own ulterior motives, they said, “We understand completely now, it was all mere propaganda.” Some even became interested in learning Falun Gong. -
France: Falun Gong Receives a Warm Welcome at the Montgeron Sports and Culture Expo
2005-09-17On September 10th, 2005, the annual Sports and Culture Expo was held at Gymnase Pierre de Coubertin in Montgeron near Paris. This was the forth year that the French Falun Gong practitioners attended this Expo. They were invited to perform a Falun Gong exercise demonstration which attracted much interest from people. -
Russia: Practitioners in Moscow held an Anti-Torture Exhibition Condemning the Persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party
2005-09-17On September 11th, when Hu Jintao was in America, Falun Gong practitioners in Moscow used real people to reenact the persecution alongside related pictures showing scenes of torture, and demonstrated to people the brutal truth of Falun Gong's persecution for six years by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
France: People in Nancy told Practitioners, “Keep going and persevere!”
2005-09-16Throughout the activities, many passers-by stopped to view the poster display boards. When hearing that such a cruel persecution is still taking place in the 21st century, they were astonished and talked to practitioners one after another wanting to know more of the facts. Many passers-by came forward to encourage practitioners. -
Germany: “Very good. Such things should be exposed to the public!”
2005-09-16A female Falun Gong practitioner who personally suffered human rights abuses a the hands of the Chinese Communist Party for practising Falun Gong came to the square to distribute flyers. Many people noticed the girl from far away and approached her asking, "What good things are you distributing today?" Most people solemnly received the flyers when they heard that it was about human rights issues in China.