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  • Grand Falun Gong Parade Through the City of Vienna: The Waist Drum Performance

    On June the 19th 2004, people crowded the pavements to watch Falun Gong practitioners parading through Vienna’s busy city centre. At the front of the parade were the waist-drummers. Throughout the parade the marching musicians reinforced the rhythm of the drums with a resounding cry of “Falun Dafa is Good!"
  • Russia: Moscow Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa at the People's Health Exhibition

    To honour Dafa practitioners’ positive contribution to the “For Citizens’ Health” Exhibition, the local government awarded the Moscow Falun Dafa Association a diploma. Practitioners set up an exhibition of various information boards, distributed flyers and other materials that explained Falun Dafa and the facts of the persecution.
  • Spain: Introducing Falun Dafa and Revealing the Persecution in Catalonia

    Most of the participants were advocates of nature and environmental protection. Practitioners introduced Falun Dafa from the perspective of health by sharing personal stories of how they’ve gained a healthy body and mind, a life full of energy and an upgrade of their moral standards after practising Falun Gong and living by the principles of Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Tolerance.
  • Sweden: Promoting Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in Arivika City

    June the 13th was the day of the Arivika Hamnfestival. Last year, practitioners dressed in yellow and joined the festival to promote Falun Dafa and reveal the facts of the persecution taking place in China. This year, practitioners were invited by the local authorities to introduce Falun Gong at the festival.
  • Radio Free Asia Special Report: Chinese Falun Gong Practitioners from 17 Countries Jointly Publish Open Letter

    Falun Gong practitioners of Chinese nationality who currently live in Canada, Japan and other 15 countries recently published an open letter calling on people to pay attention to the issue that their passports have been withheld or not renewed over the past few years. At the same time, travel certificates of more than 30 Falun Gong practitioners from Hong Kong have been either postponed or confiscated.
  • Grand Parade through the Centre of Vienna

    On Saturday the 20th of June, Dafa practitioners from Europe and the Asia Pacific region held a grand parade through the crowded city centre of Vienna. Many people lined the pavements to view the beautiful and varied parade performances. The procession was lead by a waist drum team followed by traditional Chinese Fan Dancers and Lotus Flower Dancers.
  • Fadu in Sweden (1): Crossing the Pacific Ocean to Make Good Friends in Northern Europe

    In early May, Fadu visited Northern Europe for the first time. She and her mother were invited to attend forums on China’s human rights situation, which were being held in four Northern European countries. Even though Fadu is only four, she has experienced the extremes of the world's benevolence and wickedness.
  • Austria: An Open Letter to the Ambassador and Staff of the Chinese Embassy in Austria

    "You may already know that Jiang Zemin has been prosecuted for crimes against humanity, genocide and cruel torture in over ten countries including Germany, Spain, the United States, etc. The more that the evil acts are exposed to the world, the more the world’s people are able to see his sinister nature."
  • Russia: Introducing Falun Gong to a Moscow Automobile Factory

    Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises as part a health-watch activity called “Help Yourself,” which was organised by a Moscow automobile factory and took place on June 5th 2004. The presentation took place in the afternoon, in a hall jam-packed with about one hundred people.
  • Calling for an End to the Persecution - Successful Activities in Vienna

    On the morning of Saturday the 19th of June 2004, the plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China was made known to many thousands of people in the historic city of Vienna. Tourists and local citizens alike came to understand more about this traditional cultivation system, as hundreds of practitioners from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the city to hold a series of activities.
  • Austria: The Falun Dafa Information Centre Held a Press Conference in Vienna

    The Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre held a press conference in Vienna on June the 17th 2004. The press conference detailed a series of activities, the theme of which was to be “jointly putting to a stop to China’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners”. Two Falun Gong practitioners then recounted abuses suffered by themselves or their family members.
  • Sweden: Introducing Falun Dafa in the City of Sunne

    On June the 19th, an introduction to Falun Dafa was held in Sunne. The invitation had come from a woman who, after reading Falun Dafa’s introductory book, became fascinated by its profound principles and wanted to learn more. Afterwards, the attendees said that they had experienced a very nice feeling when performing the exercises.
  • Hungary: Promoting Falun Gong at a Sports Festival in Budapest

    Between June the 11th and June the 13th, Falun Gong practitioners from Hungary, Slovakia and Germany introduced Falun Dafa at a Sports Festival, which is held annually in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. The festival activities began at eleven in the morning and ended at six in the evening every day and over two hundred thousand people took part.
  • 2004 Falun Dafa European Experience Sharing Conference Held in Vienna

    On Sunday the 20th of June, Falun Dafa practitioners from over 30 countries attended the 2004 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in the Austrian capital of Vienna. The founder of Falun Dafa Master Li Hongzhi sent a letter of congratulation to the attendees.
  • Rally in Vienna Calls for an Immediate End to the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On the afternoon of the 19th of June 2004, tourists and citizens of Vienna were deeply touched, and some moved to tears as they listened to speeches at a rally exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. The rally was part of a programme of large-scale events held by several hundred European practitioners to help more people understand the campaign of genocide initiated by Jiang Zemin.