On June 13, Falun Gong practitioners in Darmstadt, Germany, held a Falun Dafa Information Day, letting people know more about Falun Gong and exposing the persecution in China. Many tourists were attracted to the exercise demonstration. They accepted flyers and signed the anti-persecution petition. Some of them also wanted to learn the exercises.

Because Ms. Su Zhifeng, 49, distributed leaflets exposing the persecution and told people the facts about Falun Gong in the early years of the persecution, she had to leave town to avoid arrest and survive on the wages of temporary labour. However, in August, 2004, police arrested Ms. Su. They sentenced her to three years in prison in the Nanjing City Women's Prison. Ms. Su was severely tortured there. After being released in 2007, she was very ill and weak. She became bedridden, and her whole body was swollen. She died on May 7th, 2009.

After being persecuted for close to nine months, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Chunhe was secretly tried and sentenced to three years in prison on April 8th, 2009. When she appeared in court, she was in critical condition and in a lot of pain. The authorities didn't care whether Ms. Zhang lived or died. Ms. Zhang appealed the unjust verdict and a new trial date was scheduled for May 15th, 2009.

My name is Liang Yan. My father is Liang Lijin and my mother is Yang Xiuqin. When I was a little girl, I witnessed the persecution that our whole family suffered for practising Falun Gong. This experience caused me a lot of mental anguish and scarred my heart. My school leaders repetitively asking me to break ties with my mother. So I stopped going to school. In March 2002, my mother was arrested. Later, she escaped and we lost contact with each other. In May 2002, police arrested my father and beat him.

My name is Ma Jinxiu. I am a Falun Gong practitioner from Guantao County, Hebei Province. In the beginning of 2005, my husband, our twelve-year-old son, and I were arrested by officers from the Chengguan Police Station in Guantao County. My husband and I were subjected to torture and our property was ransacked by the officers. I was sentenced to forced labour. After that, my son dropped out of school, and we suffered discord in the family. Our losses caused by Chen Peiyi (director of Chengguan Police Station) and other officers are not recoverable. I am seeking justice against Chen Peiyi.

A few days later I told them, "Do you know why I treat you like my family members and don't view you as enemies? It's because I know that it is not by your own free will that you monitor me. You are being used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because you want to make a living. You are also victims."

One day in 2004, I steeled my will that I would go out to clarify the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong. I prepared a small bag and put some water in it. After eating lunch I shouldered the bag and went out. That afternoon I clarified the facts to a number of people, and they all agreed to make the "three withdrawals"

On June 21st, 2009, the foreign minister of China Yang Jiechi arrived in Canada on a diplomatic visit. Human rights concerns in China once again became a focal point for the Canadian people.