Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Austria: The Story Behind Two Falun Gong Banners in Salzburg

    To let tourists know about Falun Gong and the persecution happening in China, the practitioners give out leaflets and other materials at tourist hot-spots around the city. Many people who visit the historical part of Salzburg are often surprised to see a huge Falun Gong display board. Whenever we practise the Falun Gong exercises, there are always tourists passing by. We give out leaflets in Chinese, English, French and German. We also noticed that the Chinese tourists would often take photos of us. In order to show them our respect for the practice, we started to display the following sentences in Chinese: “The Pride of Chinese People” and “The Whole World Says Falun Gong is great!”
  • France: Historical Decision by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg

    On January 25th 2006, the Council of Europe handed down a historical decision. For the first time, crimes committed by totalitarian communist regimes were looked at from the European point of view and condemned. Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated in support of the PACE-Resolution outside the Council of Europe headquarters.
  • Finland: Practitioners in Helsinki Expose the Persecution of Falun Gong in China on the Eve of Chinese New Year

    On the eve of Chinese New Year, practitioners in Helsinki introduced Falun Dafa and exposed the persecution of Falun Gong in China to passersby near the train station. One man said while looking at the pictures of the persecution, “It’s horrible. The Chinese people should have a change. The persecution cannot continue. They need the help of people in other countries.”
  • Bulgaria: Practitioners Introduce Falun Dafa and Expose the Persecution to People Celebrating the Chinese New Year in Sofia

    On January 29th 2006, Bulgarian practitioners gathered in front of the National Palace of Culture in downtown Sofia. The event marked the start of the Year of the Dog. Falun Gong practitioners were the only ones who celebrated the Chinese New Year in Sofia and pleasantly surprised the citizens of the capital by wishing them “Happy Chinese New Year”.
  • Switzerland: "Well done and we support you"

    When the annual World Economic Forum convened between January 23rd and January 28th 2006, some Falun Gong practitioners came to the famous Swiss skiing spot, Davos. They disclosed the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP to the participants and the media at the Forum as well as the tourists on holiday there and the local people.
  • The Netherlands: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Activities During the Chinese New Year Celebrations

    Chinese people in the Netherlands held activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year outside the city hall in The Hague. Falun Gong practitioners also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises at the gate of the city hall, showed people the goodness of Falun Gong and wished people a happy Chinese New Year.
  • Austria: Falun Gong Practitioners Let the People of Salzburg Know about the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

    During Mozart's birthday celbrations, Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Salzburg’s old town to introduce local people and visitors to Falun Gong and expose the seven years of brutal persecution inflicted by the Chinese Communist regime on a significant proportion of its own people.
  • Netherlands: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Alphen aan de Rijn

    Dutch Falun Gong practitioners came to Alphen aan de Rijn, a small town in the Netherlands, to introduce Falun Gong and expose the brutal persecution.
  • European Falun Dafa Association Writes in Support of the Council of Europe Resolution

    "We hereby express our strong support for the resolution condemning the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes being raised in PACE. Being the largest group suffering persecution by the communist regime in China, we are very familiar with the crimes of communist dictatorships mentioned in the report by Mr. Göran Lindblad. Killings, torture, slave labour, brainwashing and psychological terror have all been used on Falun Gong practitioners in China in order to turn people into communist robots."
  • Norway: Practitioners from Thailand Arrive in Norway

    On January 26th, the eight Falun Gong practitioners who were unreasonably arrested by Thai police bowing to pressure from the Chinese Embassy to Thailand arrived in Norway. They were excited to set foot on this land of freedom; however, they said that tens of millions of other Falun Gong practitioners are still subjected to cruel persecution.
  • Germany: Berlin Residents Wish for an Immediate End to the Persecution Against Falun Gong

    Berlin Falun Gong practitioners erected an information booth at the Breitscheidplatz. The information booth was used to help more people learn about Falun Gong and the six years of persecution that practitioners have endured. Practitioners had the opportunity to have many good discussions with people of all ages who wanted to hear more about Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal for Support to Rescue Jiang Renzheng

    Though it was freezing cold on January 14th 2006, in order to expose the evil persecution of Falun Gong taking place in China, practitioners set up a table with leaflets and other materials in the southern city of Speyer. The persecution of Falun Gong, initiated by the Chinese Communist regime, began on July 20th 1999 and has lasted for six and a half years.
  • Germany: Collecting Signatures for the Rescue of Renzheng Jiang

    Mr Renzheng Jiang, his wife and two small children were deported to the Peoples Republic of China on March 7th 2005, because the German authorities did not believe that Falun Gong practitioners were in any danger in China. Barely a month after returning to China, Jiang was sentenced to three years in a slave labour camp located in Benxi City. By following the link here you can download a petition for with which one can appeal for Jiang's release and repatriation.
  • The European Coming for You Choir Arrives in Manhattan

    In recent days, members of the European “Coming for You” choir have been filing into Manhattan to take part in NTDTV’s 2006 Chinese New Year Gala held in New York. They came to give three performances at Radio City Music Hall on the 20th and the 21st of January. Western Falun Gong practitioners form the majority of the choir.
  • Germany: A Chinese Couple Warmly Shook his Hands

    " ... Mihai caught them up and started to talk to them in English. He told them what kind of people Falun Gong practitioners are, how the Communist dictatorship persecutes practitioners for believing in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance, why Falun Gong practitioners tell people the truth and all about the so-called "self-immolation in Tiananmen Square" directed by the CCP. The truth of Falun Gong was revealed. Finally, they shook him warmly by the hand and wished Falun Gong practitioners good luck and success."