Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Sweden: Persecution of Falun Gong Highlighted at Human Rights Forum
2009-11-03On October 22, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) organised a human rights forum at the Swedish Parliament. The forum was hosted by Eva Selin Lindgren, Swedish Parliament member and vice chair of WILPF. Parliament representatives, China Experts, NGOs, and representatives from other persecuted groups attended the forum. -
Denmark: Spreading the Facts about Falun Gong in Hans Christian Andersen's Home Town
2009-11-02It is already chilly in October in Denmark. From October 15 to 17, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark held three days of activities in five cities on the Island of Fyn to raise awareness about the human rights abuses against the practice in China. Many people learned about Falun Gong by talking to practitioners or reading the posters and information material they displayed. -
Finland: Introducing Falun Dafa at a Health Expo in Helsinki
2009-10-31The twenty-seventh annual Spirit and Knowledge Expo was held in Helsinki, Finland in October 2009. More than two hundred groups participated in the Expo. Finland Falun Gong practitioners took part in the Expo by introducing Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) and its principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. -
Germany: "We Are with You, and We Support You"
2009-10-30From October 1 to 4 2009, Falun Gong practitioners held activities to support the movement to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organisations on the square in front of the Cologne Cathedral. After finding out the facts, many people signed their names to support stopping the persecution of Falun Gong and to support those who have withdrawn from the CCP. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Withdrawals from the CCP in London's Chinatown
2009-10-28October 1, 2009, was the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rise to power in China. The Service Centre for Quitting the CCP in London held activities in London's Chinatown to give out copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, to urge people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organisations, and to support the 61 million Chinese people that had already renounced the CCP. -
Sweden: "The CCP's Persecution has Promoted Falun Gong Worldwide!"
2009-10-27Sweden's largest health expo was held on October 10 and 11, 2009 in Solna, to the north of Stockholm. With miraculous healing power that improves mind and body, Falun Gong is very popular with the Swedish public. Each year the group is invited to demonstrate the exercises. -
United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Persecution at Manchester City Centre
2009-10-26On Saturday, October 17, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from northern England went to St. Anne's Square in Manchester to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many signed the petition supporting Falun Gong practitioners and wished that the persecution would end as soon as possible. Showing their support, some offered to buy hot tea for the practitioners. -
United Kingdom: Falun Dafa Practitioners Expose the Persecution in Sheffield City Centre
2009-10-25On Saturday October 10th 2009, several Falun Gong practitioners from the north of England went to the city centre of Sheffield to tell passersby about Falun Gong and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
Germany: "Please Tell Everybody about the Crimes in China"
2009-10-24A few tourists pointed at the leaflets exposing the CCP's live organ harvesting, saying that such important information should be passed to people all over the world as soon as possible. Someone pointed at the pictures exposing the persecution and asked, "Is this real?" After finding out that all of these were not only real, but also still happening and supported by the CCP, many people voiced their anger. -
Norwegian Political Leaders Receive the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
2009-10-20Ahead of Norway's general election, leaders of each party received a special gift – copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, which has been responsible for 60 million people in China quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The leaders said that this kind of information was very much needed. -
United Kingdom: Learning Falun Gong in Regent's Park, London
2009-10-19Several new participants arrived at the Regent's Park Falun Gong exercise site on a weekend in September. They had learned about the practice when practitioners held an informational activity and were so interested that they came to learn the exercises. When one lady was asked how she felt after trying Falun Gong for the first time she said emotionally, "Very good. I felt very good, very happy. It's very easy to learn and I believe it's very good for me." -
United Kingdom: Spreading the Truth at the Northern End of the UK
2009-10-16Falun Gong practitioner Yuyu Williamson made use of her holiday with her family in Shetland at the northernmost end of the UK to tell the people there about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and that Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted for following the principles of “Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance”. -
Germany: Public Condemns the Chinese Communist Regime Atrocities During Event at Cologne Cathedral
2009-10-15On September 5, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from the renowned city of Cologne, Germany and surrounding areas held an activity in front of the Cologne Cathedral. The practitioners displayed banners supporting the withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party and exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. -
United Kingdom: People Learn about Falun Gong and the Persecution at St. Martin's Place
2009-10-13September 12, 2009 was a Saturday, so Falun Gong practitioners once again went to St. Martin's Place in the centre of London to hold an activity, hand out leaflets about the goodness of Falun Dafa and exposing the CCP's brutal persecution. Many people condemned the CCP's brutality, and supported Falun Gong's opposition to the persecution. -
Germany: Falun Gong Warmly Welcomed at Lunen's Anniversary Celebration
2009-10-12From September 9 to 13, 2009, Lunen, a small northern town in Nodrhein-Westfalen, Germany, celebrated its 30th anniversary. The anniversary celebration drew around 100,000 people from the town and surrounding cities. This was the fourth time that practitioners from the nearby city of Dortmund took part in the festival to introduce Falun Gong to the people there.