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  • Spain: Mainstream Media Focus on Organ Harvesting

    On November 30th, David Kilgour, coauthor of the Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China, visited Spain. The report has attracted widespread attention from Spanish media. Mr Kilgour held a press conference in Madrid, and nearly twenty media outlets including all the prominent Spanish media attended.
  • Germany: Promoting the 'Nine Commentaries' at Cologne Cathedral

    For more than six years, there have been Falun Gong practitioners distributing information about Falun Gong and the persecution outside Cologne Cathedral. During the past year practitioners have focussed on promoting the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party” (an editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper) to tourists from Mainland China visiting the cathedral and encouraging them to withdraw from the CCP and its associated organisations.
  • Ireland: All Sections of Irish Society are Concerned about the CCP Organ Harvesting

    In response to Irish Senator Joe O’Toole’s invitation, Mr. David Kilgour, the Canadian Ex-Secretary of State (Asia -Pacific) visited Ireland on November 23rd, 2006. During his visit, Mr. Kilgour delivered a speech to the Foreign Affairs Joint Committee of the Irish Parliament and met the Irish Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Moylan. The two sides had a useful conversation.
  • Czech Republic: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution to the People of Zlin

    At the end of October, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners visited Zlin in the Czech Republic to raise awareness of the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. Many citizens of Zlin came by and showed compassion for the present situation in China where it is illegal to live according to the principles of truthfulness, compassion, tolerance. Falun Dafa has been banned and persecuted for seven years in China. Falun Gong practitioners are horrifically persecuted and tortured for their beliefs. Lately it has been shown that they are also victims of organ harvesting for profit.
  • Ireland: Car Tour Through Northern Ireland to Expose the Persecution

    From November 13th, several Falun Gong practitioners from Ireland, England and Scotland set out on a week-long car tour. The tour through the six counties of Northern Ireland was to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The tour also exposed the Chinese Communist Party's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Leipzig

    The most important annual western festival, Christmas, is around the corner, people in Leipzig City have become busy preparing for the festival. Since November the 25th happened to fall on a Saturday, the gloomy weather didn’t affect people’s passion for shopping. In particular, the busy shopping area in the city centre was crowded with busy people. At this busy business centre, Falun Dafa practitioners once again set up an information booth to present residents in Leipzig City with something valuable as their Christmas gift.
  • United Kingdom: Cambridge Parade to Promote Freedom in China

    A parade was coordinated by local Chinese residents to celebrate the fifteen million people who have renounced the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The “Quit the CCP” movement was sparked when The Epoch Times newspaper published its award-winning series: “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party”, an expose of the Communist Party’s brutal history.
  • Germany: Exposing the CCP's Trade in Organs Harvested from Living Falun Gong Practitioners

    On November 18th, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany and Austria staged a rally in downtown Munich, Germany. The purpose of the activities was to support fifteen million Chinese people quitting the CCP, and to expose the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, its atrocities against the Chinese people as well as its destruction of ancient Chinese culture.
  • Czech Republic: Exposing the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong to the People of Prague

    November 17th, 2006, was the Seventh Anniversary of the Czech Communist Party’s dissolution. On this day, Czech Falun Gong practitioners took the opportunity to hold a series of activities to introduce Falun Gong and expose the persecution of the practice by the CCP in China.
  • Slovakia: David Kilgour Informs MPs from the Slovak Parliament about Organ Harvesting in China

    David Kilgour, former Canadian State Secretary (Asia Pacific), visited Slovakia in order to publicise his investigation into organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese prisons. In the morning he met with the leadership of the Committee for human rights, other minorities and the women of the Slovak parliament. The subsequent press conference for the Slovak media was attended by both Slovak press agencies and national TV.
  • Germany: People Come One After Another to Learn Falun Gong

    In addition to learning the five sets of exercises, people also learned about the characteristics of Falun Gong, which emphasises a big change in mentality. When the learners heard that Falun Gong had been banned in China and that practitioners were brutally mistreated, they all thought it was unbelievable and asked for the reason. The assistant told them that it is because the Communist Party upholds Falseness, Wickedness, and Competitiveness, and cannot tolerate “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.
  • United Kingdom: "Friends of Falun Gong" Student Society at Bristol University Takes Part in Freshers Fair

    On October 5th and 6th, the Student Society ‘‘Friends of Falun Gong’’ at Bristol University participated in the 2006 Fresher’s Fair. Many Chinese students came to our table and we told them how we had benefited from practising Falun Gong. Some encouraged us to continue to practise, some of them read the information we provided. There were also some who did not dare to take leaflets.
  • Sweden: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Stockholm

    Since the CCP began to persecute Falun Gong, especially after it staged the 'self-immolation' on Tiananmen Square, some Swedish people have also misunderstood Falun Gong. On November 18th, Falun Gong practitioners went to the central square in the district of Vallingby, in northern Stockholm, to tell people the true story of Falun Gong.
  • Belgium: The Beauty of Falun Dafa Becomes Well Known

    Falun Gong practitioners attended the fair and their activity of "folding paper Lotus flowers" was well received. Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises on the central stage every day wearing golden exercise suits. By joining the exercise demonstration on the stage, he wanted to show people the beauty of Falun Dafa.
  • United Kingdom: Mayor of Cambridge Compliments Falun Gong Practitioners on their Contribution to the Community

    Falun Gong practitioners were invited to take part in the Cambridge Multiculture and Sports Festival. In the festival, practitioners showed local residents what Falun Gong is and informed them about the persecution by the Communist regime in China. The Mayor of Cambridge complimented Falun Gong practitioners on their contribution to the community.