Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Belgium: Introducing Falun Gong at a School in Brussels

    On the morning of Thursday June the 24th, we explained to the children how to be a good person according to the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness,Compassion and Tolerance, and we demonstrated the exercises and exposed the evil persecution in mainland China by means of a slide show, which told the story of little Fadu.
  • UK: Introducing Falun Dafa in Leeds

    On June the 19th 2004, a group of Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Leeds city centre to introduce Falun Dafa and tell people about the campaign of genocide that is being waged against practitioners in China. Many people enquired about Falun Gong and many immediately wrote down the details of local practise sites and expressed wishes to come and learn the exercises.
  • Morning Exercise Practise before the Experience Sharing Conference in Vienna

    Before the 2004 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Vienna, in the early morning of June 20th, about 150 of the conference attendees gathered to practise the Falun Gong exercises together. The scene was reminiscent of China before the persecution when people would gather together in the mornings to practise before work.
  • UK: Introducing Falun Gong at a Festival in Glasgow

    As the biggest city in Scotland, Glasgow holds an annual festival and invites different ethnic groups to participate in the activities to display the cultural diversity of Glasgow. This year Falun Gong was invited to take part in the festival, being symbolic of Chinese culture, and took the opportunity to let people know that the PLA has been invited to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
  • Italy: 'Lotus Flowers' in Full Bloom on Great Paradise Mountain

    On Valsavarenche Vale, 2,000 kilometres above sea level, Falun Gong practitioners joined the "Healing of Mother Earth" event at the invitation of the "Where Eagles Fly" Association. Afterwards, Anna, the activity organiser, expressed her gratitude to practitioners: “We will never forget the picture of these lotus flowers in full bloom on this snow-crested mountain.”
  • Spain: Introducing Falun Dafa and Revealing the Persecution in Catalonia (2): Attending the Spring Festival in Gav

    While everyone was sitting in meditation, a team of reporters from a local TV station arrived. When the reporters discovered that it was Falun Gong, one of them said, “Yes, Falun Dafa. I know about Falun Gong, and I saw in the newspaper about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. It seems to be a very peaceful and quiet practise though.”
  • Russia: Moscow Residents Learn About Falun Dafa During a Celebration Hosted by the United Nations Refugee Council

    June 20th 2004 was World Refugee Day. The office of the United Nations Refugee Council in Moscow organised an outdoor celebration activity in the city’s Youth Palace and Falun Gong took part, distributing leaflets and demonstrating the exercises. Many people readily came to learn the truth about Falun Gong. The organiser of the programme said happily to practitioners, “It is such a wonderful cultivation way; I must learn it. Could you give me more materials so that I can share them with my friends and we could learn together.”
  • Fadu in Sweden (2): Appealing for the Children of Falun Dafa Practitioners Being Persecuted in China

    With only a few simple words and sentences, as well as hand-folded lotus flowers and peaceful Falun Gong exercises, Fadu appealed to Swedish children to assist in stopping the persecution of Falun Gong in China, and to rescue the children of the Falun Gong practitioners who are subjected to tremendous suffering.
  • 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.
  • 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.