Local Events

  • Germany: The First Information Day Held in Vilshofen City

    On 4th December 2004, Falun Gong practitioners from Vilshofen city held an information day to let people know what Falun Gong is and the truth about the persecution. People wanted to know what’s happening, and why Falun Gong practitioners are suffering such a brutal persecution.
  • Russia: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Moscow City Centre

    The activities on Saturday were held in the centre of the city, which was crowded with people. Over two thousand flyers in Chinese and Russian were given out within three hours. As practitioners spoke to people one-on-one, those who came to know the truth signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution.
  • Turkey: Stories of New Practitioners

    A new practitioner is a CEO of a bank. She likes Falun Dafa very much, and she took the initiative to call me after she heard about Dafa from a practitioner friend of mine. She also brought several friends to learn the exercises. Because it is quite cold outside now, she has offered the living room of her house as a practice site.
  • Turkey: Turkish People Warmly Welcome Falun Gong

    After holding activities in Ankara, Falun Gong practitioners were once again invited by the Market Manager to promote Falun Gong. Many people had heard about Falun Gong after the previous activities and had been asking the Market Manager to invite practitioners back, saying that they wanted to know more about Falun Gong.
  • Sweden: Exposing the Persecution Against Falun Gong in Gothenburg City Centre

    Between the 17th and19th of December, practitioners held activities in the centre of Gothenburg. After finding out that over 1,100 Falun Gong practitioners have lost their lives in the five-year campaign of genocide happening in China, many people came forward on their own initiative to sign the petition calling for an end to these human rights abuses.
  • Spain: Falun Gong gets a Big Welcome at the National Health Expo

    From the 4th to the 7th of November, at the 20th National Health Exposition held in Madrid, the Falun Gong stall attracted many people from all over the country in all professions. Many people came to Falun Dafa’s exhibition table to ask for information or to watch and learn the exercises. The “Introduction to Falun Dafa” meeting got a big welcome from all the visitors.
  • Germany: Appealing Against the Persecution on World Human Rights Day in Frankfurt

    Practitioners gathered on World Human Rights Day to appeal to the Chinese Government to stop the persecution against Falun Gong. A large number of passers-by signed a petition calling for the immediate release of Xu Youlin, mother of a German practitioner who is being detained in Beijing’s Female Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong.
  • Sweden: Falun Gong at Gothenburg's Way of Life and Health Expo

    The Falun Gong display attracted lots of people. They came to the booth one by one and signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution. A reporter from a local radio station interviewed a practitioner, mainly about the benefit that Falun Gong can bring to people’s minds and moral character, as well as the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun gong practitioners.
  • Turkey: Exposing the Persecution on World Human Rights Day

    On World Human Rights Day, I promoted Falun Gong and told people about the persecution against the practice in Ankara city centre. I set up a display booth with photos of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured by the Chinese authorities because they refuse to renounce their beliefs. Local people were very supportive.
  • Russia: World Human Rights Day Appeal in St. Petersburg

    World Human Rights Day on December the 10th saw Russian practitioners gather in the centre of St. Petersburg to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. People were very interested to listen to practitioners’ explanation of the facts about Falun Gong and many wanted information on their local practice sites where they can learn the exercises for free.
  • Sweden: Practitioners hold an Anti-Torture Poster Exhibition in Stockholm

    On the 11th of December, Swedish practitioners held an anti-torture picture exhibition outside the Parliament building in Stockholm to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong. Hundreds of people gladly accepted flyers and continually stopped to look at the pictures and read the information translated into both English and Chinese.
  • Czech Republic: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong on World Human Rights Day

    On Saturday the 11th of December, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the centre of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, to raise awareness about the five-year campaign of genocide against the practice. Many people stopped to read the posters and asked questions such as, “Why do they persecute you?”
  • Sweden: Annual Falun Gong Presentation is a Favourite with Students of Dalarna College

    According to the teacher the lecture by Falun Gong practitioners is one of the most appreciated events on the course. The practitioners showed a video of the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong. The students heard how the human rights of practitioners have been abused for the last five years under orders from former communist chief Jiang Zemin.
  • Germany: Joint Activites with the International Society for Human Rights on World Human Rights Day

    On World Human Rights Day, December the 10th, the Munich branch of the International Society for Human Rights and German Falun Gong Practitioners held activities at the square in front of the National Theatre to call on German society to pay attention to China's human rights situation and put an end to the atrocities launched by Jiang Zemin and his Communist regime.
  • Finland: On World Human Rights Day, Falun Gong Practitioners held an Anti-Torture Picture Exhibition in Helsinki

    The 10th of December was World Human Rights Day. Helsinki Falun Gong practitioners went to the city centre to raise awareness about the cruel persecution in China. Widespread human rights abuse has been happening there for the last five years against people who practise Falun Gong and follow the principles of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.