Local Events

  • Switzerland: Commemorating April 25 in Berne

    On April 28, Falun Gong practitioners in Switzerland held an activity at the Rose Garden, a famous tourist spot in Berne, to let people know about Falun Gong and expose the 13-year-long persecution to the public. Many tourists were shocked by the brutality of the persecution. Some of them were interested in learning the exercises.
  • Finland: Introducing Dafa and Exposing the Persecution in Helsinki

    Practitioners in Helsinki, Finland gathered at the central railway station on December 31, 2011, to expose the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and to call for people to work together to bring an end to the persecution in China.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Expose the Persecution at a Conference Held by “Support Human Rights in China” Organization

    On December 11, 2011, one day after International Human Rights Day, Sweden's Support Human Rights in China (SHRIC) organization held a conference on Fair Trade at the Stockholm Convention Centre. At the same time, it set up a booth at the Fair Trade Christmas Market to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) crimes of suppressing human rights and to remind people that many hand-made products exported from China to Europe and the U.S. were manufactured by prisoners of conscience held in forced labour camps.
  • Poland: Introducing Falun Dafa in Kielce

    On November 26, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Kielce, a 900-year-old historic city in Southeast Poland, to introduce Falun Gong to the local people. It was very chilly with a cold breeze blowing when the practitioners arrived in downtown Kielce on a Sunday morning.
  • Italy: Exposing the CCP's Human Rights Abuses in Chinatown, Prato

    The city of Prato, Italy, hosts one of the largest Chinese communities in Europe. In the summertime practitioners assemble in the park on Colombo Street, where Chinese people often gather for social activities. Practitioners display a Falun Gong banner, hand out materials, and practice the five exercises.
  • Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Collect Signatures on International Human Rights Day

    December 4, 2011 was International Human Rights Day. Falun Gong practitioners from Rovanieni, Finland, took this opportunity to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China to the public. They collected signatures in support of Falun Gong and called upon Finnish people to help stop the persecution.
  • Germany: Practitioners Hold Activities to Raise Awareness about Falun Gong in Wiesbaden

    On Saturday, November 12, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners in Germany held an "Information Day" event in Wiesbaden, raising awareness about Falun Dafa and exposing the CCP’s twelve-year long, brutal persecution. Despite the cold, many stopped to sign the petition, take materials and ask questions about Falun Dafa. Many wanted to know where they could learn the practice.
  • Finland: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong and the Persecution in Rovaniemi

    Rovaniemi, the capital of Northern Finland, hosted the annual “Children's Rights Day” on November 19, 2011. Local people came to downtown in groups of two or three, because Santa Claus comes to meet with children every year this time. At the same time, local Falun Gong practitioners held activities to raise people's awareness about the ongoing persecution in China.
  • Germany: Activities Held to Support the 104 Million Chinese People Who Quit the CCP

    On October 22, practitioners in Munich held an activity at Marienplatz in downtown to support the 104 million Chinese people who have renounced the CCP and its affiliated organisations. They also raised awareness about Falun Gong and the CCP's crimes committed in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, and encouraged more Chinese people to withdraw from the CCP.
  • United Kingdom: Local Citizens Support Falun Gong in Birmingham

    On October 8, 2011, Falun gong practitioners set up an information desk in downtown Birmingham. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and exposed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 12-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong. A lot of people signed a petition to support Falun Gong. Some of them expressed their wish to learn Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Support for Falun Gong at an Information Day in Mainz

    On October 15, Falun Gong practitioners in Mainz held an “Information Day” to share the beauty of Falun Gong with local people and visitors and let them know about the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of the practice, which has lasted over 12 years. After learning the truth about Falun Gong, people signed to support practitioners' efforts to end the persecution.
  • Spain: Falun Gong Group Introduces the Practice at a Health Expo in Altea

    On October 1 and 2, 2011, an annual EcoAltea health expo was held in Altea. During the expo, the Falun Gong booth was warmly welcomed by local residents. According to the arrangement of the expo, practitioners offered an introductory Falun Gong exercise class at 7 p.m on October 1. Several dozen people came to learn the practice.
  • Finland: Practitioners Participate in Health Expo for Tenth Consecutive Year

    Finland's annual Health and Knowledge Expo was held on October 8-9, 2011 at Suomen Yhteiskoulu (a high school) in Helsinki. The expo draws many visitors each year, most of whom are interested in faith and spirituality. Falun Gong practitioners in Finland have participated in the event for ten consecutive years.
  • France: Practitioners in Paris Expose the Chinese Communist Regime's Human Rights Atrocities

    The French Falun Dafa Association and the French division of The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) were invited to an event on the square in front of City Hall in Paris to expose the Chinese Communist regime's unprecedented brutal atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Take Part in “Human Rights Awareness Day” in Bremen

    On September 10, 2011, 25 organisations, including practitioners representing Falun Gong, participated in “human rights awareness day” in Bremen. They set up an information table at Bremen Town Centre Plaza, exposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 12-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa).