Local Events

  • Croatia: Introducing Falun Gong at the Zagreb International Autumn Fair

    Croatian practitioners introduced Falun Gong to people attending the second International Expo for Alternative and Healthy Living, a part of the Zagreb International Autumn Fair, on September 14-18, 2011. The practitioners spoke to visitors about Falun Gong, explaining to them the principles of cultivating body and mind.
  • Italy: Raising Awareness about the Persecution at Annual Peace Walk

    On September 25, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the annual peace walk from Perugia to Assisi, Italy. Practitioners took the opportunity to introduce the goodness of Falun Gong and inform people of the persecution taking place in China. Many Italian people lined up to sign the petition to express their righteous support for Falun Gong.
  • Poland: People Learn Falun Gong at Katowice Health Expo

    From September 15 to 17, 2011, the 34th annual Autumn Health Expo opened at the Municipal Cultural Centre in the southern city of Katowice, Poland. This is the fourth consecutive year that practitioners in Poland participated in the expo. Countless participants stopped at the booth to learn about Falun Gong.
  • Finland: Practitioners Raise Awareness about the Persecution at the Capital, People Show Support

    Practitioners in Finland set up an information table at the Helsinki Central Railway Station on October 1, 2011 to introduce Falun Gong and raise people's awareness about the 12-year brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). People who learned the facts expressed their righteous support.
  • Finland: Exposing the Persecution at Helsinki Central Station

    On September 17, 2011, a clear autumn day with crisp air, Falun Gong practitioners set up a table at the square in front of the Helsinki Central Railway Station. The practitioners also put up display boards and banners. Many people stopped to view the displays, and some signed the petition to protest the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
  • Germany: Raising Awareness about Falun Gong at “China Festival” in Dusseldorf

    On Saturday, September 17, 2011, Falun Dafa practitioners in Dusseldorf participated in the “China Festival” celebrations in the city centre, which included dragon dances and other performances. Not only many local Germans, but also many Chinese in Germany came to the event, making it a good chance to reach more people with the truth about Falun Gong.
  • Austria: Introducing Falun Dafa at an Art Show in Graz

    The location of the Falun Gong booth was perfect—people could see it from every spot on the square. Practitioners hung up a “The World Needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” banner. An Austrian gentleman said to the practitioners, “It is great that you are trying to change the world in a peaceful way.”
  • United Kingdom: London Rally Marks 100 Million Chinese People Quitting the Chinese Communist Party Organisations

    On September 10, 2011, the UK Service Centre for Quitting the CCP, the UK Alliance of Quitting the CCP, along with other groups, held a rally in London's Chinatown. The event was to celebrate over 100 million Chinese people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations, and to call on more Chinese people to join the movement.
  • Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Expose the Brutal Persecution

    September 3 marked Police Day in Finland. Falun Gong practitioners took this chance to hold an activity at the train station plaza in Helsinki, exposing the 12-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. They set up display boards and passed out information to the public. They also demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises.
  • Russia: Practitioners Take Part in Moscow City Day Activities

    Moscow City Day was held on the first weekend of September 2011. Falun Gong practitioners participated in this event with several activities over the course of the weekend. They demonstrated the five sets of exercises in the gymnasium at Moscow State Technical University and performed traditional Chinese dances.
  • Spain: Falun Gong Activities at Madrid's Plaza del Callao Draw Support

    On September 3, practitioners in Spain held a group practice at the famous Plaza del Callao in Madrid to promote Falun Dafa and raise awareness about the persecution in China. The practitioners demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, which attracted many tourists and local residents, and many of them either videotaped or photographed the event.
  • Germany: Practitioners Help Celebrate Children's Day in Bremen

    On August 21, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners took part in the celebration of Children’s Day in Bremen, Germany. This is the largest festival for children in Northern Germany, and about 50,000 people came to the event in People's Park. In the event, Falun Gong practitioners set up a booth and showed children how to fold paper lotus flowers.
  • Slovakia: Practitioners Tour Cities with a Petition Opposing the Persecution of Falun Gong

    Falun Gong practitioners held a one-week tour of Slovak cities with a petition opposing the persecution in China. The practitioners visited Bratislava, Piestany, Zilina, Ruzomberok, Liptovsky Mikulas, Spisska Nova Ves, and Poprad. The petition was a request to Slovak state officials to raise the question of the persecution of Falun Gong in China in negotiations with Chinese delegations.
  • Italy: Falun Dafa Takes Root in Rome

    Every summer, residents in Rome hold activities in the garden of Castle Sant'Angelo, located at the west bank of the Tiber River. On July 13, 2011, the government of the 17th District in Rome held a forum “Religions and Non-Religions in Italy” in the garden and invited Falun Gong practitioners to participate.
  • Poland: Signature Collection in Wroclaw to Protest the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On July 9 and 10, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners from Poland gathered in Wroclaw City and introduced Falun Dafa to the local people. Wroclaw is the fourth largest city in southwest Poland. Before World War II, Wroclaw was famous as both a commercial and industrial city as well as a culturally German city.