Local Events

  • Finland: Telling the Facts and Gain Public Support for Ending the Persecution

    January 27, 2011, was a day of low temperatures and a strong north wind in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Braving the bitter cold, the Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held a candlelight vigil in front of the most popular city centre shopping mall, Stockman, to mourn those Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted to death in China.
  • Austria: Introducing Falun Dafa at a Health Expo

    Falun Dafa practitioners introduced Falun Dafa at a health expo in Graz, a cultural city in Austria, on January 8 and 9, 2011. The expo attracted 16,000 people, mostly from Steiermark. Practitioners set up a booth with Falun Dafa books and music CDs, and demonstrated the exercises in yellow costumes.
  • Austria: Exposing the CCP’s Atrocities on International Human Rights Day

    On December 10, 2010, International Human Rights Day, Falun Gong practitioners in Austria held an Information Day activity at the city centre of Altenmarkt, Salzburg. The event brought awareness to the locals and tourists from around the world about the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and called for an end to the CCP’s atrocities.
  • German People Condemn the CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong

    On December 10, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners from Dortmund, a city in the western part of Germany, held an Information Day activity in the city centre to tell travellers about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners’ human rights in China and to ask them to sign the petition condemning the CCP’s harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Poland: Practitioners Spread the Facts in the City of Coal

    On the weekend of December 11-12, 2010, a number of Falun Gong practitioners in Poland came to the southern city of Katowice to introduce Falun Gong to the public and to spread the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
  • Russia: Bringing the Grace of Falun Dafa to Moscow Retirees

    On December 12, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners gave a performance in a community centre in northwest Moscow. They performed traditional Chinese dances and distributed hand-made folded paper lotus flowers and flyers introducing Falun Dafa. The senior citizens and their family members enjoyed the graceful dancing and were appreciative of the practitioners' visit.
  • Germany: "This persecution is more than just a crime"

    Falun Dafa practitioners held an information day, raising awareness of the persecution in China. The exercise music for the sitting meditation flowed gently from a music player as practitioners demonstrated the easy to learn exercises of Falun Gong. Other practitioners were busy handing out flyers with the latest news and facts about the persecution to interested passersby.
  • Germany: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

    Practitioners recently organized information day events in the cities of Tubingen and Stuttgart. The purpose of the events was to display the beauty of Falun Dafa, expose the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution and organ harvesting atrocities, and support the millions of Chinese people who have withdrawn from the Communist Party.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Information Day Held in Erfurt

    On October 23, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners from the Tuebingen administrative division of Erfurt, Germany held an information activity day to introduce Falun Gong to the people there. Upon learning about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, people expressed their shock.
  • Spain: Spreading the Fa in Zaragoza

    From October 14 to 18, the local government of Zaragoza held a series of activities during the Nuestra Senora del Pilar Festival. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and displayed many photos. Many local citizens were interested in learning the exercises. People also signed the petition to express their support to Falun Gong after they learned about the persecution.
  • Germany: Telling the People of Freiburg about the Persecution Against Falun Gong

    Falun Gong practitioners in Germany and Switzerland gathered in Freiburg, Germany on October 23, 2010, to tell people the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong. Many passersby signed petitions condemning the persecution, and some expressed interest in learning the practice.
  • Austria: Falun Dafa Information Day in Linz

    On October 2, Falun Gong practitioners from Austria held a Falun Dafa Information Day in Linz to let people know about the benefits of Falun Gong and the human rights abuses inflicted on practitioners in China by the communist regime.
  • Bulgaria: Promoting Falun Gong in the Tourist Town of Varna

    Varna is a famous tourist town in Bulgaria. On September 11 and 12, local Falun Gong practitioners and others from Kosovo did group exercises in Varna and Bourgas. Practitioners hung up banners and set up a table for information materials. Some local citizens were attracted to the site so practitioners have set up exercise sites in Varna and Bourgas.
  • Belgium: Telling Chinese Tourists about the Persecution Against Falun Gong

    Every Saturday throughout the summer, Falun Gong practitioners from Belgium had a booth at the busiest spot in Brussels, passing out materials and talking to passersby about the benefits of practising Falun Gong. They also talked to people about the human rights abuses that the Chinese Communist Party is inflicting on Falun Gong.
  • Switzerland: Tourists and Residents in Lucerne Show Their Support for Falun Gong

    Lucerne is a renowned tourist destination in Switzerland. In the past six years, Falun Gong practitioners have been setting up an information table every month during the tourist season, helping tourists from around the world as well as local residents learn about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.