Falun Dafa practitioners took part in the ECO-Therapeutica Beurs in the city of Leuven. Practitioners constructed a beautiful stand decorated with giant Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) characters and a couple of dozen pictures of Falun Gong practitioners peacefully appealing for the end of the persecution.

After studying the display of pictures depicting the Chinese Communist Party's trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners, Ms Krunn, a Catholic, told a reporter, "It is impossible for this kind of thing to happen if human nature still exists. It is only because there is no belief in people’s mind, that this kind of thing could happen".

On a wet and dreary Sunday, four practitioners from Yorkshire were invited to participate in ‘Peace Jam’, an event held in Bradford University. Peace Jam is an international peace education programme that works with Nobel Peace Laureates to educate youngsters, aged between thirteen and seventeen years old in foundations of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

Turkish Falun Gong practitioners went to Mersin University to introduce Falun Gong and explain the facts about the persecution the practice has suffered in China to teachers and students. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and exposed the Chinese communist regime’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong to passing teachers and students.

Falun Gong practitioners in Russia held a workshop to introduce Falun Dafa in Pjatigorsk Medical School, a secondary specialised school which trains medical staff. Its curriculum offers courses on how morality affects health. After Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the leaders of the school, the leaders decided to introduce Falun Gong to the students.

“Falun Gong has been acknowledged and accepted in many countries around the world. In France, some organisations have understood Falun Gong, but many people and media have yet to really understand Falun Gong at present. We don’t know why the Chinese regime would regard this absolutely harmless spiritual movement based on the universal principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” as a threat to the nation and perpetrate the cruel persecution against it. We are against all the atrocities of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners."

Practitioners in Finland set up a display of photographs and posters to inform local people about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. During the activity practitioners distributed leaflets and other information, talked with passersby and collected signatures for a petition calling for an end to the vicious persecution of this wholly peaceful spiritual practice.

The Cambridge Falun Dafa group were invited to the "Big Chill" student event at Cambridge University on Sunday, March 4th. The event was held in King's College and intended to introduce students to relaxing alternatives to help reduce stress. Many students were interested to hear about Falun Dafa and watch the exercise demonstrations.

In order to help people see the evil nature of the Chinese Communist regime and awaken people’s conscience, for about a month now Falun Gong practitioners in Moscow have used every Saturday to go to the Chinese Embassy and expose the atrocity of the Chinese Communist regime’s harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for lucrative profits.

On February 17th 2007, Russian Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the business centre of Petrozavodsk, a city in northern Russia, despite the chilly weather and blizzards, to tell people about the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution against Falun Gong, as well as expose the vile regime’s atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners for profit. Reporters from a local TV Station and a cable TV station interviewed the practitioners.

In order to raise people’s awareness and attention to the persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Helen went to Aberdeen on 21st February 2007. This was one stop on her journey around Scotland to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong through talking about her own experiences.

Practitioners from Helsinki displayed banners, photos and posters on the pavement in front of Helsinki train station to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s seven years of persecution against Falun Gong in China. They particularly wanted to raise the awareness about the atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners and selling them to transplant seekers.

From January 20th to 27th and on February 3rd 2007, practitioners in St. Petersburg held activities to raise awareness about the persecution against Falun Gong in China, exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. People were shocked by the CCP’s crimes.

On the evening of the 10th of February 2007, four Falun Gong practitioners from Tomsk in Russia drove to the nearby city of New Siberia to distribute material to local Chinese people. From 1st of April 2007, foreign retailers will be completely banned from trading in Russia. With this in mind, practitioners in Tomsk wanted to deliver the latest edition of The Epoch Times into their hands before the Chinese went home for the New Year en mass. They would learn the latest news about quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliate associations. These precious Chinese people were given yet another chance to learn the truth and to withdraw from the evil party.

On February 11th, a large-scale ski tournament was held in Siberia’s Irkutsk city. Several Falun Gong practitioners went to the ski resort and distributed fliers to tens of thousands of people, letting them know what Falun Gong is and about how the practice is being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party.

On January 27th, a group of Falun Gong practitioners in Stockholm and some volunteers from Swedish branches of the CCP Withdrawal Centre held an activity in Victory Square in the city centre. They exposed the CCP harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, encouraging the public to stop the unprecedented atrocity happening in China now.

On the 3rd of February 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Ukraine organised an activity in the city of Khmelnytskyi to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s atrocity of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. When practitioners arrived at the activity site, many people gathered around even before they finished setting up their banners and display boards.

Practitioners talked to the public about the ongoing brutal persecution of Falun Gong. They also handed out flyers and collected petition signatures. After learning the truth, an English lady said: “How could they persecute you like this? What has the British government done? You should write to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and let them know about this persecution.”

Practitioners in Munich's Marienplatz Square campaigned to support 18 million people withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party, drawing the attention of locals and tourists alike. People read the posters that exposed the persecution of Falun Gong. They were shocked at what the CCP are doing, especially with regard to harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

On the weekend of January 13th & 14th, in the town of Skierniewice and the city of Warsaw, a group of Falun Gong practitioners organised activities to let local people know about Falun Gong and the persecution in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Polish practitioners were joined by practitioners from other European countries.

Every January, the World Economic Forum is held in Davos. Since 2003, Falun Gong practitioners have gone there every year to tell people about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) cruel persecution against Falun Gong. This year, the event was aimed at exposing the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

The annual retreat for practitioners throughout Germany took place from the 27th to the 30th of December 2006. Although many people were busy with important activities, more than 150 practitioners participated. They all wanted to take part in the experience sharing, reading the Falun Gong books together and practising the exercises.

On 18th January, German Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful protest at the Chinese Communist Party Consulate in Frankfurt. They had banners stating “Stop Persecuting Falun Gong”, “Stop Live Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners” “Renounce the Chinese Communist Party to guarantee peace”.

Falun Gong practitioners from Lerum City gathered in the square at the train station to mark the fifth anniversary of Lerum City’s Falun Gong Day by demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises and explaining the facts about the persecution in China to the general public. They also held the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance Painting Exhibition” at a city gallery.

In the autumn of 2003, Sammie, a Chinese girl, was admitted to Manchester University. She was only sixteen then and had lived in the UK for only a year and a half. Before arriving in the UK, Sammie and her mother had begun to practise a traditional method of self-cultivation in China called Falun Gong. Although Sammie and countless other Chinese people from all walks of life benefited enormously from the practice, the CCP banned Falun Gong in 1999.

On February 2nd, practitioners gathered at a government building in Bratislava. They intended to ask the Prime Minister to bring up the issue of human rights and the persecution of Falun Gong during his visit to China on the 5th. The practitioners also submitted to the government an official petition with more than 3,000 signatures, asking for an end to the persecution.

In order to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, six Singapore Falun Gong practitioners distributed leaflets about the persecution, as well as information in support of the many millions of withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party, on a busy road in Singapore on October 23rd, 2005.

Falun Gong practitioners showed the film "Sandstorm" in two cities. The film exposes the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. A daily newspaper reported the activity and the article also mentioned the CCP's atrocity of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. The movie “Sandstorm” is an independent film produced in Canada, which depicts the torture and abuse suffered by a Falun Gong practitioner in China. This movie has received many prizes around the world. Falun Gong practitioners hope that by showing the movie, more people could learn about the persecution taking place in China.

Falun Gong practitioners visited the city of Dunajska Streda, a small town in south-west Slovakia. Although it was initially snowing heavily, gradually it stopped and passers-by would stop before practitioners performing the exercises to read information posters about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Many were concerned upon learning about the situation and took the initiative to sign the petition.

Practitioners presented a letter from the Danish Falun Gong Association to the Singaporean Ambassador to Denmark, Arne Simonsen, to protest against the trial of six Falun Gong practitioners who are being prosecuted on the charge of assembly without a permit. They urgently called on the Singaporean government to revoke the illegal accusations.

The volunteers and Falun Gong practitioners distributed leaflets exposing the CCP's crimes, its cruel persecution of Falun Gong and the atrocity of killing practitioners for their organs. After reading the leaflets and the posters displayed, some people requested more information and they said, ‘Thank you and well done’ to practitioners. Some asked if they could do anything to help. Many others signed the petition to support practitioners.

Practitioners took part in a Hobby Market in Hasselt. As well as demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises, practitioners wrote visitors' names in Chinese characters and held an activity in which people could sit together and fold paper lotus flowers. Both were extremely popular and provided an opportunity to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Groups representing the Finnish Service Centre for Quitting the CCP, The Epoch Times newspaper and Falun Gong came to Helsinki’s central train station. They came to support seventeen million Chinese people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and exhibited photographs exposing the CCP’s tyranny in China.

On January 13th, Swiss practitioners held an Information Day at the Parade Platz in Zurich to let more people know about the on-going brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. In the past year or so, local practitioners have been holding events of this kind once a month. Many people learned about the benefits of practising of Falun Dafa as well as the ongoing brutal persecution happening in China. The practitioners will continue to hold events of this kind till the persecution is stopped.

I was told that the Lanzhou Song and Dance Troupe is going to perform in Europe. As the title of the show, “Grand Dream of Dunhuang Grotto” is very attractive, I was anxious to visit the Troupe’s website and did so with high expectations. On the website, I was shocked to find the highlighted caption: “Grand Dream of Dunhuang Grotto, an entirely different and anti-traditional dance drama.” As the historic story was thoroughly twisted, I was very disappointed after reading the introduction and I no longer wanted to see this anti-traditional “Grand Dream of Dunhuang Grotto.”

On December 27th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from different parts of Greece made a tour by car to the villages of Pelion Mountain. The aim was to expose the crimes of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. We were moved and encouraged by people’s reactions and response after talking to us.

From December 27th, 2006, to January 1st,2007, more than 160 European celestial orchestra members came from more than ten European countries and gathered in Paris in groups to take part in collective training for the first time. It made its debut in public for the first time as the European Celestial Orchestra when it performed at the Paris Parade Festival.

On Friday November 17th, just under a hundred human rights activists from the Czech Republic, as well as concerned people from all over the world traveled to Prague to take part in a rally and protest march. They brought attention to “large scale forcible organ harvesting” from the prisoners of conscience in China today.

On December 16th, 2006, practitioners from Kiev held an activity in Independence Square to let local people know about the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. The activity attracted many passers-by, who stopped to watch and find out more about the practice and the persecution.

From December 15th to December 25th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners met in Ankara to study the principles of Falun Dafa and practise the Falun Gong exercises together. It was the ninth meeting of its kind and was attended by many people. Over one hundred and sixty copies of Zhuan Falun (the main text of Falun Dafa) in Turkish have been sold since December 2006

During the 2007 New Year break, Falun Gong practitioners in Russia and some practitioners from Ukraine, Czech Republic and Sweden held three days of activities in St Petersburg. They studied the principles of Falun Gong together, shared their cultivation experiences and organised activities to let people know the truth about Falun Gong.

This year was the 21st New Year’s Day Parade in London and Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the festivities. Along the way of the parade, practitioners gave the spectators a New Year’s gift, an exquisite folded paper lotus flower. Introductory information about Falun Gong was printed on bookmarks attached to every flower.

Practitioners from Hungary and Slovakia decided to spend the first of January, 2007, in Budapest’s Blaha Lujza Square, conducting an activity to expose the persecution of Falun Gong. They erected ifnormation boards with information about Falun Gong, the persecution and the Kilgour-Matas report on China’s harvesting of Falun Gong practitioner’s organs. Although the weather was rainy, many people came to read the information boards and happily took a flyer.

On the last day of 2006 and the first day of 2007, the European Divine Land Marching Band, consisting of one hundred and sixty Falun Gong practitioners, performed in Paris. In four parades, the band's performance helped to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China and was met with a warm welcome wherever it went.

On December 10th, 2006, International Human Rights Day, Ukrainian practitioners held activities to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. They talked with the local people about Falun Gong and the CCP human rights abuses, and also collected petition signatures for two Chinese practitioners in Ukraine who were seeking asylum.

Between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, Hungarian Falun Dafa practitioners held activities in Budapest’s Blaha Lujza Square to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners took turns in demonstrating the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, which contrasted well with the scenes of persecution depcited on the information boards.

On December 31st, 2006, the French Falun Gong Association held two grand parades. Through the performances of the Divine Land Marching Band and traditional-style Chinese dancers and drummers, Falun Gong practitioners not only showed local residents the magnificence of Falun Gong, but they also brought a happy surprise to them during the festival.

On December 10th, 2006, Austrian Falun Gong practitioners organised an activity in the famous tourist city of Salzburg to raise awareness about the horrible seven year persecution of Falun Gong practitioner by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many passersby signed the petition condemning the persecution.

On January 1st 2007, UK Falun Gong Practitioners were again invited to take part in London’s New Year’s Day Parade. This year, for a change, the weather was gloriously sunny and as a result, the streets from Whitehall to Mayfair were thronged with onlookers from all over the world. As usual, the reaction of the crowd was warm. Many people got to learn about Falun Gong and witnessed the beauty of the practice through this parade.

David Kilgour spoke during a November the 21st 2006 press conference on human rights, arranged by the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR-IgfM) in Vienna, about the unimaginable human rights violations happening in China. Kilgour presented an investigative report that details organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China.