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  • Finland: Mourning Fellow Practitioners

    On January 27, 2009, at Helsinki railway station, practitioners lit candles and hung banners with messages including “Falun Dafa is Good”, “Stop the Chinese Communist Party Removing Organs from live Falun Gong Practitioners”. They mourned fellow practitioners tortured to death during the CCP’s nine-year persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Chinese Prime Minister Visits Germany

    When the Chinese Prime Minister motorcade passed by, he could see Falun Gong practitioners several meters away displaying banners. The banners called for the ringleaders of the persecution to be brought to justice and called on the Chinese regime to end the persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Turkey: The 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance International Art Exhibition' Amazes in Turkey

    From January 10th-22nd, 2009, the Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance International Art Exhibition was successfully held in Mersin City, Turkey. During the twelve days of the exhibition, it caused quite a sensation among local residents. It was not uncommon to see visitors’ eyes brimming with tears while looking at the paintings.
  • Finland: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On January 17th, 2009, some Falun Gong practitioners in Finland set up a table by the side of Helsinki Central Station to raise awareness about the evil Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Gong. They called on the world to support an end to the persecution. Many signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Germany: The Sound of Singing in Front of Koln Church

    The sincere sound of singing stimulated the audience’s conscience, and tears flowed from many of them. In particular, the tourist who had previously snarled the most slander towards Falun Gong cried long and hard, making his eyes red. In mainland China, where information is blocked, how many people have been cheated by the CCP’s lies, and even been an accomplice to evil by following the lies?
  • Ukraine: “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” Art Exhibition Successfully Held

    On January 12th, 2009, the “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” International Art Exhibition was held in the Ukraine capital Kiev for the first time. The exhibition attracted many people. Quite a few local media came to report the event. Twenty-two artworks were displayed in this exhibition.
  • A Letter to Xu Na, a Falun Gong Practitioner in a Chinese Prison, from Your Belgian Friend

    At the end of 2008, Ms Marianne Lefebvre from Belgium wrote a letter to Xu Na, her friend imprisoned in Beijing. Xu Na, an artist, is wife of Yu Zou, a musician who was killed by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities before the Beijing Olympic Games. Xu Na was illegally sentenced to three years on November 25, 2008. She was sentenced before her solicitor arrived – the court only ran for a few minutes before the judge directly pronounced judgement without reading the verdict.
  • European Parliament Passes a Written Declaration Demanding Eutelsat Resume NTDTV’s Signal to China

    The first written declaration passed by the European Parliament in 2009 was to demand that Eutelsat resume NTDTV’s broadcast signal to China. By January 14th, 438 Members of European Parliament had signed the declaration. This is the first time the European Parliament passed such a document related to China.
  • Germany: A Falun Gong Practitioner Gives an Account of the Horrors of Masanjia Labour Camp in China

    “As far back as two years ago, I signed my name here, demanding the CCP to stop persecuting Falun Gong, but the situation has not changed in the least.” Seeing scenes of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners suffering cruel torture and live organ harvesting, a passer-by expressed her discouragement. A Chinese person suddenly said to her, “No, the situation is changing; it is just difficult to see immediately from abroad, please follow me.”
  • United Kingdom: Falun Gong Divine Land Marching Participates in London New Year’s Day Parade 2009

    Kicking off at midday on January 1st, 2009, at the famous Parliament Square, the 23rd London New Year’s Day Parade was made up of about 10.000 performers from 92 groups in 20 countries and watched by an estimated 400,000 people.
  • United Kingdom: Parade Supporting 47 Million Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party

    On December 30th 2008, an assembly and parade was held in London “Supporting 47 million Chinese people who have quit the CCP”. Over a hundred people participated including a number of pro-democratic movement and democratic personages in the UK, as well as dozens of members from the European 'Divine Land Marching Band'.
  • France: To Support NTDTV, Politicians and Organizations in Many Countries Sign an Appeal Letter to the French President

    On December 29th, 2008, a representative of New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) France delivered a letter to the French president. The letter was launched by the NTDTV in France, together with many politicians, persons of importance and human rights organizations in different countries. It appealed to the French president Nicolas Sarkozy to use his important influence to intervene in the incident in which the Eutelsat satellite company ceased broadcasting NTDTV into China.
  • 2008 German Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Karlsruhe

    On December 28th, 2008, the annual Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Germany’s southern city Karlsruhe, where Germany’s federal Supreme Court and Constitution Court reside. Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Austria and Switzerland attended the conference. Many new and veteran Falun Gong practitioners shared their cultivation experiences.
  • Slovakia: Welcoming the New Year at the Chinese Embassy Protest in Bratislava

    For many people, the New Year carries a symbolic meaning. It brings a sign of something new, expectations, promises or resolutions. For a group of Falun Gong practitioners in Bratislava, the New Year signified a symbolic step for bringing an end to the human rights abuses being committed against Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • United Kingdom: Exposing the CCP's Human Rights Atrocities in Edinburgh

    Falun Gong practitioners from Scotland used their free time to talk to people in Edinburgh about the nine year persecution of practitioners in China by the Chinese Communist Party. They distributed leaflets, chatted with passersby and encouraged local people to sign a petition condemning the persecution of Falun Gong.