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France: “This Persecution is Just Too Shameful!”
2005-10-25
The exercise demonstration attracted the attention of many passers-by who stopped to watch and sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution. The practitioners gave out many flyers describing the practice of Falun Gong and exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cruel human rights abuses against practitioners. -
Article from Danish Newspaper: The Different Refugee
2005-10-25
"While Xuezhi lived in China he did not have any problems practising his faith. But since Falun Gong was banned in China in 1999, the authorities have fiercely attacked many of the movements' members and Xuezhi is sure that he would be arrested if he were to return to China. Giving up his faith is out of the question. For Xuezhi his belief in Falun Gong is connected to the belief in a better world. Its main principles are Truth, Compassion and Tolerance and in Denmark he can meet freely with other Falun Gong practitioners to practise his faith. This is what nourishes his spiritual life while he is waiting to be able to start from scratch in Denmark." -
United Kingdom: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the City of Cardiff
2005-10-24
On October 15th, practitioners held activities in the Welsh Capital. Chinese people in Cardiff have come to change their understanding of Falun Gong. Due to propaganda from the Mainland, many Chinese people were suspicious of this peaceful practice, but now that they have had some time to learn the truth, things are changing for the better. -
Belgium: Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance International Art Exhibition Held in Riemst
2005-10-24
"This art exhibition should tour around the whole world. Let people be aware of all this which is still happening in China ... I found out that, nowadays, western society has developed many relationships with China in respect to the economy. They want to earn money. However, they do not see the human rights aspect and this is very dangerous." -
Denmark: People Learn About Falun Gong at a Health Fair
2005-10-24
Some practitioners meticulously made hundreds of beautiful paper lotus flowers, on which was written the Falun Gong website address and "Falun Gong is good!" Our practitioners also held two symposiums during the fair. From the exercises to the persecution, the speakers and audience exchanged views and interacted in a lively way. -
Holland: Introducing Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in the Town of Amersfoort
2005-10-23
Compared with Amsterdam, it is a reserved city. Many people didn’t know much about the persecution of Falun Gong. While passing by our stall, some were attracted by the exercises and some by photos exposing the situation in China. After our explanations, many people immediately signed the petition and some asked for Falun Gong pamphlets. -
Czech Republic: Former Czech President Supports Human Rights and Quitting the CCP
2005-10-23
On October 1st 2005, more than two hundred democracy advocates from various countries in Europe gathered in the old town centre in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. Sponsored by The Epoch Times, the gathering and parade was to support nearly five million people quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). -
Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Urge the Chinese Government to Release Jiang Renzheng Immediately
2005-10-23When Jiang Renzheng and Kuo Rei applied for refugee status in Germany, the German authorities misunderstood them and decided they were not Falun Gong practitioners and believed they wouldn’t be persecuted. As a result, they repatriated them and their children back to China. However two weeks later, the National Security Bureau in Benshi city interrogated them for ten hours. They sentenced Jiang Renzheng to three years in a labour camp without any legal procedure. -
Germany: Falun Gong Association Invited to Hold an Anti-Torture Exhibition to Expose the Persecution Taking Place in China
2005-10-22
The 18th stop of the nationwide tour of a human rights photo exhibition entitled “Shameful Regions” was held in Sendinger Tor Square in central Munich on October 12th and 13th. 2005. This exhibition is scheduled to be held in over thirty cities in Germany within three months, aiming to expose the human rights abuses happening in Communist countries. -
Italy: The First "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Italy Held in Andorno Micca Town.
2005-10-22
The first "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" International Art Exhibition in Italy was inaugurated in Andorno Micca. The paintings hung in the exhibition hall of the Artist Association for two weeks and members of the Association felt honoured that these outstanding paintings by artists who practise Falun Gong could be displayed in their exhibition hall. -
Norway: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution at a Health Exhibition
2005-10-22
On the second weekend of September, a health exhibition was held in Kongsvinger in southern Norway. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate and introduce Falun Gong to the people. Practitioners demonstrated the five sets of peaceful exercises. They also exposed the brutal persecution of Falun Gong which is still happening in China. -
United Kingdom: “Friends of Falun Gong” at the University of Leicester Fresher's Fair
2005-10-21
On the 3rd and 4th of October, 2005, invited by the University of Leicester Student Union, Friends of Falun Gong joined the annual Fresher's Fair. Many Chinese students who just came to Leicester from Mainland China were pleasantly surprised and took photos of the Falun Gong stand. They may start to think: why is Falun Gong only persecuted in China? -
Czech Republic: Exercises on Karl’s Square Attract the Local TV Station
2005-10-21
In Karl’s Square, the regular Falun Gong exercise site in Prague, around 25 practitioners gathered to perform their exercises. A lady from a local TV station filmed the exercises and conducted short interviews with a few practitioners. She said she would like to use them during the planned visit of Chinese representatives to the Czech Republic. -
A Letter to the Editor of The Goteborg Post (Sweden): The National Memorial Day for the Chinese People
2005-10-21
"Before I came to Sweden, I celebrated the National Day because I was glad to have a holiday. However, today, I am deeply sad. On the face of the true history of the CCP, what are we celebrating? The victims in the persecution campaign (1950-1953), in the campaign against the right (1957), in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), in the Tiananmen massacre, or in the persecution of Falun Gong, Tibetan Buddhists and underground churches?" -
Ireland: "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition" in Dublin’s Trinity College
2005-10-20
The exhibition displayed forty paintings created by artists who practise Falun Gong in different countries. People got to learn about Falun Gong from a different angle and see the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party. They asked many questions and wanted to know how to help Falun Gong practitioners who are being persecuted in China.
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