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  • 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: "Doctors against Forced Organ Harvesting" Hold Seminar in Glasgow

    On the 5th of September 2011, "Doctors against Forced Organ Harvesting” held a seminar in the UK entitled "Organ Transplant at a Crossroads”, which mainly publicised the conclusion of research that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) harvests organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. The event triggered wide-ranging attention on the CCP’s crimes.
  • 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.
  • Spain: First Spanish Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Held in Madrid

    The first Spain Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held on September 4, 2011 in Madrid. Practitioners from all over Spain gathered and shared their Falun Dafa cultivation experiences. Sixteen practitioners shared how they cultivated themselves by looking inward while cooperating with each other.
  • 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.
  • Member of European Parliament Calls on South Korea to Stop the Repatriation of Falun Gong Practitioners

    “I understand that recently around a hundred Falun Gong members of Chinese origin have applied for asylum in South Korea and been refused asylum, while ten of them have been forcibly repatriated to China. On the face of it, this, if true, would appear to put the republic of Korea in breach of its obligations under international treaties, given the strong possibility that these persons when repatriated to China would be seriously mistreated."
  • 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.
  • Poland: Introducing Falun Gong at a Multicultural Festival in Warsaw

    The multicultural festival in Warsaw, Poland was held on August 28, 2011. At 1 p.m., spectators stood along the float parade path from bank square downtown to old town. On the eye-catching Falun Dafa float, practitioners demonstrated the exercises, while many spectators waved their hands and shouted: popierram (support)!
  • Belgium: People Support Falun Gong Practitioners’ Resistance to the Persecution

    On July 22, practitioners in Belgium held a series of activities to protest the Chinese Communist Party's 12-year-long persecution of Falun Gong. In the drizzling morning, a group of practitioners arrived at the front gate of the Chinese Embassy to the European Union to peacefully protest the CCP’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises to music. Passing motorists honked their car horns or gave a thumbs-up in support of the practitioners.
  • 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.
  • Serbia: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest the Persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade

    Falun Gong practitioners in Serbia held activities in the capital city, Belgrade on July 21, 2011, to condemn the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong for twelve years. They protested in front of the Chinese Embassy, mourned fellow Falun Gong practitioners murdered by the CCP, and called for the people of Serbia to help stop the CCP's atrocities.
  • Milestone: 100 Million Chinese People Have Quit the Chinese Communist Party and Its Affiliated Organizations

    On August 7, 2011, the number of Chinese people who quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations through The Epoch Times website exceeded 100 million. This marked a historical day and a milestone that signifies that the Chinese people have awakened from the mind shackles of the CCP. It is also a symbol that the CCP is heading toward its end.