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  • 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.
  • French National Assembly Member Puts Forward a Motion Regulating Organ Transplantation

    Ms. Valerie Boyer held a press conference to introduce the motion she is proposing to the assembly. The motion will require French residents that go to other countries to get organ transplants to provide proof of the source of those organs. The motion mentioned specifically the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Computer Programmer from Romania: "I Have Found the True Meaning of Life"

    Seven years ago, doctors told Kuki that he would lose his eyesight within two years. But seven years have passed, and Kuki, without taking any medicine, and without wearing glasses, can see very clearly. These changes all occurred because Kuki began to practise Falun Gong five years ago.
  • 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.
  • FDIC: Internal Communist Party Documents Disclose New Campaign to Forcibly "Transform" Millions of Falun Gong Practitioners in China

    A series of internal Communist Party documents, some of them posted online, reveal the details of a new three-year, multi-billion dollar campaign targeting Falun Gong practitioners across China. The campaign's stated goal is to "transform" 75 per cent of all known practitioners, who number in the tens of millions despite eleven years of brutal suppression. Specifically, the campaign calls upon security forces to go into "villages and households" to "educate and conquer" Falun Gong practitioners.
  • 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.
  • Poland: Introducing Falun Gong at a Natural Medicine Fair in Katowice

    On September 24-26, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners participated in the Natural Medicine Autumn Fair held in Katowice, Poland, and introduced Falun Gong. This is the biggest expo of natural medicine in Europe, in which over 200 companies and individuals participated. Falun Gong practitioners in Poland have taken part in the event for three years running.
  • France: "Great Tide of Quitting the CCP" Event Held Near the Eiffel Tower

    There is an information booth for the French "Quit the CCP Service Centre" in an area under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. On October 2-3, 2010, the Centre invited the European Divine Land Marching Band to take part in a two-day activity to support the 80 million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
  • 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.
  • Germany: Practitioners Raise Awareness of the Persecution During Oktoberfest

    2010 is the two hundredth anniversary of the famous Oktoberfest, and many people from Germany and different parts of the world filled the streets of Munich for the festivities. On September 25, Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in Malin Square to raise awareness about the persecution in China. Many stopped to learn more and sign the petition.
  • United Kingdom: Events During the 2010 European Organ Donation Congress

    The European Organ Donation Congress took place in, Cardiff, the capital of Wales, from the 24th to the 26th of September, 2010. Falun Gong practitioners came to the Cardiff City Centre to hold a series of events demonstrating Dafa's goodness and exposing the atrocities of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Falun Gong Practitioners Sue Li Changchun, CCP Politburo Standing Member and Former Party Secretary, in Ireland

    On September 27, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners, including Ms. Dai Zhizhen from Australia, filed a criminal complaint to Dublin District Court against Li Changchun for his major role of commanding and implementing the crimes of torture, killing, inhuman abuse, and genocide. Li Changchun was visiting Ireland.
  • Germany: Introducing Falun Gong to People in Wilhelmshaven

    On October 2, 2010, a Falun Gong Information Day was held in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Many people came to learn about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution by reading flyers and viewing poster boards for the first time. They heard about the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners as well.