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  • Germany: Raising Awareness at Das Fest

    On July 24 and 25, Das Fest, an annual festival, was celebrated in Karlsruhe, southern Germany. Falun Gong practitioners participated in the celebration and raised awareness about Falun Gong and the persecution. Many people showed their support after learning how Falun Gong practitioners are being unjustly persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Hungary: Falun Gong Practitioners Condemn the CCP's Persecution and Raise Awareness within the Community

    On July 18, 2010, some Hungary Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese Consulate in Budapest to protest the persecution of Falun Gong. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution on July 20, 1999, practitioners have maintained a steady presence in front of the consulate.
  • United Kingdom: Falun Gong Practitioners Gather in London to Protest the Persecution

    On July 20, 2010, a group of people were seen across from London's Houses of Parliament practising meditation exercises. They were UK Falun Gong practitioners who, by means of doing the exercises and distributing leaflets, were calling upon the British government and society to help stop the persecution of Falun Gong.
  • France: Exposing the Persecution at Human Rights Square

    On July 25, practitioners in France gathered at Human Rights Square in Paris to hold a series of activities to call for an end to the eleven-year persecution of Falun Gong. Over the past eleven years, practitioners have gone to Human Rights Square every Sunday to display photo boards, demonstrate the exercises and distribute information.
  • Poland: Falun Gong Practitioners in Warsaw Explain the Facts about the Persecution

    On July 24, Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Warsaw to promote Falun Gong and expose the brutal persecution in China. Two Chinese tourists tried to avoid practitioners at first, but the practitioners patiently talked to them. In front of the solid evidence, they realized that what the practitioners were telling them was true.
  • Italy: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Florence

    Falun Gong practitioners in Italy, held a large scale activity in Florence on July 20. The day-long activity was held on the busy streets and exposed the brutal persecution that Falun Gong practitioners in China have suffered during the past 11 years. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and distributed brochures to tourists. Many people signed a petition calling for an end to the persecution.
  • Austria: Introducing Falun Dafa in Salzburg and Graz

    Falun Gong practitioners held information days in Salzburg on July 3 and Graz on July 10, two stops on their nationwide tour to introduce Falun Gong. Many tourists and local residents visited the Falun Gong information booth. They were shocked to hear about the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution.
  • Switzerland: The Protests Will Continue until the Persecution Ends

    On July 17, 2010, in the business centre of the small town of Amriswil, Switzerland, shoppers saw for the first time an information table set up by Falun Gong practitioners. On one side of the poster were photos showing peaceful meditators, and on the other side were photos exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Slovakia: Falun Gong Practitioner Describes Torture He Endured in China to Slovak Members of Parliament

    On July 19, Mr. Liu Hongchang visited Slovakia. Mr. Liu spent 5 years in a Chinese prison because he practised Falun Gong. He was received by two members of the Slovak parliament, Mr. Dostal and Mr. Sebej, who heard his story. The MPs expressed their sympathy for the people in China who are persecuted for their beliefs.
  • France: The Eiffel Tower Witnesses the History of Falun Gong

    Paris is a world-class destination, and the Eiffel Tower has witnessed many stories and legends. Since July 20, 1999, the Tower has been witness to a new story that will go down in history. Falun Gong practitioners go to the Trocadéro Human Rights Plaza next to the Eiffel Tower every Sunday to raise awareness about the persecution and promote Falun Dafa.
  • Germany: CCP Persecution of Falun Gong Condemned

    On July 20, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners in Dortmund, Germany and the surrounding areas held activities to expose the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the eleventh anniversary of the persecution.
  • Italy: Falun Gong Practitioners Mark the Eleventh Anniversary of Efforts to End the Persecution

    On July 19th and the 21st 2010, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy held demonstrations in front of the Chinese Consulate in Milan, calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) eleven years of brutal persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Belgium: Practitioners Gather in Brussels to Protest Eleven Years of Persecution

    European Falun Gong practitioners held a series of activities on July 17, 2010, in Brussels, to protest the brutal persecution in China. Since July 20, 1999, the CCP has brutally persecuted Falun Gong practitioners who believe in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Peacefully Protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Gothenburg

    On July 20, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held a series of rallies in Stockholm and Gothenburg to expose the Chinese Communist regime's eleven-year long brutal persecution of Falun Gong and called upon people from all walks of life to work together to stop the persecution.
  • Denmark: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Activities Opposing the Persecution

    On July 17, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners in Denmark held various activities, showing the general public the beauty of Falun Dafa and appealing to people to see the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and help to stop the persecution of Falun Gong in China. July 20 marked eleven years since the persecution officially began.