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France: Every Year, the Falun Gong Association Meets High Levels of Government on National Day
2005-07-17
From 2002 to 2005, every year on National Day, Falun Gong practitioners have had the chance to meet the French President, Prime Minister, Ministers, Members of Parliament and other non-political VIPs. On this year’s National Day, July 13th 2005, four representatives from the French Falun Gong Association were invited to a Garden Party at the Ministry of Overseas Department. -
Germany: Exposing the CCP’s Crimes in Hamburg
2005-07-17
Hamburg’s “Stadteilfest Altonale” was celebrated on the weekend of June 18th and 19th 2005. Falun Gong practitioners participated in this event to let people know about the Falun Gong practice and the severe human rights abuses that are being inflicted on practitioners in China by the Communist Party. Practitioners from Hamburg and surrounding areas of Bremen, Bielefeld and even Denmark, participated in this activity. We began the activities by first sending righteous thoughts, while a small group demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Passers-by were attracted to this activity and enjoyed watching the exercises. -
United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the CCP Persecution during the G8 Summit
2005-07-15
During the G8 summit, tourists from all over the world gathered in Edinburgh. On July the 7th and 8th, UK Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Princess Street to promote Falun Gong and collect signatures calling for the rescue of the illegally imprisoned family members of UK practitioners whose family members are still in China. -
France: Raising Awareness about the Persecution Against Falun Gong during the Paris Summer Sale Season
2005-07-14
In France, around July each year, there is always a big summer sale with massive retail price reductions. In Paris, the busiest street at this time of year would be Boulevard Haussmann. On the 2nd of July, practitioners met on this street with banners and leaflets to let people know about the persecution that people who practise Falun Gong are suffering in China. -
Latvia: “We Need Compassion and Tolerance”
2005-07-13
Local practitioners and practitioners from Liga held a Falun Gong exercise demonstration at Rose Square in the central area of the city, and taught local people the exercises. In the meantime, they also held an exhibition to introduce the popularity of Falun Gong around the world, the recognition it has received worldwide and the facts about the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong in China. -
Germany: Falun Gong brings a Peaceful Atmosphere to the Regensburg Citizens Festival
2005-07-12
Falun Gong practitioners set up a stand at the annual Citizens Festival in Regensburg. A large number of passing tourists read about rescuing Falun Gong practitioners deported back to China on the display boards. They signed the petition to call for an end to the persecution. -
France: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution at Lons-le-Saunier
2005-07-11
In the morning, practitioners from the east of France set up their stall. The weather that day was unbearably hot. Despite that, many people still approached practitioners to find out about Falun Gong and the persecution in China, and to sign the petition calling for an end to the human rights abuses. -
Finland: “Thank you for letting us know this.”
2005-07-10
Practitioners from Finland, Sweden, Germany and Russia joined together on a tour of five Finnish cities to hold anti-torture exhibitions and other activities to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong in China. The tour lasted ten days. Practitioners simulated some of the torture methods that the Chinese Communist Party employs against people who practise Falun Gong. -
Ukraine: Anti-torture Activities on UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
2005-07-08
On the 26th of June 2005, UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Falun Gong practitioners from Staro Konstantinoy state, Northern Donetsk state and Kramatorsk city went to the famous Novy Svet Mountain to hold activities exposing the horrific forms of torture used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Falun Gong practitioners in China. -
France: Promoting Falun Gong and Raising Awareness about the Persecution in Northern Paris
2005-07-05
On the 25th of June 2005, French practitioners held an activity to promote Falun Gong on Place Gabriel Peri near the Gare Saint-Lazare rail station. This was the seventh step of a tour of Paris, intended to let more people know about Falun Gong and raise their awareness of the human rights abuses against practitioners in China. -
Sweden: Seminar "Communism and Human Rights" Held in Stockholm
2005-07-03
Another “Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Human Rights” Seminar drew to a successful closure. The seminar generated a positive reaction from Swedish communities and media alike. Latecomers waited patiently outside the jam-packed hall for vacancies in the second half. Participants were stunned to learn that Mainland Chinese are withdrawing from the CCP on a large scale. -
France: Introducing Falun Gong in Besancon City
2005-06-30
From June the 17th to the 19th, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Switzerland, and Grenoble in southern France, along with Falun Gong practitioners in Besancon, held three-day long activities to promote Falun Gong and raise awareness about the human rights abuses in Besancon city centre. -
Sweden: The Voice of Medborgarplatsen in the Capital of Sweden: The CCP is Doomed to Collapse
2005-06-26
On June 11th, more than five hundred people, consisting of both Chinese and Caucasians from all over Europe, gathered at Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm so as to participate in a large-scale rally support the significant trend of quitting the CCP. Over fifty human right organisations and other non-governmental organisations expressed their support for the activity. -
Czech Republic: Media Interviews Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioner
2005-06-26
On the 18th of June, Falun Gong practitioners from the Czech Republic and Slovakia gathered on the Staromestkse Square in Prague. On this occassion we were pleased to welcome Ms. Xiong Wei from Germany, who came to support our activities and tell the Czech media and people her story of how she had been persecuted in China for simply informing the people with the facts about Falun Gong and how it is being persecuted severely by the Chinese Communist Party. -
Latvia: Falun Gong Wins an Award at the "Healthy Mind - Healthy Body" Sport Festival
2005-06-26
On June the 17th, 2005, Latvian Falun Gong practitioners attended the "Healthy Mind - Healthy Body" Sport Festival in Vingrotajiem and was awarded the “positive participation” prize. The practitioners introduced Falun Gong to those who joined the festival and demonstrated the exercises. They also displayed photos depicting the practise of Falun Gong across the world and provided accounts and experiences of cultivating in Falun Gong by practitioners for people to read.
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