Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Ireland: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong in County Kildare

    A series of posters depicting the torture imposed on Falun Gong practitioners in China became a focus for many passersby. They asked many questions and were visibly shocked by the horrifying scenes and found it hard to understand why such awful events are taking place in China today. After seeing the beauty of the Falun Gong exercises, many of the onlookers were moved and asked why such a peaceful thing could ever be prohibited anywhere in the world.
  • Greece: Lawsuit Brought Against Jiang Zemin for Genocide in Greece One Week Before the Olympics

    On August the 5th 2004, one week before the Athens Olympics, two Greek lawyers on behalf three practitioners from Australia, Ireland and Greece submitted a criminal lawsuit against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, former vice-premier Li Lanqing, and member of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of Communist Party Luo Gan for genocide and torture.
  • Sweden: Falun Gong Participates in the Alternative Health Fair in Strömstad

    On Saturday 10th, and Sunday 11th 2004, Falun Gong practitioners from Sweden and Norway took part in the Alternative Health Fair in Strömstad.On both days, practitioners held a one hour introduction course. On the second day, the course had to be extended for an extra hour, because of the amount of people who were eager to learn the exercises.
  • Belgium: New Practitioners Meet in the Park to Practise Falun Gong Exercises and Study the Teachings Together

    On July the 31st 2004, a meeting was organized for new practitioners in the city of Ghent. Over 20 practitioners, who all started Falun Gong recently, gathered in the park in the morning to practise the Falun Gong exercises together. After the practice, the group started reading the introductory text Falun Gong and discussed questions that came up during the reading.
  • Ireland: Irish Falun Dafa Association Holds a Press Conference as Liu Feng Returns to Ireland

    Irish Senator Mr. David Norris, the spokesman of Amnesty International in Ireland Mr. Jim Loughran, Deputy Mayor of Dublin City Mr. Andrew Montague, and South Dublin County Councillor Mrs. Ruth Coppinger attended the press conference and expressed their points of view. They have all actively taken part in the rescue efforts to release Liu Feng.
  • United Kingdom: Practitioners Hold Anti-Torture Exhibitions in Edinburgh

    On the 24th and 25th of July, British Falun Gong practitioners held a two-day live exhibition of simulating torture scenes in Edinburgh. After listening to practitioner’s tell them about the five-year campaign of genocide against Falun Gong in China, kind-hearted Scots were shocked! They could not believe that this brutal persecution is still happening in the 21st century.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Attend a Multicultural Festival in Munich

    On the 19th of July, Falun Gong practitioners took part in a multicultural festival, which was conducted by the Cultural Office of Munich City Hall. Dafa practitioners in Munich applied for a stall to display information about Falun Dafa and tell people about the five-year campaign of genocide against Falun Gong in China.
  • UK: Practitioners Hold a Week-Long Anti-Torture Poster Exhibition in Cambridge

    To mark the fifth anniversary of the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Gong, practitioners in Cambridge organised a week-long anti-torture poster exhibition entitled “Persecution Meets Principle” in a local library. On the Friday evening, practitioners held a candlelight vigil in the city centre to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Jiang regime’s persecution.
  • Russia: Falun Gong Enters the Daily Life of the People of Pjatigorsk City

    Since July 1999, Falun Gong practitioners have been cruelly persecuted in China and those who practise have bee tortured. However, the Chinese Government does not realise that today, after five years, Falun Gong has spread to every corner of the world, including our city Pjatigorsk in Russia. Falun Gong practitioners from Pjatigorsk held activities to raise awareness in a park on July the 22nd and 24th.
  • France: People Express their Shock, Sadness and Deepest Sympathy

    On July the 17th and 18th, French Falun Gong practitioners simulated torture scenes on the busiest street of Chinatown in Paris XIII District and the Champs de Mars to expose the Jiang regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, grassroots Chinese citizens who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.
  • Germany: Exposing Jiang Zemin’s Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong

    To mark the fifth year in the Jiang regime’s relentless persecution of Falun Gong, practitioners from Nordrhein-Westfalen and Dortmund organised two exhibitions to explain the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution. They demonstrated to the public the beauty of Dafa and exposed the persecution of Falun Gong by the Jiang regime.
  • United Kingdom: Northern England "Car Tour" Successfully Concludes

    On the 16th of July, a group of Falun Gong practitioners from Northern England finished the 3rd “Car Tour” activity. Practitioners visited five different cities in Northern England. They promoted Falun Gong and let people know about the five-year campaign of Genocide that has been waged against the practice.
  • Sweden: Anti-Torture Exhibition Shocked People, Making them Sad and Angry

    On July 19th, practitioners came to Selgelstorg Square in Stockholm, displaying to Swedish people and tourists Falun Gong practitioners’ compassion and tolerance despite the illegal persecution, as well as exposing the persecution of people who believe in ‘Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance’, instigated by Jiang Zemin on 20th July.
  • Germany: Practitioners Hold an Anti-Torture Photo Exhibition in Front of the Chinese Consulate in Bonn

    On July 20th, a group of German Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Bonn. They displayed pictures of nine torture methods that Chinese police use to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China, photos and a name list of Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted to death in China.
  • A New German Falun Gong Film is Available to Download

    An new German-language Falun Gong movie can be viewed and downloaded from http://fgmtv.net/ by clicking on “German Videos”. The film “Falun Gong. A Peaceful Meditative Practise is Being Brutally Persecuted” is a co-production by Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan, Switzerland and Germany. It documents the history of Falun Gong using impressive imagery, many facts and information from reliable sources.