Letters from Dafa Associations, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials
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Reaction of Chinese state media and officials on encountering Falun Dafa at the Chinese Garden in Mannheim, Germany
2001-09-26Many Chinese became wide-eyed when they saw overseas Falun Dafa practitioners openly showing up at public events. This alone deeply impressed them. We talked about Falun Gong. They all knew about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. I told them, "We feel really sad and upset upon seeing your incorrect, 'Cultural Revolution style' reports about Falun Gong. -
Photo Report: Practitioners from Russia on SOS! Global Rescue Bike Tour
2001-09-24Practitioners from Russia gather together for the SOS! Global Rescue Bike Tour to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China and to appeal to all kind-hearted people to save them. -
Falun Dafa Press Conference in Slovenia
2001-09-22Positive support for Falun Gong shown from Slovenian media -
Photo Report: SOS Urgent Rescue Information Day in Salzburg, Austria
2001-09-22Images of the SOS Urgent Rescue march and information day in Salzburg, Austria -
Photo Report: SOS! Global Rescue Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-22On September 9, the practitioners arrived at the Grand Place of Lille, the capital of Nord Province, where they received a warm welcome from more than 60 practitioners from Paris. It was also the Liberation Day of Lille and the city held a big ceremony. Many citizens got an opportunity to learn about Falun Dafa. Over 5000 flyers were distributed. Paris practitioners hired a tour bus in order to join the ceremony, and a double-rainbow accompanied them all the way there. -
Two British Practitioners Complete the 415-kilometre walk (258 miles) SOS Walk from London to Brussels
2001-09-20On the morning of September 13, two British members of the European Parliament received us in person outside the parliament building. Both parliament members clearly expressed their support for us, and hoped they could help us further in depth. Another Belgian parliament member arranged a room in the Parliament for us to have a press conference. She clearly stated that she helped to host the meeting because she supports Mr. Li Hongzhi, a candidate for the 2001 Sakharov Prize and the efforts to rescue the Falun Gong practitioners who are persecuted in China. -
Photo Report: SOS! Global Rescue Walk London-Brussels Arrives in France
2001-09-19La Voix du Nord, the largest newspaper in the North of France shows support to the SOS! Globel Rescue Walk from London to Brussels as it arrives in Lille. -
IRISH EXAMINER: Tiger couches hidden Dragon
2001-09-19I honestly havent a clue what Falun Gong is, apart from the fact that it is something that the ruling politburo in China considers so subversive that they had to arrest a Trinity College student, Zhao Ming, when he went home to China. He is now being held without trial there for something which is done regularly in Fitzgerald Park in Cork. -
Falun Gong Goes to the Baltic States
2001-09-19There was tremendous interest in us and sometimes people would come across the street and ask us for a flier. We had many touching conversations with people of every age. -
Photo Report: Moscow Practitioners Clarify the Truth and Practise at the Weekend
2001-09-17Photo report on the activities of Falun Gong practitioners in Moscow, Russia. -
SOS Rescue Mission Receives Support from Latvia
2001-09-16On Wednesday, September 12th, Falun Gong practitioners met with the Latvian Foreign Policy Advisor to the State President. The practitioners found him to be a man of integrity, and totally sympathetic to our SOS rescue mission. He assured the practitioners that the State President is firmly committed to human rights and that, in fact, she had just returned from the human rights meeting in Durban, South Africa. -
Photo Report: First Group of Four Practitioners Kick Off European Region SOS Rescue Walk
2001-09-15"The practitioners will take three routes in Europe - the main route, northern route and southern route, totalling more than 7,000 miles." -
Bringing Falun Gong to Estonia
2001-09-15"The interviewer was a lovely person. I was able also to explain that the teachings of living according to Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance are more important than the exercises and that everything aims to transform a person from the inside to the outside." -
Warm Welcome of SOS Recue Efforts in Czech and Slovak Republics, Part 1
2001-09-13SOS rescue efforts of practitioners from the UK who went to Czech Republic -
The Magnificent Feats--the "SOS Rescue Walk"
2001-09-13Experience, shared by a practitioner, of the SOS walk in Switzerland and the response of the general public,media and officials to their efforts.