Practitioners' Words, Peaceful Protests, Exhibitions and Cultural Events, Local Events, Press Conferences , Meeting VIPs & Officials

  • Switzerland: “May Goodness Win!” – Second Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibition Shown in Basel

    An exhibition by a group of artists who practice Falun Gong was held at Kannenfeldpark, a recreational park outside the city of Basel. Thirty-three seperate artworks were on display between May 20th and the 28th 2006. Many practitioners from German-speaking Switzerland and Southern Germany were of great help and the exhibition was a resounding success.
  • Switzerland: A Health, Ethics and Human Rights Seminar Focuses on the Trade in Organs Taking Place in China.

    During the first conference of the UN Human Rights Council, a human rights seminar was held at the auditorium of the UN Office in Geneva on June 29th, organised by international non-government organisations and focusing on the illegal organ trade in China.
  • Finland: International Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance Art Exhibition Held in Helsinki

    The second Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance International Art Exhibition was held in Galleria Oma Huone on Kalevankatu Street in the centre of Helsinki, capital of Finland. Near the gallery, practitioners distributed leaflets about the exhibition. In the gallery, practitioners guided people around conscientiously and patiently, explaining the background to the paintings.
  • Germany: Cultural Carnival Day in Bielefeld

    While strolling along the pedestrian zones, festival goers had the opportunity to pass by a Falun Gong information booth, erected by the town’s practitioners. They could find out about the human rights situation in China. Many had the chance to talk with local practitioners about the suppression of the meditation practice and could form their own opinion.
  • Germany: ISHR China Task Force Exposes Crimes Committed by the Chinese Communist Party

    During a demonstration on Heidelberg’s Main Street on June 18th, 2006, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) China taskforce, and the Falun Dafa Association informd local people and tourists about the trade in organs harvested from living and deceased Falun Gong practitioners in Chinese concentration camps.
  • Switzerland: Press Conference in Geneva to Condemn the Atrocities Committed by the CCP

    Vice President of the European Parliament, Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott, sent the conference a report about his investigation of the persecution of Falun Gong in Beijing. The host of the conference, the secretary of International Multiple Belief Organisation, Dr. Charles, said that what they need to do during this conference was to discuss the CCP's trade in organs harvested from Falun Gong practitioners, as well as whether the CCP has been lying about this issue and trying to cover up the truth.
  • Russia: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of the Far East

    On June 26th, 2006, another group of practitioners went to a city in the Far Eastern area to introduce Falun Gong to local people and expose the persecution in China. Practitioners went to a building site where Chinese men were working to talk to them. The Chinese workers were very glad to meet practitioners and many of them accepted leaflets.
  • Czech Republic: Introducing Falun Gong in Usti nad Orlic

    On Friday June 16th, Falun Gong practitioners went to the city of Usti nad Orlici, where a cultural activity called “City in Motion, Week of Good Vibrations” was being held. Falun Gong practitioners chose one of the streets leading to the main square to inform people about the persecution of Falun Gong which is still continuing in China after seven years. Many people were concerned about it and asked whether they could do more than sign the petition and how they could help. Some of them took leaflets for their friends.
  • Austria: International Truthfulness -- Compassion – Tolerance Art Exhibition Shown for the Seventh Time

    On June 16th, the art and cultural association ARS CARA held the International Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance art exhibition for the seventh time in Austria at the Kuenburg Kunststätte art location in Payerbach. The opening ceremony was held in a grand and solemn manner, and several guests gave speeches at the opening ceremony.
  • Russia: Introducing Falun Dafa and Exposing the Persecution to the People of Krasnoyarsk

    On June 26th, practitioners in Krasnoyarsk held an event in Chinatown to expose the brutal seven year persecution of Falun Gong and tell the public about the spread of Falun Dafa to more than eighty countries. At the site, as well as distributing leaflets and other material, practitioners displayed photos and talked with passersby about the persecution.
  • France: Having Committed Such Terrible Crimes against Innocent People, the CCP Will Not Escape Justice

    On the 11th and 18th of June, 2006, in the Place du Trocadero (Human Rights Plaza) in Paris, French Falun Gong practitioners exposed the CCP's trade in organs harvested from Falun Gong practitioners to tourists from every corner of the world and appealed for an end to the persecution. The many banners and photos depicting the persecution attracted many people to come to sign the petition and to inquire about information.
  • Germany: Passersby in Saarbrücken Condemn Organ Harvesting by the Chinese Communist Regime

    On Saturday, June 17th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners exposed the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party to passersby in Saarbrücken. Shoppers in the busy shopping centre learned about the CCP's illegal trade in organs harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners taking place in China’s secret concentration camps.
  • Turkey: Falun Gong Practitioners Protest in Front of the Chinese Embassy

    On June 26th, 2006, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners protested outside the Chinese Embassy. In front of the Embassy’s main entrance, Falun Gong practitioners displayed a banner printed with the words ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and sat in meditation, in protest against the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Hungary: Letting Hungarian People Know about Falun Dafa and the Persecution

    On June 25th, 2006, practitioners from Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, as well as Hungarian practitioners introduced Falun Dafa and exposed the persecution in the centre of Budapest. Practitioners displayed pictures showing how Falun Gong practitioners are being persecuted by the CCP in China.
  • Turkey: "Such a good thing, I will let all Turkish people know about it"

    On June 24th and 25th, 2006, both new and veteran practitioners from Turkey took part in activities in Ankara Park together. Practitioners worked as one body, making their best efforts. Some were responsible for location arrangements, others demonstrated the exercises and some volunteered to teach people the exercises.