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

  • Germany: Chen Gang Appeals to Rescue his Sister Illegally Detained in China

    German Falun Gong practitioner Chen Gang wrote to the European Commission, the German Government at all levels, international human rights organisations, the United Nations and various media organisations to appeal for the rescue of his elder sister Chen Jie, who is a Falun Gong practitioner and was illegally arrested on June the 2nd. He also urged the international community to pay attention to China’s on-going trampling of human rights and freedom of belief.
  • United Kingdom: Final Day of the 2004 Scotland Car Tour

    On the final day of the 2004 Scotland Car Tour, the four Falun Dafa practitioners taking part in the tour visited one of Scotland’s best-known cities: Glasgow. The practitioners handed out leaflets in the city centre. Many people were interested in finding out more about Falun Gong and were keen to learn the exercises. One old Chinese man told the practitioners that he had the Falun Gong books at home and that he already knew about the lawsuits against Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin.
  • United Kingdom: 2004 Scotland Car Tour continues to Meet Many Supportive People

    Four UK Falun Gong practitioners have been on a week long car tour of Scottish cities since Sunday to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong. On Wednesday the 2nd of June, the car tour reached the city of Dundee. People were very supportive of practitioners who are suffering in China. Dundee’s local newspaper published a supportive article.
  • UK: Promoting Falun Gong and Clarifying the Truth in Swansea

    A student from China asked some questions which practitioners answered one by one. She was curious that there were Western people practicing Falun Gong too and was also astonished to learn that Falun Gong practitioners do not receive any monetary reward for promoting Dafa outside. It is done voluntarily and free of charge.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Celebrate the 9th Anniversary of the Introduction of Falun Dafa to Sweden

    On April 22nd,1995, Master Li Hongzhi came to Sweden in person and taught the Fa to Swedish practitioners. Since then, Falun Dafa has spread widely in Sweden. Swedish Dafa disciples gathered at the Stockholm Wasa Museum to celebrate the introduction of Falun Dafa to Sweden nine years ago and they showed many tourists the beauty of Falun Dafa.
  • Scotland: Promoting Falun Gong and Revealing the Truth about the Persecution in Aberdeen

    A number of Falun Gong practitioners from all over the UK, travelled to Aberdeen in Scotland to let people know about the persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners were demonstrating Falun Gong exercises, handing out leaflets and collecting petition signatures from the public.
  • Austrian Falun Dafa Information Centre Holds a Press Conference in Vienna

    The Austrian Falun Dafa Information Center held a press conference in Vienna on June 17th 2004. The press conference unveiled a series of activities with the theme of “jointly putting to a stop to China’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners”. At the press conference, Mr. Zhao Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner from Ireland, gave an account of the miserable and cruel torture he had experienced while imprisoned in a Chinese labour education camp for almost two years.
  • Sweden: Many People at Hammarkullen Carnival had the Good Fortune to Learn the Truth About Falun Dafa

    On May the 30th 2004, Swedish practitioners let people know the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China at Hammarkullen Carnival by demonstrating the five sets of exercises, a photo exhibition, performing some musical pieces, flyer distribution and talking with people.
  • UK: Some Stories from the Twenty-Four Hour Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London

    The twenty-four hour peaceful appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London by UK Dafa practitioners has lasted more than seven hundred days now. During these trying days, we have personally experienced the change in the surrounding environment as our cultivation progresses. The following stories tell the change in people’s hearts after they learnt the facts about Falun Gong and continue to remind us of our honour and responsibility as Dafa practitioners.
  • UK: Third Day of the 2004 Scotland Car Tour

    The 2004 Scotland Car Tour reached the city of Inverness in its third day, which is one of the northern-most cities in Scotland. Practitioners went to visit local officials to tell them about the persecution of Falun Gong in China so that they can join the voices all over the world calling for an end to this enormous violation of human rights.
  • A Seminar on Human Rights in China was Held in the Norwegian Parliament

    The Norwegian Parliament was the venue for a seminar on the human rights situation in China. It was hosted by Parliament members and co-arranged by the Norwegian Falun Dafa Association. Many parliament members and representatives from human rights organisations and persecuted groups attended the seminar.
  • Sweden: Practitioners Clarify the Truth at Hammarkullen Cultural Festival

    On Saturday May 29th, 2004, the annual Hammarkullen Cultural Festival was held in Gothenburg city. Participants from over twenty countries performed and the festival attracted over twenty thousand people. To let more people from different countries know the truth, some practitioners from Gothenburg and nearby cities came to Hammarkullen to join the activities.
  • United Kingdom: 2004 Scotland Car Tour enters its Second Day

    The practitioners went to two television stations and explained the truth about Falun Gong to the journalists there. After speaking to a local radio station, the practitioners moved on to the office of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen. The Lord Provost was moved as he heard the truth and was shocked and sympathetic to hear about the persecution of Dafa practitioners.
  • France: Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in Paris to Support the Hearing Against Jiang Zemin in the Chicago Court of Justice

    On May the 27th, joining other countries, practitioners in Paris went to the Chinese Embassy to appeal and support the hearing taking place in Chicago against Jiang Zemin. Passersby stopped to look at information boards illustrating the beauty of Dafa and the cruelty of the persecution happening in China.
  • United Kingdom: First Day of the 2004 Scotland Car Tour

    After its launch by Member of Scottish Parliament Mike Pringle, UK Falun Gong practitioners’ 2004 Scotland Car Tour left Edinburgh and travelled to the city of Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, the Car Tour practitioners joined other UK practitioners for a large scale outdoor event to let more people know about the brutal persecution that is happening in China.