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

  • Photo Report: Swiss Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Press Conference in Geneva

    On the 4th of September 2003, Swiss Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in Geneva, and announced that in order to be able to continue to speak on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners detained and tortured in China, Swiss citizens and victims of the persecution, have decided to take joint action against the Jiang regime to obtain compensation legally.
  • Iceland: Media Show Great Interest In Lawsuit Launched Against Head of 610 Office

    After submitting the lawsuit, European practitioners and Ragnar Adalsteinsson held a press conference outside of the Ministry of Justice only metres away from the building where Luo Gan was. The press conference was attended by Iceland media, including major newspapers, TV stations and radio stations.
  • Russia: Stories of Spreading Falun Gong in City of Tver

    When we were distributing materials, two boys came along and said they would like to hand out materials for us. They skated and gave out materials to the crowd. They returned for more when they had given out all of the materials. Later they went home to get their bikes. Perhaps they wanted to travel further to hand out the materials. That day, we distributed several thousand Dafa booklets and newspapers.
  • Germany: Picture Exhibition about Global Lawsuits against Jiang Zemin held in a Park

    Many passers-by signed the petition after viewing the exhibition boards. The shocking truth of this persecution is becoming known to more and more people and giving them the chance to appeal for an end to the violence and the violations of human rights and freedom of belief, and to bring the dictator Jiang Zemin to justice.
  • Denmark: Practitioners’ Performance is Very Successful at the Aarhus Cultural Festival

    On the last day, our performance attracted the attention of a photographer from the biggest newspaper in Denmark. He said that he would put the picture of our fan dance on the front page. The biggest TV station in Jutland, “Denmark TV Channel 2”, also interviewed practitioners during the festival. The three days of activities were very successful.
  • Spain: Practitioners held a Press Conference to Expose Jiang Zemin’s Crimes

    An Australian practitioner whose husband was murdered because he practises Falun Gong, described the experiences of her family and called on the Chinese government to end the persecution. This was eagerly noted by the reporters who later interviewed practitioners. The most influential media in Spain took part in this press conference.
  • Norway: Clarifying the Facts and Promoting Falun Gong in Sandefjord

    There were many people who said they’d never heard of Falun Gong before. They wanted to learn the exercises and asked practitioners where they could take part in a Falun Gong introduction course. Practitioners let them know more about the free exercise classes. One group of children were so keen that they asked to learn the exercises on the spot!
  • Sweden: Minghui School Officially Opens in Stockholm

    On August 30, Stockholm Minghui School formally opened. Minghui School takes Truth-Compassion-Tolerance as the guiding principles and will teach children Chinese, drawing and help them to study Zhuan Falun. Accompanied by their parents, about 15 children eagerly attended their first day of class. The children will meet every Saturday.
  • UK: Around 1,000 People Enjoyed the Falun Gong Performance at Brighton Art Festival

    Two days after the Art Festival, the organiser congratulated the practitioners on their performance. In the meantime, the practitioners were invited to take part in another Art Festival. No doubt this is another great opportunity to let more people know about Falun Dafa, the practice based on Truthfulness, Kindness and Tolerance, and the brutal persecution of practitioners in China.
  • Austria: Practitioners get together to Study the Fa and Send Forth Righteous Thoughts

    From August 8th to 10th, Austrian practitioners gathered together to study Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Gong], send forth righteous thoughts and share their thoughts and understandings with one another. On Sunday morning, the practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises in Amstetten Park, where a practice site is to be set up in the near future.
  • Slovakia: Celebrating Falun Gong Week by Touring Several Cities

    Many people stopped and silently watched the exercises, read information about the persecution and signed a petition to bring dictator Jiang Zemin, who started the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, to justice. Sometimes there was even a queue of people, both young and old, waiting to sign the petition.
  • UK: Practitioners Celebrate the First UK Falun Dafa Day with the People of Birmingham

    'Pedestrians soon crowded around them to watch the performance. Whenever each performance was finished, they would applaud enthusiastically. They were very interested when the practitioners demonstrated the exercises. When they received leaflets, they would ask about the locations of local practice sites and express their intention to learn Falun Gong.'
  • Germany: Calling for the Rescue of Xiong Wei during Mainz Information Day

    Those who wanted to help Xiong Wei could sign a petition that will be submitted to the German Chancellor Her Schroder. Those who wanted to personally encourage Xiong Wei could write a postcard and send it to her in custody.
  • Belgium: Falun Gong Practitioners in Brussels hold a “Big Trial” of Jiang Zemin

    The “Sue Jiang Trial” featured many Dafa practitioners who have suffered brutal persecution at the hands of Jiang’s regime, playing their real selves. Among them were Chinese practitioners who have been through cruel persecution in Chinese labour camps, and western practitioners who received ill-treatment just for peacefully calling for an end to the persecution and going to Tiananmen Square.
  • Holland: Dafa is Warmly Welcomed in Gorichem

    The people of Holland were amazed by our graceful exercises and watched carefully with great interest. They were shocked when they read in the leaflets about Jiang Zemin’s persecution against Falun Gong. In their hearts, they must have wondered, if Jiang Zemin persecuted people who believed in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance then what did he believe in?