Local Events

  • Germany: Raising Awareness in Leipzig about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    On May 19th, Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Niedersachsen raised awareness about Falun Gong in Leipzig city centre.When people learned that human organs are being harvested from live Falun Gong practitioners, they were shocked. The kind-hearted citizens of Leipzig said it was intolerable that human rights abuse nowadays is more brutal than that perpetrated by the Nazis.
  • Germany: Support for Falun Gong During Berlin Parade

    Falun Gong paraded during the EU-China human rights dialogue and found the approval of Berlin’s citizens. “I wish Falun Gong success, I support them”. A Berlin resident, who mentioned that she had never heard of Falun Gong before, became very sad when looking at the posters depicting murdered Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Norway: Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    There was more than just shopping on the menu during 'no-car-day' in Oslo on May 5th, 2007. Falun Gong practitioners in Norway took to the streets to distribute information about organs being removed from living Falun Gong practitioners in death camps in China, their bodies cremated to remove all evidence and the organs sold for large profits.
  • Hungary: Raising Awareness about Falun Dafa in Margate Park

    On May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Hungary introduced and promoted Falun Gong in Margate Park. When people heard that Falun Gong has spread to over eighty countries and is persecuted only in China, some of the local people said that they knew that similar persecution occurred when Hungary was ruled by the Communist Party.
  • Germany: Human Rights Organisation Debates the Human Rights Situation in China

    On May 14th, 2007, the day before the human rights talks between the EU and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were held, many human rights organisations gathered in Berlin, Germany, condemning the CCP's violations of human rights. The Asian affairs director of the “Organisation supporting threatened groups” (which is an organisation based in Goettingen, Germany), Ulrich Delius, could not attend the gathering and sent a letter of support instead. In his letter, Delius said that since the human rights talks between EU and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began in 1996, the state of human rights in China has not improved in eleven years.
  • Holland: Falun Gong Marching Band Defies Chinese Regime at a Parade

    On the flyers distributed by practitioners supporting the European Celestial Band is an internet link, which reveals the band's background and the name of one of the songs in its repertoire: Falun Dafa is Good. Falun Dafa is another word for Falun Gong, the spiritual movement forbidden in China and persecuted so brutally. One mouse click and we know how harshly: a colour photo shows a dead Falun Gong practitioner who, according to the caption, has been killed for his organs (organ harvesting). Realistic drawings show the torture techniques that China uses against Falun Gong adherents.
  • Holland: Exposing the CCP's Atrocities in Amsterdam

    On May 6th 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Holland held activity in Dam Square, Amsterdam, appealing to the EU to use open-door human rights dialogue with China to urge the Chinese communist regime to release all illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners and to condemn and stop the regime’s persecution of Falun Gong.
  • Germany: On World Falun Dafa Day and during the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, Practitioners Inform the People of Berlin about the Persecution

    On the occasion of the eighth World Falun Dafa day and the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, many activities were organised in the form of an awareness-raising day on the square of Berlin’s Gedächtniskirche (Remembrance Church). Around 250 Falun Gong practitioners from all over Europe arrived for these activities.
  • Bulgaria: People of Plovdiv Welcome Falun Gong and Condemn the Persecution in China

    Practitioners exhibited posters that attracted passersby. They gathered in front of the petition and carefully read the information on the panels. Many of them asked questions about the essence of the practice and the reasons for the persecution. Many children signed the petition and gladly took colourful paper lotus flowers as souvenirs.
  • Finland: Nordic Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate the 8th Anniversary of World Falun Gong Day in Helsinki

    On May 13th, 2007, Finnish and Russian practitioners celebrated World Falun Gong Day in Helsinki. On May 13th, 1992, Master Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong to the public in Changchun, China. There are practitioners in over eighty countries practising Falun Gong; the book Zhuan Falun has been translated into more than thirty languages.
  • Germany: Hamburg Practitioners Commemorate the Peaceful April 25th 1999 Appeal in Beijing

    On April 24th, 2007, practitioners from Hamburg and Hanover gathered outside the Chinese Consulate in Hamburg. They were commemorating the April 25th, 1999 peaceful appeal by 10,000 practitioners in Beijing. Practitioners called for attention to the persecution of Falun Gong and the cruelties perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Germany: Practitioners Appeal to the EU to Stop China from Extending the Persecution of Falun Gong to Russia

    On May 14th, 2007 on the eve of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue in Berlin, international media carried the shocking news that the Russian government, bowing to pressure from the Chinese Communist Regime, forcibly kidnapped and deported Falun Gong practitioner Gao Chunman to China. Mr. Gao, 73, a former professor from Tsinghua University in China. He was granted refugee status by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in Russia in 2003 and his wife is a Russian citizen.
  • Italy: Celebrating Falun Dafa Day

    On May 13th, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy separately gathered in Rome and Milan to celebrate the 8th Falun Gong Day and extend their wishes and thanks to the founder of the practice, Mr. Li Hongzhi. Introduced in 1992, Falun Gong has benefited over one hundred million practitioners around the world, so practitioners wish more people could share this good news.
  • Finland: Rally to Support 21 Million Withdrawals from the CCP and its Related Organisations

    On May 12th, 2007, the Finnish Service Centre for Quitting the CCP held a rally and a parade in Helsinki's Central Square to support the twenty-one million withdrawals from the CCP in China. People from many Nordic countries participated in the event, which attracted a lot of tourists and local people’s attention.
  • Vice-President of the European Parliament: "The greatest mistake committed by the Chinese Communist Party is to crack down on belief"

    Prior to the EU-China human rights dialogue, eight non-governmental human rights groups in Europe held a seminar at the Silken Berlaymont Brussels Hotel, next to the EU headquarters. Those present called on the EU to take action before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to ensure that China’s human rights will be improved by then.