Local Events

  • Sweden: Saluting a Hero - Falun Gong Practitioners In Malmo Hold Activities to Mourn the Death of Jilin Practitioner Liu Chengjun

    The banners, pictures, and lighted candles to mourn this hero attracted the attention of many passers-by. Many people received flyers, asked questions, and signed their names on the signature petition form. They were angry at what happened to Liu Chengjun and could not understand why a government would persecute innocent people.
  • Ireland: Dafa practitioners Commemorate the Death of Liu Chengjun in front of the Chinese Embassy

    Liu Chengjun was recently tortured to death because he interrupted a cable TV broadcast to play a video exposing the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. The Irish practitioners called for severe punishment of the wicked policemen, the murderers and the primary instigator of the persecution, Jiang Zemin. Two major Irish newspapers sent reporters to cover this important event.
  • Finland: High School Students Learn about Falun Gong and the Persecution

    Many schools in Finland have contacted Falun Gong practitioners and asked them to come to talk about Falun Gong. Reactions from teachers and students have always been good and the teachers have asked practitioners to come again on many occasions. A teacher from one school in the county of Kirkkonummi asked a practitioner to come and tell the students in two classes about the practice of Falun Gong.
  • Hungary: Practitioners Mourn for Liu Chengjun in front of the Chinese Consulate and Protest Against the Persecution of Falun Gong

    Regardless of the terrifying consequences, Liu Chengjun and other Falun Gong practitioners risked their lives to broadcast the facts and resist the illegal persecution. They safeguarded man’s basic rights to free speech and freedom of belief. Their peaceful approach in resisting the brutal persecution is a magnificent feat.
  • UK: Falun Gong Group is Praised at London New Year Parade

    Nearly 8,000 people were invited to participate in London’s annual Lord Mayor’s New Year Parade on January 1st. This magnificent event was watched on television by people around the world. Falun Gong’s performance was welcomed and praised.
  • Czech Republic: Celebrating New Year’s Day and Clarifying the Truth

    On New Year’s Day, we introduced Falun Dafa and clarified the facts in a well known district of Prague. At every intersection, tourists gathered and practitioners handed them materials. There were also some people who had not learned about Falun Gong, but when they heard the facts they were shocked and wished practitioners success.
  • UK: Promoting Falun Dafa in Swansea after Christmas

    After the Christmas break, on December the 27th, the shops re-opened and shoppers flocked to the high-streets for the sales. Welsh and English Falun Dafa practitioners seized this precious opportunity to hold a demonstration of the Falun Gong exercises right in the centre of the Welsh city of Swansea.
  • Latvia: Practitioners Invited to Teach the Falun Gong Exercises at a Gymnasium in Riga

    Dafa practitioners taught the five sets of exercises for one and half hours and the atmosphere was very peaceful. Many of the people there already knew about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in Mainland China. Dafa practitioners also answered any questions they had. Many people said that they were glad to have the chance to learn the practice.
  • UK: Falun Gong practitioners hold a Memorial Service for Liu Chengjun in front of the Chinese Embassy in London

    Liu Chengjun should be applauded as a human rights hero, who has peacefully defended his faith and unveiled a web of deception spun by Jiang to hide his gross crimes against humanity. Mr. Liu used his life to clarify the facts to the public and to resist this evil persecution. History will remember the selfless and tremendous sacrifice Liu Chengjun has made for the world.
  • Belgium: Practitioners Hold Activities Outside the Chinese Consulate to Mourn for Liu Chenjun

    On January the 2nd, Belgian Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese consulate to protest against the atrocities committed by the Jiang regime against Falun Gong practitioners, and to mourn the death of Changchun practitioner Liu Chengjun, who was brutally persecuted to death several days ago.
  • UK: Promoting Falun Gong Before Christmas

    A few tourists from Mainland China took pictures of practitioners when they saw the Falun Gong exercise demonstration. One western practitioner gave them a leaflet and told of his experiences and the benefits he received from practising Falun Gong. The Chinese tourists nodded and said that they also knew Dafa is good, but they did not know what to do about the situation in China.
  • Germany: Activities to Rescue Xiong Wei in Chamer City

    December 2003 saw Xiong Wei spend a second birthday in Beijing Xinan labour camp. Practitioners in Chamer and the surrounding cities held a series of rescue activities to let more people know about Xiong Wei’s situation and learn the brutal facts of the persecution of Falun Gong by Jiang’s regime.
  • Ireland: Clarifying the Facts to Christmas Shoppers in Dublin

    Over the past five years, practitioners have handed out tens of thousands of copies of Dafa materials. Practitioners have also talked with thousands of passersby. The lawsuits filed against Jiang worldwide and the ongoing efforts to bring Jiang to justice in people's hearts, and in a court of law have also been emphasised and brought to people's attention.
  • Greece: Introducing Falun Dafa in Athens

    Over the Christmas holidays, a few practitioners from Scandinavia travelled to Athens in Greece to help the Falun Gong practitioners there introduce Falun Dafa to the locals. Many people stopped to watch the demonstration and took flyers as well as learned more about Falun Gong. People also learned more about the persecution taking place in China.
  • Russia Dafa Practitioners Participate in the "2003 Sarov Symposium"

    On December the 10th 2003, International human rights day, the annual “Sarov Symposium” was held in St. Petersburg. Human rights organisations, city congressmen and the media attended the symposium. Representatives of the Russian Falun Dafa Association were also invited to attend and to give a report about Falun Dafa. After learning the facts, those in attendance were “deeply shocked”.