Local Events

  • Ireland: Irish Practitioners Clarify the Facts During a Concert

    Concertgoers were very interested to learn more about Dafa when they found out that a member of the band is a Falun Gong practitioner. Many of them expressed deep sympathy and irritation over the inhuman persecution against Falun Gong in China. Lots of people asked for leaflets to learn more and gave encouraging remarks to practitioners to show their concern, including ‘good luck’, ‘freedom’, ‘stop the persecution’ and ‘best wishes’.
  • Germany: International Human Rights Association Holds a Benefit Concert for the Human Rights of Falun Gong Practitioners

    A spokesman for the International Human Rights Association presented the concert together with a Falun Gong practitioner. All performances were given by Dafa practitioners, including both singing and dancing. Between performances, time was allowed for interviews with the spokesman of the International Human Rights Association acting as a reporter.
  • Sweden: Clarifying the Facts in Uddevalla City

    Many passersby were interested in the activities, actively asking for information on Falun Gong and talking with practitioners. Practitioners told them about the imprisonment of American citizen Charles Li in a Chinese labour camp and the lawsuits filed against Jiang and his accomplices all over the world.
  • Ireland: Concertgoers Learn about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    Thousands attended the concert and the attendees had an excellent chance to learn about the situation of persecuted Falun Gong in China. Many people stopped to talk to the volunteers after they learned the facts of the persecution. Afterwards talking with volunteers, some called their friends and brought them over to our stand to sign the petition too.
  • UK: Promoting Falun Gong in London's Chinatown

    Falun Dafa practitioners hosted a public exhibition to promote Falun Gong on the main street of Chinatown in London. They managed to introduce Falun Dafa using banners and displays printed with “Global Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin” and “Jiang Zemin and his Followers have been Charged in Many Nations for Persecuting Falun Gong.”
  • UK: A Famous Drummer participates in a Protest Opposite the Chinese Consulate

    About a year ago, Sterling went to China with other western practitioners to appeal for Falun Gong. All of them had a single wish: To urge the Chinese government to immediately stop the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and to release all imprisoned practitioners. During this time in China, Sterling was beaten by policemen.
  • UK: Famous Musician Raises Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong in Birmingham

    On Thursday the 20th of November, visiting Birmingham in the UK as part of David Bowie's tour of Europe, Sterling Campbell, the drummer for the band, took the opportunity to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong.
  • UK: Several Stories from Activities in the City of Newcastle

    On November the 15th and 16th, Dafa practitioners from Scotland and England held a weekend activity to spread Falun Gong and clarify the facts of the persecution in Middlesborough and Newcastle. During the activity, as well as letting more people know the truth about Falun Gong, practitioners made good use of the opportunity to study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts together.
  • Ireland: Practitioners Hold a Public Hearing in Dublin to Expose Jiang Zemin's Crime of Genocide

    “In the labour camp, all tortures and cruel punishments carried out by the police are simply attempting to force Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their cultivation practice. My personal experience showed that the persecution towards Falun Gong is not due to any political reason or any illegal conduct of Falun Gong practitioners. It is purely a persecution of belief and human rights."
  • Germany: The People of Frankfurt Support the Lawsuit Against Jiang

    Recently, practitioners from Frankfurt organised a photo exhibition to let people know the facts about the persecution and expose Jiang Zemin’s crimes of torture and genocide against Falun Gong. During the activity, pedestrians, tourists and Chinese citizens all carefully looked at the pictures and expressed their surprise at what is happening in China. Many passersby signed the petition to support the lawsuit.
  • Sweden: Lerum City High School Students Learn Falun Gong

    Two Swedish Falun Gong practitioners were invited by a high school in Lerum City to introduce Falun Gong. After the class, the students went to practitioners and asked for some truth clarifying materials. Many of them wanted to know about the free local classes where they could learn to practise Falun Gong. They left happily when practitioners promised to arrange a class for them.
  • Sweden: Portraying the Evil Nature of the Persecution and Appealing for the Rescue of Charles Li and Other Practitioners

    Recently, Swedish practitioners used their free time to peacefully appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate in Gothenburg for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Practitioners also expressed their support for the hundred Falun Gong practitioners who are on hunger strike in Jilin prison.
  • Sweden: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the Persecution in Lerum

    Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, distributed information about the practice and the persecution, and collected petition signatures calling for the rescue of American citizen Charles Li, who is currently being illegally detained and brainwashed in China. Many passers-by showed an interest in the activities.
  • Germany: Activities in Munich Highlight Efforts to Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice

    On November the 8th, 2003, practitioners from Munich, Stuttgart and other areas held a series of activities entitled the “Trial to Bring Jiang to Justice ” on Marienplatz square in Munich. Despite the cold weather, there were still a lot of passers-by, who were attracted by practitioners exercise demonstrations and photos of the worldwide spread of Falun Gong.
  • France: Guadeloupe Falun Gong Practitioners Invited to Introduce Falun Gong in Several Cities

    On the morning of August the 16th, 2003, Guadeloupe Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Gong to the resident’s of “Pointe-Noire”. Practitioners held the activity on the local government’s square and used the time to clarify the facts to people about the persecution of Falun Gong as well as letting people know about the crimes that Jiang Zemin has committed.