Local Events

  • Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Collect Signatures on International Human Rights Day

    December 4, 2011 was International Human Rights Day. Falun Gong practitioners from Rovanieni, Finland, took this opportunity to expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China to the public. They collected signatures in support of Falun Gong and called upon Finnish people to help stop the persecution.
  • Germany: Practitioners Hold Activities to Raise Awareness about Falun Gong in Wiesbaden

    On Saturday, November 12, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners in Germany held an "Information Day" event in Wiesbaden, raising awareness about Falun Dafa and exposing the CCP’s twelve-year long, brutal persecution. Despite the cold, many stopped to sign the petition, take materials and ask questions about Falun Dafa. Many wanted to know where they could learn the practice.
  • Finland: Practitioners Raise Awareness about Falun Gong and the Persecution in Rovaniemi

    Rovaniemi, the capital of Northern Finland, hosted the annual “Children's Rights Day” on November 19, 2011. Local people came to downtown in groups of two or three, because Santa Claus comes to meet with children every year this time. At the same time, local Falun Gong practitioners held activities to raise people's awareness about the ongoing persecution in China.
  • Germany: Activities Held to Support the 104 Million Chinese People Who Quit the CCP

    On October 22, practitioners in Munich held an activity at Marienplatz in downtown to support the 104 million Chinese people who have renounced the CCP and its affiliated organisations. They also raised awareness about Falun Gong and the CCP's crimes committed in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, and encouraged more Chinese people to withdraw from the CCP.
  • United Kingdom: Local Citizens Support Falun Gong in Birmingham

    On October 8, 2011, Falun gong practitioners set up an information desk in downtown Birmingham. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and exposed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 12-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong. A lot of people signed a petition to support Falun Gong. Some of them expressed their wish to learn Falun Gong.
  • Germany: Support for Falun Gong at an Information Day in Mainz

    On October 15, Falun Gong practitioners in Mainz held an “Information Day” to share the beauty of Falun Gong with local people and visitors and let them know about the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of the practice, which has lasted over 12 years. After learning the truth about Falun Gong, people signed to support practitioners' efforts to end the persecution.
  • Spain: Falun Gong Group Introduces the Practice at a Health Expo in Altea

    On October 1 and 2, 2011, an annual EcoAltea health expo was held in Altea. During the expo, the Falun Gong booth was warmly welcomed by local residents. According to the arrangement of the expo, practitioners offered an introductory Falun Gong exercise class at 7 p.m on October 1. Several dozen people came to learn the practice.
  • Finland: Practitioners Participate in Health Expo for Tenth Consecutive Year

    Finland's annual Health and Knowledge Expo was held on October 8-9, 2011 at Suomen Yhteiskoulu (a high school) in Helsinki. The expo draws many visitors each year, most of whom are interested in faith and spirituality. Falun Gong practitioners in Finland have participated in the event for ten consecutive years.
  • France: Practitioners in Paris Expose the Chinese Communist Regime's Human Rights Atrocities

    The French Falun Dafa Association and the French division of The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) were invited to an event on the square in front of City Hall in Paris to expose the Chinese Communist regime's unprecedented brutal atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Take Part in “Human Rights Awareness Day” in Bremen

    On September 10, 2011, 25 organisations, including practitioners representing Falun Gong, participated in “human rights awareness day” in Bremen. They set up an information table at Bremen Town Centre Plaza, exposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 12-year-long brutal persecution of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa).
  • Germany: Practitioners in Kulmbach Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong

    Practitioners held activities in Kulmbach on September 24 and October 1, 2011 to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and at the same time support the more than 100 million Chinese people who have withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Many people stopped to view the display boards.
  • Brussels: Persecution Is a Crime, and It Must Stop Immediately

    On October 1, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners of Belgium held an activity in the central plaza in Brussels to expose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong and call for help to end the persecution. The banners and display boards attracted many viewers. Many said they were stunned to learn about the brutality of the persecution against Falun Gong and expressed their concern.
  • Germany: Raising Awareness of the Persecution in China during the Munich Oktoberfest

    On September 24, 2011, Falun Gong practitioners held an event in Marienplatz, Munich, to expose the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong as well as to support the 100 million people who have renounced the CCP and its affiliated organizations. As it was also Oktoberfest, tourists from Germany and all over the world were visiting Marienplatz.
  • Croatia: Introducing Falun Gong at the Zagreb International Autumn Fair

    Croatian practitioners introduced Falun Gong to people attending the second International Expo for Alternative and Healthy Living, a part of the Zagreb International Autumn Fair, on September 14-18, 2011. The practitioners spoke to visitors about Falun Gong, explaining to them the principles of cultivating body and mind.
  • Italy: Raising Awareness about the Persecution at Annual Peace Walk

    On September 25, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the annual peace walk from Perugia to Assisi, Italy. Practitioners took the opportunity to introduce the goodness of Falun Gong and inform people of the persecution taking place in China. Many Italian people lined up to sign the petition to express their righteous support for Falun Gong.