Local Events

  • Germany: "I Hope That the Irrational Persecution Will Soon Be Stopped"

    On Saturday September 5, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from Ulm and Augsburg held an Information Day activity in Augsburg, in southern Germany, to call for an end to the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many people stopped in front of the information desk and displays, and carefully read the contents of the display posters.
  • Germany: Introducing Falun Gong at Bremen Health Week

    On September 4 and 5, 2009, the annual Health Week was held in Weserpark Shopping Centre in Bremen, a city in northern Germany. Many people learned about Falun Gong at the event. Practitioners demonstrated the exercises to music on stage in the shopping centre. The noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and people stopped to watch.
  • Italy: People of Val d’Arno Happily Learn about Falun Gong

    From June 26 to 28 2009, Falun Gong practitioners in Florence attended the cultural festival in the city of Val d’arno, bringing the teachings of Falun Gong to the people of this small city. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises in front of a booth provided by the organiser. They also exposed the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Germany: Visitor to an Anti-Torture Display - "China Will Be Free of the CCP Soon!"

    This anti-torture re-enactment was held by Falun Gong practitioners in Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany on August 22, 2009. In addition to the re-enactment of the Chinese Communist Party's torture methods and a poster display on the persecution, practitioners talked with passersby about the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
  • Germany: High School Students Happy to Learn Falun Gong

    The teacher invited Mr Roemer from the International Human Rights Organisation and Falun Gong practitioner Ms Teng-Schwaegerl to discuss human rights abuses in China, focussing on the Tibetan issue and the persecution against Falun Gong.
  • United Kingdom: People Waiting to Hear about Falun Gong at Kingston Carnival

    Practitioners of Falun Gong added to the diversity of the festival as they performed the gentle exercises in front of crowds of interested viewers at Kingston town centre. Visitors were deeply moved upon finding out that Falun Gong is still being persecuted by the Communist regime in China.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Kassel

    On 23rd May 2009, Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners held a Falun Dafa information day in Kassel, the biggest city in the middle of Germany. he aim of the information day was to let more people know about Falun gong and the ten years of persecution that the practice has faced in China at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Finland: Local People Learn About Falun Dafa at Health Expo

    From August 29 to 30, Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the Heath Expo at Riverbank Community Centre in Helsinki, Finland. They introduced Falun Dafa and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
  • United KIngdom: People Express Appreciation for Falun Gong Practitioners’ Efforts to Raise Awareness in Central London

    On Saturday July 4 2009, UK Falun Gong practitioners once again went to St Martin’s Square in central London to hold an activity and help more people learn about Falun Gong. As usual, Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the activity demonstrated the five sets of exercises, distributed leaflets, and collected petition signatures to condemn the persecution.
  • Denmark: Car Tour Attracts Media Attention

    Danish practitioners toured eight major cities to introduce Falun Gong to more people across the country. Wherever they went they received the support of local people and media. This article features a report from the newspaper Herning Folkeblad.
  • Finland: Falun Gong Exercises Attract Attention at the Art Festival in Helsinki

    The magnificent demonstration of the five sets of the Falun Gong exercises accompanied by the peaceful music attracted the attention of many people that stopped to observe. Some videotaped the peaceful and magnificent scene. Other accepted the flyers distributed by practitioners, and still others talked to practitioners to learn more about Falun Gong.
  • United Kingdom: Practitioners Display the Magnificence of Falun Gong in Plymouth

    June 28 2009 was the culmination of the annual Plymouth Armed Forces Week. This is a significant annual event for Plymouth, a popular English seaside town. Falun Gong practitioners travelled to Plymouth and held an activity to introduce Falun Gong and the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to the visitors.
  • Germany: Falun Gong Activity in Munich Attracts Many Visitors

    On August 9, 2009, Falun Gong practitioners from the German State of Bavaria held an activity at the Marien Platz, exposing the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong. The activity attracted many tourists and local German residents. Many Chinese tourists showed great interest in the Falun Gong activity.
  • France: Exposing the Persecution to People in Boulogne-sur-Mer

    On August 8 and 9, 2009, French Falun Gong practitioners took advantage of the weekend to expose the truth of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ten-year-long persecution of Falun Gong practitioners to tourists from various places and local people at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
  • Finnish People: We Bless You!

    On August 15, 2009, Falun Gong practitioner Jin Zhaoyu held a signature collecting activity in Pello, northern Finland for her petition to rescue her mother. The event exposed the ten-year long persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), called for the attention of the Finnish public, and hoped to aid in the rescue of her mother, Chen Zhenping and all other illegally imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners in China.