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Shen Yun Begins Italy, United Kingdom, and United States Tours: “This Is the Real China”

World NewsJanuary 7, 20240Comments

Jan. 4, 2024 | By Minghui correspondents Ying Zi and Li Ruoyun (Minghui.org) After Shen Yun launched its new season in Japan, the performing arts company began its Europe and North America tours with performances in Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States during the last week of December 2023. Shen Yun North America Company presented…

UK: Officials Express Support for Falun Gong on Commemoration of April 25 Appeal

World NewsMay 3, 20230Comments

April 30, 2023 | By Minghui correspondents in the UK (Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners prepared to hold an event in London on April 29, 2023 to mark the 24th anniversary of the April 25 Appeal in Beijing. Several days before, multiple members of the British House of Lords and House of Commons sent emails to express their support for their…

Shen Yun Performs in the U.K., Germany, Japan, and the U.S.: “They’re Serving the World”

World NewsJanuary 14, 20230Comments

Jan. 13, 2023 | By Minghui correspondents Xue Li, Li Ruoyun, and Wang Ying (Minghui.org) On January 4–8, 2023, Shen Yun shared the beauty of China, before communism, with theatergoers in Woking and Birmingham, United Kingdom; Nishinomiya, Japan; Berlin, Germany; and Florida, Georgia, California, Texas, and Virginia, United States. Sold-out and packed houses were frequent. “Shen Yun’s…

United Kingdom: Rally Held Near Prime Minister’s Office to Mark Human Rights Day

World NewsDecember 15, 20210Comments

Dec. 14, 2021 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in the UK _____________________________________ (Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners held a rally across from the Prime Minister’s Office at No. 10 Downing Street, London, on December 11. Numerous members of Parliament sent letters in advance expressing their support. Practitioners held a rally and group practice on December 11 near…

UK: MPs Send Letters Supporting Falun Dafa on Human Rights Day

World NewsDecember 12, 20210Comments

Dec. 11, 2021 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in the U.K. ______________________________________ (Minghui.org) Members of Parliament in the U.K. sent letters to Falun Dafa practitioners prior to the International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2021. They expressed their support to practitioners for their efforts to strive for freedom of belief, and their call for an end to…

UK: People Condemn Chinese Regime’s Persecution of Falun Dafa at Activities in Central London

World NewsSeptember 2, 20210Comments

Aug. 30, 2021 | By Falun Dafa practitioners in England, the UK Falun Dafa practitioners held a parade in central London on August 28, 2021, to introduce the mind-body cultivation practice and inform people about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brutal persecution. Practitioners held a parade in central London on August 28, 2021, to tell…

British News Media Call to End Forced Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsApril 14, 20190Comments

Several major news outlets in the United Kingdom recently published articles or produced programs calling for an end to the killing of prisoners of conscience for organs in China, including the BBC, The Guardian, Sunday Express, and Scotsman. A discussion titled “Forced Live Organ Extraction in China” took place at the British House…

Cornwall, UK: Introducing Falun Gong at the Golowan Festival

World NewsJuly 1, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners participated in the Golowan Festival, a musical and cultural celebration of midsummer, for the eleventh time in Penzance, a coastal city in Cornwall, UK, on June 23-24, 2018. The practitioners set up a stand early in the morning, where they provided information about Falun Gong. They demonstrated the exercises, distributed Falun Gong…

U.K.: Health Expo Attendees Experience the Peacefulness of Falun Gong

World NewsDecember 3, 20170Comments

Practitioners of Falun Gong held a booth at Birmingham's annual Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Festival on November 3-5. They demonstrated the meditative exercises and gave out literature on the practice and the persecution of this peaceful group in China. “[Falun Gong] Will Make Us Better People” Heather and Emma attended the Falun Gong workshop to learn…

Documentary about China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Screened at UK Parliament

World NewsNovember 27, 20160Comments

The Conservative Party Human Rights Commission of the UK Parliament held a November 22 screening of the documentary Hard to Believe, a film that reveals the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China. Lawmakers, medical experts, and human right activists attended the screening in the Parliament building. Ethan Gutmann,…