On December 28th, 2008, the annual Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Germany’s southern city Karlsruhe, where Germany’s federal Supreme Court and Constitution Court reside. Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Austria and Switzerland attended the conference. Many new and veteran Falun Gong practitioners shared their cultivation experiences.

For many people, the New Year carries a symbolic meaning. It brings a sign of something new, expectations, promises or resolutions. For a group of Falun Gong practitioners in Bratislava, the New Year signified a symbolic step for bringing an end to the human rights abuses being committed against Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Falun Gong practitioners from Scotland used their free time to talk to people in Edinburgh about the nine year persecution of practitioners in China by the Chinese Communist Party. They distributed leaflets, chatted with passersby and encouraged local people to sign a petition condemning the persecution of Falun Gong.

Another year has passed and Fa rectification strides forward,
Our vows as Dafa disciples are being fulfilled and more sentient beings are saved,
Thank you venerable Master for your great compassion,
The New Year brings renewed hope for the World!

Iceland's Falun Dafa practitioners want to send benevolent great Master our heartfelt and sincere greetings for the New Year and thank Master for giving us the Fa and the precious opportunity to practise Falun Dafa.

At the time of the 60th Anniversary of Human Rights Day, the Cham area branch of Amnesty international held a study meeting at the library in Kotzting. The study meeting was initiated by the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group in Cham, and gained the approval of the Kotzting city mayor and the support of the director of the city library.

On December 23rd 2008, when people were busy shopping at the Christmas Market in Munich, local Falun Gong practitioners made use of this opportunity to expose the Chinese Communist regime’s crimes of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. They also expressed their support for the 47 million Chinese people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party.

On December 13th, Falun Gong practitioners organised an information day activity in the centre of the Freiburg in southwest Germany. The information day aimed to let people know more about Falun Gong and raise awareness about the nine years of human rights abuses inflicted on China's Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The European Parliament's Liaison Office in Finland sponsored a seminar entitled “Hu Jia and the Present Situation of China's Human Rights " in Helsinki. Those who attended the seminar included the Finnish Falun Dafa Association, Finnish members of parliament and more than 20 human rights organisations.

On December 14th, 2008, the annual Christmas festival exhibition was held at the town of Ylitornio in Northern Finland. Local Falun Gong practitioners saw an opportunity to raise awareness about Falun Gong and expose the Chinese Communist regime’s nine-year inhuman persecution against Falun Gong practitioners.

The practitioners talked to local people about the human rights atrocities that the regime in China has committed against Falun Gong practitioners including torture, the harvesting of organs from living practitioners, and the deaths of over 3000 innocent practitioners. Although it was cold and raining on the day, many people stopped to listen, took flyers, and signed a petition to show their support.

From February to April 2008, Divine Performing Arts (DPA) put on 45 shows in 18 cities across 13 countries in Europe, which brought 5,000 years of Chinese traditional culture to Europe. Many dancers in the audience, such as principal ballet dancer at the Austrian National Opera House Mr. Gregor Hatala (on the right in the picture), found the beautiful forms and superb techniques of DPA artists refreshing.

On November 30th, Falun gong practitioners went to Lyon to raise awareness about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioners demonstrated the five Falun Gong exercises and distributed leaflets to passersby.

The Polish Falun Gong Association, The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG), and a representative of the Poland Association of freedom in expression co-sponsored a news conference in Warsaw, appealing to all parties concerned about China's human rights situation. They issued a public appeal to all circles of society to make their voices of justice heard and to end the CCP’s persecution of human rights.

December 10th, 2008 was International Human Rights Day. In Rovaniemi, Falun Gong practitioner Xiao Jin and her husband Tommy, displayed posters explaining how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brutally persecutes Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China. There were also posters calling on people to help rescue Xiao Jin's mother.

Regional Falun Gong practitioners took the opportunity during the pre-Christmas season, when the market is crowded with people, to organise an information booth and a rally to expose the persecution of Falun Gong in China for three consecutive Saturday's. Because of the Christmas market, several thousand people saw the display.

December 10th, 2008, marked International Human Rights Day. Falun Gong practitioners in central and northern England held an activity in front of the Chinese Consulate in Manchester to remember the Falun Gong practitioners who have been murdered by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its nine year persecution of Falun Gong.

On December 4th and 5th, the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe convened in Helsinki and the Heads and Ministers of foreign affairs from over 70 countries from around the world attended the meeting. Finnish Falun Gong practitioners conducted two days of peaceful protest.

December 10th was International Human Rights Day, as well as being cold and wintry. Despite the weather, Swiss and German Falun Gong practitioners still managed to hold a Falun Gong 'information day' in Basel city centre to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong.

December 10th, 2008, was International Human Rights Day. On this day in Rovaniemi in northern Finland, Falun Gong practitioner Xiao Jin, together her husband (who is not a practitioner ), hung a banner and posters by the side of the road. They displayed posters introducing Falun Gong, posters disclosing how the evil CCP brutally persecutes Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China, and posters calling for help to rescue Xiao Jin’s mother and protesting against the inhuman persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP, which has already lasted for nine years.

December 10th, 2008, was International Human Rights Day and also the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Falun Gong practitioners from the UK went to the Chinese Embassy in London and Manchester to peacefully protest against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s prolonged persecution of Falun Gong

December 10th was International Human Rights Day and the day of the Nobel Prize Awards. Falun Gong practitioners in Sweden held activities to call for attention to the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. Candlelight and a bonfire lit up banners reading 'Falun Gong' and 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance'

On the eve of International Human Rights Day, Munich Falun Gong practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy and held activities to protest against the persecution of Falun Gong and raise awareness about the 46 million withdrawals from the evil CCP. The activity obtained support from passers-by, many of whom signed the petition.

Falun Gong practitioners braved the cold and continued to publicise the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) atrocities in front of the Chinese Consulate. The practitioners wanted to inform the public that the CCP has persecuted Falun Gong practitioners using many different methods of torture and has even harvested their organs while they were still alive.

On November 30th practitioners went to Lyon, the second largest city in France, to tell people about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution against people who believe in Falun gong's principles, “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance”. Many passers by were very enthusiastic to hear the Divine Land Marching Band.

On August 16, 2008, in front of St. Michael's Church in downtown Munich, Falun Gong practitioners from Bavaria, Germany set up an information booth to support 41 million Chinese people who have renounced the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and to expose the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.