On Oct. 9, 2026, a Chinese woman threatened a Falun Gong practitioner at an event in central Athens, Greece. During the two-day event, practitioners from across Europe joined the Tian Guo Marching Band in four parades through the city, calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong.
According to the practitioner, Ms. Teng, the woman interrupted her while she was speaking with two tourists from China, photographed her, and said she would send the photos to the Chinese Embassy. The woman also warned that Ms. Teng would never be able to return to China.
Greek police intervened and told the woman to delete the photos. She refused but ultimately left the site.
We are grateful to the Greek police for protecting practitioners’ right to gather peacefully and express themselves freely. Threatening to report someone to the Chinese Embassy or warning of consequences back in China amounts to exporting the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution, and it should have no place on Europe’s streets or anywhere else in the world.
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