Maintaining the Olympic Spirit, Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Parade and Press Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah


(Clearwisdom.net) On February 7, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah, the host city for 2002 Winter Olympics was in anticipation of the opening ceremony. Over 500 Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Australia, Taiwan, Canada, and many states across the U.S. held a large parade with the theme "Maintaining the Olympic Spirit" and a press conference calling for an to end the persecution in China.

Press Conference Parade (The banner reading "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" and "Falun Dafa is good."

At 10:00 am, the large parade, rarely seen in Utah, began. Holding various banners, the practitioners proceeded slowly on West 300th Street along with the gentle and melodious Dafa music Jishi and Pudu. The simple, kind and peace-loving people of Utah have a profound understanding of human rights and freedom of belief. When they briefly learned about Falun Gong and the persecution in China, many people accepted the truth-clarifying materials from the practitioners and asked how they could offer more help.

Later, a press conference was held. Five practitioner representatives gave speeches regarding their personal experience, calling on more people to pay attention to the persecution in China and hoping that the Chinese delegation and athletes would have a chance to learn the true facts of Falun Gong while visiting Salt Lake City. Many local radio and TV stations covered the parade and press conference live and learned the true facts of Falun Gong.


Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/2/9/24606.html

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