UK: Introducing Falun Gong in London's Chinatown (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net)On November 8th, a few Falun Dafa
practitioners hosted a small-scale public exhibition to promote Falun Gong on
the main street of London's Chinatown. They managed to introduce Falun Dafa
using banners and displays entitled, "Global Lawsuit Against Jiang Zemin and
Jiang Zemin and his Followers have been Charged in Many Nations for Persecuting
Falun Gong." The banners were successful in attracting the attention of many
pedestrians, who stopped to look at the display and also asked for more
information. During the exhibition, practitioners demonstrated the unique Falun
Gong exercises accompanied by peaceful Dafa music.
There were two purposes for holding this exhibition. One was
to introduce Falun Gong and the other was to educate the public about the
ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. It is our hope that
all Chinese people, as well as others who are aware of the problems faced by
Falun Gong practitioners in China, will let others know the truth. The other
purpose was to let people know about the lawsuits that have been filed in many
countries against Jiang for his direct order to persecute Falun Gong. These
lawsuits charge Jiang with Genocide, torture and crimes against humanity.
Some students from China who had just arrived in England,
told practitioners that they could not understand why Falun Gong was treated so
differently at home and overseas. Falun Gong is banned in Mainland China while
practitioners in England are free to teach and practice as they wish. In fact,
many Western people, as well as overseas Chinese, practice Falun Gong. One
practitioner stated, "Being widely accepted by good and kind people worldwide,
Falun Gong is popular in over sixty nations. But Jiang Zemin made the decision
to persecute Falun Gong in China to maintain his dictatorship and has been
violating the freedom of Chinese people and kind people around the world."
One Chinese person doubted these words saying, "Is there any
political reason for Falun Gong to be repressed in China?" The practitioner
clearly stated that Falun Gong practitioners have no political agenda, nor any
pursuit of political struggle. Other than pushing governments to allow us to
practice, we have no interest in politics. We believe in Zhen-Shan-Ren. We do
not go after political power and will not lean on any political force either. Why do so many people regard Falun Gong as a political group?
The practitioner explained, "All of the misunderstandings do not originate from
Falun Gong, but from Jiang's regime. Before it was persecuted, Falun Gong was
widely welcomed by the Chinese public, with 100 million practitioners. To crack
down on a 100-million strong group of cultivators, the authorities treated these
100 million practitioners as enemies of the Communist Party. It was claimed that
these people were political opponents. When the issue became political, the
authorities could persecute Falun Gong for their own reasons and motivations.
Our request is to stop the persecution on the grounds of protecting human rights
and does not relate to politics. Human rights are the fundamental rights of
every human being. To protect human rights is absolutely not a political move;
it's to maintain the fundamental guidelines of human society."
Chinatown was crowded that weekend and provided a wonderful
opportunity to display vivid and dynamic photos and articles, which
practitioners used as visual aids while patiently explaining and discussing
Falun Gong with Chinese people who raised questions. Through events such as
this, we are able to open the eyes of all the Chinese people so that they can
see what Falun Gong is really about.
Chinese version available at
http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200311/26099.html
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