Ireland: Clarifying the Facts in Front of the Country's Largest TV station
Recently, Irish practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises outside
RTE, the largest TV station in Ireland. The exercises were demonstrated during
peak traffic times i.e. while people traveled to work in the morning. Staff of
the TV station and passers-by heard practitioners' introduction to Falun Gong,
and were able to obtain a better and deeper understanding of Falun Dafa and the
persecution inside China. At the same time, practitioners also appealed for the
rescue of the two students, Liu Feng and Yang Fang, who are being persecuted by
the Jiang's regime in China because they practice Falun Gong. The 10th of December was World Human Rights Day. On this day, practitioners
from Dublin held a candlelight vigil and sent forth righteous thoughts in front
of the Chinese Embassy to appeal to end the persecution of Falun Gong. This
activity drew the attention of many local people. Zhao Ming, a student in Trinity College, Dublin, went back to China in
January 2000 and was illegally detained and sent to a forced labor camp. A
friend of his told practitioners: "Since the persecution of Falun Gong
started in July, 1999, Zhao Ming has been under surveillance because he
practiced Falun Gong. This peaceful movement is based on the principles of the
universe 'Truth-Compassion-Tolerance' and has gained millions of practitioners
worldwide. But in China, it has undergone vicious slander and persecution for
more than four and a half years. Zhao Ming verified that he was badly tortured during his two-year detention
in the labor camp. His release was secured with the help of Bertie Ahern, the
Irish Prime Minister, Brian Cowen, the Irish Foreign Minister and Mary Robinson,
the former High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
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http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200312/26939.html
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