Atlanta Falun Gong Practitioners Rally to Support Global Public Trial of Jiang and to Appeal for Charles Li's Release (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) At 7 pm on June 5^th 2003, Atlanta Falun Gong practitioners rallied in Olympic Park, calling upon people from all walks of life to work together to stop the persecution of Falun Gong, end the Chinese government's illegal imprisonment of American citizen Charles Li, and to bring Jiang to justice.

Supporting the Lawsuit: "Can I Do Something More to Help?"

An American couple and their children were visiting the park. After they heard that American citizen Charles Li was illegally detained in China, thousands of practitioners in China were being persecuted, and Jiang was sued in an American Court, the gentleman asked the practitioner who was collecting signatures, "Do you only collect signatures?" The practitioner told him that he could call and write to the U.S. government. The gentleman asked again, "Anything else? Can I do something more to help?" In the end he said, "I want to donate some money to support you." The practitioner thanked for his kindness and told him that Falun Gong doesn't accept donations.

Many passersby came to ask for details, request truth-clarifying materials and sign their names on an appeal letter asking the U.S. government to pressure China to release Charles Li immediately. A practitioner gave a flyer to a woman and told her that Charles Li was force-fed and beaten while on hunger strike. The woman turned to her daughter, who was communicating with her via sign language. The lady carefully looked at her daughter's gestures and nodded head from time to time. In the end, she took out a pen and wrote down her name "Sharon" on the petition letter.

A family walked by and stopped to listen to the story of Atlanta resident Lu Chaohui's family. They were shocked by the cruel torture and persecution carried out against Mr. Lu's wife, Zhou Xuefei. The whole family signed their names on the appeal letter to express their desire, "Rescue Zhou Xuefei and All of the Practitioners Being Persecuted."

A practitioner gave a flyer to a man waiting for the traffic light and asked him for his support. He shook his head and said that he was from Germany. The practitioner told him that this was not just a matter between the United States and China. Many countries have Falun Gong practitioners who have experienced persecution in many different ways. The signature was to support justice, something that transcends national boundaries. He seemed to suddenly understand and said, "Yes, yes". He then signed his name.

Another man listened to the introduction and asked some pointed questions to a practitioner. He couldn't understand that Charles Li would go back to China when he knew he would be arrested. The practitioner told him that millions of practitioners had benefited from practicing Falun Gong in both mind and body, but China cruelly persecuted Falun Gong after July 1999. Thousands of them just want to tell the people the facts, to help them because they have been deceived by the government propaganda. After listening intently, the person gladly signed his name.

NTD TV and the Epoch Times Newspaper conducted interviews and gave reports from the activity site. The CBS TV station used the NTD TV Station footage in their report.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/6/8/51838.html

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