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The Epoch Times: "Uncompromising Courage" Comes to New York --Art Exhibit Raises Awareness about Plight of Falun Gong Evan Mantyk
The Epoch Times Oct 25, 2004 NEW YORK -- Ghastly creatures hold the hero's face in a bucket of filth,
while the bloodied heroine is tied to the wall, a halo of light around her head.
Another Lord of the Rings movie? Not quite. This is a painting of real people
being persecuted for their beliefs in China. It is part of the
"Uncompromising Courage" exhibit that will be held for the next two
weeks at the National Arts Club. The exhibit ¨C whose last stop was the House of Representatives office
building in DC - focuses on Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin's suppression of the
meditation practice, Falun Gong. "The practice was outlawed in 1999 when it
became more popular than the Chinese Communist Party," said a Falun Gong
spokesman in New York, Dr. Damon Noto. According to reports from China, many Falun Gong practitioners refused to
give up the practice when it was outlawed and faced discrimination, arrest,
torture, and death. The artists themselves are all practitioners of Falun Gong, and according to
the exhibition's DC coordinator, Ms. Diane Fan, some personally experienced the
persecution campaign that continues today. According to Fan, "The exhibition illustrates a clear contrast between
compassion and evil that has emerged after Jiang Zemin launched the persecution.
In order to safeguard truthfulness, compassion and tolerance and uphold justice,
freedom, dignity and mankind's benevolent nature, these Falun Gong practitioners
have shown unwavering perseverance." Truthfulness, compassion and tolerance are taken by Falun Gong practitioners
to be the three main guiding principles of their practice. They are known to
always practice nonviolence, and throughout the exhibit, they emphasize their
concern for their persecutors' fates. http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-10-25/23972.html
Posting date: 10/28/2004
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