Dallas, Texas: Stories From an Anti-Torture Exhibition (Photos)

By Falun Gong practitioners in Dallas, Texas

(Clearwisdom.net) In order to expose the Jiang faction's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and further explain to the public the facts about Falun Gong, practitioners in Dallas, Texas have been holding an anti-torture exhibition and Falun Dafa photo exhibit every week in an area beside the West End Station in downtown Dallas.

Anti-torture exhibition

Explaining the facts about Falun Gong

Explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people

This is a very good place to clarify the truth to people, as it is the city's traffic center with both a subway station and a bus interchange, and there is a continual flow of people. Every time practitioners hold the anti-torture exhibition, many people are attracted and come to watch and find out more. The following are some of our experiences during the anti-torture exhibition, which we'd like to share with everybody:

Three young people, two men and one woman, probably in their early 20s, got off the bus carrying schoolbags on their shoulders. They saw our anti-torture exhibition and immediately stopped in front of the display boards and carefully read the photos and explanations. Finally, they came up to the practitioner who was playing the role of a practitioner suffering torture. They were very upset upon seeing the bruises all over her body (these of course were make-up), and seeing her being hung up by her hands. They were very angry and pointed at the practitioner who acted as a policeman, saying, "Did you do this to her? If you did, we won't leave you alone. I'll beat you up, so that you will also experience what she feels."

The practitioners who were distributing the informational materials hurriedly explained to them, "We are reenacting the persecution happening in China. The Chinese police are brutally torturing Falun Gong practitioners this way." After hearing this, the three students understood and didn't do anything to the practitioner who played the role of the policeman.

An older man stood in front of the display boards and quietly watched for a long time. We could tell that his inner mind was constantly reacting to the changing content of the photos and the explanations that accompanied them. He sometimes nodded, and sometimes his eyes opened widely as if he was angry, other times he looked at one photo as if he was thinking of something, and then finally he left without saying anything. When he was about to walk across the street, he hesitated for a while, and then turned around and returned to our anti-torture exhibit.

He said to the practitioners, "I had thought of just taking a look. When I left, I was unable to erase those tragic scenes from my mind. Your actions deeply moved me. If I can't do something for you, I will feel guilty for my whole life. May I know what I can do for you?"

A practitioner said to him, "You are so kind to think this way. You can learn about the truth today, and learn that Falun Gong is good, and you will be blessed. I hope you can tell all this to your family members and friends and let everybody know that Falun Gong is good. If everybody will condemn Jiang's faction's evil deeds in their conscience, then we will join together to stop the brutal persecution happening in China." He nodded and said, "I will do so."

A woman came to our anti-torture exhibit. She patiently listened to a practitioner's explanation and carefully read the contents introducing the photos. She then said angrily, "A government can persecute its own people like this? It is incredible. The persecution should be stopped immediately. You've done great. I will pray to God every day to bless you." Before leaving, she hugged every practitioner, including practitioners who were acting as victims of the torture, and said goodbye to us.

A Chinese woman passed by and saw many people reading the display boards. Out of curiosity, she came over to take a look.

Practitioners have known that many Chinese people do not know the facts about Falun Gong and many don't dare to get to know Falun Gong, due to the Jiang faction's deceptive lies and slander. But today she came here; it was her predestined relationship, and we would not miss the opportunity to clarify the truth to her.

So a practitioner gave her a sincere smile and handed her some Chinese truth-clarification materials and chatted with her kindly. The woman came from China and had been in the US for many years. Upon the mention of Falun Gong, she said she had heard about it, but she did not know much about it as she did not have time to read the news much. She had learned something about Falun Gong from the People's Daily and CCTV [Chinese state-run media outlets]. There seemed to be not much news about Falun Gong in the past two years. However, she noticed that Falun Gong practitioners overseas are quite active, but she did not know why. Today, this woman had an opportunity to read the display boards, and to see the anti-torture exhibit, and she was really shocked! She had never thought that the Party has used such cruel methods to persecute ordinary people. It's really too much. She said, "You did the right thing; you should keep it up, and you will definitely succeed..." The practitioners were very pleased that she understood the truth.

The anti-torture exhibit will continue, because so many more people still do not know the truth about Falun Gong, and because the persecution of good people who cultivate "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" is still happening in China.

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