By a practitioner in Australia
(Clearwisdom.net) On July 20, 1999, an unprecedented brutal persecution
of Falun Gong practitioners was initiated in China. Since then, hundreds of
thousands of practitioners have stepped forward on the journey of Fa-rectification
to expose the facts of the persecution and to introduce the gracefulness of
Falun Dafa to the world's people. It has been five years since the persecution
started. Though Jiang's faction is still brutally persecuting Falun Gong
practitioners, more and more of the world's people have learned of the brutality
and evilness of the persecution and have stepped forward to support Dafa. On July 20, 2004, practitioners in Melbourne, Australia gathered downtown in
City Square to expose the five-year persecution and details of Jiang's group's
atrocities. The practitioners set up poster boards, banners, an exhibition of
torture methods, collected signatures, distributed flyers, demonstrated the
exercises and gave speeches. Passers-by slowed down to take a look and many
people inquired and signed the petition to support Falun Dafa. Anti-torture Exhibition Five practitioners who were tortured in China re-enacted several of the
torture methods, including the "Tiger Bench," being confined in a small cage,
digging sharp bamboo sticks under the fingernails and injection with
nerve-damaging drugs. A woman practitioner taking part in the exhibition said to
the spectators, "These torture methods exhibited today were those that we and
other imprisoned practitioners suffered three years ago in labor camps in China.
The current situation is worse and the prison guards use more cruel torture
methods. Over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death." An
indigenous couple had tears in their eyes while watching the exhibition and said
again and again, "Too inhumane, too unimaginable. What can we do to help you?"
Practitioners led the couple to the table where they could sign the petition.
Signature Collection On the other side of the square, passers-by stood around a table folding
paper lotus flowers to express their best wishes to Dafa. A senior citizen said,
"I'll fold more and give them to my grandsons and granddaughters. I'll teach
them to say, 'Wonderful Falun Dafa'." A practitioner explained to two young
teenager boys, "The signature collection is to appeal to the Australian
Government to pay attention to the recent terrorist act in which a Falun Gong
practitioner from Australia was shot by a gunman in South Africa. We also want
to have more Australian people understand the persecution in China and its
extension overseas." The teens left after hearing the explanation. In a short
while, they came back with over a dozen of their friends, all of their age. Each
of them signed his name to the petition. Focusing on the Shooting Incident in South Africa Between the anti-torture exhibition and the signature collection table, a
rally was conducted. Practitioner Ms. Kati gave an overview of the day's
activity, introducing the worldwide spread of Falun Dafa and the brutal
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners during the last five years in China. Mr.
Lu Yi and Mr. Yuan Jie, representing the China Democracy Movement, gave speeches
and expressed their support for Falun Gong. Mr. Yuan said, "I support Falun Gong
because practitioners still follow the principles of Truth, Compassion, and
Tolerance when facing the most cruel torture. These principles are yearned for
and pursued by all races and countries." They also condemned the Jiang faction
for hiring thugs in South Africa to shoot Falun Gong practitioners. They called
on kind-hearted people to oppose the Jiang faction's exportation of state
terrorism overseas. Mr. David Liang who was shot in South Africa came to the rally from Sydney
with another practitioner. He was in a wheelchair. He narrated the shooting
incident that he experienced in South Africa and analyzed the Jiang faction's
plot in hiring thugs to kill people. His speech won applause. After his speech,
many audience members grouped around him and expressed their greetings and
respect. Two university students took photos of the touching scene. They said, "Jiang's
group commits genocide and it is even more serious that they extend the
terrorism to other countries. Apparently, Australia is a victim of this
terrorism." They said that they would show the photos to their classmates and
have them know about this incident which has shocked the world. Truth Clarification Truth clarification poster boards were displayed, explaining the facts of the
persecution. At the same time, practitioners distributed flyers and talked with
passers-by. After the activity, a practitioner said, "Many passers-by asked for
the truth-clarification literature." A Western practitioner said, "Chinese
people here would like to learn about the facts more than before. They do not
shun the issue, but ask on their own accord."
Passers-by read the poster boards
Passers-by read the poster boards
A reporter interviews David Liang
Signing the petition to support Falun Dafa
Anti-torture exhibition
Posting date: 7/28/2004
Original article date: 7/28/2004
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/7/22/80063.html