(Clearwisdom.net) Clearwisdom reporter Zheng Ziyan reports from Montreal:
On August 5, 2004, in front of the Quebec High Court, a group of Falun Dafa
practitioners practicing the Falun Gong exercises and a mock torture exhibition
caught the attention of passers-by and people visiting the court. It was
difficult for people to link the two scenes ¨C the beauty of Falun Dafa and the
brutality and horror of the persecution. Many people were shocked at how Falun
Gong practitioners believing in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance have
suffered from the Jiang faction's brutal five-year persecution in China. The
torture methods exhibited were only a few of the more than 100 cruel torture
methods being perpetrated on Dafa practitioners in China. Many more could not be
demonstrated by the people doing the torture reenactment.
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Anti-torture exhibition in front of Quebec High Court |
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Demonstration of torture methods |
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"Tiger-Bench" |
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A practitioner being interviewed by a reporter |
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Several practitioners practice the exercises |
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Police take video footage of the demonstration |
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An elderly man passed by and asked me what the exhibition was about. He
asked again, and confirmed that the torture was occurring in China, that
it had already lasted for five years and that the victims were not
criminals but practitioners of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. He
burst out, "Jiang should be arrested and tried like Saddam!"
"I have been to China recently," a young woman taking many
photos of the anti-torture exhibition said. "On Tiananmen Square, I
was shocked when someone said, ¡®Don't look at those people meditating.
They are practicing Falun Gong. Don't look! Otherwise you are in trouble.'
Today I understand why it could be like that. Thank you."
A policewoman said, after looking at the exhibition and learning the
facts, "Thank you very much for letting me know these facts. I didn't
know these things were happening in China."
A man passing-by by on a bike said, "As a human being on this
earth, we have the responsibility to stop the persecution."
Many people could not accept the fact that people following the
principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance are being tortured in
modern society. A young woman was moved to tears and later her boyfriend
supported her with his arm and walked her across the street. She turned
her head to watch us again and again. A male youth took some
truth-clarifying flyers and help distribute them on the street. Many
people signed their names to support the practitioners in their lawsuit
against Jiang in Canada.
The reporter also noted that quite a few Chinese people looked at the
exhibition, accepted the truth-clarification literature and signed their
names, which was quite different from the evasive attitude of Chinese
people before. "It is mainly because for several years practitioners
around the world, especially those in China, have been clarifying the
truth in the face of the persecution. Many people no longer believe the
slander of the Chinese government media's propaganda machine." A
practitioner said, "However, today there were two Chinese tourists
from China who were influenced by the slanderous propaganda, and they
thought that our public exhibition harmed China's reputation. This
indicates that the Jiang faction's propaganda is still deceiving many
Chinese people and that we have the responsibility to clarify the
truth."
A practitioner in charge of contacting the police told the reporter
that the local police were satisfied with the anti-torture exhibition.
When someone questioned the activity in front of court, the police officer
said clearly to the practitioners, "It is illegal not to allow you to
conduct such an activity. If all protests in front of the court were
peaceful like yours, I wouldn't decline them even there were protests here
every day."
Reporters from Canada Press (CP) and Montreal TV CFCF
12, the Montreal main French Newspaper La Presse and a French TV
station covered the event. CFCF 12 reported on the anti-torture exhibition
on the Six O'clock news that same day.
