UK: The "Great Wall of Courage" in London (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) Bustling with noise and excitement, London is full
of energy at weekends. On the afternoon of January the 15th 2005, Falun Gong
practitioners from nearly twenty countries were in the centre of London to form
a "Great Wall of Courage" after their large parade through the capital
had finished.
European Falun Gong practitioners form the "Great Wall of
Courage" in the centre of London to reveal the truth about Falun Gong to
people Facing the street with bumper-to-bumper traffic or the pavement with
bustling pedestrians, the practitioners held various posters and banners to
quietly expose the facts about Falun Gong to passers-by. Some peacefully
demonstrated the five sets of exercises, while others greeted passers-by with
kind smiles and handed them flyers, as well as newspapers. To view the photos
and posters, pedestrians naturally slowed down their pace. If people had any
questions or doubts, the practitioners talked to them about Falun Gong and the
persecution in China. Many people asked practitioners questions or exchanged
viewpoints with them along the "Great Wall of Courage", which added
something to this special activity. A news reporter interviewed some of the practitioners and a Chinese
pedestrian as follows: Thomas, aged twenty-two, a Swedish practitioner who has practised Falun
Gong for seven years, said: "I took advantage of the weekend to come over
to London to participate in a series of activities to raise people's awareness
of the serious situation of the five-year persecution in China and to put an
end to this persecution." Raising a photo of a child who was a victim of
this persecution, he said, "What's even more despicable is that some
innocent children are also subjected to inhuman persecution. Among them was an
eight-month-old baby who was persecuted to death along with his mother. We
need to let people know this urgent information as soon as possible so that we
are able to condemn and bring an end to the killing together." Peder from Norway said, "I have practised Falun Gong for six years. I
have always felt closely associated with Oriental culture, from which I always
tried to find the meaning of life, until I found Falun Gong. From then on, I
am not the person I used to be, and the change in me is dramatically
significant. In short, I have learned to think more about others and less
about myself. Of course, we have heard these kind of statements very often
from people; it seems to be a clich¨¦. However, only Falun Gong practitioners
strictly put this principle into practice in their daily lives." Talking about the brutal persecution against Falun Gong happening in China,
Peder said, "How sad it is! So many people died of or suffered from
inhuman tortures simply because they believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion
and Tolerance". My visit to London for these two and a half days is to
appeal for public awareness of the genocide happening in China. Let's stop
this persecution. This is what we overseas Falun Gong practitioners can do to
minimize the suffering of practitioners in China." He continued,
"Another reason why I am here in London is to participate in the Falun
Gong Experience Sharing Conference tomorrow. We will share our own cultivation
experiences at this meeting, and I cannot wait for the conference
tomorrow." Wang Jie, 19 and living in Finland at present, has practised Falun Gong for
six years. After the suppression against Falun Gong began, she personally
experienced the persecution in China from 1999 to 2002. She said, "Before
1999, we young practitioners had our own cultivation environments, so many
children stayed together to study Falun Gong and practise the exercises. After
the persecution happened, all this was forbidden. I could only study the Fa
and practise the exercises at home alone. The surroundings became very
oppressive. With overwhelming vicious propaganda against Falun Gong filling
the society, fear was in the air, and people were terrified to talk about
Falun Gong. For example, I witnessed a ridiculous event in school. At the
sight of a naughty boy drawing a circle with a smile face in it on the ground,
the principal got all furious asking this boy why he drew a Falun. It turned
into an enormous disruption in the school. It showed what kind of atmosphere
the Mainland Chinese people were living in. People are not just threatened by
the terror, but deceived so much that they have no idea of the real situation.
I didn't know the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China was so
serious until I moved outside China in 2002. When I learned so many facts
about the persecution, I cried. The Chinese people are really in a deplorable
situation. They have been overwhelmingly deceived and fooled by the
lies." Wang Jie said, "Like other practitioners, every day I explain the
facts about Falun Gong to the public and urge all the kind-hearted people
around the world to put an end to this persecution so as to save more
people." At the sight of the photos of the cruel persecution, a Chinese woman
passing by the "Great Wall of Courage" stopped excitedly and talked
to practitioners for a long time. She said, "One of my friends is also a
Falun Gong practitioner. In recent years, she was forcibly sent to a
brainwashing class. I do not know how much torment she has suffered there, but
I do know from then on she has lost her freedom, her normal life and her job.
Afterwards, since she still refused to give up her belief, she was forced to
leave home and thus became destitute and homeless. I do not practise Falun
Gong, but I do know it is despicable to force people to give up their own
belief, with such ruthless and cruel means! I believe the torture methods in
the photos you displayed are true. Take myself for instance. There are about
five hundred people who have a close relationship with me in my life. If one
out of these people is persecuted, then how many people would be persecuted
nationwide? The number would be huge." After talking with a practitioner
and walking along the "Great Wall of Courage" the kind-hearted
Chinese woman couldn't help stopping to talk with another practitioner. She
said repeatedly, "I just can't understand what those Chinese leaders are
really thinking about!" Kind people may not comprehend the vicious mentality of the wicked ones.
They can neither understand the wicked people's hatred against "Truth,
Compassion and Tolerance," nor these people's fearful and uncontrollable
mentalities after they deprive people of basic human rights and regard
national power as their own. That's why people in China are in ignorance and
have been deceived and poisoned by the lies for decades. Only Dafa
practitioners who understand the truth can truly realise the intrinsic nature
of things and expose the evil's lies. As a result, Falun Gong practitioners
have exposed the facts about the Jiang regime's persecution to raise people's
awareness and save people. Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200501/24504.html
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/1/20/93871.html
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