Germany: Exposing the Persecution of Falun Gong with an Anti-Torture Exhibition in Rostock
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioners had the opportunity to show
the travelling exhibition, "Fields of Shame," in the German coastal
city of Rostock during the weekend of November 12th. The exhibition, which has
been shown nationwide, displays pictures and photographs of human rights
violations and torture methods used in different countries. Many of the scenes
are from China. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the
exhibition to demonstrate reenactments of torture methods that are brutally
applied to thousands of peaceful Falun Gong practitioners in China. The traditional Chinese cultivation practice, Falun Gong, was prohibited in
China in July 1999 and has since been brutally persecuted by the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP). Practitioners are being sent to labor camps illegally and
beaten and tortured because of their belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion
and Forbearance." Approximately 2,780 cases of the persecution have
resulted in death. The exhibition was shown at the Neuer Market Square in the center of Rostock
and attracted many interested viewers. We selected a good spot to place our
booth, which was visible from all sides. Even as we were still setting up, the
first visitors arrived and looked at the pictures painted by practitioners of
the torture methods, with interest and horror. The visitors were happy to sign
our petition demanding an end to the persecution and supporting the lawsuit
against the former head of the CCP, Jiang Zemin, who initiated the persecution. People were touched that we were fighting for human rights and standing up
against the terrible persecution despite the cold weather. Children were also
drawn to come and take a look. One little girl wanted to touch the transmitter
which played our exercise music, while a practitioner demonstrated the
exercises. A disabled girl and her brother remained in front of the pictures for
a long time. When we told them about the principles of Falun Gong and the
injustice it is experiencing in China, the girl looked at us with bright eyes.
Many people are awakening and now recognize the injustice happening in China.
They cannot understand why such a peaceful meditative practice is being
persecuted and prohibited. People are waiting for us and want to hear about Falun Gong. At one point, I
got very cold and couldn't bear the winter weather when a friendly person
approached me, touched my shoulder and encouraged me to continue. That day, I
felt as if time stood still. Our activity enabled many people to find us and to
hear the truth about Falun Gong. It was a day of harmony. Falun Gong is wonderful.
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