Chicago, USA: Practitioners Peacefully Protest and Deliver an Open Letter to the Thai Consulate (Photos)

By Minghui/Clearwisdom reporter Xu Jing

(Clearwisdom.net) On December 14, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners in Chicago held a peaceful protest in front of the Thai Consulate regarding the Thai police's violation of human rights. The practitioners hoped that the Thai government would not succumb to the malevolent Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and would stop harassing and assaulting Falun Gong practitioners.

Reading an open letter in front of the Thai Consulate

Practitioners peacefully protest in the snow

In front of the Thai Consulate, in a light snow, practitioners held banners reading, "Thailand, please respect Falun Gong practitioners' human rights," and, "Falun Dafa is Good." A representative for the practitioners read an open letter to the Thai Consulate-General, which stated that on December 10, International Human Rights Day, opposite the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, Falun Gong practitioners peacefully protesting there were rudely interfered with by Thai police under the instigation of the Chinese embassy. Several dozen uniformed police and plainclothes police crossed the road and forcibly searched practitioners' bags, dragged practitioners away and grabbed their banners. When practitioners clarified the truth to the police and exposed the Chinese Embassy's wrongdoing, some police officers expressed that they did not want to harass the practitioners, but the Chinese Embassy asked them to do so.

The open letter also expressed that in the past more than six years of peaceful resistance, Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China have been subjected to unimaginable and inhuman torture and abuses, while Falun Gong has been well received in over 80 countries around the world. Thailand is one of the countries that initially supported and welcomed Falun Gong. The Thai government is very clear that Falun Gong benefits people both physically and mentally, and does no harm to anybody. However, the malevolent CCP has extended its persecution of Falun Gong outside China. Some countries feel compelled to violate their own country's fundamental interests for the sake of economic benefit, and have succumbed to the malevolent CCP. Chicago practitioners hoped that Thailand would not become one of those countries.

Falun Gong practitioners finally expressed two points in their open letter: One, stop encroaching on Falun Gong practitioners' human rights, and the other point asked the Thai government not to succumb to the CCP and undermine the foundational philosophy of Thailand.

A representative for Falun Gong entered the consulate and further talked with a consul and delivered the letter.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/12/15/116584.html

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