Germany: Members of International Human Rights Association Shocked at the Atrocities Exposed in Falun Gong Art Exhibit (Photos)
By Wu Sijing, Minghui reporter
(Clearwisdom.net) "No human nature," "We are
shocked!" Although the members of the International Human Rights
Association are familiar with the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist
Party, while viewing the twenty-five paintings created to expose the cruel
persecution of Falun Gong, they found the shameless means used to suppress Falun
Gong, the rampant persecution and the degree of brutality beyond their
imagination. Members of the International Human Rights Association are
shocked by the cruel persecution of Falun Gong carried out by the Chinese
Communist Party. When a Falun Gong practitioner from Frankfurt heard that the 2005
International Human Rights Annual Conference held at Koenigstein from April 23rd
to 24th was about torture, he immediately remembered the Art Exhibition in
Geneva during the session of the UN Human Rights Conference. Some of the
paintings illustrated how the police in China persecute Falun Gong practitioners
using torture. He contacted practitioners in other countries, and quickly got copies of the
paintings. He selected twenty-five paintings from the copies. Most of them
portrayed methods of torture, such as bamboo sticks being shoved under the
fingernails and cruel beatings. Some of them indirectly showed the persecution;
for example, one girl couldn't enter her home because her home was sealed up by
order of the 610 Office, a Gestapo-like agency created solely to
persecute Falun Gong. On the morning of April 23rd when the International Human
Rights Annual Conference was about to start, the practitioner was busy hanging
up the paintings near the relaxation area. The effect of exposing the persecution using these art works was displayed as
they were framed. Employees of the framing company were measuring the size of
every painting, so the practitioner took the chance to explain to them in detail
about the content. The framing company got to know about the persecution and
decided to charge their lowest price because, as they said, "this art
exhibition is a meaningful event." They even helped the practitioner solve
a transportation problem due to his urgent schedule by driving their own company
van to transport the paintings to the location of the conference. Communism was rampant in Eastern Europe for many years, so those people who
came from this area were especially touched. Someone from the Czech Republic
asked the practitioner how to get a high-resolution photo of a painting of an
elderly Falun Gong practitioner squatting in a cage, in which he could hardly
extend his body. The Czech man felt this painting had an intense symbolic
meaning. The Communist Party is like a cage that confines human thought and
freedom. Day after day, year after year, those who are held in these cages will
forget what normal life is, what their inherent dignity and what their rights
are. They become gradually numb and accept the orders of those evil people who
torture them. Although this practitioner has been living in democratic western Germany, he
could understand this implied meaning. The publication of Nine Commentaries
on the Communist Party in German let him understand systematically the
nature of the Communist Party and the way they use the principles of lies,
violence and suppression to control all aspects of society. The Communist
Party's history of brutal killing never been expounded in such a way before.
They utilize killing to create an atmosphere of terror to control people
spiritually, so that most Chinese are totally willing to accept totalitarian
rule. The practitioner was glad to see the art exhibition had resonated with the
people who visited. When many people found out he was the curator, they came to
him and said, with an incredible, shocked, and angry look, that they would tell
more people about the persecution of Falun Gong. "In Germany, we will keep organizing the art exhibitions." said the
practitioner. His gentle and slow voice was also steadfast in expressing
resistance persecution, and determination to let the world know the truth. Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200505/26444.html
This art exhibition was the first time the "Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Forbearance Art Exhibition" was held in Germany. Falun Gong practitioners
have blazed a peaceful path of anti-persecution, exposing the persecution by
words, anti-torture exhibitions, music, paintings, and sculpture.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/5/8/101386.html
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