Stories from Anti-Torture Exhibitions in Manhattan (Photos)

By Minghui reporter Xiao Zhou

(Clearwisdom.net)

Anti-torture exhibitions in streets of Manhattan have helped many learn the truth about Falun Gong and the ongoing brutal persecution

1. UPS Employees

It was around noon when two Americans with IDs from UPS passed by our exhibition. The lady smiled at me and said, "I already signed." As the man passed, he said, "It is only happening here."

I hurried up to catch him and asked, "Sir, wait a second, what do you mean?"

He replied, "You are just performing on U.S. streets, while no such things are actually happening in China."

I said, "Sir, please think about it. Although an exhibit like this couldn't exist on the streets in China, why couldn't such torture be happening in Chinese forced labor camps and prisons? You know that Chinese media outlets are all controlled by the Communist Party, so how can everyday Chinese know the truth?"

The lady said, "Yes, what she said makes a lot sense."

I then told them the truth of the Tiananmen Self-Immolation Incident, which was set up by the CCP to frame Falun Gong. The lady nodded her head to show her agreement, while the gentleman said, "I heard about Falun Gong from my Chinese friend."

I told him, "Your Chinese friend has also been misled by the CCP's propaganda. The self-immolation incident alone has deceived countless Chinese. You should tell him the truth."

He nodded his head and said, "O.K. I will tell my Chinese friend about this." In the end, he took some truth-clarifying materials with him.

2. Falun Rotates

One day, a Tibetan Lama and his friend passed by our booth. A fellow practitioner approached him and told him about the persecution. In broken English, the Lama said that he knew the history of the CCP's killing of innocent people and that Tibetans had also been severely persecuted. Without any hesitation, he signed his name. The practitioner then showed him the Falun Emblem in a copy of Zhuan Falun. The Tibetan was very excited and talked with his friend in their native tongue. Facing the emblem, he then drew many circles with his hands and said, "Falun rotates, rotates!"

3. Precious Chinese, Please Sign your Name

A Chinese man passed by our anti-torture exhibition. I handed him a copy of truth-clarifying material. He didn't take it, saying, "I know, I know. I have read your materials and I know about the persecution."

I then told him, "Since you know about the brutality of the persecution, please sign your name to support us."

He laughed and shook his head.

When he saw the practitioner who was re-enacting the Tiger Bench torture, however, he asked me, "Is this torture really happening?"

I said, "You know that we Falun Gong practitioners cultivate 'Truth-Compassion-Forbearance' and thus have to tell the truth and do things truthfully. So many of us have dedicated so much time and money in order to clarify the truth to New Yorkers every day, rain or shine, hot or cold. Why do we do it? Don't you remember we were sitting here during the coldest days of this past winter?"

Hearing this, he didn't say a word, but signed his name in Chinese.

4. "I Will Call the CEO of That TV Station"

A well-dressed white-collar worker stopped at our exhibition. He asked me what was going on. I told him briefly about the truth. He said that he had never heard of Falun Gong. I then told him more details. His expression became more and more dignified. He said, "What happened? How could all the media remain silent, and why has the U.S. government remained silent?"

I said that some western media had been misled by the CCP's propaganda such as the "Tiananmen Self-immolation Incident." I stressed, however, that more remained silent because of commercial interests.

He then turned around and, while pointing to the office of a media outlet, asked if that media had interviewed us. I said that we had been at the site for two weeks and that no one had come to interview us. He said that he would call the CEO of that company, "My company does business with them, and my voice can be heard on TV any time."

I then said, "Please help us through the connections you have, and please help hundreds of thousands Chinese practitioners being persecuted in China."

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/30/105148.html

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