Finland: July 20 Protest Calls for an End to Persecution of Falun Gong (Photos)

By Finnish practitioners

(Clearwisdom.net) On July 20, Finnish Falun Gong practitioners started their peaceful protest at the Chinese Embassy, calling for an end to the six-year brutal persecution against people who live by the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance".

On July 20 six years ago, Jiang Zemin, the former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), launched a campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners, vowing that the CCP would destroy Falun Gong in three months. So far, the number of practitioners who have lost their lives is over 2,600. These are only the deaths for which there is documented evidence, and the actual number is estimated to be several times larger.

Among the practitioners sitting at the Embassy, some were once detained in Mainland China's detention centers for appealing for Falun Gong practitioners' human rights. Afterwards, their families in China were threatened, molested and put under surveillance.

Sending righteous thoughts and demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises

In the face of violence and lies, Falun Gong practitioners have always followed the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance". After six years of efforts to peacefully resist the Chinese Communist Party's systematic campaign to destroy Falun Gong, practitioners have received sympathy and respect all over the world. Practitioners have dismissed lies with truth, awakened people's conscience with compassion and melted wickedness with tolerance. History will remember each and every one of the heroic deeds of practitioners and the CCP's crimes against humanity. Both good and evil will receive its retribution and the wicked people will certainly be punished sooner or later.

Almost everybody accepted the leaflets that practitioners handed out. A passer by asked what we were doing and looked confused. After a practitioner's explanation, he pressed his hands together and bowed to show his respect to our noble effort.

Handing a leaflet to a young Finnish girl, a practitioner asked her, "Are you going to China?" She answered, "Yes. I'm going there to study." The practitioner asked her to read the leaflet before leaving because she will only hear lies in China. She promised to do so and said, "Thank you."

In the past, passing by officials from the Chinese Embassy always ignored practitioners or said that they were not allowed to take the leaflets when the practitioners handed them leaflets. However, some of them took the leaflets this time or declined with a smile. Some even greeted the practitioners first. It seems that former diplomat Chen Yonglin's defection has greatly encouraged them. Practitioners hope they can choose a better future as well.

Source http://clearharmony.net/articles/200507/27947.html

Chinese version available at http://yuanming.net/articles/200507/43607.html

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