Germany: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Bremerhaven Reveals the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
By a German practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioners organized an exhibition of
torture methods to inform the public about the unjust persecution of
practitioners in China. Banners were hung with inscriptions reading
"Concentration Camps in China - Unsavory Trade in Organs Taken from Falun
Gong Practitioners," "SOS - Rescue Falun Gong - Deadly Torture in
China," and "Concentration Camps in China - Torture - Murder -
Organ Trade." While we distributed flyers next to the anti-torture
exhibition, we were often able to give detailed explanations to the public. We
answered their questions about the reproductions of paintings depicting the
cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and the horrible torture methods
used to torment our fellow practitioners. Some of the visitors went to the table
where we had placed a petition condemning the trade in organs taken from Falun
Gong practitioners, and a second one demanding the return of the Jiang family,
who had been deported to China. (1) The focus of our activity was the latest information about the horrible trade
in organs taken from Falun Gong practitioners. We passed out our regular flyer
containing an insert with data on the jump in organ transplants after 1999 (the
beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong). It also contains an article by a
reporter from the Sound of Hope radio station pretending to be a patient in need
of a transplant. Her request met with the following response: "Patients
should come quickly before May 1 because it will be more difficult to obtain
organs after the current batch is used up. After May 1 it will be more difficult
to obtain organs." The reason for this timetable is a new law dealing with
organ transplants in China, which will go into effect on June 1. The law was
passed after China's organ trade was recently exposed. However, because it will
go into effect later, currently the harvesting of organs from living 'donors' is
still permitted. We are certain that many thousands of unjustly imprisoned Falun
Gong practitioners are among them. Many people were very touched by our concern
for our dear fellow practitioners in China and they thanked us politely. Many people watched us demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and asked
questions about it. The main attraction remained the torture exhibition, which
featured a practitioner wearing stage make-up simulating torture wounds. Very
often the passersby asked concerned questions about the well-being of the
practitioner. We explained that the practitioners are happy to endure this type
of hardship if there is a chance of easing the tortures which practitioners
imprisoned in China have to suffer. Note: (1) The Jiang family was mistakenly extradited from Germany to China in March
2005, despite credible claims that due to his Falun Gong practice the father's
life would be in danger once he arrived in China. Indeed, he was interrogated
after his arrival in China and was sentenced to three years in a labor camp
because he was practicing Falun Gong and thereby 'endangering public security'.
Very recently, Mr. Jiang was released but he remains under house arrest. After
having obtained asylum in Germany, we hope that he will soon be able to return
to Germany with his family. Published by de.clearharmony.net on May 2nd, 2006
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