Delaware, USA: Spreading the Truth at Newark Nite (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On June 3, for the sixth consecutive year, Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the annual fair, "Newark Nite." This festive occasion was cosponsored by the Newark Chamber of Commerce, the Newark City Government and the University of Delaware, and was held on the university campus. More than 10,000 residents from the town of Newark and nearby communities participated in the event.

Demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises

The Falun Gong booth

Teaching the exercises

A young girl reading Zhuan Falun with interest

Among the bustling crowd, practitioners quietly demonstrated the peaceful Falun Gong exercises. The sight was so unique that a large number of people slowed down to find out more. Many of them inquired for materials, learned the exercises and signed an appeal letter which calls for action to stop the Chinese Communist regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong and calls for the US Congress and President Bush to urge the Chinese regime to open up all labor camps, prison and other related facilities for unconditional investigation.

The Chinese Communist regime’s atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners shocked the kindhearted Delaware citizens. Many had heard about this atrocity several times from local media reports, and some of them have taken their own initiative to write to their representatives, requesting the legislators to urge the administration to take action. Not long ago, the Wilmington City Council passed a resolution to condemn the atrocities of the organ harvest and requested Delaware members of Congress to urge President Bush to launch a thorough investigation into the claims.

Free artworks for people

A woman signing the petition calling for an end to the persecution

At the Falun Gong booth, many people were watching a Chinese practitioner creating Chinese paintings. The practitioner was in her 60s and had just recently come to Delaware from Shandong Province. She gave out her paintings for free, and wrote, "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance" as well as, "Falun Dafa is Good" in Chinese characters on each painting.

Taking this opportunity, the practitioners told people the a true story: Jiang Zemin, the chief perpetrator of the persecution, recently went to Shandong and wanted to visit the famous Longquan Temple in Jinan City. As local officials all knew that Jiang fears Falun Gong more than anything, they even smashed the six Chinese characters for "Essence, Qi, Spirit, Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," which were carved on one wall of the temple in the Ming Dynasty. His hatred toward the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" is in fact the fundamental reason for Jiang to collude with the Chinese Communist Party to persecute Falun Gong. With her artistic skill, the practitioner from Shandong Province shared the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" with many kindhearted people.

Candidates running for Congress, as well as state and city representatives also participated in the night fair and learned the truth of Falun Gong, including the recently revealed atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners. Practitioners urged them to request the US government to launch an independent and thorough investigation into the situation. A candidate for congressman said that he is Jewish and has a clear understanding on the Chinese Communist regime’s genocide against Falun Gong. He said that the founding principles of the U.S. shall not be trampled on and as a free nation, the U.S. shall fulfill its responsibility to help end these human rights violations and the Chinese Communist regime’s crimes against Falun Gong in China. He asked for two lotus flowers and said that he would put them in his car and office for good fortune.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/10/130057.html

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