Russia: Clarifying Truth of the Persecution During St. Petersburg City Day (Photos)

By a Russian practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) May 27th, 2006, was St. Petersburg's 303rd anniversary. Although it was relatively cold, people in this ancient city still held all kinds of celebration activities in the streets and squares. With permission from City Hall, Falun Gong practitioners participated in the celebration activities at a square in the city center.

People inquiring about the facts of Falun Gong

A demonstration of the graceful Falun Gong exercises

The practitioners played Falun Dafa music, recited poems and demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. They also displayed information detailing how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brutally persecutes Falun Gong practitioners. The pictures revealed to the people the cruel persecution that Falun Gong practitioners in China have suffered during the past seven years. Many people stood in front of the display boards for a long time while listening to practitioners explaining the facts. They showed their sympathy and support to the practitioners.

Passers-by read the display boards attentively

Many people, especially young people and children, surrounded the small table at which practitioners were making folded paper lotus flowers. The practitioners made the lotus flowers as they explained how innocent Falun Gong practitioners in China are being persecuted. In this way, people learned the deep meaning behind the little lotus flowers. A little girl sat at the table, watching her mother make a lotus flower for her. She would not leave until her mother signed the petition book to support the campaign to end the persecution of Falun Gong.

Two boys were delighted after obtaining a truth-clarifying newspaper and lotus flowers

Regardless age and gender, after learning the truth people all signed the petition to condemn the persecution

An old woman watched the exercise demonstration carefully. She said, "I like them very much. I will definitely come practice the exercises at your practice site."

A group of young people were riding by on their bicycles. When they got to the practitioners' table, they were laughing and joking. However, after listening to the practitioners talking about the facts of the persecution in China, they became quiet and solemn. They seriously signed their names in the petition book to support the anti-persecution campaign.

Teenagers: "We also want to make our contribution to end the persecution"

There are always policemen on duty when Falun Gong practitioners hold activities, so there are always some policemen having the opportunity to hear the facts about Falun Gong. After learning the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution, the policemen always change a lot. Below are some stories.

When a practitioner introduced Falun Gong to a deputy chief of a police station and told him about the persecution happening in China, the practitioner told him a story: During the past New Year, practitioners introduced Falun Dafa to a police officer who was in charge of prisons. They also gave him some Dafa books. Then, he distributed the books to some prisoners. After reading the Dafa book, a murderer wrote, "I was so shocked after reading the book. If I had read the book before, I would definitely not have committed any crimes." The deputy chief was delighted to hear the story and accepted the Dafa book. He said gladly, "It was a good thing." He told the practitioner that he wanted to provide practitioners with an exercise site free of charge. He also invited Falun Dafa practitioners to introduce Dafa in his police station. He said, "There will be more people interested in Dafa there."

After hearing the facts, a policeman who lives in Urfa asked a practitioner whether there were Falun Gong practitioners in Urfa. The practitioner said that there were. He immediately asked the practitioner to ask practitioners in Urfa to come out to clarify the truth and promote Falun Dafa publicly, because he really hoped that people in his hometown could know that Falun Dafa is good. Some local policemen placed decorated paper lotus flowers on their cars and took them everywhere they went in the city.

More and more people are paying attention to the persecution happening in China and signing the petition to support Falun Gong. More and more people have realized that Falun Dafa brings goodness to people.

Source http://clearharmony.net/articles/200606/33449.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/5/31/129248.html

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