(Clearwisdom.net) In order to let more British people know about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) trade in organs harvested from living Falun Gong practitioners, four UK Falun Gong practitioners carried out a car tour in York County. The following report was written by the touring practitioners.

The car tour took place in York County

Our first stop was the University of Durham. We received an invitation from a lawyer at the university to talk about the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

When we met with the lawyer, he had a stack of materials about Falun Gong on his desk. He is very interested in Falun Gong issues and had already read lots of information. He was holding an English translation of Chinese law and pointed out to us the absurdity of current Chinese law with a scholar's perceptive insight.

A veteran Chinese Falun Gong practitioner went with us to meet with the lawyer. In China, the persecution left her destitute and homeless. She endured countless hardships and managed to come to the UK last year. She talked about her painful experience in China. A western practitioner talked about the recently exposed matter of Falun Gong practitioners having their organs removed while they were still alive, and gave him a copy of former Canadian MP David Kilgour's independent investigation report.

We talked to the lawyer about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong, of our peaceful protests against the atrocities and of the CCP's inhumanity. He sighed upon hearing all of this. Then he invited us to hold a workshop about the persecution of Falun Gong for fifty law students next term. He said that the students also need to know the facts about Falun Gong.

The kindness of a reporter

The media is the best way to spread information. Therefore, contacting the media was a key point of this car tour. We decided to visit as many media sources as we could.

Some media outlets refused us the first time and so we visited them again. As long as they were willing to arrange an interview, no matter how far the distance, we drove out to meet them. The Sunderland Echo interview was such an opportunity.

First of all, a photographer took a picture of us sitting in meditation. A reporter later interviewed us. She was moved the practitioners' kindness and sympathized with us. She interviewed us for more than an hour in great detail and still did not want to us to leave, until we reminded her that if we did not go, we would miss the next media interview. Just before we left, she gave one of the practitioners a very warm hug and wished her the best.

That day, our car tour started in Sheffield. We went to a local newspaper office and told them the purpose of our visit. The receptionist acted brusquely in order to get rid of us. She asked us to leave our informational materials with her, saying that she would pass them along to the news department. A practitioner spoke to her patiently. Gradually, her attitude changed, and at last she telephoned the news department. The people in the news department appeared to be not interested, and did not want to see us; they would only agree to talk to us by phone. We did not give up and kept our minds calm, carefully explaining the situation to them. As a result, things changed dramatically. Reporters not only came out to meet us, they interviewed us immediately and brought a photographer to take pictures. The photographer took photos of us, as well as of our pictures of practitioners being persecuted in China.

Halifax is a small town situated in York County. We have carried out Falun Gong activities at the Halifax City Hall before. However, the city hall previously only allowed us to do the exercises and did not allow us to publicly clarify the truth about the persecution. We decided to take this opportunity to talk with them.

Group photo with city hall members in Halifax

We met with the city hall members at the arranged time. A western practitioner introduced Falun Gong, the reasons for the persecution and recent developments in the persecution. Then, the Chinese practitioners spoke of their own experiences. Two of the city hall members were moved to tears. They made some suggestions and said they would do their best to help.

When we mentioned that Halifax City Hall previously did not permit us to tell people about Falun Gong being persecuted, they thought that this did not make sense and absolutely shouldn't be the case. They indicated that they would look into this matter and help to solve the problem. Thus, a difficult issue was resolved through righteous thoughts and simply explaining the situation.

We made plenty of preparation before the car tour. Many practitioners helped to collect information to set up databases. A few days before we started the tour, practitioners stayed up late day after day, preparing nearly one thousand letters, in order to arrange meetings before the start of our car tour. We received several replies asking us for interviews.

Because this car tour lasted only five days, in order to visit more media outlets, city hall members, and other local people, our itinerary was carefully arranged. Sometimes we got up at about 5 a.m. and started driving about 6 a.m. Each day we visited three to four cities, even eating hurriedly while driving. Fatigue often overcame us after each day's activities. We were concerned about our oldest member, a practitioner nearly seventy years old, and asked her whether she could sustain the physical effort. She said that although she was very tired, she was very happy inside.

The western practitioner who went with us is a new practitioner who only started practicing Falun Dafa thirteen months ago. He is introverted and shy, but, he conquered the psychological pressure and took on almost all the contacts with the media and local people. He truly reflected a Falun Gong practitioner's seriousness, rationality, and self-confidence.

During the car tour, each one of us carried out different tasks and cooperated with each other. We let go of ego, forming a strong body without any conflicts. Accordingly, our car tour successfully achieved its aim. During the five days of the tour, we visited major cities in the north of England and many cities within York County. We had six media interviews, and visited Members of Parliament, city hall members, human rights lawyers and others. We all benefited greatly from the experience.

Quite a few of the media asked us the same question: "What are you going to do after this car tour?" We told them, "We will organize car tours in other places, in order to have more people in the UK know the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong."

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200608/34914.html