Russia: Practitioners in St. Petersburg Have Protested the Persecution at the Chinese Consulate for Three Years (photos)

By a Russian practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) On July 7, 2007, as usual, a Falun Gong practitioner with a banner both in Chinese and Russian in his hands stood in front of the Chinese Consulate in St. Petersburg. A number of practitioners stood on the opposite bank of the canal, protesting the eight-year-long persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP.

For three years, in all types of weather, Falun Gong practitioners in St. Petersburg have been protesting the persecution at the Chinese Consulate and distributing information to passersby

This protest has lasted for three years. Since the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999, the Russian authorities have restricted and forbidden practitioners in groups from holding any protest activities at the CCP Consulate because they have been deceived by the CCP's lies in addition to being tempted by economic interests.

On July 7, 2004, practitioners in St. Petersburg held their first single-person protest. Practitioners still remember what happened that day. A practitioner stood in front of the Chinese Consulate raising a banner of protest, while about 40 practitioners stood on the opposite bank of the canal in front of the Consulate. Acting under orders, a large number of Russian police came and attempted to stop the protest. Three practitioners talked with them, telling them why the CCP was persecuting Falun Gong, explaining to them that there was no need for one person to apply for a permit if he or she protested according to the law and asking them not to deprive us of our legal rights. Eventually, a person in charge from the Home Office arrived at the scene and told the policemen, "Let them protest. They are not violating the law".

Since then, no matter what the weather, Falun Gong practitioners in St. Petersburg have continued with their single-person protest, while other practitioners talk with passers-by. Three years have passed, and residents near the Chinese Consulate all now understand the facts about Falun Gong. When it is cold, occasionally someone delivers a cup of hot coffee to the practitioner. Still other residents carefully ask the practitioners for information about Falun Gong. The practitioners say, "We will carry on our protest at the Chinese Consulate until the CCP stops its persecution of Falun Gong."

http://clearharmony.net/articles/200707/40397.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/7/13/158783.html

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