Hungary: Mourning the Loss of 3,045 Practitioners (Photos)

By a Western practitioner from Hungary

(Clearwisdom.net) To mark the eighth anniversary since the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong began, Hungarian practitioners held a peaceful appeal on July 20th outside the Chinese Embassy in Budapest. Although it happened to be a weekday, many passers-by stopped and read the posters.

Practitioners found that the atmosphere was not clean or very positive to begin with. One of the practitioners began sending forth righteous thoughts, while the other set up posters and information boards.

When the police asked the practitioners to show their ID's, they took the time to clarify the truth to the officers, explaining why they were appealing on this day. After that, both officers left and wished the practitioners good luck.

During the few hours that practitioners were there, many passers-by stopped and read the posters. The practitioners gave them fliers and explained what Falun Dafa is and why it is being persecuted. They were most surprised upon learning that prior to the persecution, the CCP had supported Falun Gong events in China and abroad.

A Finnish tourist passing through expressed that the persecution may be because Falun Gong had become political. The practitioner smiled and showed him photos of practice sites in China and the USA. The practitioner said, "The reason behind the persecution is because in a very short seven years, there were 100 million practitioners. The Chinese communists feared that this large unified group was going to bring a societal change that would be threatening to their rule."

The practitioner handed him a flier and explained that other groups are also being persecuted in China, including Tibetans, native Uyghur tribes and the Roman Catholic Church, which the CCP falsely labels as a sect bent on overthrowing the regime.

Another passerby stopped, read the information and was sad to see that this kind of brutality is happening in the 21st century. He said that there was a similar situation experienced by religious followers back in the former Soviet Union. He said that on the surface the Communist leadership presented an image of democracy, while in fact it was a dictatorship.

Practitioners later read aloud a speech via loudspeakers to the embassy. While this was going on, many drivers slowed down and watched. Other practitioners took advantage of this chance to hand out fliers.

Some embassy staff came outside during the event to see what was going on. The ambassador also came out and had a very surprised look on his face when he heard the practitioners talking to passersby about Falun Gong and the persecution.

During the entire time there was a Hungarian undercover policeman watching the practitioners. At the end of the activity he came out of his car, revealing himself. He wished the practitioners the best in their efforts to stop the persecution.

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