Slovakia: Falun Gong Introduced in Velky Krtis and Rimavska Sobota (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On Friday, August 10, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners visited Velky Krtis, a mid-sized city in southern Slovakia. Many people from Velky Krtis already knew about the event, because it was announced in a local broadcast via loudspeakers and also on the city's website.

Soon after the practitioners set up their information stand, people started to come to sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution. The petition was signed by about 200 people in Velky Krtis. Children offered to help give out fliers, so in a short time a lot of passers-by, when offered a flier, just smiled and said, "I already have one, thanks." The children were also interested in learning the five sets of Falun Gong exercises.

People read the posters to find out more

Passers-by looked at banners showing scenes from the persecution of Falun Gong in China and asked how it was possible that such terrible human rights crimes are being committed today. Many people also questioned whether a country that abuses human rights to this extent should be hosting the Olympic Games.

A journalist from a local edition of the Pravda newspaper came to get information about the results of these protests, which have taken place throughout Slovakia for over four years.

Lots of petition signatures were collected calling for an end to the persecution, and a group of children learned the exercises

On Saturday the 11^th, the practitioners went to Rimavska Sobota. A few children, who had already heard about the activity, welcomed them They wanted to have their silhouettes drawn on the pavement as a sign of protest against the persecution by the Chinese communist regime. Many tourists from Hungary stopped by the display and watched the Falun Gong exercises. Some also signed the petition.

A local journalist did an interview with a practitioner and took pictures of the exercises. During the morning about 100 new signatures were added to the petition.

Source: http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200708/40759.html

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/8/16/160939.html

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