(Clearwisdom.net) June 26, 2008, was International Day in Support of Torture Victims. On this day, Falun Gong practitioners in Finland came to the railway station in the city center and held a candlelight vigil to commemorate those innocent Falun Gong practitioners who have been tortured to death.

At 4:00 p.m. the activity began, and many passersby stopped to watch the practitioners sitting in solemn silence before the portraits of practitioners who had been tortured to death. A man who had never heard about Falun Gong was drawn to the solemn scene. When he heard about the cruel persecution in China he said, "Of course these people (the deceased Falun Gong practitioners) should be remembered." A practitioner told him, "The deceased you see here are only a few of the many." At once the man went to the table and signed his name on the petition form calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong. He also asked for more information.

When people heard about those who had been tortured to death for practicing Falun Gong, many of them signed their names calling for an end to the persecution. Many also asked for more information about Falun Gong.

Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held a candlelight vigil to commemorate the innocent Falun Gong practitioners who have been tortured to death

Passersby stopped to learn the facts

People signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution

During the activity there was intermittent thunder, and dark clouds covered the clear sky followed by a brief shower. An elderly Finnish lady said to the practitioners, "You come here to commemorate those Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured to death. The thunder and rain seem to show that Heaven shares your sadness."

Since 1999, the CCP has used all sorts of brutal means to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in an effort to force them to give up their belief. Tens of thousands of practitioners have been arrested and detained and subjected to every kind of cruel mistreatment in forced labor camps, prisons, brainwashing centers, and mental hospitals. Even more shocking to the world, the organs of living practitioners have been removed and sold for profit by the CCP. Several thousand practitioners have been tortured to death during the bloody persecution in China. There are still countless practitioners who are being subjected to the brutal persecution.

The rainfall and thunder did not stop the commemoration activity. Practitioner Anja said, "The thunder and rain have not stopped people from coming to find out more about what is going on. On the contrary, people came of their own accord to learn the truth and sign their names expressing their support".