20 July 2008, Sunday

"Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot exist simultaneously in China," reads the poster. Photo by Nadya Kotseva (Sofia Photo Agency)

Demonstrators staged a protest against the repression of human rights in China during the official send-off ceremony for the Bulgarian Olympic athletes in Sofia on Sunday.

Protesters called for an end to the repression against practitioners of Falun Gong and distributed a report into allegations of organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that was founded in 1992 and has millions of followers in China. It has sets of meditation exercises and seeks to develop the human character according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

Source: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=95309