(Clearwisdom.net) Bustling with noise and excitement, London is full of energy at weekends. On the afternoon of January the 15th 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from nearly twenty countries were in the centre of London to form a "Great Wall of Courage" after their large parade through the capital had finished.
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European Falun Gong practitioners form the "Great Wall of Courage" in the centre of London to reveal the truth about Falun Gong to people
Facing the street with bumper-to-bumper traffic or the pavement with bustling pedestrians, the practitioners held various posters and banners to quietly expose the facts about Falun Gong to passers-by. Some peacefully demonstrated the five sets of exercises, while others greeted passers-by with kind smiles and handed them flyers, as well as newspapers. To view the photos and posters, pedestrians naturally slowed down their pace. If people had any questions or doubts, the practitioners talked to them about Falun Gong and the persecution in China. Many people asked practitioners questions or exchanged viewpoints with them along the "Great Wall of Courage", which added something to this special activity.
A news reporter interviewed some of the practitioners and a Chinese pedestrian as follows:
Thomas, aged twenty-two, a Swedish practitioner who has practised Falun Gong for seven years, said: "I took advantage of the weekend to come over to London to participate in a series of activities to raise people's awareness of the serious situation of the five-year persecution in China and to put an end to this persecution." Raising a photo of a child who was a victim of this persecution, he said, "What's even more despicable is that some innocent children are also subjected to inhuman persecution. Among them was an eight-month-old baby who was persecuted to death along with his mother. We need to let people know this urgent information as soon as possible so that we are able to condemn and bring an end to the killing together."
Peder from Norway said, "I have practised Falun Gong for six years. I have always felt closely associated with Oriental culture, from which I always tried to find the meaning of life, until I found Falun Gong. From then on, I am not the person I used to be, and the change in me is dramatically significant. In short, I have learned to think more about others and less about myself. Of course, we have heard these kind of statements very often from people; it seems to be a clich¨¦. However, only Falun Gong practitioners strictly put this principle into practice in their daily lives."
Talking about the brutal persecution against Falun Gong happening in China, Peder said, "How sad it is! So many people died of or suffered from inhuman tortures simply because they believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance". My visit to London for these two and a half days is to appeal for public awareness of the genocide happening in China. Let's stop this persecution. This is what we overseas Falun Gong practitioners can do to minimize the suffering of practitioners in China." He continued, "Another reason why I am here in London is to participate in the Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference tomorrow. We will share our own cultivation experiences at this meeting, and I cannot wait for the conference tomorrow."
Wang Jie, 19 and living in Finland at present, has practised Falun Gong for six years. After the suppression against Falun Gong began, she personally experienced the persecution in China from 1999 to 2002. She said, "Before 1999, we young practitioners had our own cultivation environments, so many children stayed together to study Falun Gong and practise the exercises. After the persecution happened, all this was forbidden. I could only study the Fa and practise the exercises at home alone. The surroundings became very oppressive. With overwhelming vicious propaganda against Falun Gong filling the society, fear was in the air, and people were terrified to talk about Falun Gong. For example, I witnessed a ridiculous event in school. At the sight of a naughty boy drawing a circle with a smile face in it on the ground, the principal got all furious asking this boy why he drew a Falun. It turned into an enormous disruption in the school. It showed what kind of atmosphere the Mainland Chinese people were living in. People are not just threatened by the terror, but deceived so much that they have no idea of the real situation. I didn't know the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China was so serious until I moved outside China in 2002. When I learned so many facts about the persecution, I cried. The Chinese people are really in a deplorable situation. They have been overwhelmingly deceived and fooled by the lies."
Wang Jie said, "Like other practitioners, every day I explain the facts about Falun Gong to the public and urge all the kind-hearted people around the world to put an end to this persecution so as to save more people."
At the sight of the photos of the cruel persecution, a Chinese woman passing by the "Great Wall of Courage" stopped excitedly and talked to practitioners for a long time. She said, "One of my friends is also a Falun Gong practitioner. In recent years, she was forcibly sent to a brainwashing class. I do not know how much torment she has suffered there, but I do know from then on she has lost her freedom, her normal life and her job. Afterwards, since she still refused to give up her belief, she was forced to leave home and thus became destitute and homeless. I do not practise Falun Gong, but I do know it is despicable to force people to give up their own belief, with such ruthless and cruel means! I believe the torture methods in the photos you displayed are true. Take myself for instance. There are about five hundred people who have a close relationship with me in my life. If one out of these people is persecuted, then how many people would be persecuted nationwide? The number would be huge." After talking with a practitioner and walking along the "Great Wall of Courage" the kind-hearted Chinese woman couldn't help stopping to talk with another practitioner. She said repeatedly, "I just can't understand what those Chinese leaders are really thinking about!"
Kind people may not comprehend the vicious mentality of the wicked ones. They can neither understand the wicked people's hatred against "Truth, Compassion and Tolerance," nor these people's fearful and uncontrollable mentalities after they deprive people of basic human rights and regard national power as their own. That's why people in China are in ignorance and have been deceived and poisoned by the lies for decades. Only Dafa practitioners who understand the truth can truly realise the intrinsic nature of things and expose the evil's lies. As a result, Falun Gong practitioners have exposed the facts about the Jiang regime's persecution to raise people's awareness and save people.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200501/24504.html
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