(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of December 21, 2005, representatives from the United Kingdom Falun Gong Association and European Friends of Falun Gong held a gathering outside the Argentinean Embassy in London. They delivered open letters demanding that the Argentine government not bow to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) despotic power, and asked that they uphold justice, thoroughly investigate the incident of attacks on practitioners in Argentina, and bring the Chinese attackers and the behind-the-scenes perpetrators of this incident to justice.

Protesting outside the Argentine Embassy

The incident in question took place on December 14 outside the Argentine Parliament building during the visit of top-ranking Chinese official, Luo Gan, who is one of the principal culprits in the persecution of Falun Gong. Assailants sent from the Chinese Embassy attacked practitioners who were holding a peaceful protest against the CCP delegation's visit led by Luo Gan. The assailants snatched the practitioners' banners and posters. Even some Argentinean bystanders were injured when they tried to stop the attackers. However, the Argentinean police at the scene did little to stop the assaults. This was because the police had received orders from upper level authorities not to intervene in the assaults.

The open letters from the UK Falun Gong Association and European Friends of Falun Gong urged the Argentine authorities not to bow to excessive political and economic pressure from the CCP, conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of the incident, and bring the assailants to justice.

Falun Gong practitioners and members of the European Friends of Falun Gong arrived at the Argentinean Embassy at 11:00 a.m. They displayed banners reading, "Falun Dafa is Great," "Stop Persecuting Falun Gong," and "Do not Kowtow to Chinese Dictators." Some of the practitioners distributed Falun Gong truth-clarification literature to passersby. The open letters were read publicly and then submitted to the Argentinean Embassy.