(Clearwisdom.net) From June 17 to 19, Falun Gong practitioners from Germany, Switzerland, and Grenoble in southern France, along with Falun Gong practitioners in Besancon, held activities at the Besancon City Center to promote Falun Gong and raise awareness about human rights abuses in China.

Besancon is the capital of Le Doubs Province in eastern France and is known as the biggest garden city in France. The eye catching jade green makes people feel pleasant and joyful. In July 2004, the famous bicycle race Tour de France allowed the world's people to take note of this beautiful green city. This year in the same city, Falun Gong, a traditional cultivation practice rooted in Chinese traditional culture, made a profound impression on the people there.

At 9 o'clock in the morning on June 17, Falun Gong practitioners had already set up an information booth on the square in front of the City Hall in the City Center and started to hand out leaflets to people. The warm-hearted people unceasingly came over to learn the truth about Falun Gong and signed their names on the petition form.

After learning about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, people felt extremely shocked. They could not believe that in the 21st century such a bloody persecution could be happening. Many kind-hearted people signed their names to support Falun Gong. After a young girl and her mother signed, they had tears in their eyes and said: "We hope our signatures can help to rescue those people who are suffering."

Telling people about the persecution
People sign their names in support

On the second day, two young men came over and said: "Do you know, I have some Chinese friends, and they have a very negative attitude towards Falun Gong." A practitioner told him, "This is not difficult to understand. In China, people are blocked from the truth and consequently many Chinese utter these kinds of negative remarks because they are deceived by the CCP's propaganda. You think about it, in a country where people don't have the right to say 'No' to the government, how could they get the truth about Falun Gong? Most of them got their information about Falun Gong only from the government controlled state-run media. People don't have the chance to hear a different voice or express their own thoughts. Therefore, the only thing people often choose to do is to always follow the government line. Under such a system, no wonder your Chinese friends say things like that."

The young man replied: "Oh, yes, what you said makes sense." Then he also asked, "What is Falun Gong? Why does the CCP persecute Falun Gong?" After listening to practitioners' detailed explanation, the young man suddenly understood and said excitedly, "Give me some Chinese leaflets, I will take them to my Chinese friends to read." This young French man also expressed that he had been interested in Chinese Qigong for a long time and wanted to further study Falun Gong. Before leaving, he said to practitioners, "You are very brave, thank you and keep going!"

In 1999, Jiang Zemin's group launched the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China, which has now lasted six years. The persecution experienced by Falun Gong practitioners is shocking. During the last six years, in order to help more people not be deceived by the CCP and to help them know the truth about Falun Gong, practitioners have made unremitting efforts all over the world without any complaint or regret. Now Falun Gong has already spread to over seventy countries and regions. More and more people know about Falun Gong and have learned the truth of the persecution.

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