ddd(Clearwisdom.net) On July 23, 2005, Adelaide practitioners gathered at Victoria Plaza downtown to raise awareness of the six-year persecution of Falun Gong in China. They displayed banners and photo posters, demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, and collected signatures calling for an end to the persecution.

Passersby reading posters

The plaza is very close to a transit center in the city and thus there were always many pedestrians passing by. The banners reading, "Peaceful Appeal to End the Six-Year Persecution" and "Falun Dafa Spreads Around the World" were very eye-catching. Practitioners demonstrated the graceful and relaxing exercises to the beautiful exercise music. Nearby, posters were displayed which documented the photo evidence of the brutal persecution. Many passersby were attracted by the peaceful practice site and were shocked by the brutality of the persecution. A lot people signed the practitioners' petition calling for an immediate end of the atrocity in China.

One practitioner said, "When the persecution started in 1999, practitioners in southern Australia soon started to clarify the truth at the plaza and Chinatown. Through their persistent efforts over the past 6 years, more and more people have learned about the beauty of Falun Dafa and the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). With the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and the most recent defection of former Chinese officials including Chen Yonglin, Hao Fengzhun and Han Guansheng, more and more people have come to understand the evil nature of the CCP. Consequently, they have awakened to see the beauty of Falun Dafa.

Teaching a citizen the Falun Gong exercises

Another practitioner told the reporter about her experience with Falun Dafa. She said, "Since I started to practice Falun Gong, I have not only become very healthy but also very optimistic and clear-minded. I have become more efficient and very joyful every day. My high spirits have also brought positive effects to my coworkers, who no longer argue with each other in my presence." When we were talking, a westerner came up and asked how to learn the exercises. A practitioner then started to teach this young fellow. The practitioner continued, "We have more than 10 free teaching sites in community centers and public parks, and everyone is welcome. People can obtain our activity schedule at our practice sites in Chinatown or Victoria Plaza every Saturday."

A Chinese International student knew some details of the persecution of Christian house church members in China. After she learned about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, she understood better about the CCP's atrocities against the Chinese people's freedom of belief. She was also very worried about her parents who are still in China and exposed to the CCP's propaganda every day. A practitioner had the following suggestion: "People in Mainland China can use free software programs to break through the Internet blockade, in order to read objective information from websites such as Clearwisdom, and they can also listen to the radio station, Sound of Hope."