(Clearwisdom.net) Around 2 pm on July the 22nd, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in France to condemn the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong and to commemorate the more than 2,600 Falun Gong practitioners who have lost their lives during the six-year persecution. The practitioners also appealed to the public to help stop the persecution and urged the Chinese Embassy officials not to assist the evil CCP in continuing the persecution and cruel torture of Falun Gong practitioners.
The persecution was spearheaded by Jiang, who launched it out of his personal
jealousy. In order to expose the CCP and Jiang's crimes, Falun Gong
practitioners in France have been continuously conducting activities to disclose
the persecution and clarify the truth in the past six years. On July 20 of every
year, they gather at the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the practitioners who
have died in the persecution and to appeal for an end to the persecution.
 A western practitioner reads a statement calling for an end to the persecution |
 A French lady signs a petition to support Falun Gong |
 A corner view of the appeal site |
The practitioners displayed banners such as "Falun Gong -- Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" and posters detailing the methods of torture used in China against practitioners; they also placed flower wreaths in mourning for the practitioners who died in the persecution. Practitioners played recordings in both Chinese and French continuously calling for attention to the ongoing brutal persecution and help to end the persecution.
There were many people waiting in line outside the Chinese Embassy to apply for visas or passports. When they saw the banners and pictures, they read them carefully and discussed the persecution among themselves. A practitioner then approached them to distribute truth-clarifying leaflets and most of the people were happy to take a copy. Some French people said "Thank you" in Chinese when receiving the leaflets and the practitioners replied in French "Je vous en prie" ("You're welcome") with a smile.
Many passers-by stopped to view the pictures. Some signed their names on a petition and asked questions. People who understood the truth would say, "Keep it up. We support you," "Only the Communist Party's autocracy can do such savage things to harm its own people," "It is hard to believe that this kind of atrocity is happening in China. Propaganda of the CCP covers the truth, I support you," and "Only when the persecution ends can China have hope."...
A passing-by Frenchman who lived nearby told a practitioner: "You Falun Gong practitioners are great. I have seen you appealing for your noble cause for six years. I support your human rights!"
A Vietnamese asked practitioners questions upon seeing the pictures. When he learned the truth, he said that people in Vietnam were also persecuted by the Communist Party and a lot of people had consequently died. He said that he would join practitioners' activities to disclose the communist party's atrocities.
Passersby stop to find out more information about the persecution
During the activity, an incident occurred while the practitioners were playing a recording clarifying concepts purposefully misused by the CCP so that people can understand the truth of persecution. A Chinese embassy staff member walked out of the embassy and told practitioners: "The recording is too loud and you are disturbing our work. You know this is a country with laws and freedom."
A Falun Gong practitioner replied, "It is just because France is a country with laws, human rights and freedom that we can come here to disclose the truth of the persecution and clarify the truth to people like you. The recording is not loud at all. People in China are being illegally persecuted and many have been murdered. We play the recording to help you know more about the brutality and grave consequences of the persecution."
The staff member from the Consulate said loudly, "That's politics and is beyond us. We are just staff members of the embassy and have nothing to do with it."
The Falun Gong practitioner again replied, "It's impossible for you not to get involved. You say you are not involved, then why do you not issue visas, marriage certificates, or renew the passports of overseas Falun Gong practitioners?"
The Consulate staff member tried to deny the fact: "Is that the case? There never was such a thing."
The Falun Gong practitioner replied: "Of course it is the case. Mr. Wu and his wife, standing next to me, their passports are being held back by your embassy refusing to grant renewal. Isn't that so, Mr. Wu?"
Mr. Wu: "Yes. We practice Falun Gong, then the embassy refused to renew our passports. Now we do not have our passports and it's very inconvenient."
The Falun Gong practitioner went on to say: "Think about it, if your relatives were persecuted, do you have any responsibility to tell them the truth? It's the staff members of the embassy who have been routinely refusing to renew our passports, how can you say that you guys are not involved in the persecution?"
This official couldn't say anything. He acted as if nothing happened and said, "I do not know that."
The practitioner replied: "Then you should look at these truth-clarifying pictures carefully. Find out how many Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death."
The official started to change: "I've seen it before. I've traveled to many countries and I've seen it."
"You know the former Chinese diplomat in the Sydney Consulate, Mr. Chen Yonglin, has publicly quit the Chinese Communist Party and disclosed the truth of the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. We hope you can choose to do the same thing for your own sake."
Upon hearing these words, the official smiled.
Another Falun Gong practitioner brought a photo to the official. Pointing at the photo, the practitioner said: "Look at it. This Falun Gong practitioner was persecuted to death by the CCP."
Facing the facts, the embassy official didn't say anything and walked away.
After he left, practitioners continued to play the recordings. About half of an hour later, a French policeman came.
The policeman told a practitioner: "Can you lower the volume? Your recordings are not related to your activity." Obviously the Chinese Embassy had called the police to interfere with practitioners' truth-clarifying efforts.
The practitioner told the policeman: "The Chinese people have been deceived and persecuted by the CCP since 1949. Exposing the CCP's lies and clarifying the truth is to help people who have been deceived and bewildered by the CCP so that they can be freed from the CCP's control and persecution. Of course, we also want to help the Chinese Embassy officials to learn about the truth."
The practitioner also told the policeman many persecution cases, and showed him some photos of persecuted practitioners. "More than 2000 practitioners have been persecuted to death, many are being detained in the CCP's prisons, and forced labor camps, while a lot practitioners' children have become orphans as their parents have been persecuted to death."
When the policeman learned the truth, tears filled his eyes. He said, "We sympathize with your suffering and support you. Keep it up."
The Falun Gong practitioner said: "Thank you."
The satisfied policeman then left the appeal site.
It has been six years since the persecution started on July 20th 1999. The Falun Gong practitioners in Paris have been continuously raising awareness of the persecution and clarifying the truth. In the course of the six years, they have seen the changes in the public: more and more people are coming to learn about the persecution and their conscience is awakening..
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