(Clearwisdom.net) On July 20, 2005, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners appealed for an end to the persecution against Falun Gong outside the Chinese Consulate. The banners in English read, "Oppose Violent Persecution," "Expose the Evil Persecution, Appeal to Stop the Cruel Killing," "Remember the 2696 Falun Gong Practitioners Who Died as a Result of Persecution," and "Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners."
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Despite it being a working day, people were visiting the consulate to apply for visas and passports. The officer in the Chinese Consulate was frightened when a banner reading "Falun Dafa - Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance" was displayed. The officer walked outside to see if permission had been obtained by the practitioners. He later went off to fetch the police, and not long afterward two police officers arrived. After viewing the permission for the appeal and realizing the truth about the persecution, they started to ask for details about Falun Gong. After the explanation, practitioners gave them some leaflets. One of them said that he'd take them back for his colleagues to read.
Some conversations occurred when fellow practitioners distributed truth-clarifying newspapers to those entering the Chinese Consulate.
A Dutch citizen of Chinese origin expressed that he once heard about Falun Gong being persecuted. He felt puzzled when fellow practitioners gave him truth newspapers disclosing the persecution. He asked, "What results do you want to get? What have you got for your past efforts?" Our fellow practitioners told him, "Everything we do is for the public to know about the persecution and to stop the persecution. What we did in the past has made a number of people know about the persecution. However, the number of people that know the truth is not enough. So we are still working hard." He identified with such a method for raising awareness about the persecution and said he'd carefully read the newspaper after getting home.
There was a lady who spoke in English. She sat in her car and carefully read the Falun Gong truth clarification leaflet. After reading it, she looked at practitioners who were doing the exercises for a long time and then left.
In less than five minutes after practitioners left the Chinese Consulate, a heavy rain fell. Practitioners sighed with emotion that Heaven is shedding tears for Falun Gong practitioners who have suffered from brutal persecution for six years.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200507/27906.html
Category: Rallies & Protests
