(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners held activities to introduce Falun Dafa at the Châtelet area of Paris on Saturday, October 29, 2022. Just like the previous Saturdays, they demonstrated the five sets of exercises, told people about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ongoing persecution and collected signatures on a petition to end it.
Practitioners introduced Falun Dafa and told people about the persecution during an event in the Châtelet area of Paris on Saturday, October 29, 2022.
Many people stopped to read the informational poster boards.
People sign the petition to help end the persecution.
The COVID pandemic has eased, and endless streams of people are now seen strolling in the markets. Many people read the poster boards, received Falun Dafa informational flyers and talked with practitioners. Some expressed an interest in learning the exercises and asked about group practice sites. They found the ongoing persecution to be unbelievable. They could not understand why a group of peaceful cultivators who are beneficial to society, were being persecuted. Many signed the petition and condemned the CCP.
Mr. Harald Larsen and his wife are from Norway.
Mr. Harald Larsen and his wife, from Oslo, Norway, are on vacation in Paris. Mr. Larsen said that he condemned the persecution and signed the petition. He condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s tyrannical dictatorship, fascism and communism. He took some pictures and videos of the activities and said he would post it on social media.
Sophie Reverchon (left), is a preschool teacher from Strasbourg, France.
Sophie Reverchon a preschool teacher from Strasbourg, France told practitioners, “My oldest son got married yesterday and today is my birthday. It looks like I was predestined to encounter Falun Dafa today.”
Sophie was angry when she learned about the persecution. She said, “I know that the CCP restricts people’s freedom. I had no idea about the forced live organ harvesting. This is inhumane. I support practitioners in ending the persecution.”
She continued, “One is born compassionate with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. We should spread these principles. The CCP forces people to give up these principles and they should be condemned for it. I will sign the petition. I am against all acts that dehumanize people.”
Sophie agreed with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She said, “Truthfulness means that we should treat each other sincerely. Compassion means that one should be forgiving and be tolerant. We learned this when we were children, but have forgotten all about it. My name, Sophie, means “to have wisdom.” However, I am always impatient. I am sixty years old and living in this society makes me filled with anger and disgust. I need to cultivate tolerance and eliminate my tendency to get angry. I will start by following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. This is a big process and I might need many years to do so. We will do better together.”
Background: What Is Falun Dafa and Why Is the CCP Persecuting It?
Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings, which are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and have learned the five exercises, have experienced improved health and well-being.
Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, he issued an order to eradicate the practice.
Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization with the power to override the police and judicial systems and whose sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.
Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 23 years. The actual number is believed to be much higher. Countless practitioners have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.
There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply China’s organ transplant industry.
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