Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong on Human Rights Day at the University of Western Sydney

To commemorate the deaths of more than one thousand people who practise Falun Gong in China, the Falun Dafa Organisation at the University of Western Sydney in Perth held a Lotus Exhibit on Human Rights Day The event was organised by the Human Rights Environment Student team. Falun Gong practitioners displayed paper lotuses on a lawn and information boards alongside the pavement.

A student stopped to read the display about how those who practise Falun Gong in China are cruelly persecuted. He told Falun Gong practitioners that he knew about the situation of human rights and the Cultural Revolution in China very well. A Falun Gong practitioner told him that the persecution had exceeded the Cultural Revolution in its cruelty. Many torture methods had been used to force those who practise Falun Gong to stop following "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." However, Falun Gong practitioners have remained steadfast. Their great compassion and forbearance have shown the peaceful nature of Falun Gong. Many people, including those policemen involved in the persecution, have been deeply moved after they learnt the true facts about Falun Gong.

Another student expressed his support of Falun Gong because he knew about Falun Gong's peaceful resistance to the persecution over the past five years.

A Falun Gong practitioner and a member of the Human Rights Environment Student Team gave a short speech about Falun Gong, the persecution and the meaning of this Lotus Exhibit.

Falun Gong practitioners also demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Some people joined in with one person commenting, "Falun Dafa is so good. Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"