France: Children from Province of Nord-Pas-de-Calais Support their Chinese Friends

November 20th was Universal Children’s Day, and French practitioners held an event called “Rescue Falun Gong Children Persecuted in China” at the Human Rights Plaza in Paris. They presented an anti-torture exhibition, a photo exhibition and a Falun Gong exercise demonstration. In addition, they told the passersby that many children of practitioners have been orphaned due to the brutal persecution and become destitute and homeless. On this special day designated for children, they called on the public to pay close attention and help these innocent victims.

During the day, about three hundred children from the Province of Nord-Pas-de-Calais came to the plaza to express their understanding of children’s rights by painting. When they passed by the practitioners’ site and learned about the suffering of the Chinese children who have lost their parents and can’t go to schools, some of these children expressed their support for their Chinese friends by painting and some agreed to be interviewed by Sound of Hope radio station to allow their supportive voice to be heard. In addition, some children drew the sea, the sun and birds on a signature board and signed their names.

The suffering of children of Falun Gong practitioners moved the French children’s hearts.