Falun Gong Practitioners hold a Grand Parade in Geneva to Protest Against the Sujiatun Concentration Camp

On April the 3rd 2006, practitioners from thirty or so European countries and others from Taiwan held a grand parade in downtown Geneva, Switzerland to protest against the Chinese Communist regime establishing concentration camps in Sujiatun and other regions to remove living Falun Gong practitioners’ organs. The organs are sold before their bodies are cremated to eliminate any evidence. The practitioners called on the United Nations to launch an independent investigation into this incident, and urged the international community to pay attention to the Chinese Communist regime’s escalation of the persecution against Falun Gong.

The parade lasted about two and half hours, setting out at 9:30 in the morning from the Place Neue, moving alongside Lake Geneva and through the Palais des Nations and finally arriving at the location of the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission where a press conference was held.

The procession passed the busiest business district and famous tourist attractions such as the Flower Clock and the Jet d`Eau. People were infuriated by the Chinese regime’s cruel atrocities. Some kindhearted Swiss people, out of compassion and sympathy, even burst into tears for the Falun Gong practitioners who are being persecuted in Mainland China.

The procession was led by a waist drum team, which was followed by various banners reading “Falun Dafa Is Good”, “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance”, “Falun Gong” “Falun Dafa has enabled one hundred million people to become healthy” etc. The next team was a group of people explaining the facts about the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. Along the way, they broadcast the facts of the persecution and exposed the inside story of atrocities in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp, both in English and French. Among them were several dozen female practitioners in white clothes, holding the photos of the practitioners being persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist regime. Following them were several dozen banners bearing the words, “Strongly Urging the UN to Immediately Launch an Investigation into China’s Atrocities of ‘Eliminating Evidence by Killing’ and ‘Harvesting Human Organs for Sale’ in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp,” “Protest China’s Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners’ Organs” etc.
Falun Gong practitioners’ compassionate deeds based on the universal principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance” provided a stark contrast to the Chinese Communist regime’s inhuman atrocities.

The procession was about one kilometre long. To support the parade, along the way many local people applauded from time to time, while drivers honked their support or rolled down their windows to accept fliers. A Swiss gentleman said, “The Sujiatun incident is really very cruel. It is very important for you to expose the atrocities to the people in the outside world so that people may rethink (about China).” Another gentleman said, “It’s a good idea to expose this incident to western people.”

When the procession passed a high school, many students opened their windows to see the parade. When viewing the words on the banners, many of the students held up their fingers in V-shape to practitioners for their victory Due to poor eyesight, an elderly Swiss female asked a practitioner to read a flyer for her. After that, she sighed and said to the practitioner, “Wish you a great success!”

At the press conference at the final destination of the parade, the Palais Will, where the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission is located, the European Falun Gong Association, Interfaith International and other non-governmental organisations made their speeches. They also held a press conference at Palais Will. The European Falun Gong Association, called on the United Nations and all the people around the world to pay attention to the Sujiatun incident and help put an end to the persecution against innocent Falun Gong practitioners. In the meantime, she expressed her appreciation to all the governments, non-governmental organisations and people for their support for Falun Gong. She in particular appreciated the UN officials who have helped Falun Gong practitioners regardless of China’s pressure.

Dr. Charles Graves, Secretary General of the Interfaith International, gives a remark at the press conference

According to a Reuters report on March the 30th, United Nations torture investigator Mr. Manfred Nowak said that he is looking into allegations that thousands of Falun Gong practitioners are being held at a Chinese "concentration camp" and some have been killed.

Mr. Nowak said: "The allegation is Falun Gong practitioners are being used for the sale of organs and human tissues.” “According to the allegation nobody has so far left this concentration camp." "I am presently in the process of investigating as far as I can these allegations," he told a news briefing. “If I come to the conclusion that it is a serious and well-founded allegation, then I will officially submit it for the attention of the Chinese government.”