Slovakia: Welcoming the New Year at the Chinese Embassy Protest in Bratislava

For many people, the New Year carries a symbolic meaning. It brings a sign of something new, expectations, promises or resolutions. For a group of Falun Gong practitioners in Bratislava, the New Year signified a symbolic step for bringing an end to the human rights abuses being committed against Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Revellers out celebrating New Year passed the protest in silence, in respect for the plight of those who are spending the New Year wrongfully incarcerated in forced labour camps for believing in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance.

One passer by took a flyer and said that the situation in China is serious. In his eyes was a wish that the next year will bring a change in this regard.