Norway: Holding an Exhibition to Inform the Public about 4 Years of Persecution Against Falun Gong in China

Last weekend, Falun Gong practitioners from Norway gathered together in Oslo to tell the public about the unjustified persecution of Falun Gong in China that has been taking place for four years now and the persecutory nature of Hong Kong’s Article 23. They also told people what Falun Gong is and demonstrated the exercises. Later, practitioners treasured the time they spent together to study the Fa and exchange cultivation experiences.

On Saturday July 12th, practitioners displayed two exhibitions at the "Musikkpavillion", which is on the main street of Oslo city centre. One exhibition was in Chinese and the other was in a mixture of Norwegian and English, but both were about Falun Gong and the cruel persecution. Besides the local people, there were also many Western and Chinese tourists who walked by and viewed our exhibition. They sat down on the park benches and watched us, enjoying the Chinese music and the Falun Gong exercises.

One Western tourist told a practitioner that when he visited Beijing last year, he saw Chinese Falun Gong practitioners practising the exercises near the Forbidden City, and they looked so nice and peaceful. He had got a very positive impression of Falun Gong from that experience. These practitioners also talked to his group of tourists, but Chinese policemen suddenly appeared and took the practitioners away. This Western tourist said that in fact he does not know what Falun Gong is and why it is persecuted in China, and he asked the practitioner to tell him more about it, explain the facts and give him some detailed information. The Western tourist also had no idea what the Chinese practitioners would endure after being taken away by the police.

The public were very interested in our exhibition and in learning more about Falun Gong. People were surprised and happy to hear that Jiang Zemin will be taken to court for genocide against Falun Gong. It seemed that a lot of people felt relief after reading our banner stating that he Chinese dictator is to face court action; they gladly took our flyers.

After the exhibition in the centre of Oslo, practitioners gathered together at the "Vigeland-Frognerparken" which is a nice, big park with a lot of beautiful rose trees. This park is one of the main tourist attractions in Oslo. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises for two hours and told the tourists and Norwegians about Falun Gong. Later in the evening, we studied the Fa together at a practitioner’s house and sent forth righteous thoughts.

On Sunday July 13th, practitioners studied together, then practised the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts outside the Chinese Embassy in Oslo. The weather on the two days was very warm with wonderful sunshine most of the time.