Speech by Gustavo Selva (Chair of the Foreign Affairs Office of Italian parliament) on the occasion of the Falun Dafa rally in Rome, Italy:

We feel encouraged by the peaceful demonstrations by Falun Gong. Thus we need to support them more. We feel that our support should be of a moral responsibility, rather than simply a political one. We believe that your belief, freedom and respect for civilisation will win. We should avoid letting business be the only link between nations and their peoples. Instead, first of all we should all show respect to …We should create a society within which individual beliefs and freedom are respected. In the end I would like to emphasize that I will continue supporting the battle to win the freedom of speech and beliefs.

25th September 2001

Translated from Yuanming.Net