Russia Dafa Practitioners Participate in the "2003 Sarov Symposium"

On December the 10th 2003, International human rights day, the annual “Sarov Symposium” was held in St. Petersburg. Human rights organisations, city congressmen and the media attended the symposium. Representatives of the Russian Falun Dafa Association were also invited to attend and to give a report about Falun Dafa.

Participants of the symposium earnestly listened to the report, which stated the details of the human rights violations that Falun Gong practitioners in St. Petersburg have suffered due to the presure from the Chinese consulate. When those in attendance learnt the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Mainland China, they were “deeply shocked”.

This symposium provided Dafa practitioners in St. Petersburg with a good opportunity to tell people the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The fact that the media attended the symposium also meant that more people could learn the facts.