Germany's CHAM Newspaper Reports on Falun Gong

In 1999, Falun Gong was banned in China by Jiang’s regime. Countless people were arrested overnight for practising a peaceful traditional meditation exercise system. Many were tortured physically and mentally, even to death. In the mean time, Falun Gong spread to the west and every continent on earth. It has many western practitioners. People all over the world call for the end of inhuman treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Law suits have been filed against the Chinese leaders responsible for the persecution.

According to the report in CHAM, a German newspaper, unbelievable things have happened on streets in China since July, 1999. Bulldozers piled up thousands and thousands of books, video and audio tapes. Policemen set them on fire. Countless people were arrested across the country for practicing a peaceful traditional meditation exercise. To clarify the truth and to help people learn more about Falun Gong , Falun Gong practitioners held a photo exhibition in the university.

Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) is a Qigong exercise and has a long history in China. It also has many practitioners in the west. Since Mr. Li Hongzhi started teaching Falun Dafa in 1992, it has grown to about one hundred million practitioners in the world. This cultivation practice has five sets of health-benefiting exercises. Its philosophies are “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.”

Jiang Zemin, the former Chairman of China, banned the practice. If someone admits practising Falun Gong, he will lose his job and be tortured physically and mentally, even to death. The death cases were categorized as “accidents” or “suicides.” It was said that one fourth of the nation’s resource is spent on eliminating this movement.

Under pressure from many ethnic groups, international help and human right organizations, representatives of western countries are more and more concerned with this problem. Amnesty International calls for an end to the inhuman treatment of Falun Gong practitioners. Law suits have been filed against the Chinese leaders responsible for the persecution. Protestors from all over the world continue to go to China even under tremendous risk.

Besides their weekly meditation exercise in People’s School, introduction to Falun Gong information and signature collection in front of City Hall, Min Teng-Schwager organized a photo exhibition, “Falun Gong – A Peaceful Journey.” More than forty photos told the history of the Falun Gong movement, its spread since 1992 and protests against the persecution all over the world.

Falun Gong started world-wide photo exhibitions in 2001. The first photo exhibit in Germany was held in Berlin, followed by Wuppertal and Marburg. These photos are now in exhibit in the People’s School from 8am to 12pm and from 1pm to 5pm. It has been supported by Amnesty International and International Human Rights Association.

According the report in CHAM on February the 28th, the People’s School will host a photo exhibition entitled “Falun Gong – A Peaceful Journey” starting from March the 1st. It will provide a good opportunity for people to review the nine-year journey of Falun Dafa. Visitors will learn about the Chinese cultivation practice taught by the most popular Qigong master, Mr. Li Hongzhi, and about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Within a few years, Falun Gong won the hearts of 70 million people with its principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.” It was banned in China in 1999, but it has gained more and more popularity in western countries. Washington, D.C., the capital of the U.S. recognized Falun Gong with “Falun Dafa Week” in the week commencing August the 9th.