Holland: Successful Start for National City Tour to Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong

On September the 30th, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners began a tour through all major cities in the southern provinces of Holland to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China. The first location was in a square in Maastricht called ‘Square 1992’, coincidentally named after the same year Falun Gong was introduced to the public.

The practitioners used picture banners to display the history of Falun Gong and the atrocities that are taking place in China. Many people who passed by expressed their support and commented that the appeal was a valuable and necessary event. The local TV station sent two reporters who interviewed one of the practitioners. The item was broadcast the same day in the local news and the event was reported in several local newspapers as follows:

Falun Gong Activity on ‘Square 1992’

Maastricht – Tomorrow the Dutch Falun Gong Foundation holds an activity on Square 1992. The activity is being held to let the public know more about Falun Gong. The focus is on the persecution of the practitioners of this spiritual teaching in the country of origin, China. Maastricht is the first city that the practitioners will visit during their tour through The Netherlands.

The self cultivation system of Falun Gong, is a way of life in which truthfulness, compassion and forbearance stand central; it finds its origin in traditional Chinese culture and leans heavily on raising one's morality. Since the re-introduction of its teaching, the movement has between 70 and 100 million adherents worldwide. In 1999 the Chinese government adopted a law forbidding [Falun Gong] and acted relentlessly against the movement in its own country. [Practitioners] are tortured and imprisoned in large numbers. China sees the movement as a danger to the current communist regime.

The activity is from 13:00 – 18:00 on Square 1992.