In the Christmas and new year season of 2005, some Swiss practitioners in the German-speaking area of the country braved the icy cold to hold anti-torture exhibitions in Lugarno in southern Switzerland, Saas-Fee, a famous spot for skiing, Zurich, the biggest city in Switzerland, and Zug City, the capital of Zug State. Practitioners talked to people about the persecution against Falun Gong in China and many were deeply shocked that such atrocities are happening in today’s world. Here are some touching stories that happened during the activities.
Santa Claus said, “Defeat the persecutors and release the tortured woman!”
It was Christmas time and Lugarno was full of the air of happy holiday makers. There were many people shopping in the city. Meanwhile, a truck was coming with the words “Christmas Gifts” written on it. Six “Santa Clauses” with red clothes and hats, and white beards jumped out and started distributing chocolates and oranges to passersby. When they saw Falun Gong practitioners’ anti-torture exhibition, where they were exposing the brutalities used to force their fellow practitioners in China to betray their conscience and give up their practice, the Santa Clauses were shocked. One practitioner told them that what they were looking at is really happening in China. Falun Gong practitioners who believe in “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance” are being brutally persecuted in China. The vicious police use cruel torture methods to force practitioners to give up their beliefs, such as shocking them with multiple electric batons and burning them with cigarettes and irons. More than one thousand people have been persecuted to death. The exhibition is only a small glimpse of the real situation. People were greatly shocked by the cruel truth. They found it hard to believe that such thing is happening in the 21st century.
One Santa Claus who knew the truth said, “Let’s go to defeat the persecutors and rescue the tortured woman.” Another put chocolates and oranges near the feet of the woman who was hanging from a wooden scaffold, a common torture that can cause serious damage when one is exposed to it for long periods of time. The Santa Clauses showed great sympathy for the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners.
Thousands of leaflets were not enough!
Lugarno is near Italy and people there speak Italian. Some Italian practitioners especially came to support us after they learned about the activity from the Internet. They brought display boards in Italian, which had a good effect in helping people find out more. Though Swiss practitioners had brought thousands of leaflets in Italian, they were soon all gone.
“You will definitely defeat the evil.”
After listening to the truth, an old woman said, “I believe in Christianity. I can understand the cruelty of the persecution because Christians in the past were seriously persecuted, too. However, there are one hundred million people who believe in Falun Gong now. You do a good job. You will definitely defeat the evil.”
Students came to learn Falun Gong
One of the locations where we went to raise awareness about the persecution happened to be near an elementary school. Dafa practitioners’ exercise demonstration got a lot of interest from the students who came to learn the sitting meditation exercise during the break. When they saw evidence of the persecution happening to Falun Gong practitioners in China, they were very angry. Some students even called their parents to look at the display boards and sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution
One mother explained the truth to her children
A mother brought her two children, aged about eight years old, to our booth. When the children asked their mother what Falun Gong is, she unexpectedly told them the facts in detail. She told them that Falun Gong originated in China and that practitioners believe in “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance”. She also told them why the communist regime in China persecutes Falun Gong practitioners and that there are practitioners in more than sixty countries. Although she did not practise Falun Gong her knowledge was very good. This showed that Dafa is deep in the hearts of the Swiss people. Practitioners were moved after hearing the mother’s explanation and wished her and her children all the best.
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