Czech Republic: Little Students are Concerned for the Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners in China

With knowing that the verified death toll in the persecution against Falun Gong is over 1,300 whilst the real number may be thousands more, and when aware that between 200,000 and 1 million have been illegally sent to forced labour camps without trials - many of them tortured, beaten, maltreated and abused - it is easy to see that many Falun Gong practitioners have suffered immense hardships because they refuse to give up their beliefs in the face of violent persecution. You may not realise, however, that during the past five years, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by Jiang and his faction has destroyed many happy families and orphaned many young children.

My daughter and I practise Falun Gong and we live in the Czech Republic. Some time ago, we learned about Australian practitioner Jane Dai and her five year-old daughter Fadu. Jane’s husband was one of the many people who lost their lives in the persecution against Falun Gong. Jane and Fadu travel all over the world to tell people how they lost a husband and father. They speak out for the families of persecuted practitioners who are in the same situation.

On October 26th 2004, my daughter and I visited a school in Pomezí to tell the children the story of little Fadu. Everyone listened very carefully. One boy really couldn’t understand the situation and kept asking, “How can the police be so evil and persecute people simply for practising exercises in the parks?” After Fadu’s story was told, there was a discussion. The children expressed their sympathy for the Falun Gong practitioners who are suffering gross violations of human rights in China.

Finally, all the little students learned how to fold paper lotus flowers and wrote on them values that they would like their relatives or friends to have. Among the many values were positive virtues such as goodness, compassion and kindness. We parted with best wishes. Children from Pomezi School expressed hope that the children of Falun Gong practitioners in China can be reunited with their wrongfully imprisoned parents and that the orphans can find a good home.

Students from Pomezi school sending greetings to all children who have suffered under persecution in China