United Kingdom: Promoting Falun Gong and Exposing the CCP Persecution during the G8 Summit

During the G8 summit, tourists from all over the world gathered in Edinburgh. On July the 7th and 8th, UK Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Princess Street to promote Falun Gong and collect signatures calling for the rescue of the illegally imprisoned family members of UK practitioners whose family members are still in China.

The day after the bomb attacks in London, the police were everywhere on the streets of Edinburgh. Dafa practitioners peacefully demonstrating the exercises was a very special scene on the bustling streets. Due to a sudden decision to hold the activities at short notice, practitioners did not apply for permission from the police station beforehand. After the activity started, the organiser of the activity saw a police officer standing near the site for a long time and seemed like he wasn’t intending to leave. The practitioner went forward to talk to the police officer: “Can they do the exercises here?” After listening to the question, the police officer looked at the practitioner surprisingly and mistakenly thought he was a resident who came to complain, then replied seriously, “they are so peaceful, why not?” the police officer pulled out a leaflet from his pocket and said: “I also want to learn the exercises”.

Signing names to support Falun Gong
The peaceful sitting meditation	A reporter films the exercises

Whilst promoting Falun Gong, practitioners could feel people’s desire to learn the facts and to support Falun Gong. On the first day, practitioners handed out nearly ten thousands leaflets and collected more than 400 petition signatures.

People who signed their names to support Falun Gong came from all over the world. After watching the exercise demonstration and reading the leaflet about the persecution, a Polish tourist sighed with emotion and said, “Such a good thing is suffering such brutal a persecution in China. It’s simply inconceivable and the CCP must be very bad”. He also expressed the intention of learning Falun Gong.

The beauty of the practitioners peacefully sitting in meditation deeply moved the passers-by. A reporter from a Spanish TV station deliberately stopped to shoot footage of the exercises. Practitioners were unceasingly distributing leaflets, doing the exercises, telling the facts and trying their best not to miss a single person with a karmic relationship getting to know Falun Gong. Practitioners did not take a break during the ten-hour activities.