Denmark: Anti-Torture Exhibition in Copenhagen to Commemorate Six Years of Persecution

On July 20th six years ago, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jiang Zemin initiated a brutal campaign of persecution against Falun Gong, outlawing the practice’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. This persecution campaign has proved to be the most evil in human history as the CCP have used all the means of persecution that they have perfected in their last 50+ years of tyrannical power. From 1999 onwards, Falun Gong practitioners around the world started a just, peaceful, rational and uncompromising mission to stop the persecution and tell all people, governments and organisations the truth about Falun Gong and the human rights abuses in China.

In the afternoon of the 16th of July, Falun Gong practitioners from Denmark and Sweden went to the largest square in Copenhagen, Kongens Nytorv, to expose the on-going campaign of genocide against Falun Gong in China and to show to the world Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful character and determined courage that is cultivated through following the universal principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance”.

In this anti-torture exhibition, practitioners used live simulations of torture as well as many poster displays showing what Falun Gong is, and giving more details about the persecution in China and the extension of this persecution to the rest of the world. By July 20th 20005, the number of documented deaths of Falun Gong practitioners at the hands of the CCp had reached 2,676 although the number of unreported deaths is known to be far higher. Six years of non-stop appeals and other efforts by Falun Gong practitioners have helped the world’s people to see the nature of this persecution.

The summer in northern Europe is the peak tourist season. Streams of tourists from around the world come to visit northern Europe’s largest city Copenhagen. People came to ask practitioners for information in their own languages.

The brutal scene depicting the vivid torture shocked every passer-by. During the whole torture enactment, there were always many people watching. They stayed for a long while, carefully reading through all the posters and the leaflet designed by practitioners to commemorate the sixth anniversary of “7.20”. A lot of people talked to practitioners to learn more. Many others also listened to the explanation of the anti-torture exhibition from the loudspeaker. Countless numbers of people expressed their condemnation of the ongoing persecution in China. They also criticized and condemned western political circles and media who have stayed quiet about the persecution for purely economic reasons. Many people recorded this shocking scene with their cameras and camcorders.

Pointing to the torture enactment scene, an elder Danish gentleman asked practitioners, “Is this happening in China every day?” When he got an affirmative answer, he sighed sadly. He learned that Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xiaotian’s parents were both persecuted to death when he was only fifteen; overnight he lost his family and everything he had in life. The Danish gentleman cried when he heard this. He held Xiaotian’s hands very tightly and tried to comfort him. He talked to many practitioners and stayed for a long time.

After seeing the anti-torture exhibition, many tourists from different countries came to talk to practitioners using many different languages. Some came with the whole family. It was often the young children who talked to practitioners in English and then translated to their parents. Many people asked, “How can we help?” or “We support you.” People were very critical of the mainstream media for not reporting the true situation in China. Many people realised the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party. They thought that Western society’s naïve image of the CCP is very dangerous and the world must reconsider its economic policy towards China.

A Chinese person from Mainland China held a long talk with a Western Falun Gong practitioner. Like many of his compatriots, he was deeply afraid under the Chinese Communist’s brutal repression. When he was talking to the practitioners, he kept looking around, fearing that he may be recorded by camcorders. When he got a Video-CD revealing the truth about Falun Gong, he said sincerely, “I am going back to China tomorrow. I will watch the VCD tonight in the hotel. But I dare not take it into China.” We truly hope that after learning the truth, this gentleman will stop being frightened, become strong and justice will grow in his kind heart.

Liu Xiaotian, an orphan of Falun Gong practitioner parents, has himself started to practise after escaping from China. Today he again acted as a practitioner being tortured. He said, “My father and mother lost their lives in this persecution. As a result, I became an orphan. I want to show people the sufferings of Falun Gong practitioners in China and I hope that this persecution can be ended soon so that the children of Falun Gong practitioners can have their own happy family and that the tragedy I encountered will not be repeated.”

Another practitioner joining the torture enactment was a Ms Ling. She obtained her PhD degree in Denmark and is now an engineer engaged in scientific research. She said, “Sitting in the Iron cage or having both arms outstretched for a long time really make my body ache, although the suffering is not of the same magnitude as that encountered by practitioners in China. I am willing to use my own suffering to awake people’s conscience and sense of justice so that the persecution can be ended as soon as possible.”

Beside a banner reading “Falun Dafa is Great”, practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. This peaceful and gentle scene displayed to the people the beauty of Falun Gong. Many were attracted by the music and by the exercises. They asked about the practice sites where they can learn the exercises for free.