Around 2 pm on July the 22nd, French Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the Chinese Consulate in France to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong and mourn for more than 2,600 Falun Gong practitioners who have lost their lives in the last six years. The practitioners appealed to local people to help stop the persecution and urged the Chinese Consulate officials not to stand with the evil Chinese Communist Party in continuing the persecution and cruel torture of Falun Gong practitioners.
On July 20th 1999, the Chinese Communist Party officially started the persecution of Falun Gong. Former CCP leader Jiang Zemin, out of jealousy, violated the constitution to use his power to start the illegal persecution of Falun Gong. In order to expose the Chinese Communist Party and Jiang’s crimes, Falun Gong practitioners in France have insisted on disclosing the persecution and clarifying the truth for the last six years. They gather at the Chinese Consulate to mourn the dead practitioners and held activities to appeal for an end to the persecution on every July 20th.
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The practitioners displayed banners such as “Falun Gong — Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance” and posters detailing the methods of persecution used in China; they placed flower wreaths in mourning for the practitioners who died in the persecution.
Many people queued at the Chinese Consulate to apply for visas or passports. When they viewed the banners and pictures, they looked for a long time and discussed the situation among themselves. Falun Gong practitioners distributed leaflets and most of the people were happy to receive them. Some French people said “Thank you” in Chinese when receiving the truth material and the practitioners replied in French “Je vous en prie” (“You’re welcome”) with a smile.
The passers-by would stop to view the pictures. Some signed their names on a petition and asked questions. People who understood the truth would say, “Keep going. We support you,”, “Only the Communist Party’s autocracy can do such savage things to harm its people,”, “This kind of cruel thing is happening in China but no media report it. I support you,” and “Only when the persecution ends can China have any hope.”…
One French person living near by spoke to a practitioner when passing and said “Your Falun Gong is not easy. I have seen you persisting for six years. Continue doing this for your human rights and freedom. I support you!”
A person from Vietnam passed the activity site. Upon seeing the pictures, he began to ask questions. When he heard the truth, he said that people in Vietnam are also persecuted by the Communist Party and a lot of people have died.
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During the activity, an incident occurred while the practitioners were playing a recording about the CCP’s tactics. A Chinese Consulate staff member walked up to the practitioners and said, “Your sound is too loud and you are affecting our work. You know it’s a country with laws and freedom.”
A Falun Gong practitioner replied, “This is France, a country with laws, human rights and freedom. We can expose the persecution here to let you understand the truth. The sound is not loud at all. People in China are innocently being persecuted to death. We play the recording to make you understand more about the persecution’ seriousness and brutality.”
The staff member from the Consulate said loudly, “That’s a business matter. We do not care about it. We are the working staff.”
The Falun Gong practitioner again replied, “It’s impossible for you not to care about it. You say you do not care, then why do you not issue visas, marriage certificates, or renew the passports of overseas Falun Gong practitioners?”
The Consulate staff member denied the fact: “Is that the case? There never was such a thing.”
The Falun Gong practitioner replied: “Of course it is the case. Mr. Wu and his wife, standing next to me, their passports are held back by you and you do not renew them. Isn’t that so, Mr. Wu?”
Mr. Wu: “Yes. We practise Falun Gong then you don’t renew our passports. Now we do not have our passports and it’s very inconvenient.”
The Falun Gong practitioner went on to say: “Think about it, if your relatives were persecuted, do you have any duty to tell them the truth? It’s you who does not issue our passports, how can you say that your working staff do not care about it?”
When facing up to the facts, the staff member from the Chinese Consulate couldn’t say anything. He acted as if nothing happened and said, “I do not know about that.”
“Then you should look at these truth pictures carefully. Look at how many Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted to death by cruel torture.”
The consulate staff member started to change: “I’ve seen it. I’ve travelled to many countries and I’ve seen it.”
“You know the former Chinese Communist Party diplomat in Sydney, Mr. Chen Yonglin, has publicly defected from the Chinese Communist Party and revealed the truth of the persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. We hope you can walk to a bright future just as Mr. Chen Yonglin did.”
When hearing the Falun Gong practitioner’s words, the staff member laughed.
At this time, another Falun Gong practitioner identified a picture, pointed at it and said, “Look at it. This Falun Gong practitioner was persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party.”
In front of the cruel facts, the staff member didn’t say anything and walked away.
After he left, the practitioners continued playing their recording. After about half of an hour, a French policeman arrived.
The policeman told the practitioner: “Can you lower the sound? Your decibels are not relative to your activity.” Obviously the Chinese Consulate had called the police to stop the practitioners exposing the truth about the persecution.
The practitioner told the policeman: “The Chinese people have been cheated and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since 1949. Exposing the Chinese Communist Party and exposing the facts is to help people who are deceived and confused by the Chinese Communist Party’s lies so much so that many have withdrawn from it and wish to be not controlled nor persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. Of course, we also hope people in the Chinese Consulate can understand the truth.”
A talked about the many cases of the persecution and allowed the policeman to view the pictures and told him it has been confirmed that more than 2,600 Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted to death in China. Many practitioners are still tortured in the Chinese Communist Party’s jails and forced labour camps. Many Falun Gong practitioners’ children can not be taken care of and drifted around because their parents were killed or detained in the Chinese Communist Party’s jails or labour camps.
When the policeman heard the truth from the practitioner, tears filled his eyes. He said, “We sympathize with you very much and support you. Keep going on doing this.”
The Falun Gong practitioner humbly said: “Thank you.” After hearing the truth, the policeman left satisfied.
It has been six years from July 20th 1999 until now. The Falun Gong practitioners in Paris continuously reveal the persecution and tell the facts to the people with their hearts and actions. In the course of the six years, they have seen the changes in people who understand the truth and felt people are awakening; the people’s kind hearts are revived.
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