With the increasingly busy and hectic lives that many people living in London lead, it must have been quite a shock to come face to face with a young Chinese man who seemed to be bleeding heavily from a face wound under close scrutiny from what appears to be a Chinese policeman.
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| Falun Gong practitioner re-enact the torture that is currently taking place in China | |
Fortunately this was just a re-enactment. The exhibition exposed merely the tip of the ice-berg which is the persecution of Falun Gong taking place in China.
On Saturday the 5th of November, practitioners of Falun Gong took the initiative to hold an anti-torture exhibition a stones throw away from St. Martins Church, opposite Trafalgar Square, which is a very busy part of London. The location meant that a great deal of people had the chance to find out about the torture and brutal persecution that is currently taking place in China. This event marked the start of activities running up to the arrival of the Chinese Premier Hu Jintao, due to arrive in London on Tuesday the 8th of November.
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| Signing a petition to help stop the persecution | Passers-by reading about the persecution |
Many people were shocked at the brutality and sheer viciousness of the persecution and despite the patchy weather, took a step towards stopping the persecution by signing their name in support of Falun Gong. Others viewed the exhibition from the sides, reading the posters detailing the cruelty, with their mouths agape in amazement that such atrocities are still occurring today. Not only that, what shocked them the most was that they had never heard of the persecution before though it has been ongoing for over six years. It was only when the Faun Gong practitioners stepped forward to speak to members of the audience, explaining the Chinese Communist Party's use of mass propaganda and deceptive means to ensure that other countries don't find out about their crimes did they truly come to understand what is going on.
At the end of the exhibition, the participants felt that their efforts were not in vain. Seeing the reactions from the audience throughout the exhibition and looking at the list of names on the petition a feeling of joy arose, knowing that they have helped to let more people know about the persecution.
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