Switzerland: Falun Dafa Information Day in Zurich City Centre

Even though it was drizzling on May 20th, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Switzerland held another Falun Gong information day in Parade Square, Zurich.

Many people were standing in the rain, watching practitioners demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises, and reading the information on the display boards about the spread of Falun Gong around the world and its persecution in China. They were also interested in the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) harvesting organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. Some people asked in detail about what Falun Gong is, why it is being persecuted and what they can do to stop this atrocity.

Practitioners told them that Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese cultivation practice which teaches the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, but the CCP follows the principles of deceit, wickedness, and violence and would not allow the 100 million Falun Gong practitioners to follow the principles of Falun Gong and be a good person, that is why they started the suppression of Falun Gong seven years ago. The practitioners further recommended the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party published by The Epoch Times newspaper which exposed the evil nature of the CCP objectively and systematically. It is invaluable for anyone who wants to understand the CCP and to understand why they would suppress Falun Gong which is widely practiced in eighty countries around the world.

People got to know the truth

Some people said that the suppression of Falun Gong by the CCP is really horrifying, especially after they found out that practitioners are subjected to live organ harvesting followed by cremation. Many people signed the petition asking for an investigation into the suppression of Falun Gong as soon as possible, so that the truth will be revealed sooner. Some of them wanted to donate money to Falun Gong practitioners there, but the practitioners told them that Falun Gong do not accept financial support, and if they want to, they can help by telling more people about the suppression, they can write letters to their government and media to let more people know about this, and therefore stop the spreading of the lies and propaganda against Falun Gong by the CCP, this would be their biggest support for Falun Gong.

A tourist from Ireland told a practitioner that he has personally witnessed the beating of Falun Gong practitioners by the police. The first time was near the Forbidden City, he saw two Falun Gong practitioners opening up a banner and were quickly beaten up by many men and then brought away by the policemen. The other time he saw a man and a child doing meditation on the pavement while displaying a banner, then policemen quickly came up and gathered around them, and finally brought them away. He said that this is a very serious violation of the freedom of speech, and everyone should be entitled to the freedom of expressing their own view and have freedom of belief, but this is currently lacking in China.

This tourist also said that he has seen Falun Gong practitioners at many places, for example in Japan and in front of the International Court of Justice in Hague. He said that it is incomprehensible that people can practice Falun Gong all around the world but it is banned in China.

“I want to learn Falun Gong.”

An architect from Kreuzlingen named Christofel said that he has been searching for various way of spiritual practice. He asked a lot of questions about Falun Gong, and also learned the five sets of exercise, during the process he said that he could feel strong energy flowing in his body, he said that he would go to the local practice class to learn the exercises further.

He also said that he knew about the seven years suppression of the Falun Gong in china and the atrocity of the CCP in live organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners followed by their cremation. He thought that this is a very serious crime. He further commented that he could not comprehend why the CCP would persecute a practice which bring such a positive effect to people’s spiritual well-being. He said that he loved Chinese culture and hope that every Chinese person would have the right to choose their own path and that the ruling power would not interfere with people’s freedom of belief.

“I am not going to buy cheap products made in China anymore.”

After learning that some Falun Gong practitioners are forced to do long hours of labour, some even under very toxic environments, a passer-by said that she will not buy any cheap products from China anymore, because she know now that the production of the goods involve the violation of human right. She said that she knew about the suppression of Falun Gong, and she wanted to donate some money to support the practitioners, but this was kindly refused by the practitioners, because Falun Gong does not accept any financial assistance.

Many people thought that it was really noble for the practitioners to have this kind of activity, to let more people know about what is really happening in China. Many people knew that the production of cheap goods from China involves unscrupulous activities and human right violations, but this is rarely exposed by the media. They thought that the government and the media should put more effort into solving this human rights issue.

“I will tell my Chinese friend about the truth of the persecution.”

A lady started a conversation with a practitioner, and said that she knew all about the suppression of Falun Gong in China. She said that she is currently working in China. The practitioner asked her to tell all her friends in China about the truth of the persecution and talked to her about how the blocking of information by the CCP prevents lots of people from learning the truth. She said, "Of course, I will tell my Chinese friends all about this, I have many Chinese friends, I will tell them.”