Spain: Falun Gong Makes a Good Impression at the International Health Expo in Barcelona

On the 3rd and 5th of November 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Spain were invited to participate in the annual International Health Expo held in Barcelona, which attracts many visitors from all over the world every year.

The CCP’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong was shocking to people	The stall was visited by those who wanted to learn more

The peaceful exercises attracted lots of people, many of whom wanted to learn	Signing the petition condemning the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners

Above the stall was a huge banner reading “Falun Dafa - Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance” in both Chinese and Spanish. A TV monitor played a program about Falun Gong and the exercise instruction video. A visitor felt an energy field of benevolence and compassion, serenity and peace. She told the practitioner, “Your place is like another world.”

The stall was right opposite the exhibition hall and there was enough room to exhibit posters and photos depicting Falun Gong's spread all over the world and the CCP's genocide of Falun Gong practitioners. On both sides of the hall were pictures of Falun Gong practitioners from the world over practising together and those of practitioners in China being cruelly tortured by the CCP.

Although some of visitors have read information about Falun Gong on related websites and want to learn the exercises, they couldn’t find their nearest practice site. They were very pleased when they finally found practitioners at the Expo. They wanted to learn the exercises now. Still many others came to learn the facts about Falun Gong because they could not understand why such a good practice is being cruelly persecuted by the CCP. Practitioners answered all the questions they raised.

After learning the facts many visitors signed the petition expressing support for ending the persecution of Falun Gong. While a young couple was looking at pictures of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured by the CCP, the girl could not help crying. She said, “How such a thing can happen, it is too cruel!” The two young people signed the petition.

The Expo had a place for a demonstration of the practice. According to the schedule, there were three demonstrations of the Falun Gong exercises every day, each lasting thirty minutes. While some were demonstrating the exercises, other practitioners were telling the audience, through a loud-speaker, about the genocide the CCP has committed against Falun Gong for seven years and the recently disclosed atrocity of the CCP having removed organs from live Falun Gong practitioners for sale, and calling on people to help end the persecution. After watching at the demonstrations, many people found the stall and wanted to sign the petition.

The sponsor of the Expo specially interviewed Falun Gong practitioners and compiled a news report. During the interview, practitioners introduced the characteristic of Falun Gong, its popularity in the world, and the fact that the CCP has been persecuted Falun Gong for seven years running, calling on people to help end the persecution.