Regular Activities to Raise Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong Prove Effective

Practitioners decided to organise another Falun Gong information day in the human rights city of Graz. The last one was held quite some time ago. A number of practitioners came from remote cities to help with the information day on Saturday, June 9th, 2007. The event was to expose to even more people the inhuman persecution of Falun Gong by the Communist regime in China.

We distributed flyers and told people about the petition, so they could make a stand with their signature against the organ theft from live Falun Gong practitioners in China. Many didn’t need to be asked twice, because they were so appalled by the inhumanity and profit making greed of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

We also took the opportunity to exhibit some of the framed posters from the art exhibition Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance. We used these posters to explain to the passers-by about the back ground of the art pieces. People were very taken by the posters and we could use this opportunity to point people towards the on going arts exhibition arranged by the “Ars Cara Association.” After we explained to a woman that we were looking for a suitable hall for an exhibition in Graz, she wished us immediately good luck and said that she also hoped that we find very soon a good location.
Although there are not many Chinese tourists in Graz, we were surprised about the many Chinese people we saw that Saturday. These were people who live and study in Graz, and were out walking the streets that day.

Without any exception, the newspapers gave us the thumbs up, told us that our actions were admirable and thanked us for our efforts. All the Chinese people who accepted our information that day gave us the impression that they really understood that Falun Gong is good.

One Chinese person came running excitedly from a near by Chinese restaurant and took pictures of each one of the posters. He also took pictures of the practitioners while doing the exercises. Before he left, we gave him a homemade Lotus flower, which he accepted happily. Another Chinese person came and wanted to take with him immediately a DVD of the exercises.

A lady who appeared close to giving birth came to our information table and said, “I know these exercises. A girl friend from Portugal brought them to me. I would very much like to do them, but I’m three weeks away from giving birth.” She didn’t know a thing about the persecution. She was horrified and immediately signed our petition against the organ theft form live Falun Gong practitioners in China.

The children and also the grownups accepted gladly our Lotus flower handicrafts.

Thankful for a successful day, we went home with a light spring in our gait.

Originally published in German at: http://de.clearharmony.net/articles/200706/38131.html