Germany: Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal at the Frankfurt Book Fair for an End to the Persecution

On October 18th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners held an 'information day' in front of the Exhibition Centre in Frankfurt, protesting against the Chinese Communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong and calling on the international community to help stop the persecution. Thousands of people who came to attend the renowned Frankfurt Book Fair saw banners against the persecution. People from different countries showed their concerns about human rights abuses in China and signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution.

Falun Gong practitioners hold an information day	Banners displayed beside the stand

Between the Falun Gong practitioners’ stand and the Exhibition Centre is the track for the tramcar. One driver passed the site many times during the day. Every time when halting at the stop for passengers, he not only lowered the windows to watch practitioners demonstrating the exercises, he also got off the tramcar to learn about the persecution information from practitioners. He said: “The Falun Gong exercises look so beautiful.” When he had to leave to drive the tramcar, he waved goodbye to practitioners.

A local Chinese lady talked to practitioners about her confusion towards Falun Gong. She talked to practitioners for a long while and took away Falun Gong materials to read later.

When a practitioner gave a leaflet to an Asian-looking lady, she said “Thank you” in Chinese. So the practitioner gave her another Chinese leaflet. The lady happily accepted and said with a smile, “It is in both Chinese and German. Thanks.”

A Chinese person took her little daughter to see the book fair. A western practitioner gave them a leaflet. The little girl took the leaflet from her father and read aloud, “Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance! Falun Dafa is good!”