Finland: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Activities at a Green Weekend Expo in Helsinki

From November 7th to the 9th, a major event called Green Weekend was held in the Exhibition Centre in Helsinki and attracted more than 20,000 visitors. The event was divided into three sections; the Falun Gong Association of Finland took part in the crafts exhibition. The practitioners distributed to visitors the paper lotus flowers carefully made by themselves and told visitors about the benefits they had received through practising Falun Gong as well as the brutal persecution of Falun Gong taking place in China.

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, attracting visitors to stop and watch; many people came to ask for the address of the practice site. After they heard about the persecution, more people signed their names to support Falun Gong against the persecution.

A Russian woman requested a Russian version of the book Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Dafa], saying she was prepared to start to practise Falun Gong after Christmas. A journalist who was domiciled in China for many years originally trusted the CCP’s propaganda and misunderstood that Falun Gong was involved with politics. After he understood the truth, his misunderstanding of Falun Gong was cleared up. Another young girl named Sara signed her name to support the campaign against the persecution. She came back and requested a hundred leaflets, saying, “I’m going to distribute them to my colleagues and friends.”