Russia: Practitioners Peacefully Gather in Front of the Chinese Embassy to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong (photos)

On August 5, 2002, Russian Dafa practitioners peacefully gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Moscow, to urge Jiang’s regime to immediately stop the brutal persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners in Mainland China and Hong Kong who believe in “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.”

Peaceful and touching Dafa music and songs resonated in the sky over the embassy. The practitioners held banners reading “Falun Dafa—Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance”, “Stop persecuting Falun Gong in China” and “Good and evil will get their due returns, awaken your conscience.” They also did the exercises and the Fa Zheng Nian meditation, and at the same time handed out Dafa truth-clarifying literature and materials.

Our peaceful activity drew attention from several media outlets and TV networks, including Independent TV corporation, AP, Reuters, Russian TV station TB-6, Tass News Agency and Russian City News Agency. They all came to cover the event. In addition, representatives from an organization for safeguarding human rights and from a news agency that protects the belief in campaign came to express their support to us.

While being interviewed, the practitioners expressed that they held such a peaceful gathering to let the public know the truth about the Jiang regime’s brutal persecution of Dafa practitioners in China over the past three years, and to expose Jiang’s fabricated rumours and defamation. We also urged Jiang’s regime to immediately stop the illegal suppression on Falun Gong practitioners and their relatives, and to immediately stop the false charge and unlawful prosecution against Dafa practitioners in Hong Kong. We also requested the Chinese Embassy to immediately stop spreading lies in Russia and stop threatening and interfering with Russian Dafa practitioners. The practitioners introduced to the reporters about Falun Dafa and its wide spread over 50 countries all over the world. Some practitioners shared their cultivation experiences with reporters.

All automobiles passing by slowed down and people happily accepted Dafa truth-clarifying materials and VCDs. Many people attentively listened to the practitioners clarifying the truth, and all people with a sense of justice condemned the Jiang regime’s persecution of innocent people.