Holland: Taiwanese and Dutch Practitioners Receive Great Media Coverage as they Reveal the Truth about Falun Dafa

Taiwanese practitioners visited Holland for three days to assist the Dutch practitioners in clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. On the 27th of September at 14:00 we gathered at the Binnenhof, the famous square in front of the government compound in The Hague. Though not everyone had arrived, the practitioners present started to demonstrate the exercises at 14:00 sharp. Soon three photographers showed up to take pictures. A few minutes later a few policemen showed up as well. It turned out that the location was wrong. The permit said we were not allowed to demonstrate at the Binnenhof, it should be at Binnenhof Square. Nobody is allowed to demonstrate at the Binnenhof. We explained to the police that it was a misunderstanding, packed up and went to the right location. However, the pictures had already been taken and now Falun Gong is the first group to demonstrate at the Binnenhof, although it was for only a few minutes. The next day a beautiful picture was published on the front page of a regional newspaper. Several other newspapers also published a picture. It showed how a Taiwanese practitioner was doing the Falun Standing Stance exercise in front of a monumental building with two towers. Her hands were parallel to the towers and they pointed straight to the top of the universe. In the centre of the picture was a badge that read, “I support Falun Dafa”.

We continued our activity at the right location, which was in front of the parliament building. We lined up and set up our boards and started to practise. During practice, a representative of the Commission for Foreign Affairs received our materials. Since the members of the commission were not in on that day, he assured us that he would forward it to them and told us that they were eager to receive the information. He wished us good luck with our activity and with reaching our goal. Afterwards two practitioners gave a short speech to inform the passers by about the unjustified persecution of Falun Gong in China. A 16-year-old Dutch practitioner, whose relatives are victims of the persecution in China, gave the second speech talking about their suffering.

Again a few photographers showed up to capture our activity. In a national newspaper a beautiful picture was published of a practitioner doing the Lotus flower hand sign. The accompanying text to the picture reads “Falun Gong adherents give a free lesson at the square in front of the parliament building. They demonstrated yesterday against the persecution of their movement in China and the human rights violations there.“ Afterwards we learned it was the “National Day against Violence”; we couldn’t have chosen a better day!

In the evening the practitioners went to the Chinese embassy to hold a sit-in activity. By candle light they performed the exercises and did the fa Zheng Nian meditation. The day was succesfully concluded at midnight.

On Saturday, the practitioners went to Rotterdam to clarify the truth there. Their tranquil exercises caught many people’s attention and many truth-clarifying materials were given out. On Sunday the practitioners gathered in Amsterdam. At the Dam Square they performed the exercises and many people learned the truth about Falun Dafa. Among them were many Chinese people. This activity was also very positively reported by a national newspaper [to see this media report, please visit http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200210/7476.html].