Poland: Peaceful Appeal in Front of Chinese Embassy in Warsaw

Polish practitioners took part in a peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese embassy in Warsaw, on International Human Rights Day. Human Rights NGOs Amnesty International and Friends of Tibet also took part. The Polish practitioners wanted to tell the people of Warsaw about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners that is occurring in China at the moment. They also hoped that their presence outside of the Chinese Embassy would show the Embassy staff that Falun Gong is practised in over 60 countries around the world and that practitioners are good and peaceful people.

The activity was a success, and reporters from PAP [a Polish Press Agency] and Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest newspaper, covered the event. The reporters were very interested in what we had to say and commented that they would like to do a feature article about Falun Dafa. One also expressed an interest in learning the exercises.

The next day, an article appeared in Gazeta Wyborcza. Here is an excerpt:

"Protest of lights and silence: The victims of China's persecution were remembered not with shouts but with lights from a multitude of candles yesterday evening. In this way, about 20 people protested in front of the Chinese embassy on Bonifraterska street.

The appealers handed out copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the anniversary of its inculcation falling yesterday. Friends of Tibet, supporters of Falun Gong (a traditional chinese self-cultivation practice) and Amnesty International protested against violations of fundamental human rights in China."

We concluded our appeal by doing Fa Zheng Nian [this can be understood as a form of meditation] and telling the truth about the persecution of Dafa practitioners to the police who supervised the event. We hoped that they could see the true nature of the Jiang regime's persecution of people who are merely trying to improve their health and moral standards.