UK: Falun Dafa at a University’s “Oneworld Week”

The Oneworld week at Nottingham University in the UK lasted several days and highlighted different themes each day. Tuesday was the “Global Justice day” aimed at informing Nottingham students about human rights violations and environmental issues. Many students were interested in the Falun Dafa stall, which was calling for the release of Bao-Lian Zhu and Zhu Yongjie who are both illegally imprisoned in China for practising Falun Dafa. These female practitioners are the sister and fiancée respectively of two UK practitioners.

The call for the release of both Bao-Lian and Yongjie is part of a worldwide family rescue campaign effort to obtain the release of all the illegally detained family members of Dafa practitioners. Amnesty International were also at the fair and they expressed their support for the campaign stating that we need to let the Chinese authorities know that the world is watching their actions. They also asked practitioners to bring the family rescue cases to their weekly meetings.

On Friday, Falun Gong took centre stage at the “Peace and Tranquillity” event, which was a huge success. Many students watched and learnt the beautiful exercises and were amazed that no money was involved. One person commented that when she entered the room the Dafa music was incredibly powerful. The event organisers said that the atmosphere was so peaceful that they didn’t want to leave. But the highlight of the day was two Chinese students who requested information about local Falun Dafa classes. Even though it was only a small-scale activity, all who came responded with a pure heart and enjoyed the event.