UK: Peaceful Appeal at the Chinese Embassy in London to Support Practitioners on Hunger Strike in Jilin province in China

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At 6pm on the 29th of October, Falun Gong practitioners in London gathered at the Chinese Embassy to hold a candlelight vigil and support over 100 Falun Gong practitioners who are on hunger strike in Jilin prison. They appealed to the Mainland Chinese authorities to release the practitioners immediately and they also called for people to give urgent help.

After accepting an interview, a Falun Gong practitioner called Mr. Chen said: “Falun Gong practitioners in the UK have been appealing non-stop for 500 plus days. Today we have learned that in China there are many Falun Gong practitioners who have been arrested because they broadcast the truth about Falun Gong on TV; one practitioner’s life is also now in danger. As a result, 100 plus Jilin practitioners who are currently jailed are helping them by hunger striking. We are also here to assist them.”

When talking about why they broadcast programmes, Mr Chen said: “In China, the news denies freedom. Moreover the propaganda about Falun Gong is biased and slanderous. Falun Gong practitioners have no choice but to let more people learn the true situation in this way.” Afterwards, Mr. Chen told of the contents of these broadcasts: “They broadcasted two Falun Gong TV programs. One was "The Truth about the Self-immolation" and the other was "Falun Dafa Spreads Worldwide".”

A western practitioner expressed that Falun Gong practitioners overseas are also continuously clarifying the truth in the hope that more people can learn about the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong. He said: “I often distribute flyers in Chinatown after work. My intention is to let more Chinese people know the truth. I believe this is very meaningful, because when a person outside China knows about the true situation in China, he or she can tell his or her friends and relatives. Thus more people learn the truth. Eventually, the truth behind the persecution of Falun Gong will be known by everyone.”


Translated from Chinese at http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200310/25584.html

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