Between October 23rd and 25th the human rights meeting between the European Parliament and China was held in Beijing. Prior to the meeting the Falun Gong practitioners in Europe had contacted the ambassadors of their respective countries in Beijing and provided them with the latest information of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese government. Practitioners in Europe also called the European ambassadors in Beijing to appeal for the release of Falun Gong practitioners held in Chinese prisons, in particular, Zhao Ming from Ireland and Teng Chunyan from the USA.
A total of 15 European countries' ambassadors and MEPs heard from Falun Gong practitioners in their countries. It was hoped that they would develop a good understanding of Falun Gong and the brutal persecution by the Chinese authorities, and that they would call for human rights and justice to help end the persecution.
The above 15 officials and ambassadors told the Falun Gong practitioners that they were aware of Falun Gong and their belief in "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance," and that the persecution by the Chinese authorities was a terrible human rights violation that must be stopped by the joint efforts of all kind people, governments, and non-governmental organizations. They also expressed that they had been trying many methods to develop a positive human rights dialogue with Beijing, that they were calling for a peaceful way to resolve the Falun Gong issue, and would in the future continue to support Falun Gong practitioners until the end of the persecution. The European officials also exposed the odd attitude of the Chinese delegates. It seemed that the Chinese delegates were able to keep fairly decent attitudes with all issues discussed except for those related to Falun Gong. Whenever Falun Gong was mentioned, they would turn anxious and nervous, and sometimes even hit the table with force, throwing back all Falun Gong related materials that had been given to them by the European officials. The European officials told the Falun Gong practitioners, "The way in which the Chinese delegates reacted told us of the terrible attitude they hold when dealing with Falun Gong issues and Falun Gong practitioners. Their strange reactions only proved to us Europeans that they were afraid of our mentioning Falun Gong issues, and that they were afraid of explaining the persecution of Falun Gong."
They know that the more they try to cover up, the more loopholes they expose, and therefore the more truth of the persecution is exposed. However, we Falun Gong practitioners are not afraid of anything, because what we do is truly righteous and totally open to the public. All we want is to let people all over the world know about us, to know about "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance," and to live a happy life both mentally and physically.
The European officials' significant support of Falun Gong has touched every practitioner. We know that the kind-hearted people are awakening, and that the kind nature of the whole human race is awakening.
During the human rights meeting, all European officials expressed to the Chinese delegates on behalf of the Falun Gong practitioners, that the European Parliament urges the Chinese government to stop the persecution immediately and resolve Falun Gong issues peacefully. However the Chinese delegates reacted with bad attitudes, stating that they have been using "educational methods" to "reform" the Falun Gong practitioners, and that they will continue to do this until Falun Gong disappears someday. The European officials told us that despite the terribly rude attitude of China, they would not give up and they hoped that their constant efforts may at some point change the situation. We expressed to them our gratitude, and that we Falun Gong practitioners would not give up either.
2001-10-30
Reported by a Falun Dafa practitioner
Source: http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/1999.html
http://search.minghui.org/mh/articles/2001/11/5/19132.html
Category: Voices of Support Worldwide
