Slovakia: Touring the Country to Mark Seven Years of Persecution (Photos)

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Aug. 2, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) On July 17-22, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners visited several cities in Slovakia to mark seven years of persecution against Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The tour began in Bratislava on the July 14 with an organ harvesting re-enactment, which attracted the attention of the national media. The practitioners raised awareness about the recent revelations that the CCP is harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit before cremating their bodies.


Signing a petition calling for an end to the CCP's atrocities in Kezmarok and Stara Lubovna

After Bratislava, the practitioners visited Zvolen, Banska Bystrica, Liptovsky Mikulas, Poprad, Kezmarok and Stara Lubovna. The people in these cities learned about the peaceful nature of Falun Gong and the benefits that the practice brings, as well as the recently-exposed crimes of the Chinese communist regime.

Disapproval of the CCP human rights atrocities and open support for practitioners¡¦ efforts to end them was expressed by thousands of people. A petition calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong was signed by almost 1,200 people during those six days. In most of the cities, reporters from local newspapers or television stations came to report on the events. Some major media organizations also expressed their support for stopping the persecution.


People coming to find out about Falun Gong and the persecution in Liptovsky Mikulas and Poprad

In Liptovsky Mikulas, a man on the square said to the practitioner, ¡§Give me more of those fliers, please! I have to tell others about this.¡¨ A passerby in Banska Bystrica did not want to take a flier and just went straight to sign the petition. He said, ¡§Give it to someone else, please. I already know about you.¡¨

Children were happy because they received handmade paper lotus flowers. Some of them even started to learn the Falun Gong exercises. In Banska Bystrica and Liptovsky Mikulas, Falun Gong seminars were held and were attended by dozens of people.