Issued by Clearwisdom Net

On April 20 and April 21, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the cities of Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek in the Czech Republic and protested the CCP's atrocities in removing living Falun Gong practitioners' organs in concentration camps. When the two cities' citizens knew the facts of the CCP's continuous cruel persecution against Falun Gong, many of them signed the petition to urge the Czech Republic President to ask the CCP immediately to release all Falun Gong practitioners who are imprisoned in the secret concentration camps.

The main goal of this activity was to raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. The Falun Gong practitioners' organs were forcibly taken out while they're still alive and sold for huge profits. Since the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, the number of organ transplants in China has increased rapidly. The fliers distributed to the public included the testimony pointing to 36 concentration camps set up by the CCP and interviews with witnesses.

People expressed their deep sympathy to the practitioners, who suffered such brutal persecution in China just because they believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. More than 200 people signed our petition in Frydek-Mistek, and almost 300 people signed it in Ostrava.

Two girls asked for blank petition forms to bring back for their classmates to sign.

An older man asked for some flyers and posters to help people who live in his house know about this persecution. Another young man asked for some handouts to bring to a teahouse to raise further awareness.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/11/127450.html

From April 14 to 16, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from the Ukraine held an art exhibition entitled, "The Path of Compassion and Benevolence" in Chernigiv, a beautiful and old city in the north of the country. The exhibition included photographs introducing Falun Gong's spread around the world along with sculptures and paintings by Falun Gong practitioners.

The exhibition attracted the presence of people from all walks of life in Chernigiv. Among them were actors, students, lawyers, government representatives and journalists. The art exhibition became a good opportunity for practitioners to tell people the facts of Falun Gong.

During the art exhibition, Falun Gong practitioners not only demonstrated the five sets of Falun Gong exercises, but also warmly explained the meaning behind every painting in detail, which aroused people's attention and interest. One after another, people signed their names and shared their impression of the exhibition in the visitors' book.

A student from abroad said: "Through these pictures, I have not only experienced serenity and harmony in the bottom of my heart, but also understood ancient Chinese culture brought forth by the paintings and the meaning of their beauty. It is more important that I have felt that these pictures radiate the power of compassion, which makes me most pleased."

Another student told practitioners: "These are the most stirring art pieces I have ever seen. It is as if I was enveloped in joy all over and I can't help feeling humble and showing reverence for them."

After seeing the exhibition, a lawyer and his child started chatting with practitioners and then bought the main book of Falun Gong practice, Zhuan Falun, and said he would read it at home.

In the meantime, practitioners from Ukraine were interviewed by a TV Station and a local radio reporter from Chernigiv. The organizer of the exhibition said: "Through the art exhibition, we hope that more people will understand the beauty of Falun Gong and the truth of the persecution happening in China. We call on people to help us stop the Chinese Communist Party from cruelly killing Falun Gong practitioners."