(Minghui.org) Practitioners held several petition campaigns in western, central, and eastern Slovakia to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa. Their petition received wide support from local residents and tourists.
Practitioners collected signatures on a petition on Panská Street in Bratislava.
Falun Dafa practitioners in Bratislava collected signatures on a petition during events they held on Panská Street near the Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust for several Sundays before Christmas. They demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises on Sunday, December 1, and some passersby stopped and talked with them. When they learned about the CCP’s persecution, especially the state-sanctioned harvesting of organs from living practitioners, many people signed the petition calling for it to end.
A group of tourists from France asked for more information. They said they had previously heard about the persecution and the forced organ harvesting, and they signed the petition to support the practitioners’ efforts.
Miriam, a Slovakian, said she was grateful for the opportunity to support the petition. She reminded practitioners that most people in Slovakia were still unaware of the crimes of communism.
A tourist from China chatted with a practitioner for a long time and took copies of the introductory materials. He said it was impossible to get such information in China, and that he was thankful for Falun Dafa practitioners’ work.
Practitioners collected signatures on Stefanik Street in Nitra.
Despite the cold weather, practitioners collected signatures on Stefanik Street in Nitra on Saturday, December 14. Many people stopped by and signed the petition.
Nikol, who was on maternity leave, signed the petition and said that she wanted to do something to help stop such an evil persecution.
Andrea, another local resident, stopped and talked with a practitioner. She signed the petition and said that practitioners’ peacefulness made her want to read more about Falun Dafa.
Several people said they heard about the human rights violations in China. Anton, a local resident, said that he’d been following the human rights situation in China for a long time, and found the persecution alarming. He was happy to sign the petition.
Practitioners also collected signatures in Poprad and Banská Štiavnica on the weekends before Christmas.
Copyright © 2024 Minghui.org. All rights reserved.
