(Clearwisdom.net) From January 12 to 14, Falun Gong practitioners in Italy held peaceful appeals from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. in front of the Chinese Consulate in Milan. They sent forth righteous thoughts, clarified the truth to passers-by, and delivered an open letter to the consulate on January 13.

Many people stopped to take a close look at the large banner in Italian: "Stop Killing Falun Gong Practitioners" and big photos of the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Some of them started to learn the Falun Gong exercises on the spot. Because practitioners have been appealing in front of the consulate for a long time, many people working in nearby shops have become friends with them. When they learned that 43 more Falun Gong practitioners have been reported to have lost their lives since November due to the persecution, they were shocked and said that they simply could not understand why the Jiang regime is treating ordinary Chinese people with such brutality. They were deeply moved by the peaceful appeals of Falun Gong practitioners in the cold wind, and offered coffee and chocolates to them. A gentleman who often walks past there said to the practitioners, "I have read about you in the newspaper, I hope you will continue with your efforts."

People were very astonished to learn that Jiang is a defendant in a lawsuit, which charges him with crimes against humanity and genocide in the U.S.

On January 13, before the court session in the U.S. started, practitioners went the consulate to deliver an open letter, which was rejected by the staff under the excuse that the person in charge was not in. The letter was then read aloud in front of the consulate. Practitioners planned to deliver the letter again during the office hours on January 15.

During the appeals, the most influential newspaper in Italy (CORRIERE DELLA SERA) sent journalists to cover the whole event, and a report was published the next day.