Holland: Successful Start for National City Tour to Raise Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong

(Clearwisdom.net) On September 30th, Dutch Falun Gong practitioners began a tour through all the major cities in the southern provinces of Holland to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China. The first stop was Maastricht, where we held our activity at a square called 'Square 1992', coincidentally named after the same year that Falun Gong was introduced to the public.

The practitioners used pictorial banners to display the history of Falun Gong and the atrocities that are taking place in China. Many people who passed by expressed their support and commented that the appeal was a valuable and necessary event. The local TV station sent two reporters, who interviewed one of the practitioners. The event was covered the same day in the local news and the event was reported in a local newspaper as follows:

Falun Gong Activity on 'Square 1992'

Maastricht -- Tomorrow the Dutch Falun Gong Association will hold an activity on Square 1992. The activity is being held to let the public know more about Falun Gong. The focus is on the persecution of the practitioners of this spiritual teaching in the country of origin, China. Maastricht is the first city that the practitioners will visit during their tour through the Netherlands.

The self-cultivation system of Falun Gong is a way of life in which truthfulness, compassion and forbearance stand central; it finds its origin in traditional Chinese culture and leans heavily on raising one's morality. Since the re-introduction of its teaching, the movement has [attracted] between 70 and 100 million adherents worldwide. In 1999 the Chinese government adopted a law forbidding [Falun Gong] and acted relentlessly against the movement in its own country. [Practitioners] are tortured and imprisoned in large numbers.

The activity is from 13:00 -- 18:00 on Square 1992.

Source http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200410/22331.html