(Clearwisdom.net) On December 10, 2005, International Human Rights Day, volunteers for the Epoch Times newspaper in Finland held activities next to the Helsinki Train Station to support six million withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and to expose the evil CCP's criminal history of trampling human rights with torture.
Supporting 6 million withdrawals from the CCP
That day happened to be the coldest day this winter in Helsinki, which was also one of the busiest shopping days before Christmas. The street was packed with shoppers that were in a hurry, but people slowed in front of the banners reading, "The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party led to six million people to quit the CCP." With sympathetic and inquisitive looks on their faces, people wanted to know more from the exhibits exposing the crimes the CCP has committed against the Chinese people and photos of Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong's disfigured face from electric shocks. Many immediately took truth-clarifying literature or asked questions.
Finnish people sign to support Falun Gong
Asking for more information
One gentleman asked, "Isn't the economic condition very good in China right now? I have come into contact with some Chinese students here. What they said was different than what you are saying here. I don't believe what's in these exhibits. Even if the CCP has made some mistakes, they will improve." A practitioner, Ms. Chen, explained to him, "There is no freedom of the press in China. The Chinese have been deprived of the basic right to know the truth. What you have seen or heard is only what the CCP wants you to see or hear. For example, the barbaric persecution against Falun Gong practitioners, which Jiang Zemin started in 1999, has lasted for six years. So far two thousand seven hundred and ninety-two Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death. In 1989 the CCP massacred unarmed students on Tiananmen Square. On the 6th of December, they again opened fire on farmers in Shanwei, Guangdong who were only defending their rights. The lies fabricated by the CCP's media were almost exactly the same as sixteen years ago. If you read the Epoch Times' Nine Commentaries, you will understand what the CCP really is and whether it will ever improve."
The gentleman asked again, "Do you practice Falun Gong? Have you been persecuted or arrested?" Ms. Chen replied, "Yes, I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I was persecuted, though not detained. But my husband was locked up for twenty days." The gentleman listened intently. Shortly afterwards, he returned with a warm cup of tea and urged Ms. Chen, "Drink this, it will warm you up."
A Korean woman asked a practitioner what they were doing. The practitioner told her, "Since the Epoch Times published the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party about a year ago, over six million people have quit the CCP. We are here to support such a magnificent feat." "How can a book have such a big impact?" "This book thoroughly exposes the evil nature of the CCP." Upon hearing this, the lady also signed to support.
An older Finnish lady also had the same question, "What are you doing here?" When she learned it was for spreading the Nine Commentaries and supporting those who quit the CCP, she said, "As a matter of fact, the Finnish people know all about this. The key is our government and officials, who should come out with their positions on this."
In talking with a practitioner after taking the Nine Commentaries, a Chinese person said, "I know, the CCP is a party of hooligans. It also recruits hooligans as party members, which was the case in my hometown, Fujian."
Many people signed their names that day. As soon as the signature board was laid out on the table, a few Finnish people could not wait to sign. A few times during the event, people had to queue up to sign. Recently, Finnish TV aired several programs on the CCP's shooting of Shanwei villagers, Falun Gong practitioner Gao Rongrong's disfigurement and death due to torture, and the exposure of the inside story of the evil CCP by Han Guansheng, the former head of the Justice Department in Shenyang Province who defected to Canada. As a result, the Finnish people showed high levels of concern towards the human rights situation in China while learning more about the truth of the persecution that Falun Gong practitioners have been suffering. In the practitioners' view, this is also due to the rise of the Epoch Times and New Tang Dynasty TV, which provides media in various countries with truthful and timely information from mainland China.
http://clearharmony.net/articles/200512/30548.html
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