(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners visited six cities in central and eastern Slovakia, one after the other, from July 26 to August 2, 2024. They drew attention to the ongoing Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa in China and also introduced the spiritual practice to people. They visited major tourist sites in Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Lučenec, Rimavska Sobota, Rožňava, and Košice.
Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) exercises and introduced the practice to residents and tourists. They collected signatures on a petition calling to end the persecution and raised awareness of the ongoing cruelty perpetrated by the CCP regime. More than 1,000 people signed the petition to support practitioners calling to end the persecution. Local newspapers reported the event.
Practitioners talk about the ongoing persecution of people in Lučenec.
Practitioners introduce Falun Dafa to people in Košice and raise awareness of the persecution in China
Slovakians Sign the Petition Calling for an End to the Persecution
The tour began at SNP Square in Banská Bystrica on July 26. After practitioners just put up informational posters, a woman stopped by the petition table and mentioned that she signed the petition last year. She hopes that this torture and persecution will end soon, and keeps her fingers crossed for the practitioners.
A married couple also stopped by the table and the woman, who was almost blind, decided to sign the petition. Her husband helped her to do so.
A group of young teenagers approached the practitioners at the square of Gen. Štefánik in Brezno on July 29. They found out about the facts of the persecution from the practitioners and signed the petition to show their support. Later, they also tried Falun Dafa’s meditation exercise.
Another woman had received a brochure some time ago and found out about the persecution. She was glad to be able to sign the petition. She was happy that the petition drive had also come to Brezno. She hoped that the practitioners could collect many signatures that would help end the persecution.
Practitioners went to the Square of Republic in Lučenec on July 30, 20024. A mother and her daughter looked at the banners and found out about Falun Dafa practitioners being tortured in China. They were shocked. They both signed the petition, hoping their signatures would help. Two young girls stopped by the petition booth. They liked the lotus flowers and Falun Dafa messages on them. When they heard about the persecution, they asked if they could sign the petition. They left holding a brochure. They promised to tell their parents about the cruelty being inflicted on Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
An Elderly Lady Said That There Are Never Enough Good Deeds to Support
A gentleman in a wheelchair and his wife signed the petition immediately after reading the banners telling about the persecution. They were shocked when hearing about the CCP’s persecution of practitioners. They said that they are keeping their hopes up for practitioners and that the CCP must fall and face the consequences of their actions. The gentleman said, “How come no one has condemned them? My fingers are crossed!”
One elderly lady took a brochure. After listening to a practitioner explaining the facts to her she said that she would return to sign the petition. A short while later she came back to sign the petition, saying that there are never enough good deeds to support.
Practitioners went to Rožňava’s Square of Miners the very next day. The editor of the local newspaper, Rožňavské Noviny, came to the event and wrote an article about the persecution perpetrated by the Chinese regime, which was subsequently published by the town of Rožňava on its website. The reporter reported on the facts of the persecution as well as the CCP’s forced organ harvesting in China. The report also linked to the online version of the practitioners’ petition so that readers could sign.
A screenshot of an article in the Rožňavské noviny (Roznava News), titled “Fighting for Freedom in Rožňava: Protesting the Persecution of Falun Gong in China”
The event continued on Main Street in Košice on August 2. Despite the hot weather, many people of all ages stopped by. A big street band played nearby at the end of the day. The band’s members passed by the petition table and practitioners as they left. Almost all of the band members decided to support the petition.
Background: What Is Falun Dafa and Why Is the CCP Persecuting It?
Falun Dafa was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Its teachings are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings and the exercises have experienced improved health and well-being.
Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology. On July 20, 1999, he issued an order to eradicate the practice.
Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization that has the power to override the police and judicial systems. Its sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.
Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 25 years. However, the actual number is believed to be much higher, due to difficulty in getting information out of China. Countless practitioners have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.
There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply China’s organ transplant industry
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