(Minghui.org) Practitioners held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Helsinki on July 18, 2024, to mark 25 years of the persecution of Falun Dafa. They also held activities in front of the Kamppi Shopping Mall in the city center on July 20, 2024. They displayed photos of practitioners who were persecuted to death in China and told people how brutal the persecution was. 

A Chinese Man Learns the Truth about the Persecution

Practitioners peacefully protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Helsinki on Thursday, July 18, 2024. 

Practitioners in front of the Chinese Embassy

A Chinese man who came to the embassy saw practitioners and took photos. He talked with them and said that he didn’t know much about Falun Dafa and only heard from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP’s) propaganda that it wasn’t good. A practitioner showed him the film “False Fire” and told him the Tiananmen self-immolation incident was staged, and how the CCP made up fake news and stories to deceive the Chinese people and persecute practitioners. 

The practitioner told him that Falun Dafa is a cultivation way to improve both mind and body to achieve good health, and how Falun Dafa is practiced around the world. After he listened to the facts, the man said he would learn more about Falun Dafa. 

People Support Falun Dafa 

Practitioners held truth-clarification activities in front of the Kamppi shopping mall on Saturday, July 20, 2024. They displayed photos of some practitioners who were persecuted to death in China, and distributed fliers and collected signatures on a petition calling for an end to the persecution. 

Practitioners held activities on July 20, 2024, to tell people about the 25-year-long persecution in China.

Many people stopped and read about the persecution, and talked to practitioners. Three people gave practitioners a thumbs up to show their support. Many people signed the petition calling for an end to the persecution and to stop organ harvesting from practitioners while they are alive. 

Many passersby talked to practitioners and learned how the CCP slanders and persecutes Falun Dafa. 

Elena from Romania took a flyer and asked why the activity was held. She was shocked to learn of the atrocities and was unable to finish reading the explanation of the torture methods. She said she could barely take it. She thanked practitioners for being there and telling people about the persecution in such a peaceful way. She could hardly believe the CCP was doing this because meditation is so peaceful. 

Elena said Romania used to be a communist country so she could easily understand the situation. She believes in Buddhism and reincarnation and believes that the evildoers will be punished one day. She wished practitioners all the best and encouraged them to keep telling people about the persecution. 

People signed the petition that called for an end to the CCP’s violation of human rights and organ harvesting crimes. 

A university student signed the petition. He said that he and his mother went to a local market and saw Falun Dafa practitioners there many years ago. His mother was deeply touched by practitioners’ stories and he was also very impressed. He was happy to see practitioners again. He believed that his connection with Falun Dafa brought him to the booth. He encouraged practitioners to keep telling people about the persecution. 

Irish and Hanna-Katri are art students from Stockholm, Sweden. They noticed the photos on the display boards and talked with practitioners. They listened to practitioners’ stories and expressed their sympathy. Hanna-Katri signed the petition and said that what practitioners are doing is very important as it helped people to learn about the persecution. They asked about recent developments and were told the U.S. Congress recently passed the Falun Gong Protection Act.

Irish and Hanna-Katri, from Stockholm, signed the petition that supports the end of the 25 years of persecuting Falun Gong.

Onur Naci from Tukey is a YouTuber in Istanbul and signed the petition. He asked practitioners if he could film the activity and said he would put it on his program to raise awareness of the persecution. 

Onur Naci (middle) filmed the event and said he would share it on his program. 

Two tourists from India were very interested in meditation and took a flyer. They said that they were Buddhists and were happy to learn about this spiritual cultivation way which includes meditation. One of them said that she was happy to learn that people were against the CCP and were holding activities outside China to expose these human rights violations. Both of them signed the petition and thanked the practitioners for the lotus flowers she gave them.