(Minghui.org) Practitioners held a rally calling for an end to the 26-year persecution, in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, on July 19, 2025. Many people learned about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong and signed a petition to show their support for practitioners’ efforts to end the persecution.

The practitioners set up a booth at King Tomislay Square in the city center at around 9 a.m. The bright yellow tent and blue banners drew people’s attention to the messages in English and Chinese, reading, “Stop the Persecution of Falun Gong.”

Practitioners held an event in Zagreb on July 19, calling for an end to the persecution.

Practitioners introduced Falun Dafa to passersby and told them about the persecution.

People signed the petition to show their support in ending the persecution of Falun Gong.

“Everything you say is true.”

A woman stood at a distance and watched the practitioners demonstrate the exercises. A practitioner, who was distributing flyers, walked up to her and handed her some truth-clarification materials. The woman smiled and told the practitioner that she already knew about Falun Gong. Earlier this year, she received a flyer at an information day event that practitioners held, and understood the truth. She also signed the petition to support the practitioners’ efforts to end the persecution.

She said that after she went home she spent quite a lot of time searching online for information so she could learn more about Falun Gong. She told the practitioner, “Everything you say is true. The CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong is real. It is really horrible.”

A middle-aged man hurried past the booth and saw the banner displayed in front of the tent. The banner showed pictures of how the CCP tortures practitioners, and the regime’s live organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience. He stopped to look at the banner, then he read the other banners. When a practitioner handed him a flyer, he became visibly shaken and pointed to the picture of live organ harvesting and told the practitioner that he already knew about imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners having their organs harvested.

The man told the practitioner that he was a doctor, and that many people who work in the medical field know that the CCP harvests organs from Falun Gong practitioners. He said he had been to China and met many doctors who were involved in the organ harvesting. Some of them, having done things against their conscience felt tormented and wanted to quit doing these evil deeds. Instead, they were being silenced by the CCP. He said he thought that this was terrible, and he supports Falun Gong practitioners peacefully resisting the persecution for so many years. That is truly amazing.

Mr. Filip saw the practitioners’ event and walked straight to the information booth to sign the petition and show his support for ending the persecution. He explained that he heard that Falun Gong was being persecuted by the CCP, and he felt really sad about it. When he saw the booth, he wanted to use his signature to show his support for practitioners.

Teacher Wants to Help More People Know the Truth

Many people saw the Falun Gong banners and walked straight to the booth to ask how they could help practitioners end the persecution. Nadina, a teacher, who was carrying a baby, was one of them. A practitioner showed her the petition, and she immediately signed it. She said to the practitioner, “We should sign the petition to support and stop this kind of persecution.”

Nadina supports Falun Gong practitioners’ efforts to end the persecution.

A practitioner thanked Nadina for her support and told her about Falun Gong. She quietly listened and asked some questions. Finally, she took out her mobile phone and said, “I want to make a video of all your banners and upload them online. I want to let more people know about this matter.”

A Uyghur Man Supports Falun Gong

A middle-aged man came by and stood in front of the banners for a long time. He told a practitioner that he was a Uyghur, and he came to Croatia after several twists and turns in order to escape the CCP’s persecution of the Uyghurs. He said that because he’s lived far from Xinjiang, his homeland, for many years he is not able to get any information about his parents, so he’s very sad.

He said that he learned about the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong in China in 2000, and was very sympathetic towards practitioners, “Our hearts are together with yours.” He signed the petition to show his support for ending the persecution.