(Clearwisdom.net) On July 20, 2011, Italian Falun Gong practitioners held activities in front of the Chinese Consulate in Milan and Chinatown to mark the 12th anniversary of protesting the persecution. The activities drew the attention of many passersby. Several Chinese people renounced the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations there and then.
Demonstrating the Falun Gong exercises in front of the Chinese Consulate in Milan
On the morning of July 20, practitioners held banners in front of the Chinese Consulate in Milan. The banners read: “Falun Dafa Is Great,” “The 12th Anniversary of Falun Gong's Protesting the Persecution,” and “Stop Harvesting Organs from Living Falun Gong Practitioners.”
In the afternoon, the practitioners went to Chinatown. Many passersby stopped to listen to a description of the CCP's brutal persecution experienced by Falun Gong practitioners and take flyers. Some Chinese people said they already knew the facts but asked for informational materials. Some of them quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations with the help of practitioners.
On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin, the former head of the CCP, used his political power to launch the large-scale brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. He manipulated the 610 Office to conduct inhumane and genocidal policies against Falun Gong practitioners, including “destroy their reputations, bankrupt them financially, and annihilate them physically... do not check identities, just cremate them.” According to incomplete estimates, at least 3,428 Falun Gong practitioners have died from persecution, the majority of them women and older people.
To counter the CCP's inhuman persecution, Falun Gong practitioners around the world hold peaceful and informative protest activities. Around July 20 every year, practitioners worldwide hold rallies, marches, and truth-clarification activities to appeal to all of society to pay attention to the ongoing brutal persecution in China.
