(Minghui.org) Despite the harsh winter weather, Falun Dafa practitioners in Helsinki, Finland held truth-clarification activities outside the Kamppi Centre on January 29, 2022. They handed out informational materials about Falun Dafa and told people how the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) persecutes the spiritual practice in China, including harvesting practitioners’ organs while they are still alive.

They also collected signatures on a petition to end this egregious human rights violation. As part of the event, they held a candlelight vigil to commemorate practitioners who were persecuted to death. They told people that although it’s Chinese New Year, many practitioners are unable to reunite with their family members in China due to the ongoing persecution.

“If we do not stand up and speak for ourselves, we will no longer have freedom,” said Mr. SD after talking with a practitioner. He signed the petition to condemn the CCP and explained that he saw the Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition last year. The art exhibition left a deep impression on him. Mr. SD said, “The reason evil still exists is because we aren’t doing anything to suppress it. If we continue to remain silent, we will even lose our ability to resist. If we don’t stand up for ourselves and speak out for what we believe in, we will lose freedom forever.”

Local resident, Lisa, signed the petition and said, “The leaders of the CCP do not know the true meaning of human rights. Human beings all have basic rights. I’ve heard about Falun Dafa and how the CCP persecutes it. This persecution is neither beneficial to people nor to China. As the saying goes, ‘What goes around, comes around.’ The bad things that perpetrators do will one day come right back to them. Justice will always be on the side of the victims. We cannot let profits and gain take over our morals.”

Laura came over to practitioners and said, “I was having coffee earlier at a shop, when someone came over and asked if I was a good person. That person said that if I was a good person, I should come here [to the Falun Dafa’s practitioners’ booth] to sign a petition.” So Laura came over immediately and signed the petition.

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