November 20, 2001 -- About 2pm Beijing Time, 36 Western Falun Gong practitioners from 12 countries, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, United States, Canada, and Australia displayed a banner stating "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" and staged a peaceful appeal for Falun Gong on Tiananmen Square. (Updated at 11:15am EST. New information and media reports will be posted under "Worldwide News and Activities.")

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(Clearwisdom.net)

November 20, 2001

Today, we gather here in Beijing's Tiananmen Square as Falun Gong practitioners from 10 countries. We are here to appeal on behalf of tens of thousands of innocent people who suffer imprisonment, torture or even death at the hands of their own government in China.

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