(Clearwisdom.net) On April 24 and 25, Falun Gong practitioners from Edmonton, Canada held rallies in Wilbert McIntyre Park and Chinatown, commemorating the peaceful appeal in Beijing 11 years ago. They raised awareness about Falun Gong and called for the end of the persecution.
Practitioners called upon Chinese people to recognize the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party and to withdraw from the Party. They demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises and passed out informational materials. Many citizens expressed their support. Some of them wanted to learn the exercises.
Background:
On April 25, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in China gathered outside the State Council Appeals Office to demand their basic rights of belief and the immediate release of 45 fellow practitioners who had been unlawfully arrested. Though as a result of the appeal the Chinese Communist regime promised to protect the practitioners' rights and released the arrested practitioners, three months later, the regime started a nationwide persecution to "eliminate Falun Gong." The brutal persecution has continued for nearly 11 years.
